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ritory than Tamerlane the Tartar eve
hoof across."—Finch, Boundaries of Empires
'FUR NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE OF FEROZEPOR
The annals of war present us with no 1)4,1110 to the r

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GENERAL MISCELLANY

rival

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vanquished empires. The Assyrian empire was not so Mr. Colquhoun moved the first resolution, which was
wealthy. The Roman empire was not so ropulous. The th.tt the report be adopted and printed. Referring to the
Persian empire was riot so extensive. The Arabian em- progress of Protestant ddetrines in France, he said that
pire was not so powerful. The Carthaginian empire was the people of that country wanted something more than
o'clock, just as she not so much dreaded. The -R- if ti'

Spanish empire was not so I the mere ceremonials of the .oman church, b ~ney were
verrun a greater extent of asking for something on which to rest their hearts—

more than gorgeous vestments, storied glass,
-
We have subdued more empires and dethroneil more or gothic aiah-s. These would not satisfy the inquiring
kings than Alexander of Macedon ! We have conquered mind, a,.:trilted by an earnest desire for something to -more nations than Napoleon in the plentitude of his power tisfy the affections, to move the inner monitor, and guide
extent of ter. his -fe,lings and conduct—to direct the poor doubtful err-
urred his horse's ing creature of a day to some convictions which might
lead to some truths which might satisfy and console him
- in the hour when nature failed, and when taste and fancy
- could no longer please. (Cheers.) As he meditated on

spective positions of the hostile armies that night. They these tuinzs tits mina was cameo trout mem to some
were both within the lines, both bivouacking where they matters referred to in the report, which had just been
had lately stood, the dead acrd dying lying in multitudes read. He heard in the north of France, where one of the
beside them. The Engli-h had carried the entrenchments societies, in connexion with theirs, laboured, some exam.
and kept them; the Sikhs were entrenched again in a plea, which were very simple and striking, of what was
strong village, and both parties waited for the dawn to re- now pasaing there, and he gave to the meeting an instance
new the battle. Only a couple of hundred yarda, at the as an illustration. In almost all parts of France there
most, divided them. And then might be seen With what existed an earnest desire for pastors, and the knowledge
untiring zeal and energy good .fficers exert I hemselvea to of Gospel truth, and he said, let England, then, contri-
sustain the courage, and soothe the atixietira of the soh bate of her wealth to u,1,31,1 the existing PrAestant con-
diers. Sir Henry ilartlinge and Sir Hugh Gough seem gregationa, to proclaim the Divine truth, to make known
never to have closed an eye. They wet t about from regi- in that immense country tho,e great religious principles
meat to regiment, speaking cheeringly to the s,on,d, and which she would best consult her own interest in extend-
kindly and smilingly to the wounded, and tt Ding all that ing, and which would form the very firmest bond of union
" they must fight it out on the morrow; for it would ne- between the two countries. He could not but look on

.d: together two countries, wiTich, like France and England-,
oue,ht to be unitcd, as pursued by any means more tfrfc-

sensed. Let its. then, he said, from the abundance of
truth with -whytt we were favoured—let us, from the
no- abundance of wealth with which England was blessed,
Id contribute to the necessities and demands of the sister
countries around us, and instead of raisinz the ho-tile

Find Pnictiers. Jet it 1:,:t our gl.irious task in amity wi;h

Our ft L-nds on the other side of 'the water, where no jea-
lousy would trouble, no harsh suspicions enter, no feel-
ings of French or English glory arise to trouble our happy
tioneold—let Uti Pdse that standard equity tor both coon-
round which all tnight gather, whatever toLlit be

and crime nd mu?nal dktru,t and strife, hut to stream
liq! awl l+heriv and truth—the glorious standard of the
livu.g God. (Chem.) -

Proh-ss rDe L Darpe, from the Soci6te EvangeNue
of Geneva, seem deal the motion, and in doing so entered
is to a variety of explanations as to the position and pros-
pects of that society. Fiona its smallness Geneva had no
rivalry to sustain; hut if we compered what Geneva had.
been ei•ablid to do viiih its pip•sical magnitude. we should
be cotisA-aiiied to say that something {yid marked it out
fur action end intim nce in the would. lie trusted that
the society there which he renresenied wou!d vet rise to

Find tower which Its i.restnt position could

riot lead thorn to anticipate.
The G.t.u.t St. George supported the motion at some
1 r detailins the result of his experience as to the

pread of Ptote.tant doctrines in Ftance.
The motion was then put ac.d catried, and the me‘"ting
mike up, after having been adthe,sed by M. Audehtz,

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hate, from th.t of Lille; M. Nuchand, from Brussels;
the Earl ( f Gall,,wpy. and the Rev. B. Noel.

A monument is about to be erec-ed in Kensall-green
Cetnet< ry to the memory of the late Sir W. Alacnaughton.
The notorious Joseph Ady was on Friday committed