The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-04 00:00:00

of the indiffer- • 'eat to the feelings, of ._ compels consent, but he seldom follows up conviction. - He subju gates scepticism, but he operates not on contrition. He confounds the infidel, he establishes the faithful ; but, he does not Kihciently alarm -the transgressor. Perhaps he has been solicitous chietky to adapt.himself to the character of the age; which, instead of beaug anxious to understand and imbibe the vital principles- of Christianity, calk for fresh demonstrations of the authenticity of the Sacred Sert ure s themselves. 1 heu will our. established religious ministers confide more 111 the assurances made by their Divine Master to his first disciples i—" 'rake no thought, how or what ye shalt 4, speak; for it shall he given you, in that sline hour, what " 3c shall speak. It is not ye that speak; but the Spirit of " your Pallier, which speaketh in you." Mr. Auarews is fully acquainted with this consolotsry injunction ; and, in commenting on the cleiracter of the apostle Paul, he has • acknowledge itii truth. and admired its effects. Still he hesitates to trust himself, even for a few moments, out of the leading-strings of manuscript. I tear this detect is in him iriemedtable. - • • • - • There is another topic, however unpleasing it may prove, ou which iissarkalify requires me to dwell. What I now advert to, is his, _mode of repeating the customary , . Prayer before:tile Sermon.. I, will not harshly rail it Utile . rotiox 0$ kit part; but 3 w; kwords by which otherwise to describe the fe g ging• ;dr ? , ki acs :,as communicated to me, __ !.. __:___ r........ I. ~.. renir him' lirt,o_fi.ti.ee this admirable part . ila-1.1/11111,1+11a.14. 1 4"w 44 - - of our cliu• eh-service: he more improper, not tQ say uliiial;;;Ll and irrxleviial, than his hurried and bilsites; like .cutitoin over these prayers, parti cularly he _ono dehomi:iated our Lord's Prayer 1, Be will excuse this freedom of atimadversion. -While I perceive and ;Mot Ms merits, I inLast regret his inadvertencies and errors. A corrTspondent wishes to - ,od ‘ 4 more Free-Chapels," '"l'hr sew and e 4 goi pains-takiii,, , r and regular ministers.. Acre is something antecedent ; and that is, Free-Churches. — Chapels hare some excuse, in levying a sort of poll-tax: they have often no parochial resources; they originate in voluntary subscriptions, and they exist by voluntary con tributions. Does Mr Andrews know any thing of the in terior management Of his Church ? I hope he does not. ONES! At vs. Chapter Col/le-house, Pater-Nostrr-rotr. * See (e.relimierly) Tit fl N TION tT. R rorsTrn for Sunday, Augurs 2lst last, where the Bishop of London's Preaching is characterised. • 1 41 Circumstances have induced me to defer an ncrottnt of the 1"ouN.1)1.1MG, and its MI IST Efts, till next Sunday. This necount has been delayed, not merely from the circumstance of the FoOent.txt: rtt. having been recently closed ; but ow lug to some extraordinary information, mnterinlly affecting the Public, with which i have been recently favoured. FS " FIZ 0 good natured with every one, save her brother; and in raptures with modern improvements a young girl, who by her labour has supported her brother, a sailor, during a two month's illness : a drunken corporal . : an old man obstinate and pastionate, a scoffer at present times, and an admirer of the past, form the-characters of this afterpiece. A few, improbable mistakes, compose the chief features of its . plot ; and barrenness of incidents is visible throughout. It can not boast novelty; for hypocrisy which is the spring of the whole action is now become nearly as common on the stage as in social life. It closet with RP appeal to the public, to show whether they were satiilled with its merits Yes or No. More than a hundred Nues attended by numerous.hisseLiestantly burst forth, but, the loudness of the Fes compensated _for their small number. The author, whoever he he, was at last saved Iran condemnation by the stentorian lungs of his friends, amongst which three gentlemen in the pit made themselves. conspicuous by a tremendous and uncea , ing discharge of yes and plaudits, which at last won the night. The diologue. is chaste, but lays but few claims to wit ; the imprababilities.with which the plot abounds, are too numer ous even for a farce, but the music is pretty, and the acting of the performers excellent. Liston, in Broadbrine, was equal to „himself in. his best characters, Mathews, in Corporal liarrot, did more for his part.thau theauthor had done; and Harley, is Captain Fervour;displayed so much vivacity, mixed 1% ith *feel -in-, that we areastonished he is not brought:more frequently on he stage at our winter theatres, where he would do honour to many characters, which are now in the hands of actors greatly •inferior to him in talent. Mr. Grove gave as much effect to Sir Barometer Old Sole, and Mrs. Davenport, to MiVJ Snap, at the part required; and Mrs. Liston sang several songs with her usual delightful simplicity and taste. NAUTICAL I NTELLIGENVI3. It was reported here on Wednesday that the Brest fleet had again ventured out. The following is stated to be an extract from the journal of an officer on board the Minerva. ." Iff4nday. Aug. 22. " The French fleet are again nut.—The frigate destroyed was called the A rtemise, of 40 guns." About twenty-live transports sailed from the Noreon Sunday, to proceed to Langeland, for the purpose of bringing away the Spanish troops. who will he • furntAzd here with ausmuuitioa and cloathing, before they are sent to Spain. Of the latter they have had no t , upply whatever since they left their native cuuutr). SEPTEMBER 4. IHE NATIONAL REGISTER, tlis deli c ' e uctes are se perceptible. He is too dictatorial; heart: an old mid he has too much of the teacher, but too little of the brother ; and in rapi ?reicher. If he satisfies the judgment, be is tee indiffer- girl, who by her la ....r tn the feeling:s, of his hearers. Re always compels durig a two „awful . E. _ Man " whitinale and DI TIIE THEATRE. 1141"-.11.1RKET. • On Wednesday last a severe battle was fought at hel wren a n:imeh•ss author's friends, and the most Vable ran nt the uudismcc. The former poured 'itch a volley of plan nits, that the latter whose only means of attack consisted in the Musketry of hisses, were at last overpowered by the superior ar tillery of their foes. The cause of contention was very slight, • for all this mighty bustle arose from a single Yes or No, r new twee, the plot of which we would faithfully delineate, did it really deserve so much space and attention. A wicked hypocritical cptaker, who because he knows his intimate friend has settled his fortune on him, should his ward Drove unworthy his patronage, blackens the character of the youth, hut is ultimately disappointed by his own folly : a ming inau whose wildness bas not impaired the goodness . of his DREAIWU 1. ACCIDENT. -- --- Wednesday evening, as a young woman, with a child in her arms, was crwsieg the Strand at the foot of Catharine street, her foot slipped, and the child fell out of her arms. A Gentleman's carriage was passing violently at the time ; and the coachmas though called to stop, by a boy belonging to Messrs. Anstey and Co. linen-drapers, immediately opposite, drove on, and one of the wheels went over the head of the infant. who was conveyed int: , the shop of Mr. Stanton, surgeon, dreadfully lacerated, Nod died almost immediately afterwards. The carriage drove on with the same rapidity through Temple-bar, and along Fleet-street. amidst the cries of" stop eoarh, murder !" but in vain. It had a yellow body and plated mouldings; the coachman wore a ;LA blue or brown livery, and drove bay horses. There wasno foot man behind. The child was the son of Mr. Penny. varnish-maker. in I,nng Acre —We hope the coachman will be discovered, fur his conduct was most criminal.—A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of the child on Friday, when a Verdict was returned " That the' Child came by its death through the extreme negli gence of the Coachman, and a dendand of 501. was orderc4 to be levied on the coach." BIRTII. On Tuesday, the 30th ult. Airri. Fitztienry, the wife orsi 301- diet in the I.ife Guards, was brought to bed of four still-bore children (all boys), and is now in a hopeful way of recovery. DIF,D. Count Lotloviek T3skrwies, formerly grand liar=hal of Li thuania, died lately at Wilna, in the 3501 i year of his are. On the 224 of November laA, an the fort of Ally Gbiar, nen: Delhi, Lieutenant Dt.vid Charles Lrivingstotte, younceit SOH , If Sir Alexander Livingstone, Bart. of Wert-quarter, Stirling-hie... Lately at Cork, the Right lion. Lady Ann Margaret:l daughter of the late Earl of Kerry, and relict of Mau rice Fitzgerald, Ksight of Kerry, by wham she na; lei . : r t iii• dow in 1799. 0 n ; ~ ~..:sa ..... _ rl9 , 5n .~l i. , F~6~ 4! 1 Y :41