The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-27 00:00:00

THE NtTION,AL REGIST ER . r,c. 27• V.'e learn from au Officei who ari ived on Thursday ft urn Sacket's Ilarbinir, that a naval force, consisting of eleven schooners and a brig, was to sail fiom that place last Mon day, ueder the command c( Commodore CHAUNCEY, who bad hoi-.ted kis broad pendant on board the Oneida, of 18 - This force, 'it is believed, was sufficient to scour the l a kes; and a few days way bring us news of some brilliant a fLir." This mighty armament is preraratory to another attempt at the invasion of C.,nada, which, we predict, will terminate in dist:omfiture and disgrace. It is well known that a; least one-third of the crews of the American ships of war are deserters from the British service. Thi., in a great degree accounts for the apparent gallantry shewn since the commencement of -the war with the United -'•t:tcs, because these traitors to their king aod C.wrtry are certain, if captured, to meet that just punish ment which is doe to their compound crimes. An American frigate, stated to he of an equai rate with one of ears of i 6 guns, is in hulk. force, and number of crew, sure lot to an English' r:1 gun ship of war. A m7et , ogW3S on W edne day convened at the Crown and Anchor tavern, to consider of entering into a snbccription for tl:e rehef the sale! ingßossians. Tto attendance was very respectable notwithstanding the shortness of the no tice, and the whole proceediegs were most satisfactory. The Duke t Yortit presideil, and the meeting was attended by Lot& LtvtaPoot and :::Asis.Eltr..AG%l. i fir. VANSITT ART, Mr. AR RUTH -OT,Mr.W los Ear° nc .teveral other dis tinguished cl•aracte , s. PRINC z ReeEs•r began the sub• scri!oion with 2000/. and the Duke of YORK has given 300/. which was made up in the coarse of the r.ay 20,0001. This is a noble beginning. which, we trust, will not he disgraced in its p, ogress r terminsition. It ought always to be remember ed, that in assistiiv 4 n-!ssia we assist ourselves, fig}' she is now opposed in :.rrus to France, to resist thc continental system Which excludes England from the Cont tient. AU the sa crifices made by the Russians, contril•ute to the prosperity and , ecurity of this country. Truly awl emphatically was: if observed by Mr NV unstr.Fortee--" Their loss may be our pin," though ultimately we trust their triumph will be our glot y. • A similar meeting is convened in the t'ity . of London, to. be held on Wednrsday next, a: the city c.f Lcridcm Tavern. A handsome gold snuff-box, of the value of 1000 gui neas, .beautifully ernsicelled: with an elegant portrait of his MAJEST Y, tastefully ••et round with brilliants, is to be sent to atssia, as a present.from his Royal 7-lighness the PRINCE REGENT to the. Emperor A LEXANDER. A vessel from France arrived on Thur.day, but the intelli gence received by her is not important. BUONAPRTE is reported to be seriously indiposed. A NEW SPOIL TING WORK. Now Publishing, in Monthly Numbers, by . Edward Orme, Bond. street, No. I. price 2[s. of a New Work of Foreig.l Field Sports ant Sporting Anecdotes, from Drawings by Messrs. Ho‘‘ itt, Atkin son, Clark, and Mathicirch. The Work to consist of ten Parts,geacii hit tQ cow n ten highly fiaisled plates in cutouts, with decriptive 1 - IT:r-press, price 21s. each Part...Eariv Subsciihers to have the first impressions.—Bond-strret, corner of Brook-street. . . • . An O ffi cer of rank and long se — es, reduced to extreme di stress by misfortune , and bereft of every means of support, but that of the scanty pittance of his half-spay, in the ma dtenance of a Wile and eight hildien, most respecttully Solicits (while he is coinpel.cti to it. eke a acrifice of his feelings) the attention of the humane and benevo. t, towards alleviating the sutierings of his tamily.—Reterences to tessrs. Hodgson and Stirling, Backers, Strand ; the lion. Simon faser, Perring, Shaw, Barber, and Co. No. it, Cornbill ; and Messrs. avison, Noel, Templar, Middleton, and Wedgwood, 34, Pall Mall, Ai be satisfactorily attended to,, and the smallest donation moat haakttaly received by them. eve pulpit. Nu. 1. •••••••••• NEW SERIE3. sit 'Re law of God exact he shall fulfil • ]Soto by ,bedience and by ioye, though love Alone WIN the law ; thy punishment lie shun endure by c ,iiiinir in the flesh To a reproach ullite and cursed death, Proclaituing life to all whu.sl.l4ll h• lirt•e In his redempuou, and that hi, obedience Imputed, becomes theirs by faith, his merits To have them, not their own, the lega Dl l works. PA RASL LOST, B. i2rtt. THE REV. JAMES lIA LDANE STEW ART, A. M. Alinister If Percy Chapel, 'Rathbour Place. Our age is an aee of morality, theoretical, not practical. The sound of good works pa-ses through the land. but where is their reality ?—Many are the teachers of virtue, but few the possessors of it. The advocate at the bar descants- on the beauty of honesty—his client is-a defaulter. The player quits the stage, where he has moralized• in vain against vice, admitted aini cherished, beca'ise profitable I)—and seeks the druking rout or the gambling house !—The father tells his son to be sober and chaste---and wastes 44 his substance in riotous living!"—The mother relinquishes the education of her daughter—for the arms of the seducer !—Are not things so—and ought they to be so ? Do we not talk of good, and act evil ? Are not praCtice and theory at variance ?—A nd wherefore ?—Because of the innate corruption of human na ture ?—No; bUt because the most effective check upon it, is neglected, discredited—nav, almost forbidden. The time is now past, when the fathers of ,oar church thou:zht the " shield of faith" alone able " to quench all the fiery d o - ts of the wicked." The well of life that gave health to all nations is deemed exhathted, and the flocks are led to another spring. The stumbling block cf 'lsrael is becoming the stumbling block of our days. The fabrick that was destroyed is built up again. We arc now too much taught to seek tai h by righte ( ousness, not righteousness by faith. Morality is given us as our staff; and having " begun with the spirit, we are to be made perfect by the flesh !" Hence, our efforts are abor tive. Can death yield life? Can mortality raise itselfTh im mortality ? No more can the dead works of the law procure that quickening spirit which was sent to supply the insuffi ciency of the law, and to de'iver us from bondage. Faith is the free gift of Him, whose favour worlds could not buy— ,' who knows no variableness nor shadow of turning. It falls not, like the dew of Heaven, openly on the good and the wicked—lt beams not, like the sun, on the just and on the unjust—lt flows silently down from the Father of Mercies on whom he wills, dispels the darkness of the blind, recals the sinner " from the error of his ways ;" and, like the star, followed by the wise men of the east, le;tds him in triumph through the trials of life and the shadow of death, to the bosom of his God. Are the woks of the law useless then ? Cod forbid ; They are the visible testimonials to our invi sible faith. They arc the measure and the fruits of that spirit which is poured upon us—They reveal its presence, as the excellent beauty and fertility of nature display the power and bounteousness of our Creator. Without them, we should not possess true filth ; for faith that is barren is not faith. The land that produces nothing is cursed—the wheat that sprouts not in due season is rotten and dead. Faith is the sound grain of wheat that yields forth the full ear. But how is Faith to be attained unto, if not by works ?—" By hearing, and bearing by the word of God."— ~fl ion l► a •in y oLe iin• it it 111, , t h ;if 'M 3 wsed )I bad: re at Tile er tie laY :'" lig- C, l. I &SA