adding, Basil, that if England shall reverse this policy, and make the national schools the sources of disaffection to the national religion--then may she expect to see her Oxford and Cambridge degraded to such seats of sedition as "the College of France," and their ingenuous youth converted from gownsmen into blousemen, under such _savans_ as Quinet. Remember, too, in connexion with what I have written, that Ireland is the most ultramontane of all nations under heaven, and you will be able to estimate the value of government measures for its relief! May God open the eyes of all who seek the prosperity of the British empire to the primary importance of a wholesome national religion, retaining its hold on the national heart, and moulding the national conscience to the grand political wisdom of the proverb--"My son, fear the Lord and the king, and meddle not with them that are given to change." Yours, ERNEST. FOOTNOTES: [2] _Ultramontanism; or the Roman Church and Modern Society._ By E. QUINET, of the College of France. Translated from the French. Third edition, with the author's approbation, by C. COCKS, B.L. London: John Chapman. 1845. [3] He surely means _Bernini_, and is a _ninny_ for not saying so. But Mr Cocks' translation says _Berni_--p. 144. [4] _Literary Life of Frederick von Schlegel._ By James Burton Robertson, Esq. [5] See _Blackwood_ for August 1845. [6] Mr Robertson says of de Bonald, "As long as this great writer deals in general propositions, he seldom errs; but when he comes to apply his principles to practice, then the political prejudices in which he was bred lead him sometimes into exaggerations and errors." For "political prejudices" substitute _Ultramontanism_, and Mr Robertson has characterised the whole school of the Reaction. [7] _Philosophy of History._ [8] _De l'Etat et des besoins Religieux et Moraux des Populations en France_: par M. L'ABBÉ J. BONNETAT. Paris. 1845. [9] See _Blackwood_, October 1845. [10] "Le Souverain Pontife est la base nécessaire, unique, et exclusive du Christianisme.... Si les évènements contrarient ce que j'avance, j'appelle sur ma mémoire le mépris et les risées de la postérité."--_Du Pape_, chap. v. p. 268. MADAME D'ARBOUVILLE'S "VILLAGE DOCTOR."