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‘ -bl'~- 1'“-3 l1..st.1 isxiut I”); . I To 'riti-2 Eoiroi: OI‘ II.\SZAltIt 5 (iA’/.l£‘t"l'l5. 5 Dear Sir : «As we beat men are smiir.-ti-in-s in error nng matters connected iiitli llio iital ir.terust.~‘ of tnaii-‘J ltind, you \\'ill oblige ,1 .;(.,,,-1,,.,1 r.-;ult<r and one \\lio ndvocate.~x the cattsc ul"l'«»t.tl itl):.ll.ll‘ll1’L‘ 1'-It l““'l""l l pyincilylcg’ by gitiiig in-r-rtivm, to the lolloiring able and judicious rent:-.rl.~i by Arr-luhracou Ji-llit')’3r "1 minister of the church of linglaittl. ‘

Tilt: l’rr.-sluytrrriaii (‘hutch of f‘.aii:nla \\‘I()lt'(!'.'l wry!’ 5 ulfectiitiiztttr letter of I‘Dltgl‘llllll1Ill4'll to the icrmia Alscnilily of the l"r.-4-. ('linit'li of :-‘t'orl.iiitl, jti‘t>ftaiitttig l tlietn with two liunilietl and forty p 'lltItl~‘ sit-iliugi as a to.-atinioiiv of lll(‘it‘ good will. In this lt!lll‘t‘ tiey took (i(»(_-J_.,¢>l| to not lrl'l't|I’I! tln-iii tl--' \"t.~'t ttiitoiiiit «wt good that hail lira-ii tltllltf, both in Ihv- l‘lilll‘lI >‘t~it.~.<= and in lliilish i\iiiv'rit;i, by tho: (4 lli[l|l'.llit‘l) tiioitr-l ment, and tho iu:iuy lilv~'~ings. hozli lt‘lIt[Il'I'ltl and l spiritual, that IHILI i'u<ulIt-tl lioiii it. 'l'lu-y |'I'«‘r\'t'\l. by s:iti:it.ii.'tni'_v h'l.Ill~l|(>', that all this Ljonil li ltl ltulfll (lonoantl that all th. -1! l.lt~~~*iit_::< had lt'~’lllll‘El train the sprvzid rftlre pi'iuri;ulu~ r-.l'tot::l at.-.-tint-or-elruni all ‘» intoxiciltitg; tIlllll.~l—£il.\l i-.tritt:s:l_'.' ant‘_ till-‘l‘l_ll‘lI.tlt'ly . CI|lI'L‘.'tlt'tI lllt'll‘ a.~'-i-t.tnt'<- in the C..l1ir.‘. 'l lIl:l lrli‘ rl gave out isi.-ii to .~it.'VL't;tl \l.“l‘_)' al.le tt‘ptI|‘l'l and Itnportmit ('t>;.t,‘l‘.~\|llll~', anal llt|l:lllIt\t'l_ll' tits‘. UH 'llIi'_, part vfiln: (.'utivral I‘-‘TI'IIlI.lly til the lice (.'liutcn at I Scull.-.nil.

Aiuong lltesn (It)(‘llllIl‘ll'..~', it is oiipr-cmlly to rt late I able, nail in ii.:iu_v rt--pt-t i~. \.'llll:IlllL'. it-p vrl. 1|‘-‘HI ll)’ ; Dr. lll‘l'arl:tuo lt¢'li‘r:: tli.- liviic r:tl .‘~..~~‘I'IHlvl)'. llhfl '11 is my lllt.‘>‘t‘lll. o!j:r-t to call the i'e'ul».-r‘.~t atlt.-ntion. Afttii‘ l‘.il2tl,‘{ll‘-j_: \\llll ::rr.it al.il§ly upon the t‘titIH'. dl)[]]c§II;} ini.-t-i'_\', and ruin pi tlut-ml in Ftftlaiitl lay Inloxir-..ttin;_g thiul.s, atitl aft--r fully Ltlriiittiiii; tlit-l great good that It is low it LlI.‘Itt! liy the opt-ultl oi‘ let.-totalisiii, the report t-vatlee r-oninig to the rtunmy. and cxcu.-‘cs the clrurtli front lendiizg livr §|.lI|it"|‘l and I assistance to tlu: only iiioastire tli:tt iii.-t over yet availed to stop tllie tlesolating scourge, in the following memorable ivor s:—

