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have always, therefore, been more popular, and have
relied more on the people for support than the
Church of England. Like her Royal author, she
has always commanded the people. " The reformation
in the northern parts of Germany," saysVEN T UR I NI,
" came not from the Prince but from the people, and
no persons followed and promoted the new doc-
trines with greater readiness than the inferior
Clergy. They saw themselves poor and despised
by the higher orders, who revelled in superfluity,
and who, possessing wealth and political power,
could only be successfully attacked by the aid of
the people. It was soon discovered that many
of the people to whom it was necessary to ap-
peal were unable to read. The Clergy laboured
earnestly to instruct them, and so: early as the
year 1559, the Church ordinances of the Princi-
pality of Kalenberg, enacted by the influence of
the Clergy, contain directiOns for the establishment
and support of schools throughout the country."
The regulations of the Scotch Parliament on this
subject, date from 1646. Very early, therefore,
and very continuously since, have the Clergy
of Germany, obliged in the first blush of
the Reformation to appeal to the people
for support, laboured to improve education. The
same fact is true of the Presbyterian Clergy of
Scotland, who, never since 1646, have neglected
the education of the people, but have watched over
and promoted it most assiduously. The reverse has
been the case with that Church, which here
was the spawn of a Monarch's lust. Our
own Priesthood never interested themselves at
all in the matter, till the success of LANCASTER
and others convinced them that they must struggle
to maintain their hold over the public mind. Twenty•
eight years ago, being frightened by the advance of
the people, they began to appeal to the benevolence
of the public to aid them in regaining a control
over the nation. Having diverted to their own
uses the revenues given to them to educate and
instruct the people, they then levied an additional
contribution on the charity of the public. They did
not re-gorge—they did not give up the misapplied
property, they kept it all, and the foolish
public, when appealed to, apparently to reward
and encourage profligacy in the Priesthood,
gave them a large additional sum, and made that
education a matter of charity, which was a right of
the people and a duty of the Priesthood. If negli-
gence in the performance of duties, and a profligate
appropriation of revenues to their own uses which
were bestowed for the public advantage, entitles
our Clergy now to dictate to the Parliament on the
subject of Education, no men so much deserve to
be obeyed as the Anglican priesthood.

The Tories are at their old work, clamouring for
union, and provoking dissension. They make it
out by an analysis of the late division, that Mr.
GOULBURN was only rejected from the office of
Speaker by the Irish Members. Admit ted. Are
the Irish Members not as much part of the Imperial
Parliament as the Members of the Eastern Division
of Kent ? Is it not justice that Mr. GOULBURN
should be rejected by those whom he insulted
and tyrannized over ? What right has a
miserable tool of the miserable Orange faction to
look for reward from his outraged Irish Catholic
countrymen ? Mr. GOULBURN'S bigotry is very
properly the cause of his defeat. According to the
Tory analysis, 228 English Members voted for Mr.
SHAW LEFEVRE and 252 for Mr. GOULBUR
Only 41 Members for English counties supported
the former, while 107 supported the latter—the
more honour to Mr. LEFEVRE not to be supported
by the Corn-law plunderers. He had the vote of
186 representatives of English towns, the most en-
lightened portion of the House of Commons, and
Mr. GOULBURN had 142. The former was, in
fact, supported by the honesty and intelligence of
the House—the latter by its dishonesty and its
bigotry.

The new. French Cabinet composed as it is, accord-
; ing to M. GAUGUIZR, of " hypocrites and apostates,"
has no reason to complain of the complaisance of the
French Chamber of Deputies. After a debate in which
M. M. GAUGUIER, MARION, CORNE, PABST, DURAND,
SALVANDY, DUFAURE, and MAUGUIN, severally spoke
for and against the Secret Service Money Bill, the
measure was carried by the overwhelming majority of
two hundred and sixty-two votes against seventy-one.
M. TRIERS and M. ODILLON BARROT took no
part in the discussion a circumstance the more
remarkable as M. CORNE, in his speech against
the Bill, declared that no Cabinet could re-
present the Left Centre from which M. TRIERS was
excluded. It is suspected that the appointment of M.
ODILLON BARROT'S brother to a lucrative office, and
the attentions lately paid by the KING and his sister,
Madame ADELAIDE, to TRIERS at the palace dinner
parties, has had a miraculous effect in softening the
sturdy obstinacy of these chiefs of the Opposition. We
profess to set little value on the disinterested patriotism
of French Statesmen, but their desertion of the
popular and liberal cause will only precipitate the
evils which the KING seeks to avert by encouraging
their apostacy. A powerful and well-organized Op-
position with men of great weight and integrity at
its head, is the safety valve of a constitutional
Government. The people are never so truly dan-
gerous as when experience causes them to distrust
every man whose rank or station gives him access to the
person of the SOVEREIGN. King Louis PHILIPPE may
live to acknowledge this truth.
In the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday, Articles
from 7 to 15 of the Copyright Bill were adopted. They
extend the Copyright of Books to all tragedies, come-
dies, farces, and other scenic representations, and to
the works of painters, sculptors, and engravers.
A coolness has taken place between the Kale
and the Duke of ORLEANS, in consequence of which
the Duke no longer occupies his apartments at Neuilly.
The cause is not mentioned in the Journals of Wed-
nesday.
The following extract from a letter from Bayonne of
the 26th inst., brings the latest news from the Spanish
frontier :

