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London, England, 1851-12-18 00:00:00

all his acts. Bat this will not aff,ct such men as t
Duo de Noailles or the Archbishop of Paris. ItAt,
the very ultra section of the Legitimists that ita-60-=/
with him and the more ultra montane of the otrespj.'Alltik"
ono effect of this will be to create or to widen pfsrpebl7,ns
which exists both in the Legitimist party
tiand iri .
French Cburcha schism that, far front\ • ' .saytb
enemies or opponents of Louis Napoleon, will ver 68-
riously and widely increase them. Should, hows i etr,beavdeh 71:
the apparent result be that the Legitimists, as
lend a silent and passive support to Louis Napoleon(
• •
whilst the Constitutionalists abstain altogether and hold
aloof alike from the hustings and from political discus-
sion, then it will become evident to the people that their
cause, as well es that of liberty of all and of every kind,
has been abandoned by the upper classes, and that the
only hope of recovering those blessings, without which
life has neither dignity nor security, rests with
the working classes. Of all the convictions that
could expand through Franco, we own that this
is the most serif,us. For the abdication of the
wealthy, the h;gh born, and the highly educated,
leaving the post of danger and of duty to those beneath
them—gives a now force to those doctrines which repre-
sent the peop!e as alone possessed of courage and of
virtue, and which depict wealth and rank as the great
corrupter and degrader of the citizen. This dcettine,
with the state of things and of opinion on which it is
founded, prevails not merely in France, but extends over
Germany and Italy, through a great portion of Europe.
And it is such confessions and admissions es these which
give new force and vitality to parties and to causes that
are led by such men as Mt azini. It is such an universal
bowing of the head and prostration of the spirit which
compels such spirits as li.,!ssuth—men who never rest,
and who ()moot despair—it is this which drives them to
look and to cry for help no longer to the cowed upper
classes or effeminated educated ones, but to the broad,
untutored, and uncompromising popular masses.

OSBORNE) WEDNESDAY.
COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince, with the Royal Children,
walked and rode yesterday as usual.
The Marchioness of Ely arrival from London to
succeed the Marchioness of Douro as Lady in Wait-
ing to her Majesty.
Lady Douro remains ut Osborne
on a visit.
The party at dinner included
the Marchioness of
Douro and the Hon. Colonel Phipps.

Mr. W. H. Simms had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Kennedy
had also an interview with the Noble Earl.
Sir George Grey left town yesterday for Osborne,
Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Oxford University Commission had a meeting
yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord
of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the
Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master
of Pembroke, the Rev. IL G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier,
the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. it S.
Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary).
The Cambridge University Commission had a
meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the
First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Pre-
sent, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir
John Herschel, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the
Rev. W. H. Bateson (Secretary).
The Marquis of Lansdowne left the seat of Earl
Fortescue, in Devonshire, yesterday, for the Grange,
Alresford, Hants, on a visit to Lord Ashburton.
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