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the externals of a Constitutional King and
to combine them with the pretensions of
an absolute Monarch. Even the attitude
of the Comte DE CHAMBoRD bears testi-
mony to the fact that he who would rule
France must be no shadow of a King.
There is a demand for a Monarch of the
old stamp-one who carries his claim to
the position in his own personal QuaIitica-
tions, in his bearing towards the nation,
and in his sympathy with its peculiari-
ties. 1t is exactly such a demand that
the BoNAPARTE family always claims TO
supply. France, it says, is weary Of Min
isters, responsible or irresponsible weary
Of military and official i~ntriguers, and of
idle attempts to copy models which, how
ever excellent in themselves, are ire
concilably alien from her temper and can
but obviously supply Der necessities.
Her future ruler must rest firmly on the
double footing of a title more or less law
full, aud a personal claim more Oh less
powerful, and even Il small advantage Ia both
OF these will tell with red0ubled weight.
Under these circumstances, the PRINCE
IMPERIAL bids fair to come before the
4iClCil IdtlOu Will CFClJ AuJNldi NlAdlI-
tage improved and developed to the utmost.
Since the catastrophe Of Sedan the
Prince has lived in England, and adyan-
tage has been taken of his residence in
this country to pursue and complete his
military and general education. He has
passed two years as a Cadet at the Royal
Military Academy at Wo9lwich, and the
results of the annual examination, in
which he has taken his share with his
contemporaries, have been watched in
France, in England, and in other coun-
tries with unusual interest. The exam
%ination of the WooIwich Cadets was
concluded yesterday, and the PRINCE
|IMPERIAL's friends have good reason to be
satisfied with his success. He passed as
seventh in a numerous class, and was
distinguished in several departments of
education. He had, indeed, every induce
ment to exert himself to win high dis
t|inction. Proficiency in mere technical
studies is probably more highly valued
in France than in England, and the sue
cess the Prince has attained may lead to
important consequences in the estimation
Of the French army and the French ma
ton. Moreover, the effect of success in
the present case is considerably heighton-
ed by circumstances, The PRINCE I'M
PERIAL has pursued his studies in English
"a language of which, in it's scientific
aspects, he possessed at first but an i'm
perfect knowIe Ice, He has been, however,
a diIigent stud mt, and has, we believe,
made a practice of rccapitulating the
results of his labours in his native
language, and has thus in some measure
doubled his course of study. Thus, even
had his place in the list been much lower,
he could not have failed to profit by his
residence at the great military school of
this country, and he will doubtless have
learnt to respect the traditions of an
Academy which for a century and more
has only changed with the advance of
science, and whose present constitution
dates from long before the year in which
WELLINGTON and the first BONAPARTE
were born. Every nation has its more
or less stereotyped forms in all branches
of education, but in the present day these
differences are steadily tending to disap-
pear. Science is a great l~eveller, and
freedom Of communication must tend, in
general, to beneficial results. One re-
markable Characteristic, however, which
we may hope English education will long
retain is that, while it is thorough and
cOmnloto IN oacb If itc tenhnioo1 ounoofs