' s a Church, she cannot with propriety take any step, except on moral and scriptural grounds. She may fr.titkly admit, as was done in a former f('pt|l'l, that much good has been done by tcrnpcraiice societies ; and, in so far as she can a prove tl' ' proceedings, she may, with perfect good feeling, bid them God speed. ltut her own tnovcmt-nt only such, as gpuld llt'I;tlll.h0l'll‘l8l’.l[lj':‘{IXll1g to in'uncliou—“ tus srult t e or .

JNow it is amazing to me. lioiv such great and gpod men as com min the General Assembly of the hen Church of Scotland, should allow lIlcIlltlelVC8 to be the dupes of such a miserable fallacy as the above excuse contains.

1 have said ‘great and good men, because (though an archdeacon of the Church of Iingland) I he el may be permitted to express my sincere and settled conviction. that they are groatarid good men, without givinvv olll-nco to an .

But it is tliii more aruazing to me how such men could take the most solemn, sacred, and awful words that can be uttered by the mouth of man—‘ Thus saith the Lord,’ and make them the instruments of a fallacy.

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God for this particular mods of christian benevo- lence.‘ This (I had almost said) senseless objection Is nothing new to us; we ave heard it again and in from common rnt'nds—' Show as a command In the Bible for our testotal societies, and then we gill join you.’ say, we have heard this objection again and again from common minds bu ho such men as compose the General Assenibl of the Free Church of Scotland could ever think 0 such an objection, or listen to it for one niorneut, is to in most arnazin ; I can only say, alas! for poor human nature, and the deceivubleness of the human heart t In cases, where custom, or prejudice. or appetite pro concerned, no wisdom, no talent, noforrner integrity, can with certainty secure it from becoming the dupe of a fallacy l _ One would think that it would be enough to remind these good men, that none of the various odes of christian benevolence in the present day can claim the preﬁx, ‘Tlius saith the Lord.’ in the sense in which they here demand it of our cause. They cannot show the express and particular command oft‘-od for Mogdaleii Hospitals. Church- Building Societies, lloiigious 'I‘ract Societies, or oven for the Bible and Missionary Societies, in tltc sense in which it is err (It!lI|ﬂ'| ed for the Tem- pgfnncg society. we do not ask for l.Il*ll'

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llit.-ir I X iitiple at-(I ii.ll :I‘It‘ ~"'. -~l l_'-' wliwg Ill‘-' truth L. Into, \\'r~ tlu lllll :. r {Ill ‘ . iH':lt)tl,' lit any coin -t.l-orv .~t~it::.,- t.l'tl:o \\(|lll izjrttir-ii:-ii : \\'t‘tl()

not 'r.sl.', that it shall llt‘ll!1l(l(’::l‘\‘l|.<ll1ulllttltl‘t‘IllIl"'ll lllt‘l;:I)i r.-hip. “'0 tn-l_v a.~'l\' Illl‘ll' nun ]'r.'r‘.s'mir/I _.,.n.ilt-i.i-il and lltt'll' Il('.tI’I_l' con»; t'lil'ilI|ll in llil~‘ “;‘1lt‘I'1'l/‘Ill ‘ (‘Ill-'ll:ll‘<I,'—-llll~’ laln:i'r of love And \\'t! ll.'l\.'v3 at lllll('lI iu.tiaiit liotu ~I‘-iplttrv ft r our lalwur of love at-d iii:-icy, as they h.avr- l'o;- ::Ity oflhe societit-s, to which they lvinl tlu ir (‘n|:l:lUll.tllt‘i5 and support.

