New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17
The Old World.


" passed the House of Commons by large
majority. 1t had previously been amended
on the motion of Sir F. Thesiger, and in
spite of the opposition of the Ministers, so
as to be much more severe than the Gov
ernment had designed. The amendments
were carried in consequence of the lndlg
nant withdrawal of the Irish Members. 1t
seems that Mr. Hayter, the Secretary Of
the Treasury, had assured those gentlemen
that the Government would not oppose
motion to the purport that the bill should
not be taken to affect the strictly eccleslas-
tical functions of the Catholic Bishops.
When the motion was made. however. Lord
John Russell opposed it and 1t was lost.
Hereupon the Irish Members rose and left
the House in a body, loudly accusing the
Government of bad faith This they did
lust as Sir f. Thesiger was rising to pro-
pose his amendments, which he told the
House were important, but that had no Ell
feet on the Hibernlan ire The absentees
were some seventy. and while they were
out the amendments were adopted by ma
iorities of thirty-five to sixty, and once In,
the bill could not be got out OF 1t again.
Had the Irish Members staid in their place.
this could not have happened. There is no
doubt that the Lords will adopt the BILL and
that it will become the law of the land.
The state of the Church and It's abuses
have been overhauled In the Commons by
Mr.. Horsman, Sir b. Hall, and Lord
Blandford, who brought up various plquant
facts and contended that a Bishop need
not have better pay than a prime minister,
that the funds of the establishment were
enough to support an efficient clergy and
leave something for National Schools, that
the Church does not supply the spiritual
wants of the people. and so forth Nothing
was done in the case, but the discussion of
these things must in time come to head.
An attempt was also made to prevent the
adulteration of coffee with chlcory 1t was
thought possible to DO this by means of
government inspection, but the motion
failed. II seems that the culture OF chlcory
for this use employs in England some
twenty thousand men. Mr. Dsraeli has
made speech of great length and brllllancy
against the reduction IN taxation proposed
bv the Government Sir Charles Wood
knocked his defamation to pieces by show
inc that the same orator who now preSaged
ruin from reductions amounting to El,600,-
GOO a year. not long ago voted against the
Government IN favor Of reductions amount
ing to f5,000,000 4 year The Exhlbl-
ton is still prosperous the gross receipts
already amount 10 near 4 million and hall
OF dollars. A good deal of excitement is
caused in the kingdom by an appeal ad-
dressed to Italians by the Pontflcal au-
thoritieS at Rome asking for aid to the
Catholic Missions in London, III which " this
great work is most earnestly recommended
to the charity of Italian believers, and to
the zeal of the bishops of Italy Arch
bishop Minucci of Florence, has also called
ou the people of his diocese for and In con-
structing an Italian church in London,
where the spiritual wants of the faithful
may be cared for. and announcing an In
diligence of one hundred days for those
who shall contribute TO this object. Both
these appeals are the subjects of comment
in the London papers. and in many cases
they are treated with more warmth than
ceremony.
The great event IN France has been the
speech of Mr. Thiers IN reply to the prop
ositions OF Mr. SAINT Beuve for virtual
abolition OF the Tariff, reducing the mass of
duties on manufactured articles TO l0 per
cent and admitting agricultural products
and raw materials generally, without duty.
The speech OF Mr. Theirs was brilliant
and popular defense Of Protection, as he
understands ii, proving, that is matter OF
fundamental principle, and a measure OF
preparation for free trade, he does not un-
der,tand it al all He said, that if Wash
ington were alive, he would doubtless see
the way of greatness for America TO con-
sist in adhering 20 agriculture. leaving, OF
course, French and British artisans TO sup
ply the Yankees with metals and manutac-
lures. Louis Napoleon has made another
public speech at Poitiers on the opening of
i new railroad. In which he abStained from
touching directly on the ardent questions OF
the moment but took equally good care not
IN nleire hirns,if IN rho maintenance ~, ,bo