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people which were beyond the

laws of his_God, and that he should teach them that knew

them not."
Now, mark here we have legislative interference ih the
affairs of religion on the part of a heathen king—a king of
Persia. He commanded that material support should be
given to the Jewish priesthood, and for the maintenance
of God's house out of the public treasury, replenished from
the taxation of his heathen subjects. Yea, he went' further.
He proceeded to enforce obedience to his law, and the law
of God on the matter, by severe penalties. " Whosoever,"
he says, "will not do the law of thy God, and the law of
the king, let judgment be executed upon him speedily,
whether it be unto death or to banishment, or to confiscation
of goods, or to imprisonment."
Upon this striking passage of Scripture, so clear a proof
that, if the ALMIGHTY disapproved of State interference
in religion, he would not have specially inspired a heathen
monarch to do so, he argues that the entire controversy
between the Church and the Voluntaries is settled defi-
nitely, once and for ever. Leaving, however, the Old
Testament, he refers to the New for an inculcation of
similar principles, and boldly contends that, as the Chris-
tian religion was first established by the poor and the
despised, it was manifested that the Church is independent
of all State support for its existence. And he adds :

=lf all the kings and emperors, senators and people, in the
world were to combine against the Church of Christ, their
efforts would be in vain. They did so once before, in the
Apostolic times : "the kings of the earth and the rulers,
the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered to-
gether against the Lord and against his Christ ;" but " they
could do nothing against the truth, but for the truth."
These very persecutions but served to scatter the seed of the
Word more widely.

The Church is independent of the State, but the State
is not independent of her, nor can it afford to dispense
with her assistance. "And," he asks,
If the civilising influences of Christianity be essential to
the well-being of a state, to its moral and intellectual
advancement,—can the State afford to leave its people
unprovided with those means of grace—those public
ordinances—wherry the Church may dispense the Waters
. 4
of Life amid the parched and arid deserts of a moral
wilderness ?

In concluding this part of his subject, he sums up by
saying that over and above what is actually found in the
New Testament, the case stands thus :-
1. We have the principle fully admitted, yea, enjoined
in the elder dispensation ; and what was once set up by
Divine authority can never have been wrong in itself. _

2. We have, in the New Testament, all that we could
have under the circumstances, viz., a general principle for
the guidance of rulers ; a principle which, fairly acted out,
leads us, by strictest logical deduction, to the National
Establishment of Religion.
The next part of this valuable pamphlet refers to the
Anti-State-Church theory, the several points of which he
replies to ; but we have already trespassed so much on
our space, that we must defer the consideration of it until
next week. We may, however, remark that our readers,
whether Churchmen or Dissenters, would do well to
obtain the work for themselves ; for, as truth must be the
object of both, it will amply repay their perusal.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1854'