IllllI,'(3tI, if an r.rprr:;-: and ]=-rrliculrrr commrr '21! for any llltltlt‘ of lIt:lIt:\'tIlt'lItTO he at all iit-cv.=-‘-”.‘' '" tzuustituto t'lll'l.~li:llt oliligatmii, I have no l|I'.‘llillllIll In .'t~’st-i'tin'_', that tht-ie are i'.\pr.--5 lllttl p:ti'tii:iih:r t't,'lll- in:ii.tl< in .-<'iiplnrt.- tihitrlt appioarli lH|lt‘ll mart’ :.I'tIr— /_I/ to .'t t’IVl:tltlfllllI to alnstxtin frniii lrll|l.\li'-llll .1 tlIl'Il«'»~‘ in //1(',')t't‘.\ at /1/ill], in vi-vw of the l‘.lllIll: :.i.<l ll.l‘l,'- tics thvy are ).'trIl.' |Il'<ItIut.lll1!, thin can be lirn:--l for any ulhvr iirutlv el’t'liii.<tiaii llL‘?|t v« la-in-u-, iioiv l.l npw~r- atiun in l".: gland. That \\aruii:g__ri fnuz‘ I.I'i.l.’ ll. .t i~. ln-mitt-etrl'tlie fi’It]r.\, .\'n:rrr‘s. and sirlml.’i/:13-l=l"t'l~~ lll II :Il:t'tllllI Ill this \\ltl\1'lI tvoiltl, an? the tlir‘ l'll('Zl \\'llllZil l7.‘l1;l(‘.'lilIl‘/_l/ I-l‘li(l\\'.~'—Ilt;ll. if any tmtlrly itttliilgy-iirt-, or atiy i;irthl_v ctiriifoil, (lI‘tll‘ aml i:->t:t-~- .~ Il_\ , :llttI (in its rrivn ‘/l4lfl’l't‘) as IlIl!tlt‘I‘:ll, too. .".z-l I to ll_'_’lll. ll:IIi(I or the right r-yr-, and as tr«.l_\' ti ‘ Iillllll Clil'..‘i'l Imlili OI“ (i(ll),’ zistlit-st: ln‘2Illll- ftil ( l‘f_'.'|ll~i nit-, slionl l, by stnne titit-i\\':tv:l l‘||llllllll?l- tinll o|' i.lft‘lll!l-'i.!ll' us, llt.‘l'(‘l|2t! an (-lli'l‘('|! .':i.tl a

.~*tt:ii;ltlii'~,;-lilocli to our t‘-=tintr_v in‘ ‘ the t\t\ihl,' \\'t‘< with it, tlioiigli llu- .-t-p.tiatioii ro~t us it ,

tiittsl juiit pang It is parting “ill! the lin-he cf lltt‘ limlv; utal this Ill!tIl r tlit: .-'evert-st pt-irxlty and itariziitg, lll|I'l’ llllll s |tl’llZ|tlllllI_‘t'II, that t:v-‘I’ cat-it: fmiii tln- gt-:.tle >‘:iviour’s lips, of the ‘ wm'tii ll‘.:tl Illlilll tint, and the lire that is not qLlL‘llt‘I|~ tl.’ l'au too conics rcry mar to the priin-iplo of our .~or-it.-iy, with an ‘cxprt-ss rtoiuntaiid,‘ when liv- r-oinruaiid.-a us to abstain, frorii tiliatcvcr is ‘iiic.vp«-- llll‘lll, rvcry thing by ivhicli rt brother sliiinbletli or is

t.‘fIIIt'lI, or is tirade weak, Illlt \'(3lilI'L'.“, that it is good not to drink wine, or to do any thing iii any ‘ causes our brother to ttl'end;’—ncarcr, I suspect, iliait he does to, try for the greater part of, the socie- IICS now in existence.

