The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-17
THE FORFIGN NEWS

THE FOREIGN NEWS.
The intelligence brought by the Atlantic possesses
more than the ordinary amount of interest The
House of Lords has given a signal proof of the
| idea which II entertains of progress by throwing
out the bill for the emancipation of the Jews from
the civil disabilities under which they labor. The
Earl of SALISBURY, that liberal Peer who is no re
specter of colors distinguished himself by his bitter
opposition to the bill, declaring that so far as Eng
land was concerned ite passage would be the sigma
for the utter prostration of the :Christisn re-
Igon. "He trembled," he said, sat the c0nse.
quences TO Christianity if Jews were admitted on
civil equality with Christians. Such q measure
would not expel Christianity from the earth, but
might destroy it il Great Britain" Such sent.
ments regard as proper to the dark ages, and it
is pity the noble Earl had rot lived during that
period. He would have acted the part of treasurer
to King John with distinguished credit, and pos
sbIy might have obtained seat at The Board of the
Jews Exchequer The qualifications for that Office
were We take it, not very high. They were only
| unbouuded ignorance and un5ounded bigotry, with
enough rapacity to induce The applicant to the
store Of the Israets, and enough cruelty to sustain
him il Witnessing the operation Of drawing the teeth
Of ore OF that aco1y generation TO make him dis
| close the Whereabouts Of h:s hordes 20 our judg
1nent his LoIdship you'd have filed the post mira
| blg-much better than he doe5 the. to which he
seems to have elected himse fconservator genera.
Of Christianity Wien Christianity gets to SO low an
a5b that ii can only be preserved by such assistance
as he can render IT, VIC shall regard it pretty well
at an end. In this enightene. view of the subject
! -4-s- :. 6 81, -,
spiritual, and he deserves to be named Ii was the
Bishop of Salissury-the incumbent Of the See once
filed by B1raet-that INN or.alisoa himself on that
/ occasion.
| Mrs. Stowe has dined with the Lord Mayor Of
| London, has besn toasted and compl.mente3 By
! Dir. Charles Di1kar3 vhoi5 vau known to coin
| eide VII her in he. hearty 1atestali5n Of hor
county. Doubtless il ti2E!ed him hugely t. find
an American sustaining hgu in all the acrociyus
elaaders which he uttered against America We
are not az all surprised al that But We confess we
lid fee! a Htdo as.aEishs3 when we saw the Amer
lean Minister'S name mentioned among the guests
and speakers. Ralhapa he oaly wanted an opp0r.
unity TO make spe8el-psrhap5 ne cou,3 not go
sist tn chaacs 70 ca good diuaer-pcrhc9e-a5
any rate, there La was cheek by jowI Nth Hrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Cynsidesing that tbs
good lady'a husband, speaking ior Ler, had but a
short time before exalted over The violation Of a
law of his country, ana expressed g hope tbat the
Union might be broken up in the blood Of p5r.
ton of It's citizens, we say ain, it did look little
queer to see the representative of that Union at
toceign court giving h.8 couutenancs to her on an
occasion 60 public. Possibly. however he may
agree with her, or rataer with her husband, in the
hope That the d5y he speaks Of msy be- near at
kand He may regard US in the South, as little bet
ter than thieves ana cutthroats, and he may long
for the day when the st Domingo tragedy may be
repeated here. Blu, inasmuch as we pay q very
large proportion Of the taxes, out of which his sal
ary is paid we think it would have been becoming
to have waited until he had dotted his diplomatic
robe, before he gave way TO his feelings.
The most amusing portion Of the foreign news
relates to Santa Anna and the Queen of Spain. 1t
seems to be pretty certain that the Mexican Pres-
dent has actually asked the Qgeep's assistance
against the American flibusters! What reply abe
will give we eanno. conceive but We know very
well whs. she could sey, with truth. She might
ask him IL return TO prorec! Cubs for her. The
sshsle alair Ia very tarcicsl, aud rerriad. us Of
Foote's corEespondcnee with as mother:
"pesr sam, lam In gaol. b. Foore"
| "Dear mother, am !. s, FooTgn
Austria, tie esnesl and dirtest of Il the EMPIRES
that ever existed, seems bent on balying switzar.
land 10 the last extremity, Hss ing acted lhe parr OF
aroward, to the dsgustof all Europe, she now plays
| that Of the brsggadocIo, with the same aptness-
The miserable slave Of Russia, her emperor re
Venees himself for the KICKS he gels from Nicholas
by tyrsnisiag over those eaker than he is hns.l,
HIS murder of the Countess Tekeli NAV eonDpara
with any atrocity perpetrated by Nero, who seems
indeed. to be his model How much loneer spcb a
monster will be endured ii is impossib le to tel,
when we take into consideration the p,ter da;xrs
ds'ion OF the people who submit to his enorunite,
The hare-up at the Holy Sepulche was the most
natural thing in the world. 1t originated from the
rude, insulting conduc. Of the English missiona.
| RES
The most curious item of all relates to the
Ohihese rebellion Il seems to have been very fori.
osoie, and to have succeeded to much greater ex
'slt tnsn was anticipated About two hundred years
ago me Mantchoo Tartars subdued the country
: sno established dynasty. They have never been
more numerous In the country in comparison with
.AS population than the English have been in Inds.
ie'' the me aaniehoo Dynasty, though always un.
popuiAF' mas ever since swayed the destnes of the
E'0"e1y A'Agaom. The present rebellion com
aaeneed several years ago, 10 the Southern pIoyin.