vial :—"British
aOrmn
ythebe3frodreofsNeboaysetmapbaelr
wasthe effmeoert
eiretlt
men. This was irrespective of the forces --
landed from the ships. The statements which9-'ll sber
deavour to reduce them to some 10,000 less a7;:e alteg,ia
unworthy of credit, and are to be accounted forbl of
been looked at from a very limited and alarm no ty
view. It is quite true that ttie three battall°einte'
Guards were reduced to a force in the field of I,ow„tit
although they left an;
is also well known that no brigade in the armY
more in Bulgp,:rla than the battalions of the OnATroied,
that in the Crimea they had not improved. 111°r
In re 3 to
a very unjust criterion for the general force. uliot
the estimate for the whole infantry force, it nutui;„;sieo'
'land double that number. Aketij
be forgotten for a moment that there were in tber,
on the 3rd of November, no less than 33 battinnot
Infantry. Most, if not all, of them baPPelled_.4l of tape
time not to have anything like their full strengu,..Anote,
thousand to each battalion ; but, taking the low by;dreo
made for the Guards, counting them at five 00
men to a battalion, it would give us 16,500 b 3210 tbe,
the field. We believe this computation to be below
mark of the actual numbers. Were it otherwise, we 01.14`
be at a loss to account for the rest. This estimate ariro.e
irrespective of cavalry, of artillery, of sailors, of..t
We know that 27,000 British landed at DIPa t_i°l77l
know that, after the battle of Alma,they rear/b.:, ca
tion of full 3,000 hi the Scots Greys, the IrePJ. 30r
Brigade, and the 57th Regiment of Foot. There ls,oobai
to begin with. Say that 2,000 were put hors (If
_:6010
at Alma, give the large number of 3,000 up to sicxD
death, you have still 25,000 left, and 3,000 iS a large
beg for the sickness of a month. The battle of /3 ,33, be
knocked down 500 more, and the siege operations'; reo'
called 50 a day, which are perpetually. restored. bytie,
forcements, and by convalescents returning to that "itia ot
The entire number of sick and wounded in the 11(,00
Scutari was 3,000; granting 2,000 more in the te;ole,
hospitals and on board ship, here is only 5,000 alt es u/
and this makes our calculation square, and I°l_o,dd'
force of 26,000, instead of the 16,000 so confidentlY2f 70,0
Even since the battle of the sth no less than 6, vi the
have arrived. Three whole battalions have 1.001'4 tile
destination, the 46th from Woolwich, the 97tb fire' e,11.1e,
Piraeus, and the 62nd from Malta. In addition Wirt s LP;
Queen of the South had brought 1,100, and the 01,0::
in detachments to the several regiments on the
There is a substantial addition of 5,000 infantry'
detachments of 20, 30, and 50 are constantly ur",; 9),J
These 5,000 have actually arrived. The 90th ba'i are
in full strength from Dublin, and five reginle!?.,-,10,17
ready proceeded from Gibraltar, Malta, and CO aa";:i
replaced by five regiments from home. Irbese,!'isioo".
tional battalions will be formed into another wv3A
the army, and will bringourinfantry strength uPA..At° Ito fl.°ejr
ments of the Line. The cavalry will be filled up bY'''":o
home ; and already ten companies of artillery tirverlvl
way or ordered to proceed to the scene of war. jo,
drafts are sent off to supplythe loss of the battalion its
The cavalry in the East will again be made 'Tripe; set
completient by drafts from the regiments at .`,creas,
the army under Lord Raglan's command will be 1,4' rev
from 30,000 to something like 45,000 effective nie'who'l,3;
out including marines, sailors, or Turks; all°The
however, are -effective in their several vial',; jatee,„;
infantry battalions sent out will be forme' ntii"
additional division, and its commander will be ant of
England. The vacancies caused by the lamented "foa
Sir George Cathcart, and the illness of Sir Pe l'ac,tle
who is, we regret to find, compelled to come b°-"D'y rij
having well performed his part, will be filledAPeeP.,Wili
motions in the army of the East, which haj'th'a
and gloriously earned on the battle-field. ..1-o()des'ptilcille:
of course,. be decided till the detailed otfieubit, P,„•13
shall arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday next. '-',;lol3P'#l,e
meantime, it is satisfactory to know that s,;recoP
have arrived since the sth, and that 5,000 were -
way."

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611 s''B"

