The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

CIIA ILACTIti 01 lIIIVRY VIII.

Heavy had many Gotha. They have been exhibited in the
crew of the narrative. I niW not return to them. But
wcenitors wae one of unexampled difficulty ; and by the
ich he acoompliihed, and the conditions, internal
and external, under which his task we. allotted to him, he,
like every other man, ought to be judged. He waa iocom
elatant ; be can bear the reproath t 4 it. He ended by ac-
cepting and approving what he had commenced with perse-
cuting; yet it was with the honest inconsistency which dis-
tingn6bise the conduct of most men of practical Wilily in
limes of Waage, and es en by virtue of which they obtain
their moms Hat the t.oinmencement of the movement he
bad regarded the tut-twist as • " remembrance." be must
either have concealed Lit convictions or he would have for-
/Med his throes; if he had been a stationuy bigot, the
Reformation might have waited for a century, and would
have been cceonered only by an iaternecine war.
Bat as the nation mov.d the king moved, leading it, but
not outrunning it ; checking those who went too knit, &leg-
ging forward those who lagged behind. The enneetwanwee,
ail that wee sound and rind among them, trusted him be-
muse he so long continued to share their ocumervatiam; and
when he threw at amide be wee not reproached with breach
of confidence, because hie own advance had accompanied
theirs.
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Froteetants have exclaimed against the 51s Artieb• Bill;
Romitaists artiest the Act of Supremeey.
complain that the prejuilica of the people wer•Phil=
violated, that opinf.eul should have been allowed toll=
end the reform of religion have been left tio be meow
by remon. The Sit Article. Bill Wall trod; yet the govern-
ing deem even &swag the laity were unanimous in he
favour. 'netting was n 4 converted by • sudden miracle;
he believed the traditione in vbich he had been trained ; hie
eyes, like the era iif other., opened but slowly: and un-
quinittanably, had he conquered far himself in their Name
the modern principle. of toleration, he could not have go-
verned by them • na'iou whioh wee itself instilment. Per-
haps, of all living lingli.brnen who abated Henry'. Milt,
there wee net one so little desirous in himself of enforcing it
by vicisons. Hie peewits.' exertions. acre ever to mitigate the
actionof the law, white its letter we. sustained; and Ems-
land et he worm was &harbour of refuge to the protestant.
commed to the Netherlands, to Fruit*, to Spain, or even to
Scotland.

TINS the Romanist, should have regarded him u • tyrast
Is missal ; and were it true that English subjects owed
fealty to the Pope, their feeling was jam. But, however &P-
-ashto it may bs to leave rehgicta• opinion as it is
mei that, if England was legitimately hes, she weld
Soleuses so difference of opining, on • question ot alkiiienee,
se lasi es lams was conspiring to bring her beck Ws
=. go loss as the Romanies nifumid to admit without
eseareatios that. if fatter% eestaise invaded this
came, is the Pope's sews% their pMes mast heat the side of
their area eevereles, " raHlise" mishit paw, the senel
gent eltbir freer" bet It weld set meet lam tree ies
yeritherat.
Ilet dome maim hove healthiest's. la Os details of this
hhhey. Thee doe they sea be eekeeleed.
Beyond Ned Wilke the Rehreirese, the eseelletha of
thee It sow restebl467 ilssmieeless lid
k nips. Heavy Imbed within the resell of
LgY eiviliaMion He War and the Patel.
wee We the genera INN* mesa Hs it woe who
mind dee Haase of Camases from the narrow duty of
etdaisepollee, and of meshy; without discussion the me.-
mesa t Privy Council, sad manned them into the Oat