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London, England, 1839-07-01 00:00:00

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?prate school. The Prussians--stupid people—
have not yet learnt to know that the multiplication
table cannot be thoroughly apprehended by the ju-
venile understanding unless it is elucidated by the
interlineation of the Athanasian creed, or a disser-
tation on grace of congruity.

The opponents of education—the factious herd
of scampish politicians headed by Sir ROBERT
PEEL, and the ignorant and ignorance-loving
bigots who worship Sir -ROBERT INGLIS—are
driven- to their wit's end by the final passing of the
education grant.' They did all that in them lay—
they stuck at no means fair or foul, to prevent the
House of Commons- from assenting to the great
principle that the education of all the people,
without .regard. to sectarian distinctions, was the
duty of. the State. They were defeated. The
Representatives of the people have affirmed that
principle, the Government will carry it into
practical effect, and hence the bitterness of
those complaints and the violence of that
abuse, which the hangers-on of the diSappointed
faction pour out against the QUEEN'S Ministers
through its degraded organs. In the excess of their
hostility to the enlightenment of the labouring
classes, they have now made the constitutional dis-
covery tlat the House of Commons has no right to
vote away the public money without the sanction of
the House of Lords ! This doctrine has at least
the merit of novelty to recommend it. Hitherto
this has been Been deemed by all expounders of the
Constitution to be the undoubted, as well as the
most important, privilege of the Commons ; but
it would appear that this reading is erroneous.
The Herald and the Post demur to it, and
propose an amendment to the effect that the ex-
ercise of
_the privilege must be limited by the pur-
pose to which the money is intended to be applied.
It is thus that an old Nrowan in her dotage, and
a pert lady's maid take upon themselves the task
of interpreting away the privilege which has hi-
therto been the bulwark of English liberty against
the encroachments of tyrannical Princes.
In the last-mentioned of these party vehicles, we
find the following oracular announcement
The 'leads el the Church have determined, we believe,
that the irreligious scheme of education, in favour of which
Ministers have obtained a grant from he House of Corn.
mons by a majority of two, shall not be carried
into effect without an attempt to *procure from the
House of
.Lords a distinct expression of their Lord-
ships' opinion upon the subject. This intimation will
be received throughout '.the country with general
and unmingled satisfaction. When the *House of Lords is
called on from such a quarter to give expression to its sen-
timents upon this subject, there can be no doubt that their
Lordships will express the right sentiments, and express
them in a manner which the Administration car, scarcely
think it prudent to disregard."
Now we do not believe there is one word of

truth in this statement. Indeed it carries falsehood
on its face. The QUEEN, everybody knows, is
" The Head " of the Church, and yet this loyal
advocate of Church and State would depose her,
and place a set of usurpers in her place.
The bishops, who arc probably here meant,
are the creatures of the Crown, and have no right,
even in matters of religion, which are their sole
prov:nce, to interfere with the authority with which
the law has invested the SOVEREIGN, much less
to presume to dictate to the Crown in matters en-
tirely beyond their province, and pertaining to the
civil Government of the country. We have not the
least doubt that were the Bishops so far to forget
themselves as to make any motion of the kind
alluded to by the Post, they would not be seconded
by the House of Lords ; and even if they were,
that the real " Head" of the Church would give
them such a rebuke as they would remember.