But all this is mere digression from our main argu- ment, and even if I were wrong in my applicatioii of tliose particular texts, it does not in the least affect our position, because the demand made u on us, show an express and parlicttlar conimiind of God for our particular mode of christian enevolcnce is not tenable for n nioiuent, and the excuse for not assist- iu us is :i miserable fallacy. It arises entirely from overlooking the genius and spirit of the bible, the plan upon which it is constructed. If every rase of conscience. in which every individual can placed in all the varied relations and circumstances of life, and in all the changes which succeeding generati- ons may bring ahout,—il' al tio various modes of doing good, which cliristian benevolence has contriv- ed, cr may contrive to the end of the world, were expressly provided for in the bible, with the preﬁx— ‘Thus saith the rd,’—the Encycloptadia Britannica would be a penny pamphlet, ompiircd with the book that would require to e written. nd how would the poor ever be able to purchase such a book(or ra- tber such a vast library) as this would be? or who would tind leisure to study it? But no ! blessed be God I the blessed gospel is not a book of ca tr , nor a statute book of laws ! I assert feurlessl , in the face of the whole christian world, that, if t are are two things under the sun, utterly unlike one aiiothe it is the blessed gospel, and ii. statute book of law or it ponderous toms of casuistry. The gospel lays down broad principles of action, supreme love to God,and love to man for the dear Saviour’s sake, and leaves it to the ‘honest heart’ warmed b it; love ofChrist. to be the ' casuist,’ in each particular- case of conscience. As thus—-A case ofconscience occurs, in which I doubt. whether it be my duty to do or not to do, a particular action, or to give m an port to a proposed scheme of christian benevolence,

turnover the word of God to learn my duty, what do I had.’ Express directions for this par- ticular case? Nothing of the kind ! The first words I read are, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and soul, and intnd,snd strength, and thy neighbour as thyself!’ Now how am I to ap ly this

be low Lace. 'l‘lien Love must be the lawyer to explain and apply it. There are runny other lawyers that pretend to eit- plaiu it. Seltishness tlitnlm he can explain it,—Self- iiiicrcst,-—Carnal-case and Indulgence,-Loveof the world and its ruuxinis——itll these go-ntlenien are law- yers in their way, and tltink that they can explain it; but they cannot! they cannot! Lot-c is the only law- yer that can explain the law of Law ‘hey will only ruysufy the subject with quilitilus, excaptj.

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' .-‘t lll“ ."r.viuttr, and l'.titl a tin-t l'..nl, in slant, 4r _/ .~'Iililt-ilizgo-, l-i i-\:iil-- -4.-‘.l'.t3t'iii:l. Iitl' tl.:-\- 1-: not itntlt'I~t:iitl f'tll'l lintv tlwn l‘.lll Ilt--\ l“.IlI.llll-E) the l..\\' nfl-nt'u:l liut ilil l\'lIllt'l( at my min lnv~'oin. :!ti'I iIIitl'lll-‘ll [om tl‘-‘.'l' ls Ilu.-1':-, lh--it lni-r v-an t-vplziiu it to nu: l:l ii inon.t'r.t. I l.;.v.: _iii<[ .-,..,t| |l;.§ 1,“, :.-.-~,; t'.tllitlll.tlttlIll‘!lll:7 ‘ mi \\ltil h ll.x!.ﬂ all tl.-- l'l\V and the l""'l'l“' ~‘<' 'l'li:'~-' my 9-’ itinnt‘ ti:ll~: mt-, air: mv rule l'ilnt_v in t'\'l'l') rt-i-, that ("lit p- <-}‘ i\ i)"t?ltl‘;..‘|ll|l I stout to lillt|\\' l:o-.\ t.~ apply it in t!..- r.;'.-,» ...,-,, 1;.-li r.; H In Lil--~ /win‘ for thy tt.lI.l] l'- lt'l' and low l!lillll'lll- .ttt'l_y t“:|I' tin: it to lit‘: 1 .t.s-—‘I :-v-- \\('I'l.:'lll no ill to lH~‘ Iwigzlvltl‘. ll.i’ll'liil't‘ love is lllt‘ li.lei'.'in;_- «ti the l-|“'«’—Wtl UlIl_\' i:n l':.’t rzliw/11] ill, lll-I IAII i.| of 4:12 l.intl. l.:\\(i \\o;.l-l ll»lll' and al-lmr out liltlttl-_'-’ll('c to the ll '-ll l.\ hich \\‘i.~.".il(‘2.llL‘II with il il::'t*l' and ,-op:ii‘- (l_\ to a lti-tllieiis soul. l.o\4-. .~'Il\.~'—-‘ It‘ It rat or wine ‘ or any ii.rlu|_;_v.-i.r'«_- lil‘lllll|(fllt!li,t"1l.\ l r. tln-r to oll},-ml, ‘l t\lll eat no lllt'.‘tI and third. no i\i.n-, uleilv the ! in-1'31.‘ .~'2;ii--.l<.-t' . mzxlte iuv lt:«~tE~«-r to Ulll?lltl.,

