New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-02

bacte and his colleagues were Pfotes'snts TIE Gath
oc, however insisted on having their part of political
influence and profit This event offered good chance
for the Pspa power 20 reorganize the CATHOLIC Hief
civ Of the Netherlands and is hiss nor been improved
The Dutch Government, in their correspondence
with the Popes Nuncio near the Hague, ackns riedged
the right of each religious denomination to msnase
n, own Affairs, under the surveillance OF the State,
nd according to this the Pope might appoint bishops
But AZ the same time they insisted On the right Of the
Government in the interest of public tranquility TO
oversee s religious denominations In accordance With
this the Nuncio when informing the Government
that i. was the intention of che Court Of Rome to
re6resnze Catholic Hierarchy in the Kingdom pro-
missed As the Ministry declare, that the latter should
be fully inform ed beforehand both IS to What bshoPrlcs
we're 20 be constituted who should I'LL them, aud the
time when the organization would go into effect In
stead Of thin. however the Pope suddeay announced,
n an .ocution at Rome that the organization was CON-
plete. and the bishops appointed The Cabinet Of the
Hssue had not been consulted or notified on the
subject according the promise Of the Nunco and both
tie King and people of Holland taken entirely BY
surprise II is true that the Nuncio, after sufficient
delay TO receive instructions from Rome declared that
diminishing the public excitement In the cities petit
tons heavily charged with signatures addressed TO
the King: over fifty thousand came from Amsterdam
alone the Protestant Church was declared in danger
and the encroachments Of Catholicism denounced. To
the Amsterdam address the King replied: Say to
those whom you represent that the work to-day has
bound the House of Orange more closely TO the Low
Countries. and has rendered them more dear to my
heart" This movement does not stop with conssrva
tive Protestants, but takes with it the radicals.
In the midst of this ardent and universal eI-
element the States General opened sud expIana-
tons we're asked from the Ministers on the subject
and received without any condemnation being pro-
nounced upon their conduct But whether because they
owed their offices TO Catholic support, or because they
were seriously convinced that after all the Court OF
Rome bad only acted in accordance with the COnstu
ton, they now besought the King to say as much in
reply to Protestant addresses This be refused where
upon they resigned, and q conservative Protestant
Cabinet led by NJ Van Hall succeeded The Cham
bers we're dissolved election ordered for May IL
and q new legislative session for the 18th inst The
Dutch Minister at Rome also recalled AZ the last
adyces the elections far heard FROM had resulted
In favor Of the new Minister'S and against the Catholics
NJ Van Hall protests that his Government will ad
here strictly TO the Constitution and will violate no
right of any denomination. At the same time they will
assent to the establishment Of Catholic hierarchy
whose appointment shall not have been communicated
TO and approved By them previous TO its being publicly
ced and insugurated Such is the point tissue
ard there seems to be doubt that the PrOte'ants
will carry it. either by means of new legislation or by
some timely compromise offered by the Roman See
They contend also matter of principle that Catholic
bishops are not mere priests but the subordnates and
SCENTS of foreign prince, and thai the interests Of the
State peremptOry require its surveillance over their
appointment. We jsdge that this excitement will not
end in smoke like that which prevailed in 1851 in Eng
lard.
1t is proper 20 add that NJ Thorbecke, the late prime
minister is very distinguished man. Before the Revo
luton of 1890 be was professor in of the Belgian
Universities since then be has occupied the chair Of
political science in the University of Leyden. He pro
NOTED the constitutional reforms ofl5iS. Being Minister
year afterward he carried the law rendering the cleo
ton for the Chambers more popular He has devoted
himself with all his ability upset the Dutch arstOcracy
though il is commercially and essentially liberal, and
he has finally fallen in cOntendng for policy which he
believed TO be that Of religious and civil liberty.