New-York tribune., 1874-08-01
british TOPICS.
THE PUBLIC WORSHIP BILL.

STORY OF BLINDS ATTEMPT TO SHOUT ~,
,,D,,, ,,,r xrws OF CHCAGos SECOND FlNA
WAS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND - ,
" - rr,r, AR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuNhI
LONDON July 16.-Wili Mr.. Gladstone 'aAe "n,H
,nc, When one of his own supporters a weaitny
'De ,o,,,hor who has sat mostly SILENT IN the
r.. fr % years gets up and tells his ehlel 1hat
-. ooyoer vii follow him on his present hhe' VIII
-. rr;rne Minister condescend TO believe that
.a...o.bi is the matters viii he confess to NM
seIf that there are limits TO his lower ana oounus
hevond which party allegiance breaks loose ino
s,1t of yesterdays debate on the fupllc NoisuP
h;1l seems 10 me at least quite as serious poh'iciS
a. II certainly is enthusiastically Thanks partly 10
the extremely clever tactics of MI Dlsraeh parity
20 the very strong feeling of the House on the merits
90 enc onestion the opposition finds itself cOnsldera-
bly more demoralized and discouraged than IL WIS
nj the beginning Of the week. We are yet only III
she middle and hazard no prediction as to whaf
NAV happen by the end. II is hard to say when
would he worse for Mr.. Gladstone to maintain OF 10
abandon hIs Six Resolutions. To whichever deter
mination he comes on FRIDAY, he must De prepared
for loss and discontinue. The whole face OIL thieS
il changed. Mr.. Dsrael is the architect OF 'ne
change but MI. Gladstone supplied MN Win ma
terials when he land those unhappy Resolutions o,i
the table He has insured the passage oi 'no %
he opDosed He has enraged the ktuallS'S' "ni0.i
he need not mind particularly; but ne mas aila@vu
and dismayed his own pohucaI ioAo"eiS' ""i'N ~
must mind good deal
THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THE BILL
On Monday il was not believed this bill could be
cassei this session It's friends hoped to carry Tue
second Reading but were not sure even ot tha'' lHo
most sancuine Of them did not expect the Govern
r,cnt 10 take il up and press II through at tS 'e
and crowded period Of the session. II was 50 'ar
from being a Government measure that MI haIGy
had spo,cn against it, and l should thlhA MI
Hardy's position would now he rather dlincui'
one Mr. Russell Gurney, who had charge OIL 'he
.osure strove to conciliate support bv protesting
that it was not a bill against anything IN partcu-
lar. and this he was privately recommended to say
br the Government Now Mr.. Disraeh IN one OF
the most straightforward and apparently sincere
ocbes he ever delivered in his life says IN terms
twice over that this is a bill to put down kltual-
ism-tbe definition of il took the liberty To give III
nv last letteI-and that. after anxious consideIlo
he has made up his mind thai It should be pas'e"
,tis session declaration which insureS its passing
And with the exception of perhaps htty members
CRoman Catholics MOSTLY the whole House Is with
MIN When said that strong feeling existed III
the House and in the country against htuaLlSm ana
its P,pistical tendencies. had confess. no notion
that il was so strong rs 1t Is SO overwhelming
manifestation of it seems TO have taken everybody
nv .urprlsc except if even he be an exception. the
Mepbisr0nhelcs who presides over the deStnles or
the Conservative party. II looks as II MI DlSraeH
might should he choose lead the House to ADOPT
measures of direct hostility TO htuallsm-tMs Dill
being i'm fact only bill for the better enforcement
Of existing laws, not bin of new doctunal or
rnbriea legislation. But he is too shrewd Judge
of tine limits OF English feeling 20 do that, were IL
possible this session. which II is not. What he mas
done now is greatly 10 strengthen the Church
,Ir,r .,f Mr.. Dis
raells statement to the House that he has gwen to
this subject more anxious consideration, probably
than he had ever given 10 any question which had
occluied his attention during the many long years
Of his po.icai life OF the immediate consequences
of Yesterdays work we shall know more on Friday,
for Friday NJ. Gladstone must make known hIs
intentions
TIE FIRST ATTEMPT oN BIsMARCKs LIFE
The latest attempt 20 assa>>Inate Prince Bismarck
has naturally reminded people of the first one ana
sundrv conflicting accounts of it have been pub
Nshed 7, happened that heard the story not long
afterthe occurrence from witness whose testimony
is NOT omen 10 dispute. There can, hope, he no
1,rm In repeating the accounts of Prince Bismarcks
.yi,rart i'm the matter. He was walking along the
Inter den Linden when he heard a shot. Although
i strnck him as strange that anybody should be
friup a ris.ol in the street he paid no heed % IT,
ana walked on. But almost Instantly came a second
report. and with 10 the whz of a bullet near him.
and ,hen said the Count. it suddenly occurred TO
him that it might be for him that somebody was
taking the trouble 90 discharge firearms IN
so public a place lie turned round, saw
a voung fellow behind and quite near 10
him. almost within reach, and cooking his
revolver for o third shot. winch there was every
reason 20 suppose might have better success than
the Hrst two Il was a situation in which most men
would have lost their sslf-posSession and with 1t
their lives. To run. to attack the assassin, to
attcmU 20 seize .is weapon, to do in fact, any of
the things am ordinary man would have been likely
to think OF n thar tremendous instant. would have
been fatal What Count Bismarck did this
As his eve fell Oh his enemy and saw his finger
again ON the trigger, he sprang forward directly
toward him and upon him, seized him by the
shoulders, Jul ms the man pressed the trigger,
whI.ed or twisted him violently to one side still
Keeping his grasp the shoulders that tue shot
passed under the Count left arm harmlesslv and
went and lodged in a tree on the edge OF the side
walk where I aftcrward saw t, saw the mark of
il. That done. and before Blind could again cock
hispstOthe Count threw the weight of his huge body
upon him anu crushed hm down to the ground
policeman auC other persons up, and the affair
was over. heard from a different but also sufficient
authority that The Count had his cigar in his mouth
all the time and that il was still alight when be
handed Blind over 10 the bystandeIs and walked off,
% al appearance as c0O-to use Nj ChOates phrase
as a couple OF summer mornings. There are not
many impartial observers who now doubt that
Europe is the better for the failure Of that cowardy
attempt Nor many. I hope who do not rejoice IN
the equally surprising failure Of the present In
England. certainly. there Is but one opinion. for
even the JltTamOntanes see that il was a blunder
And England IS still the stanch partisan OF Protest