(iotl ftilllill, that l.~ltotil.l ‘wall; ion in tiiinlilu and thr- I.~:lro_v with my meal Ul iiith ll y dlllllt llltll lor \\ltOu) l'liri.<t IIit‘4I_,

.\-_;.-in the apostle Paul .-‘.'t\.~' to ma, ‘ ll:-ar yo ono _:itiotlit-r’.-' IlllIIlI‘Ii~, .itul ~-i l'n'lil tlw i..\\ of (7ltri.~'t;' and tilting Ir.-yr for my il.Il'|'j-l'r'l-‘,I‘. l llll-ivls! mt} i; L. |.n l!lt\ll.(‘llI. I we in at. in-tint ll.:'_\ i-_ i g the l'lt'~I3liI t';I~--. :‘\"tl JI'_Vl’tl',’llIl\' ‘ ll long to ‘lu-or lll" l‘llt'tl-ill‘ of liI'

till}: and the: l.:llii~'ll-‘ll r-lii‘.l;‘-‘ii of :,'..g :t:ti ll‘2.ti_V aial \\il.i'.;:. ' hit ratin- i:idtil;gt-iivo, to ltlnxl Pt) l)t'illtt'll I‘.\l(lrC the lit.:-‘rznil at .l the l‘..i|p_-.3 I posre,l Yllll \\llltl.':; tn 'lt':lt‘Il|n' lmrth~n' ol the poor ‘-.lt'ti'iltir«l ill l.\l"l. 'I'l.‘!.'li.r¢ I ‘gut 1.. l;',“»_ Mp, —-‘ llrotl..:r, I come to .~.lim- thy lIllHl"ll, I come to like than by the Iurr.-J, and to haul Ila.-e iii the path, the only path, \\lllt:ll is szife for tlu.-0. .-'\notln:r path lllf|_\ be sail: for inc. but I ivant to lozul thee in the path in \vni.:li tlioit can-t walk .~'.'Ili'i_\': I i: ll] do ivith- out the things \\l|lClI destroy thy hotly and rtiin thy soul, and surely thou oanst. We “ill try it twgether, my brother. For Christ laid down his life for mi soul,.and shall I not give up the pleasures of the ttitoxicatiiig cup for thim.-3’ Ag‘iin,l light upon that conintand of the loving, self-tlenying l’anl—‘ \\’u that are strong ought to bear the inlirniitios of them that are weak, and not

