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      knapsack , eh ? " " Tell him , " he continued , tajsing a bundle of cartridges in his land , "that in Franc * each packet u wrapped in . wax clotk , and is kept with the greatest care by the soldier ; he takes tu much care of bis ammunition as he would of bis mistreat ! Tell him that a general starting on a march with his divMoa knows tfttt his soldier * have ammunition ; but after Oftring marched ten leagues * if they do not take care of it , the soldier deceives the general ; be thinks he has ammaafe&Hi -when be-be * aefc . Teil him to be careful of hi » anaasnitioB . " H » then tonaa round in an abrupt maa&er « n& says , 4 t B « fe all this ioesa ' t go on without -wwtMuts rnMrn * . ar * the decks ? Let mj » . see fcha clerka . " a » ma ft »* a wtducted to a room where these gentry iwr *« kn wotlu On his entry be observed a paper aontaiaiMC * - CKesl uuaabe ? of columns . "Ah ! 1

      tell me what this . Su * ** That is a return of the number of troops in tfc % fortress- —it is made out daily . " " Good \ no * what is that , headtur ff ? Ask him what ' s that beading , -will yon ?* Be was satisfied ! as to that point . "Well , whatVthis cohtmn—wd that , and that ? * A » , everything was explained ^ dewi to tit * mtaafart particular . When ha came to tb » quarters of the Egyptian troops be harangued them ia Arabic , to their great astonishment ; hat which was hardly t » be wosdered afc r as he waa IS years , in Africa . To the FasJtav be > said , through , the interpreter , * ' Tell Mm that if my division comes here , ia 20 days I'll have th » waters of Haiti lake in Yarns supplying the town . I'll hays all tha streets , cleaned , and divided into departments A . B , C , Dl 4 se . I have tinea bands in my division .

      I'll make- alt these women dance ; IB render them gay . " So he went on , in an « i £ rhand manner , which gave the * Turks no breathing-time * It i » most davoatly to be wished that lie and hi » division mar com * hwe . They would do an infinity of good , sot eafy matoriaUy , bat in rousing the dormant energies of the laasiest of theJmmaa race , A * an r eoasuiteraHft fore * botbvof French , and British : ia now © o taa Turkish territory . LjOKd Raglan , Prince Napoleon ,. General Evan& ^ aAdprooabJy Marshal St . Arnaud ^ . have ¦ arrived at Constantinople .. The British troops , both at Gralli poli and Scutari , have been exercised in brigades . It is

      reported , but we have no kind of voucher for the report , that a large force has been ordered ta march to-Adrianopte . Letters from Teheianv in the Journal of € onstaritittoj ) te , announce that Count Kamkof ^ Kvtfskui eovoy-dxtraordiiiary had sent from Tifii * attultiraatantto the Persian Governjmeoty giving it two hfiora to , declare wbicb aide it would take . Thar Shah , answered by i ^ nBg orders that 50 , 000 men , tinder Mehemet Khan * should Mut ^ Blly repair to the Tuikuh frontiers ; aud the Sbah intends demanding from , Russia the . restitution of the provinces wrested by her from Persia on different occasions .

      A telegraphic despatch states that Generals Jellachich and Mamvila have received positive orders to enter the Heraegowina and Upper Albania immediately , slioold the Montenegrins cross the frontier and the Pashas demand the assistance of Austria . The Greek insurrection seems to be in ratler a low condition . It ia said that the Greek Government is in reeeipt 4 > f monthly subsidies of 40 , 0 QQJ . to keep up the drooping ^ spiri ts of the rebels . It ha * produced what might be expected— piracy in the Greek seas ; aod a British , merchant ^ vessel is said to have been , seized and the crew murdered . The Greek Chambers have been dissolved .

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      With respect to Germany there ia little new , the chief fact being the dismissal of the Prussian Minister at War , General Bonin . The reason for that dismissal is a very simple one . 'General Benin had the co « y * g » to say before the Loan Committee of tha Second Prussian Chamber , that it would be parricide for Prussia , to take aides with Russia j According to a telegraphic despatch from Vienna new negotiations , are in progress . Wegpve the despatch , but we do not believe one word of it ; - — " During , the last week several conferences have taken blace between Count Buol , the Earl of 'Westmorland , and M . -de Bourqaenay , at which conditions were agreed upon , to be -offered by Austria to Russia after the former has ocenpied Bosnia , the Herzegovina , and Upper Albania . " The conditions were said to be found acceptable by Baron JMeyendorfF . They ware regarded aa being probably the final attempt of Austria to restore peace before she declares herself . "

