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devoted a body of men. Never, in the page of military
history, has the hand of an All-wise Being been so signally
manifested. To Him, therefore, be the glory—we, as his
instruments, feel the pride. But I cannot pass over—l
cannot too strongly record—facts which, whilst they add
lustre to the native army, taw d to me, as its head, inex-
pressible pride and pleasure. For upwards of a month,
when the two armies were close in front of one another,
notwithstanding the numerous temptations held out to
our sepoys by men of their own colour and religion,
namely, greatly increased pay, from seven to twelve ru-
pees a month, and immediate promotion, I had but three
deserters from this large force. Nor should I omit to
mention, as a proof of the high state of discipline of this
splendid army, that trade has been carried on unreser-
vedly since we crossed the Sutlej in the several Sikh
towns around which our divisions have been necessarily
placed for the procurance of water, and the same confi-
dence has been shown as though we were in one of our
long-established provinces."

HUMBLE AND PIOUS COURAGE.—In the House of
Commons on Friday, during the debate on the victories
in India, Sir R. H. Inglis called the attention of the
house "to the despatch of Sir Hugh Gough himself—a des-
patch which would bear comparison with any despatch in
any age of the military history of this country, and which
revived in some of its expressions the remembrance of
some of the greatest heroes who had ever fought and con-
quered, and who had always attributed success to Him to
whom alone it was owing. What were the words in which
the Duke of Marlborough announced the battle of Blen-
heim ? " God has blessed her Majesty's arms with as
great a victory as has ever been known." What was the
language used by Lord Nelson after the battle of the Nile?
" Almighty God has blessed his Majesty's arms in the
late battle by a great victory over the fleet of the enemy,
whom I attacked at sunset on the Ist of. August, off the
mouth of the Nile." What were the expressions used by
Lord Collingwood after the still greater battle of Trafal-
gar ? " The Almighty God, whose arm is strength, hav-
ing of his great mercy been pleased to crown the exertions
of his Majesty's fleet with success, in giving them a com-
plete victory over their enemies, on the 21st of this month ;
and that all praise and thanksgiving may be offered up to
the Throne of Grace for the great benefit to the country
and to mankind, I have thought proper that a day should
be appointed of general humiliation before God, and of
thanksgiving for this his merciful goodness, imploring for-
giveness of sins, a continuation of his Divine mercy, and
his constant aid to us in the defence of our country's li-
berties and laws, without which the utmost efforts of man
are nought." In the same spirit as the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, Lord Nelson, and Lord Collingwood, did Sir Hugh
Gough, in words which ought to be engraven on all their
hearts, so thank the Almighty God, to whose arm alone he
attributed all our success. He (Sir R. Inglis) said that
those men were worthy of being the countrymen of Marl-
borough, of Nelson, and of Collingwood, who, in the mo-
ment of victory could make that acknowledgment."