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present case, love makes it as clear to me as daylight. see at once, tltat the drunkaid is a ‘ weak brother,’ in a fearful .-tense of the term. I see that he cannot even approach the temptation, that he cannot ‘look u on the wine ivhe it is red,’ without imminent danger of falling. I see that the example of moder- atiou is a cruel exariiplo to him—and that the very attempt to follow it will ruin Ililn both in body and soit|,—tliat to liirti it is more darigvuous than the eiianiple of the lost and degraded drunkanl; for the otie acts as rt beacon, ti fearful warning like a strand- ed vessel on the rocks, at which ' meats his soul shudders, whereas the other is a decoy which lures him to his ruin. I see that the drinking customs and courtcsics of society are cruel customs to him; that by the whole system and trade, his path is infested with snares, and that, in every step he takes, there is a trap set for his soul. And shall I encourage this system, and multiply these snares and temptations, and destroy my poor brother for thesaks of a worthless indulgence? I value in ‘christian libert But love whispers in my ear, ‘ Use not your liberty for an occasion to the ﬂesh,’ (to pamper and gratilz the appetite), serve your or brot er.’ "I‘nlte hood, lest this liberty of thins become a stumbling-block to them that are weak, and through thy greater knowledge (or streizgith) thy weak brother perish, for whom

ris I . Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and soul, and thy neighbour as thyself!!! God well deserves our love; ' ' to us, when he gave his only-begotten Son that we might live through him. ‘ Herein is love, indeed not that we owe God, I) sent his Son to be the propitiation our . ‘ Brethren, ifGod so loved us, we ought to love one thcr,' and if ‘he laid down his life f glit to la down our lives,‘ needless in ulgence ofthe ﬂesh) rather tliiin endan- gers brother’s soul. Have we any measure of this love? If so, what are the practical evidences of it? Love does not show itself ‘ in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth ' Love is not a thing that goes about talking and making lino professions. .ovc is a principle that rntises ll irian to action. An love does not deal out its services by stinted measure, evcr considering lnowzliitlc it can [t0sCllil_\ do, just to come within the terms of a liargiiiii. l.n\'otloes not require to be shown an e.\pI‘s:9s t:orii.u.mi.i oi’ not! —-‘Thus saith the Lord,‘ binding her down as

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l»_v the terms of a bowl to every intliiidnl art ainl !::l>otii' of Ftfir-III ziyii-gt love Love does not .-4} \\llll :~'lnlx-ttlx. ‘ It is not in tho lmml; show it mo in th-- li--u-l—l will l|:t\‘4.' my livtlil ’—l.oie is 1! large, .t ll'.‘lll«‘, ti :jn:ii«-inu- [w!~~li-ll. 'l'l.t-re is ‘a l-ngth,n lm-:i«Iil:.:i tl-';.'lt, :1 lt~i,:h|,’ in love. llut t‘§j|t't.‘ltIlly llw var} tlt-".t;gl‘.t if the .'*'.Ir'i-uirr sits the ivliolu soul ol'ln\t- on line. a:.tl elw «Iv.-4 tint, t‘4IIlIIUl r4t,‘t‘I{ to drive a Iurrf ."..ra';:.!i xrnl tl~:.l ( iii a .~'ti:.ti~nl llit'.x§IlI’B of return for it .‘:ivioitt‘s tlyiii-.' love. ‘lh-«iv is no r-xprv-s r‘oiu:;i:iinl fur it in sttiptuie-l’ tilt the soul ( I'i ux..- liliflii xx llll iiitligsiatiori at Illa: very llltlllp-_'vlil of surii a sliiit, rlllfll a .~itl-It-tlitge as this! ."h«- t'tlll//wf jllt‘2ltI such an <-_\t:u-t- as this to avoid .<<~ll'~rl--i-Lil in lll.\‘ s i'vi:'i: \\l:o tI(‘lllt‘(I liitu.~' I.’ to tho doatii for its. Na} the greater the riiIt‘l'2llCE, the rnur:- ll:-iigliivd lo 'r- \\llttlt.I lie to lay it tlt-\\'lt at tho foot of tho I7I't'.‘." ivithout ivaiting for an t-xpress coin- iuaud. 'llie language ofluvr: i..'—

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‘ Ifl might iiialw soiiic re.~'cr\'e, Atitl lluly lllll Ill‘l r‘ , I love my I.tlltI with stirli a love 'l'l:al. I ivonl-.l give him all.’