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      News from the Baltic in the Fans MoniUur informs us that the thaw of the Neva was expected on the 27 th of April ; that the ice had already broken up in the Gulf , and that the approach of hostilities is profoundly apprehended in St Petersburg . Four butteries nave been established at the entrance of the Neva , and St . Petersburg placed under the command of four military governors . With regard to the Russian forces , one account gives them 100 , 000 men at St . Petersburg , and 200 , 000 in Finland . Another account gives them 52 . 000 men in Finland . 30 , 000 in Cronstadt , and 4 = 5 , 000 on the southern coast of the Baltic If we may believe a . tetter purporting to be from St . Petersburg , aud published ia the Cologne Gazette , the Russians have already made provisions for the prisoners they hope to take : —

      Christians to Karsk , the strangers ( except the Polea and Hungarians } to Kaloga and Riazand . Bussian Poles Are to be confined in the dungeons of the fortress of Eiew , and tried by courts-martial . "

      " I am now looking at a regulation drawn np and relating to the treatment of prisoners of war . It will bo published in a few daya . It comprises forty-seven paragraphs , and concerns those who may be taken with arms in their hands on the field of buttle or on board ship , and who may belong to this or that nation . Thus tUo Hungarians , when raado prisoners , are to be sent to Siberia , or else given up to Austria ; tUo Turks will be treated as prisoners of wax generally are ; but strangers « ad Christian * serving in the Turkish ranks , as also rimegades , will be treated as common felona . Medical man are in the same category as tho Tnrks , thut is , simple - prisoners of war , and so aro all that aro not virtually actiye combatants . The Polos , like the Hungarians , and all tho prisoners , indeed , should they be refractory , aro to be transported in chuins . Tho Tnrkish orHcers if Masaulmen , are to bo consigned to Tula , in the interior , the soldiers to Orel . th «

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      Oar only news of the Br itish Beet in the Baltic is that It had been joined by . tea French , shi p * , left the , Bay , of Elf » - OiiltbeB ,, aod had sailed ia tbe , dinect * jaof the Gulf of Fign land . Kumout last night cams hot into town , with : the story ui his moat )* that . Croojstadfe had be « a taken ; but there is not the slightest chajica of it& being true .

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      PEINCE AXBEBT ON CLERICAL MARRIAGES . For two hundred year * there has existed « corporate society , no doubt frequently heard < rf by our readers , called the Sons of the Clergy . The name does not give much indication of its objects , which are to relieve % h » cbUdrea of the clergy . At this time about 12 OO persons are annually assisted , of whom 70 Oarewicfo > w 8 and aged single , unmarried daughters of clergymen . This year the bicentenary festival waa solemnly celebrated ia St . Paul ' a Cathedral on Wednesday , with the additional spice of Prince Albert ' s presence , and the novelty of dirin © Bervice , with a choir SCO strong , performed under the dome of St . Paul ' s . There was a greaj procession : ; the Archbishop of Canterbury preached ; and the sum collected was 690 / . .

      subscriptions at the dinner gave a sum of 314 &V that an estimated sum of 3300 / . might be added as the proceeds of sermons preached in aid of the fondjo that the Dowager Lady Willougfcby de Brok ; e had given a donation of 5 Q 0 / . » and that the receipt * for the year would amount ta 12 , 050 / ,

      Ia the evening tlere was a diuner » as usval ^ in Merehaal Taylora' Hal ) ^ . the Xoxd Mayor presiding The oldv old toast , « Clmreh and Queen , " w « g fair lowed by " Prince Albert and the Koyal Jcutai ^ f and the Prince stool up . moA made a speech which greatly pleased the clerical dignitaries , by whom he is suspeeted of Gerntanism ^ * ' My I ^ ord Mayor , allow me to rfttom yott » oa my own behalf and on that of tie royal family , my best thanks for the manner in which you have proposed onr healths ^ and to you , gentlemen , for th& cordial response which you . have made to tie toast . I am » indeed , hijhjy gratified to hav « been a . witness to the 200 th annnreriBarv of this f » ittiv * I .

      testifying as it does that the people of tbia country do not relax in efforts which they have pace undertaken , and do not forsake the spirit : which animated their forefathers . CLoud ckeors . ) Wnen « ur ancestor * purified the Christian faith , and shook off the yoke of a domineering priesthood ^* ( loud checsr *\ —they felt that the keystone of that wonderful fabric whkh had grovca up ia tb * dark times of thamtadjk ages . was . the celibacy « fu the clergy , and shrewdly foresaw t £ at thek re&raied faifcb ; and newly weft reli ^ piw Uberigr would , oa the contrary , only be . securer in the bajod »« f a clergy united with the- people by ere * y sympathy , natural personal , and domestic . ( Cheers . ' ) Gentlemen , atia aaUoa i tiuv Kttunwxni