INCIDENTS OF THE WO . bet
tbeil'joar
JACK ASHORE.—Lord Raglan has 'spoken e fife
terms of them (the English sailors), though ~`,.'oropo,o
scarum dare-devils, not content with endeavon'iotoP„reo,
three times to an artilleryman's twice, must the e
the embrasures to see where the shots hit, Ira 11l
likelihood of being tumbled down by the eli"
quicker than they got up. g a
s 0 ram
A SURGEON'S EXPERIENCE.—The pluck tais
one has yet truly described. They laugh at Ps:osf of
scarcely submit to die. It is perfectly roar; toraccoit
triumph of mind over body. If a limb Wer:ta is
crushed at home, you would have them bronv tueyo sob
ing, and in a state of dreadful collapse. ger,ea's
"-
with a dangling arm or a riddled elbow, an -so P,,roie
doctor, be quick if you please—l'm not done foreleg P.stet
I can get away back and see !" And manY ofcold `tbe
fellows with a lump of tow, wrung out of 0;01
wrapped round their stumps, crawled to the reoci 'of
fight, and, with shells bursting round then rogtv,",
tearing up the sods at their feet, watched the p teoli,og
the battle. I tell you as a solemn truth that.):4 bo'ij
the foot of an officer, Capt. —, who insisted nepalito
helped on his horse again, and declared that he told it
now that his " foot was dressed." Surgeon eA"
that if he mounted he would burst the lig
t°atnrr !i to to
on the spot, but for all that he would have retlieTp`joi
hill if he could have prevailed on anybodY 1 sri
mount. b 5
WHAT Is Rano? ?—Every one has noticed
contradiction in Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's 40,
despatch about the Turks " spiking" their giV,s_ the
having the said guns " turned against them
sians. Most people are impressed with the nkot
it isd~6
spiked gun is for some time rendered useless ;0;leopoal?
" They are about four inches long, every one who knows what a spike is. 0,50,
of the Morning Heraid makes this oinite &al' /0
of a tobacco-pipe ; the head flat ;
as a, spring, which is naturally pressed
~ta reach lip'
being forced into the touch-hole. Uponand iVit
chamber of the gun, it resumes its position, t otifyst
possible to withdraw it. It can only beof Pyle'
drilling—no easy task, as they are made touch trer
steel, and being also somewhat loose in !hbite 36 eof
drill of
there is much difficulty in making a 'o' it
+he a At „i•
tually as it should do. Its application i 9 the
moment, a single tap on the flat head *it' even
g'aabuadrbLat,iteheshpolliftn?
the hand sufficing. This can be easily done' pair
ever so dark."
ussia°,„rcb„.rol
A CLEVER THOUGHT.—In OW Of Rhe ussia
113
sions which the French soldiers entered, on diata„j, i",
wall,Sebas tbooaporlinagpitehcese
these words,
wpaoprders7wasriftotuennd t
in fehrohe 11gsa'ottotY,
-French "We trust this house to Frene", id'
drink, gentlemen, to our healths." A suPer'eri r
laid out on the tables, which was constun
house was carefully protected by sentinels, 041
French rested in the neighbourhood. dijf,'49.oj
oed Iter4
STRANGE EN C OUNTER.—Our skirmisne,
on the second day of the siege. The Russiali rsl U e
were completely driven back by the superWoce, I'D a
activity of our men. A man of the Rifles icssttecig
off eight men in succession from a Russian :se'tlci,tbell
skirmishers, in fact, found their work scPelielek,aiacit
agreeable to their. feelings, that, on being 'of of 'O6 j,
expressed much regret. Towards dark, a. ra.stuotit
tend 1
belonging to the 33rd, found themselves wl jea
cartridge left. Returning home, they el'eoea.„ool't
dozen Russian skirmishers' who had likewiset ooe Act
their ammunition. The two parties looked 3 VOileije.
with great astonishment, both expecting'
t!go sto 100
length an impatient 33rd man took up e°,,101
flung it into the midst of the Russians. I"spet'
followed on both sides, and the original 5t.,06
stone match now offered itself. The Eng,' the 11,7E5,
became tired of the exercise, and chargeu.th ver:,7epti;(
with the bayonet, with which the latter, j