" Espartero obtained possession of Orduna on the 22d
inst., and the Carlists, situated at Arciniega. an interme-
diate point between Restosa and Orduna, and thus
threatened on both sides abandoned that town. This
news explains the retrograde movement of Espartero.
It is probable that by continuing his operations by the
road from Mirande de Ebro to Bilboa he will gain an
easier conquest of Balmaseda ; this fortified point, from
whence Maroto, on the 17th, announced the retreat of
the Queen's troops, will soon be exposed on the side of
Ramales and Orduna. Unless any unexpected reverse
occurs the western part of Biscay will be cleared of the
Curlists in eight days, and Espartero may realize his pro-
phecy, that he would dine at Durango on the 25th of
June. There is every reason to believe that the Carlists
have been also kept on the alert in Navarre, for General
Diego Leon, who left Pampeluna on the 20th, has marched
towards Larraga, with his heavy artillery, and by availing
himself of the means of transport of the country, which he
has put in requisition, he may have been able on the same
day that Espartero took possession of Orduna, to make a
serious demonstration against Estella.
"P. S. A grand battle must be hourly expected. Es-
partero at the head of an imposing force, occupies the
&era d'Orduna, an elevated rock, over which passes the
Royal road from Castille to Bilboa. Maroto has taken up
a position on the line of Amurrio. The first movement
in
advance of
present
position gives him the facility of attacking it on
Espartero will bring him on this line, and his
three different points at once."
The annexed extract from a letter from Odessa,
dated the Bth instant, contains all that is else important
in the shape of foreign news in these Journals :
Admiral Lazareff sailed yesterday with 5 ships of the line,
3 frigates, 3 sloops, 1 br and 2 steamers, for the Darda-
nelles, where he will remain' in observation with the squad-
ron of Admiral Oumanets which will join him in the way,
It is said that he bears scaled'
orders to be opened
on the
demand of the Sultan himself They amount, it is bc-
lieuvr landed,toatnroaops
uthorhiasvaetionaltsoo asmsiastdeTaurkmeoyvie towards then case of need.
Our
Turkish frontier. General Lieders's corps, consisting
of twelve regiments of infantry, four of lancers, and twenty
of Cossacks under the Hetman Wasilewski, amounting to
50,000 men, 20,000 horses, and 150 pieces of cannon, oc-
cupies Kichenef, Ismail Kilia, Skularig, and the line of
the Danube and the Pruth. General Baron Kudiger, with
twelve regiments of infantry, and four of Hussars, amount-
ing to 36,000 men, and 8,000 horses, and 108 cannon, is
marching from Kiew to Kamienieff-Podolski, in order to
take up stations en echelon, along the
frontier of Mol.
davia."

BOURSE.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAT 29.
HALF-PAST THREE.—Business hag been slack in the
French Stocks ; relatively, however, it was less so towards
the end of the day. For the Account the Three per
Cents. opened at 81f. 20c,, declined to 81f. 10c., and
closed at 81f. 15c., precisely as yesterday. The Five per
Cents. opened at 111 f. 15c., and closed at 111 f. 10c., a
fall of sc. For Money the Three per Cents. are se. bet.
ter, and the Five per Cents. unaltered. The Bank of
France Shares have declined sf. The Laffitte Bank
Shares were not quoted yesterday, those of 1,000 f., for M.
lower, and those of 5,0001'., 10f.' higher than on Monday.