      uoa oiijujrcu , ur ouu jcara ( Mvoamgcu » uuttcvi * ment which rests upon this basis ; aad cannot b > too grateful for the advantages afforded by thef ^ ct , that the Christian ministers not only prt * £ h the doctriaes of Christianity , but Kve- among their congregations , an example for the discharge of every Christian duty , as husbands , fitthers , and masters of families — themselves capable of fathoming tb « whole depth of l * aman feelings , desires , aud difficulties . ( Lotid cheer * . " ) Whilst w » must gratefalhr acknowledge tint they have , as a body , worthil y fulfilled this high and difficult task , we must bear in mind that we deny them an equal parUoipatiou in one of the actuating motives of 13 f « - —the one whieb amongst the > children of tils generation xardses . the

      perpaps w necessity ^ strongest influence—I m « an tbs desire for the acquisition and accumulation of the goods of this world . Gentlemen , the appellation of a money-making parson is not only a rep-reaea but a condemnation for a clergyman , depriving him at Mice of all in&uenee over his congregation . Yet this nuuv who has to shun opportunities of acquiring wealth open to most of us , and who has himself only an often scanty life income allotted to him for bis services , has a wife and children like ourselves : and we wish him to hay © the same solicitude for their welfare which we feel for our own , ( CA ^ erc . ) Are wd not bound , then , to d » what we can to reJwve his naiad from anxiety , and to preserve his children from destitution , when it ahiftU have El eased the Almighty to remove him from the scene of lib iboura . You have gn * on an answtr in the affirmative by your presence here to-day ; and although this institution can do materially but little , morally it gives a public

      suegeation of the claims which the sons of the clergy have upon the sympathy and liberality of the community at large , and , as snch , is of the greatest value . { Cheers . ) May it continue for farther hundjed years as a bond of union between clergy and laity , and » a each recurring centenary may it find the nation ever advancing in prosperity , civilisation , and piety . { Loud cbceri . y I have received permission tram the Lord Mayor to propoaa the ' Health of niu Grace the Archbishop ot Canterbury a , nd the Bight Hon . Lord D « nmau , tho President and Vices-President of the Corporation of the Sons of tlie Clergy . ' Lord Denman ia unfortunately obliged to be absent on this occasion ; but tho Archbishop of Canterbury we have the pleasure of seeing in good health at this table , and I beg to propose his good health . At the some time , if you will allow rao to be you * spokesman , I beg leave to return his grace our 'warmest thanks for tho very eloquent and feeling sermon which he preached this day In th . o metropolitan cathedral . " ( Loud enters . }

      Other gentlemen spoke , notably the Primate and tho Bishop of London ; but tho l'iiuce ' a sp&eoh is tlie only one of public interest . Tho treasurer read the financial report , which announced that Priuce Albert had contributed 100 guineas , that tho 113 stewards of the festival had handed in lists amounting to 3500 / ., that tho collection at tho cathedral doors was 690 / ., that the

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      RUSSELL AGAINST SECULAR EDTrCAHaN . It is nothing new to find Lord John Rtupell p * i $$ U } £ forth hi * oratorical strength against secular education * in that foajolfcur ftnd congenial theatre the plikfiforo d the British and Foreign School Soeuet ^ ju . But if it be not aovej , it baa . a smack of . novelty about it , for amid this session of war preparat&iHKfc have heard more of theswoird than , the pen ~ more of the camp than the school , and the public education question aeeans by alaaoet univenstl copaent to have db&ppeaxed for the moment . Ther ^ ore » as ouc reader * take ap interest hx th * . question ^ they ir ^ l ^ glad to see what «» th « arguments upon whlcUXAaKl Johtt Teliea whett h © is holdiog forth in the

      TfriymAroad-Toe annual mating of the society mw hd ) d oa Monday , Lord JFolui lUMaell ' s share of it waa thd hoacMwable one o > f chainuatv The report ^ shopiieMr the tisoal operfttiona of tho society * and . the ^ wnu prosperous balance- sheet , having' been xaad ; firy } adopted , and tha dark clergyman , th ^ i ^» v \ , l £ r . Waril , frotft Cau * wla , the Bev . Dr . Baxtb , from . Wu » - ^ n *«^ Mr ^ ES waitd St ^ tti , MJP ., and Mr . Bajl . MP ^ havuig : spoken * Lord John delivered hw aumBd speech vet aekni > wtledg ; ing : a , vote of thaoka ^ Bc ^ M ^ that the society ha& now esUted 4 $ . y « ftca ^ snxiifJiiBg the strong opposition , which beset its . bjprtli ^ ' a » 3 cotniiMS dawn to- these daya when the qmstion if oott whether educiitixm shaUb « given , or n ^ but % hftb education shall be given .

