, 1866-04-03


tends than were ever teen In Ireland before rHe.s,
r. neoe Il fb5e9 tbee h;s
eolidated Fund. but believe The House Of Com
mons would net a.1ee 70 sn1 such Fote. In Eng
extsts great dislike to leligIous endowmeuts.
Without further dlscnssnE this qnes tion it IL cssy
to zee thar it would not be possible to obtain from
Parliament N endoNment Of this kind without
in countries The population Of which ar nearly Il.
together Roman CATHOLIC, Ike Italy and Belgium,
State Admitting therefore, the evil Of The Isesent
ttate OF thtnEs, am moi ready to embark On the
eoutfe recommended by my noble friend. NY opiu-
Ion ID TINT We should rather from time to time At
tempt to improve The law By wslconsiaered meal
nte=. than TO adopt great and sweeping scheme
AZ to give compensation TO improving tenants, but
the question e one Of extreme difficulty; 6ut il
appears to nc better that ihe House and ihe Gov
the activity and cnerry Of 1ndt!duals, rather than
% u5ged oy the noble 1aarq1ls. the Go7ernment
pufgosc Of producing fictitious prosperity. II must @
MT noble friend"
The motion of Earl Grey was subsequently
neEattycd without division, but the debate
Will not be without valuable results. I hare
reason, for asserting that the GoYe1nment viii
for the modification Of the Irish Church csrab:
lishment, which will go far toward allaYtpc
| much Of the il1.feeling now existing amoug
the majority OF 1rtshmen; and I know, moro
| stone, is opposed to the continued existence
| of the establishment In the sister kingdom,
| and may, at come future period, advocate
! publicly its abolition. Time however, Is
needed ior 60 sweeping and Important mca-
| sure Us this
U7,f1a su,1, ,,-coonl,,, ~, 1,,.,. 4.1,.. ur. D..
the Lords, the House Of Commons has been
the scene Of still greater excitement. The
Government has resolved, Ia what Is termed
| 1.-THE Oaths BILL" to establish form Of oath
which may be taken without scruplcs Of cou-
science By all classes Of Eellgionists and this
our aristocracy and Others who understand
little OF genuine Christian charity or true
loyalty. The Tories thought they Ind
an admirable opportunity for upsettln..
the Government on this question,
md there Was, In consequence, downright
s'tcld,day" on Thursday Inst. Mr. Disraeli
proposed to amend the Government form Of
oath by inserting the following words: "And
do further solcmn1y declare that Her Maies-
ty ts, under God, the only supreme Governor
Of this realm, and that no foreign prince,
prelate, state or potentate, hath any jarisdic-
lion or authority In any OF the courts within
the same" OF course there was no valid OBJ
lection to such m amendment as this in it5elf
nor was there any necessity whatever for II !;
bnt there was an evident intention to hurt
the feelings Of Catholic aud Irish members
and people, and covert blow at the admin
~ rnnen,r a,d 1iitaMnse ~ %no ss,a,, no.3 ~
bieots rs Newdceate and Wilol1ev heinz vo,a.
fed forth: but tie {;oyernmeni finniiv a..
ieated the spccious Tory amendment hv ns. ne
jority Of II, the numbers being 9:J6 to 81 ~
great party triumpb. for Il proves sav fhev
that the Government has moi tbs mntor;iy
in the House of Commnns which Il
claims, So fur as Ordinary omasi,ons
20, the Tory Journals are Wron~. Int
On Church and Rcf1rm matters ncrhons
their nnticipatlous NAV not proyc incorrecf1
sin. tle {;oycrnment has nm t,nfasiin, "a
Source In an appeal to The countrv- md 7 fee1
'c0n0dent The opuositlon viii hi ha foo1s
enough TO force diem to sucf, stenhv ,IeSSot0
ipc them on a test question. Tia 1niiiiona
llnrcprcsented In Pariiament. and a1mnst a.
too, IN the press, are moving, Organized and
sanneal to them. whiel f;oG -. H 49, NV @ W
,hnye 10 do. and We sna1, ,,,s saant y taey my my
lof ycors IN Io,,, 20, nuat a"eao eeoEe
.nr,. ,.sy ~" mon.As.
-snetr;o '1Ns"1n has ~ SEws aonsinss tnkMs.
a;s3. naa 3ust eonciaded postal con-
suaasoh suaas NV Will huss, Goodl But she bal
anG r1a IT. as,o, .,s VIII sometang very unwise
~ Cnt la11ttsuns last convention was signed By
count -. ~: Nensdoftls and the enToy Of Maximil-
said Nav l. ,nnat.ta :. " mnen ine aiorc"
- enu h9a. ~ permitted 10 recruit FOR Ills army
IN ne commons Of the Hapsburgs. Much
Eood may II DO Maximiian; but what will
Nr. seward say to The little arrangement?
s.-SeEera1 omcns have 1atterly trnnsp1rel,
showing that the long anticipated COMMERCIAL
cris1s cannot be tar distant. We have been
oycs-specu1nting for months past, aud con-
tractors have the greatest difficulty m OBJ.
tntning means to complete their engagements.
Another great commercial 6uasl !, took
place yesterday, the Joint Stock Discount
Company collapsinc for an enormous amount,
The iull extent Of the disaster Is not yet
known; but when the Chairman Of the com.
pany declares that the concern Is million Of
dollars " worse OF than was supposed" your
readers may gness the rest. The direct Ifa.
bIlItics Of the company are 1850 900, and
Indirect - ,G4o 600; the assets are, OF course,
said to be several millions, but the decision
has been come to "to wind up the concern"
.-Our two Italian opern companies ire ont with
their advertisements. The two sisters Patti
arc engaged ior Corent Garden, Adcliua p1av- |
hg, ID addition to her usual roles, Caterlna ID
PEto1t du Nord, ElE1ra In LPurifani, susan \
nah IN fe No=e di Figaro, and Annetta In
play Margherita in the Hug4enois md Isa- |
eeila IN Roofrto " Utdrofo. Much interest Is /
~ ~ tals 1aa5's proposed appearance on the
lyric stage. 49,,
have received another mail from ia
malca. INC news Is not particularly Interest,"
9Mg, except IN SO faf a. 1t relates to the crf-
qensc TAKEN before the Royal Commission.
tnat IN eEiocnee - not Q! lnordnate gravity,
out T. SHOWS eohcluslFely That nnexampled
e. Sruelly ~ ogsn Pcfpeifateu IN the name Of
NV. NV, " salaM naye stifflne timcs when the
Iepo1t o. lhe commission u Laid before Parlla-
t1an IT. aas - ttsls.uIs ts o. nseat nritnin Will
ae1 tne1 s,I as 1usy Or ra'her court Of final ap-
ea ,,s3 ron t1c ana tle guilty par