The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

There is not the slightest doubt that, in so far as mory from certain imputations coutalbed, as M.
Lord JOHN and his friends have " done their best to Komierowski conceives, in the Bth volume of M.
avoid that error," they have acted ;nicely in accord- -Lamartine's " History of the Restoration,"just out.
ance with the views of the secular education:sta. In The statement complained of is, that before
so far as they abaudou dogmatic teaching, leaving Paris for Algiers, Marshal Bourruout
they drift away from the dogmatists. An gave to Maruiont, with his can hands, a
immense portion of the English clergy, the splendid gratification, and that Casimir l'erier
whole of the Roman Catholics, vast numbers of said on one occasion that tour millions would
the Dissenters, consider that Lord JOIIN, by avoid- not be badly spent in negotiating with Marmot.
ling their dogmatism, is equally guilty with the dog- The aide-de-camp says the character of his deceased
statists /alto differ from themselves. They see no patron gives tho lie to these assertions. M. Lamar-
difference between the man who refuses to under- tine explains them away. Ile says Casimir Pericr's
take all theological teaching in a school, and him expression might have been mere idle words thrown
who teaches a different theology from their own. to the wind, and that its true meaning is moreover
Archdeacon DENISON and Archbishop HALE see doubtful; that a large sum of money was actually
nothing to choose between a school where no reli- given to Marmont, is, he says, notorious, and proved
gious subjects at all enter into discussiun, and ono by the journal of an ex-minister, whose name he is
where what they style heretical doctrines not at liberty to mention. But M. Lamartine says
are openly taught. The refusal to teach he never meant to insinuate, nor does he believe the
a peculiar theology is with them a species of heresy. author of the journal thought that a military grad-
The assertion that the distinctive differences of sects tication given to a Marshal of France by a King or
may be left out in school teaching is with them the an Emperor had any affinity with corruption.
most heretical of all dogmas. With what face, then, There was considerable nedvity at the Bourse to-
can Lord JOHN pretend to separate himself from the day : prices were steadily maintained, and closed
secular educationists? What right has he, who has with a general advance. The final quotation of tho
really given up what bigoted theologians contend Three per Cents. for the account, however, showed a
for, to claim a position far above those who would decline of 13c.; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. ad-
separate theological from secular teaching, vanced 40c. A rise of 30e. occurred in the Three per
simply because until this is done you must Cents. for cash, and of 10e. in the Four-and-a-Half
split up your schools into infinitely small per Cents. There was an improvement of 51. in
fractions, and render National Education impossible? Bank shares. Closing prices—For money : Three
" I say that this is a most unhappy and a most per Cents., 82f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 10-If. 10e.
unwise division," says his Lordship, " and that For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 81f.90c.;
neither in respect of time or subject is it the educe- Four-and•a-Half per Cents., 1011. 50e. Bank Stock,
tion which the future people of England ought to 2,700.
receive. I say, then, that these questions of secular
and religious education ought to be mixed together ;
that instruction should be imparted so as to educate
at once body, mind, and soul ; and when that is ac-
complished you may be proud of your work." But
tho tables at the commencement of this article
show that the large masses of the people cannot
have body, mind, and soul educated together. The
soul it is that keeps them apart in fractional groups
for the purposes of education. The four great divi-
sions there noted are powerful enough to educate the
members of their own body, although imperfectly
and at great expense, owing to their want of union.
But where are the vast numbers of children who are
classed in neither of these divisions? The man
with a dogma in his theological pocket
looks down on them. If they have no appetite foe
his theology they shall not be invited to partake of
his literature or his science. The secular educationist
would include these in the great educational feast.
Ho looks around him and he secs that in the Na-
tional School system of Ireland, in the Regimental
Schools, where the greatest results in the way of
education have been obtained, the secular system vir-
Itnally prevails. He wishes, as every good man does,
that the poor shall be religiously educated ; but
be does not wish that religion should be made a
pretext for keeping the youth of the nation apart,
for educational purposes. He it is who is really the
religious educator. He wishes to prepare the intel-
lect for the reception of the truths of religion, but
will not allow religious prejudices to interfere to
make all education impossible. Lord lons, the
Bishop of MANCHESTER, and others, must recognise
this doctrine in time; in the meanwhile, let us be
grateful that they have seen so much of it already,
and opened to us a vista at the end of which dimly
looms the groat prospect of universal national
education.

TURKEY.