Lisbon Papers of the 24th ult. inclusive have
been received this morning. On the 20th his
Royal Highness the Duke DE NEMOURS and
suite arrived, at Lisbon from Cadiz, and after being
received with the usual honours took possession of
the apartments provided for him in the Palace of
Belem. His Serene'Highness the Duke of SAXE
COBURG GOTHA, with his sons, Princes AUGUS-
TUS LOUIS` and LEOPOLD FRANCISCO
JULIO, and the Princess VICTOIRE AUGUSTA,
his daughter, arrived in the Lightning British
steamer,- -on 'the' 22d, fron, Portsmouth, in the
Tagus, on .a visit to their 'Portuguese Ma-
jesties. • They met with a most cordial reception
from the KING and QUEEN, who accompanied
them on Monday to the Opera, and gave directions
for uatkinz Lisbon as gay- as p gssibi gthe r.
On the 24th, the Duke DE NEMOURS,
visited the ' British Admiral nit board his , ship,
in the Tagus, who received his Royal Highness
with a royal salute. The young Duke was making
himself exceedingly popular in Lisbori by the
urbanity of his manners, and the apparent kindliness
of his general dispesition.. \o 'doubt his youth,
his reputed courage, and the graces of his person,
did much in the way of obtaining for him the
suffrages of the fairer and more influential por-
tion of the -good citizens of Lisbon.
The Chamber of Deputies passed the law for
granting the Government -a power to raise 1,400
contos, to pay the current Treasury expenses.
The rePorrof the Select Committee on the pay-
ment of the Foreign debt was announced for pre-
sentation on the 26th ult. - We have no other news
of interest from Portugal. The exertions of -Eng-
land to put an end to the Slave Trade are de-
nounced in some of - the Lisbon papers as
deliberate' attempts to destroy the Colonial in-
terests of Portugal, and upset , the balance
of power in Europe ! Of the lucubrations of these
writers. it is ,unnecessary to say another word.
Their knowledge of the legislative history of this
country never appears to extend lower than the
Premiership of Walpole.
In a debate on a Bill for the better Ad-
ministration Of 'Justice a Deputy proposed as an
amendment the abrogation of the Judge Conserva-
tors of Foreign Powers in Portugal. This ridieu,
lous amendment was gravely seconded by Senors
MANOEL PASSOS and JOSE ESTAVAO, but it
fell to the ground amidst shouts of laughter, when
Baron SA DA BANDEIRA offered to carry it into
effect, but-for that.purpose it would-be necessary to
arm him with 100 well-manned ships of the line,
and 300,000 good troops ! . • „

Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 22d ult.
have reached us., The Government had remitted a
month's pay to the Army of the North, renewed
the contract for previsions for three months, and
were negotiating with the hankers of the capital a
loan of 60,000,000 of reals on the tobacco duty.
Money was, however, dreadfully scarce, and most
of the salaries of the civil servants of the Govern-
ment long .in arrear. In. a .4ivatch of the 16th
from General ESPARTERO, the evacuation of Bal-
maseda by the Carlists is announced, hut not be-
fore MAROTO had nearly ruined the defensive
works, which were very strong. The Carlists had
erected fresh works, and mounted five field-pieces
and two mortars on a height opposite Areta, to
prevent surties of the garrison of Bilbao.

There is no news of interest in the French
Journals oo Friday and Saturday, received this.
morning, save a continuation of the report of the
trial of the insurrectionista';before,, the, :Court of
Peers -which" We have . not space—fin: to-Clay).
The speech of ARMAND BA RBES, the ring-leader;'
is worthy of a better cause, and .will not fail to pro-
duce a powerful effect upon •the, discontented youth
of France. To shed the blciOd_ of such a man is
but to sow the dragon's teeth of rebellion.
The projects of laws granting- pensions to the
widows and orphans of the Municipal Guards killed
in the entente of the 12th of May,have received the
Royal sanction, and are promulgated in the Monitezer
of Saturday. The same journal announces that
the decree of the Governor of the Island of Mar-
tinique, authorising the exportation of sugar to
foreign countries under foreign flags indiscrimi-
nately, only reached the French Government on
Thursday, and that measures vi'ere instantly taken
to annul its effect. What these measures were
the public is not informed.
Both Chambers sat in a legislative capacity on
Saturday, but the proceedings are of no European
interest.- Most of the leading journals regard the
abdication of Prince Alll.pscx as the triumph of
a deep-laid Russian intrigue. The Debats parti-
cularly dwells upon the blow which it has inflicted
upon the power of the Porte in the Danubian . pro-
vinces of Turkey. It is stated the Prince narrowly
escaped being voted a traitor, and put to death,
and that his son's life, in whose favour he abdi-
cated, is despaired of. 'The Government in the
mean time is conducted by a Council of Regency,
consisting of five senators.
BOURSE.—PAkIS, SAITIZDAY, JUN! 29. _

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HALF-PAST THREE.—The scttling, in the Home Stocks
will be on Monday, and in the Pureirm oa Tuesday. For
the Account taere has been a good deal of business. The

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