judgment, declined to be tickled, and conseall,eat AS,
ESCAPES.—A splinter of a shell rent the WeitiPfidet,
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sa.:oo,- pOopt.Sid
bruised his thigh ; but the blow to the limb,,inst• „jeffb-ot
tially so slight that he remained at ins a; by °;,301,4'01.
Staunton, R.E., was struck on the 111°11"- e, 'e
rock, and Lieut. Baynes, R.E., above the eYs. io j
injured in any way to distress the tenderest'escaPeat,
Dixon and two engineer officers had a gres,„ routoe
of the batteries. A shell pitched on to,
hopped down near a gun. It was though pi; to be
015
shot ; but Col. Dixon called out " It iS a:2 thoa tpl,l"
fuse." These words were no sooner said rot
flung themselves on the ground, and the so, 0 A AV.,'
leaving them untouched. The red nightcapd
s'll,,t;'p,i 50
man was taken from his head by a r°3llnon't e
injury to the person of the wearer. A eSillito the Oho
hod
between the legs of an officer's horse aPet0016))0
galloping, and on another occasion the gad the a,„'till
an officer was seated was carried away, an
gentleman suddenly let down, just as a go,lier bee,,eraV
trick drops from its support into the tilniusice °W,OOO.
OPERATIONS OF A SIEGE.—The progre.ds. pa'ssit
of a siege may be explained in a few
svotecte+tW
to oi
object is to establish a body of men in a PI, atop fog
within a certain distance of the place
in technical language, " open the Iltio,t1) tvtiot
trench, as its name implies, is an excasT <iel ,soth
kind of sunken road in a direction paraToea roe, 0.64
the enemy's fortifications, and of such lite:,,e tost for
troops and guns can move along it at oleno the,o4
taken from this road is thrown up oti Tea lilt the woo,
the town, so that a bank or parapet is lb, I.' are 00'
ther protection of the troops in the trelL.ttertesoo,,,,,it
favourable points of this covered road nt:tt the Pugh Pieci
structed, which open upon the works_o_i tbro
when sufficient advantage has been oil an i.'"aistre
fire, a second trench, parallel to the fi,rsaishortervibies,:ie
with it by a diagonal cut, is opened aLtteries,„,o P,:;re
from the town, and armed with fresli".:„.ont n't.roco
to work as before. This process i oeiZ., ore td thd oott.
repeated, and the "approaches," s
3 11e1;,"
" Para we, it r tI)
pushed forward by successive
carried up to the very walls of the Pi, down
rioa
time have been "breached," or batteredp e
_O6
et,:he,
by the besiegers' guns. Then comes the„. eol Limns 100
the brese .ist .g
" assault." The troops advance in
their covered road, rush through cen=r4y Ch
town. The best chances for the 4,t,,,,enr` be so
isu'ofteco`o:
culties of the ground, which may "
eches °r' 3sat Ole tier
stroort 01 .11 to
prevent the execution of the appl'ioloaadaAnns at aetWo
case, in Flanders, so exposed to
itches rrlaYped taat al`
mand of the garrison, that the tre,e sivo.
013),0
ove,
be put under water, and the belie rsstrong., eee
es °elle oseh
tti
successful sorties, fill up the trenc T the appr.
ere,
toot
posts. If the garrison, too, is very d 0J 0'
spike their guns,- and greatly dela.D
lii the sit perwrolo
batteries to the walls of the towon.he
ever., •
Ogee
understood in the present daY ill.
____OWf a
strongly fortified, must ultimatell;crtrstosiioo o_oo,
ever, of any such impediments to tat
THE VACANT COMMANDS IN
Tn rt the f°llll,l f'efe
se of Sir George CathT aof Sir -e
and the return to Engi;o's,,,o, screw
the iatflirj
ibly of Sir Georgethe conlinsi!`isbe trolot Vie
nust take place in
molts 'nl „hes frefobst'ill,
celihood these arrangeext
desPa- west Poi ,
ter the arrival of theconsiders carobliegoi,
Meantime it maybe
oi Sir Call ate IPDolitcrit
wortsaace, 110
sti
ral Bentinck and Genoe.r,,visions.
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the cornmap! t.al
dist.n- tioa -11 led
heir cfac wboh..;

by the feeung to gC
Grener-
should be cou,,lfidviden
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have ;he ev
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