      " J * vw t when nm have to dMeasa these q , t * e « k «> ati « E « r > lianwufc , w » are awfe—« s w « « e wkh r « g « r < it <^ ainr paltsjc of tbJakind upon which thf (^ ernmentaska ibr auppwfe *^ * y tw » btidjes , calj ^ respectively vpiantsxieXs ^ ae ^ ylalte . both of which are exposed to ti » plans of w ^ f&stB ^ kii itoon this aubject . Witt regard ta the first of tlj * 8 « I neei )» w nothing , because w * are hejre & voluntarr socieferV and are oiily proposing to carry Into effect our own v&wg of edies > tionj but with regard to the second of th « M , I mo tt ^ f allowed to say , ia the first pliice , that whatever obatael * «« may exoontrter frout thek oppoa ^ ont , I beuerftmaBy of | b ««» who ire advocates , for tha * spe ^ ieao f « ducatio 4 ^ ax « '« s AHffb impressed withjhe necesaity of < nvin £ relieioua inatiieilim

      to the poor as any of those wfhtt belong to ffaft ^ n ^ ulipir to tho British and Foreign Sehool Society , Tiey have , hoir ^ ever , I think , naftHrtnnatolv fallen into a sta , te of desBajiv SeeisDf the divisions of opinion among us—seeing thaftbjf estabuihed ohurofc , on the ona baud , is not content ^ jnpi scholia itt which , ^ he Church Catechi sm is . flot % ^ jtj ^ r seeing that various , denomination ^ on the o 4 £ er iaa < &li@ 9 not satisfied with any species of education In which - mvu own peculiar doctriaes have cot an adequate expressionthey , therefore , conclude that the only rrioda that can be considered national , and that ean unite oproitws , is to g 3 r » only secular instruction , and leave religious iastiruction to \ & riren by the ministers of religloD . I own tht ^ t fco me . lobkiiz

      at thk as a praetLcal question , innumerable diffleultlca rift * up agahwt the adoption of Bach a proposition . Inta «^ iat pup * . I could not bat be struck with the answer of ene « f the ibjr * at the examination t * -d » y , when jw wavasknMbr what purpose the Holy Scriptures were given to ma&Uaci , and Iw answered , ¦ To he th « gtude of our coaduM ia life . * Weil , UO . W , what an imperfect , what a lame system mutt that be wMca projtjoaes , either by State assis ^ anca « r yolw * tary effort , to e 9 . uca . te . the great Sody of the people of j ^» couatry ^ and yet le » ves out the knowledge oftljat whk | h ° | to goidfi our conduct ia life ! ( Applause . * ) Can an / omwsslQia be naore unwise , 01 more fatal to the object we have in vienr ? Because it is not a matter , upon which wosay . ' This f » w !» mt l

      you axe to be taagUt at school , but y ou ^ rill > e taught other and move important things elsewhere . ' The children who reoefre only seoaUur iustraction will conclude auist jnsiorally that they have the sum and substaace of that whioh is matt necessary for theqo . That tb * y might atteqd reUgtoos instruction elsewhere is uo d , o > abt possible j bnt * . when jou consider the tims tluit ia talma up at school , und the oamr patLona of tho various ministers of religion , you will see that it la-hardly possible in practice that in one place children skonld receive an adequate secular instruction , and that ia another place thej should find a minister of religion capable of giving them the whole of tho instruction which is required for their religious education . ( . Applaw . ) If that u the

      case , and if it bo so important that their conduct ia life should bo regulated , will you R ive them moral instruction apart from the Bible—apart from any religious saucttaa ? Taut , again , oppears to mo to bet an equally unwise and an equally futal courao , because , if these precepts of morality , these rules for the guidance of their conduct Uave a dlvuM ) eunetion , it oucht to be rovcalod to them , and the ooojoael of < xod should not be wUhleld . ( Cheers . ) I should be sorry that , whether it ho by tho State or by voluntary societies , aucJi a mistake should be made by those who are educated

      as to think that Lixeir educa&ou was complete ^ unless tbAJ had received religjiouH ioatruction ; or ^ tluit ralgioua UwttfAOtion wan aouaotlung separate and professioaal , belonging oidy to certain puraonst who were endowed by the State , or Tore minbbters of diaicating comnaumons , and -were alone enabled to deal with the mutter of religion . I have always contended that this matter of religion h secular as v « U as religdouA , tha . t it belongs to- us all , that It pervades tho whole bu&iaefls of Life , and is , ia fact , one of those things wbuoh ought to be reckoned among iLe common things of which every hoasehoU ought to partake . ( ApjplauaoT ) I havo ventured to aay

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      May 13 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 439

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 13, 1854, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2038/page/7/