The French papers publish accounts from Constan-
tinople of the 25th ult., which define rather than
extend our previous intelligence. The troublesome
question of the Shrines, in which Turkey has no in-
terest beyond satisfying the exigencies of two jealous
neighbours, was believed to be settled. Russia has
succeeded in gaining her twopoints: the ascendancy
of the Greek church —and of the Czar, its real head—
is to strike the eyes of the ignorant population in the
Byzantine form of the new cupola of thc Holy Se-
pulchre, and is to be further expressed by weekly
shutting out catholics, with all other Christians, from
the Virgin's tomb, until the Greeks shall have
finished the celebration of their rites. It is said that
M. de Lacour assents to this arrangement; of course
the British ambassador offers no opposition, and the
Porte agrees to ratify it by a positive diplomatic
act. The business of deciding upon tho vital ques-
tion of granting or refusing to the Czar the virtual
sovereignty of the Greco-Selave races, under the
name of a protectorate, was not settled at the latest
dates. Prince Menchikoff, it was said, awaited the
receipt of instructions from the Czar. The Russian
armaments are resumed by express orders from St.
Petersburg. Thirty Hungarian officers from Omer
Pacha's army were at Constantinople. A correspon-
dent, writing from Smyrna to the Semaphore of
Marseilles, states that all the political refugees found
1 in the Ottoman Empire are to be at once expelled,
and gives the names of several persons who have
been ordered to quit Turkey.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
It is now considered certain that the session will
be prolonged for ten or fifteen days. Several new
bills were presented by the Minister of State only on
Saturday last. I hear it said that the extraordinary
deference now professed for the privileges of the
Legislative Body arises principally from the fact
that they wince very much at the terms of the con-
cession of the Lyons and Geneva Railway, which are,
in fact, much more onerous for the state than those
on which the Grand Central was granted. Had the
state assistance been confined to a mere guarantee of
interest, however large, there would have been few
scruples, but the good round sum of 15 millions to be
paid in hard money at all events, coming after so many
other heavy calls on the public purse, frightens the
legislators. However, a little more time for con-
sideration, and the explanations to be given by the
government debaters will doubtless satisfy their
scruples of conscience. It is a happy circumstance
that their public duty coincides with their private
interest, because a prolongation of the session, were
it only for a single day, entails another month's
salary as a consequence.
M. Schneider's report on the budget has been dis-
tributed to members of the Corps Legislatif to-day.
It ia much more favourable to the government than
that of M. Chasseloup-Laubat last year. It, however,
expresses regret that the government having now
power to transfer credits from one chapter of the
budget to another, has not in every ease prepared the
items with scrupulous accuracy, but has, in many
instances, made rough estimates in the old
loose way. The report contains a pointed, though
under the circumstances a barren, assertion
that it is the right of the Corps Legislatif to discuss
and vote the laws with independence and delibera-
tion. A hope is expressed that measures will be
taken for the relief of landed property. M. de Monts-
lembert's amendment for striking out the produce of
the sale of Neuilly and Monceaux from the receipts
is alluded to for the purpose of stating that it was
rejected " because the decrees of Jannary. 22nd had
the force of law according to the constitution;" thus,
in the eyes of the committee, relieving them from all
complicity in the Orleans confiscation.
The Moniteur contains decrees promulgating the
telegraphic convention concluded between France and
Sardinia, and the literary convention with the Duchy
of Nassau, also several laws recently passed by the
Corps Legislatif, and among them the bills for the
re-purchase of the canal shares, and the new colonial
1 postage bill. Front the Ist of September next the
ge of letters between France and the colo-
min will be subjected to the 'same charges and con-
ditions as letters sent from one post-office to another
lin France, except that there will be an additional
charge of ten centimes upon every letter for carriage
by sea.
The Sieete says, contradicting the Debate, it
feels able to affirm that France has not yielded any
pert of the arrangement concluded last year by M.
Lavalette, and that the Czar has recognised this ar-
rangement. It must be borne in mind, however, that
it is part of the tactics of the republican opposition to
represent it as impossible that France can with
honour give way in the least with regard to the Holy
Places, in the hope of lowering Napoleon in the eyes
of the nation, should circumstances oblige him to
forego any of the concessions rashly extorted front
the Porte by M. Lavalette.
The correspondence from Constantinople published
yesterday by the DAats is the subject of much con-
theting comment. The Petrie has a paragraph cau-
tioning the public in a general way against all rumours
in circulation on "so delicate a subject." The Pays
thus pointedly and disparagingly alludes to the
Debats:
We think it necessary to be somewhat mistrustful of the
asws published by a journal to-day relative to the negotia-
Aims at Constantinople. This journal has once before
raised en alarm which a few days later it assumed the task
0 dispelling. It would be unfortunate if too much
Moist y were to be felt about this "bascule de nouvelles."
According to this journal Russia arms, disarms, threatens,
sod soothes, with as much facility as a character in a play.
We believe that cabinets act with more calm and consis-
tency, and we cannot understand how a serious journal can
return for the twentieth time to the same nutation, treat-
ing it each time in a different manner.
In another paragraph the Pays suggests that if
the Porte continues to arm while the negotiations
are going on, it can only be to show that the con-
cessions it may make will not have been obtained by
intimidation. Whatever the truth may be these
remarks of the official journals are of course worth
nothing, except as showing the impulsion which
government desires to give to public opinion for the
moment. The linkers looks upon the question as
being very far from settled:
We heartily desire that everything may be amicably
arranged, but we greatly fear that this desire will be dis-
appointed. Russia certainly has not sent Prince /dens-
chikoff to Constantinople, and has not put troops and
vessels in motion to obtain mere trivial concessions, and we
cannot believe that France and England are disposed to let
Rus ia take whatever she chooses.'
M. Komierowski, a retired officer, who was one of
Marmont's aide-de-eatnps, publishes in the
Mints a correspondence between him,elf and M.
Liunartine, with a view to vindicate Marmont's me-