And so far from loving and «lit-ii-liiitg any indul-

_v ‘urn to lll-3 II"Sll lit:it lniin-_'_lit t.ll~lmiiI-til’ |.|It 1- {lie I‘ inn: til.‘/‘lift.-’l, luvu t\.'i~tiitl IIIIIU :tl.tl ttltlmr the still‘ r.l';.n_t i...loZ;r--:;ce that tinned the souls, for “horn her t)'.\'litl4'1l‘- .. ioitr uivt.

t'l..'i«t .-'::_v< ‘ If any titan lorr um, lie ivill lwvp my innititrzitultii-ants.' Illfl.‘ll./I/1./‘L; us to In up the corri- .-'t, line pa rl'.vrin~' :1 lino-f'«‘l .' Ulll:'\,', that to i'.t‘]vI::[u, and a rmrlirr to obey. the t"‘l|~l!.'tlIil‘t_1; love I (‘liri-‘t is n

It‘ .-ntly pruiviful 7nm’r't'r‘ to indoor: iv‘ to «in-y tho CCIIIHHIIIKIS of (.‘lii'ir:t. lint in orta-t‘ In 0'..t9_\'l17lj Cllllllllillltl, we ritii~t at lt':l~l lI.‘I’r't‘l.\ltllrlf it Now the cniiiitiatids of l.'lii'i.~l are fotiiadeil upon the l.:\W Ul" l.()\'l', and no (lllll‘l’ lawyer IIIII Iorc ever can or will understaiul ll1(‘llI, ivliile the uorld t-ndutel. And if these good men who have givs-ii abundant. proof that they nut iuake saciilicvs for the love of Christ, would only take love for their interpreter in [Iris case, as the Iiavo done in many anotlier,wo should lizive them among our noblest supporters and our wariuest Frieiids.

engagerncnts between the English and the Dutch, in the time ol'Ci'omwell, one of the English ships, to their great moi-tiﬁcation, had expended all their ammunition. The Commander, well aware ol'the traflicking propensities ofthe Dutch, hoisted a ﬂag of truce, and sent an officer on board the cue- my’: ship to purchase ammunition. The Dutch, who would never lose an opportunity to make a good bargain, without regard to ti-iend or foe, after some negotiation, con- sented to supply their enemies with powder and ball, but taking advantage of their necessity, dcmnnded an exorbitant price-- whicli, of course, was paid after sonic grumbling by John Bull, who nevertheless, seemed duly sensible of the favor, and re- newing the engagement with more fury than ever, returned the balls with such force and accuracy, that the Dutclimitn was soon plo- ced hora do combat, and compelled to sum- render!

CADET! FOR THE Rout. N AV! iritotir rns Cotoivii-:s.—We learn from the Halifax Recorder, that Despatches were laid before the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia on the 26th ult., from which it appeared, that Her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon Canada the privilege of nominating two young men, and New-Brunswick and Nova Scotia one each, as Cadets in the Royal Navy, and that Master Sydenham Howe, son of the Hon. Joseph Howe, had been appointed, on bchalfof Nova Scotia.

Tits G.tnitisoiv.—Instc.'id of further re- ductions in the garrison ofH-ilifax being contemplated, it is rumoured, that the num- ber of inilitary will shortly be auginentcd, to the full ttinoniit tlmt can lie provided with

Barrack accommodation .-—Recordtr.

, A BARGAIN DURING A BATTLI-1—Il is rela- ‘ 1ed, that during one of the obstinate naval