The National Register.
London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

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Gutergaze. Colonel Czernicheff, with bit Cossack% hover.
eft about the enemy, and alarmed the rear of his columns.
General Ilinchfeldt, who remained on the Elbe, opposite
Magdeburg, was recalled to Potsdam with the greatest expe-
dition. •

Such were the dispositions made by his ROY At HIGHNESS
to receive the assault of the enemy, who, in the morning of
the e3d; attacked the Prussians at Trebbin, and, by his su-
periority in numbers, compelled them to fall back, and
continued to advance, occupying the iaterval between Mit
tenwalde and the Saare. On the 23d, BERTRAND debouched
against General TA uENZ El Pi, • at Blankenfelde, who repulsed
him, and made some prisOtters. The 7th French corps, sup
ported by a strong reserve, then attacked and carried the
village of Gross Belli), whllst Oudinot proceeded upon A hren-
dortf. The possession of Gross Berin placed the French
within Only 1000 toises (six thousand feet) of the centre of
the Swedish camp. It was therefore necessary to drive him
from such an advantageous position. Bulow's troops was
charged with the attack : it advanced with " the calmness
that distinguished the soidietsof the great Frederick in the
• seven yeats war." The cannonade was warm for several hours.
The enemy also advanced boldly from the village against the
camp, and both cattle in contact with the bayonet in the
plain that spread between the village and the camp, where
several charges of cavalry were made against the Duke of
Padua's (Aregids) corps, which did honour to the Pripsians.
The Swedish and Russiab army remained in battle array, and
waited the deploying of the other corps of the enemy, to
attack them. Winzingerode was at the head of 10,000 cavalry,
and Count De ‘Voronzow commanding the Russian infantry.
Marshal Count Stedenghcr was in front of the Swedish line,
and ltis cavalry in reserve. The enemy not having made
the expected movements, neither the Swedish nor the Rus-
sian armies were generally engaged; but as Oudinot conti-
sued his pogress, and at last threatened the village of Mlls-
f, avhere the Cnewn Mee's headquarters were placed.
and already attacked it with his sharp-shooters. his Royal
iii2hae!.s brought up some battalions, supported by artillery,
to rein force the advanced posts, whilst he di, ected Colonel
Ca=dell's bnttaiions of flying artillery to take the enemy in I
ffon t.

here the detail of the operations of the battle abruptly
ernes ; and we are informed that its results have been, the
eAptu,e of ,26 councils, 30 caissons, and much baggage, and
1.5(0) prisoners, including 40 Officers; that the woods are

filled with stragglers, who were continually brought in by
tbe cavalry and that the enemy had retired beyond Trek
bin, which wAs re-occupied by two ree.itrents c.f Cossacks,
whilst Generals Bulow, Tauenzein., and O'Rourke, were ad-
i.aneing in pursuit.
Since writing the above, we have received advices from
the opposite coast of France. They do not come in an of
shape, nor are they indeed sufficiently authenticated
to command explicit belief, yet, from the general aspect of
affairs, they bear a strong internal appearance of even more
than probability.

They state, that the discontent prevailing in France, to
a mai Iced and great extent, has not been liessened by the
publication of the news from D esden The reports of de-
feats 'snst,ined near 11:41in, were more eagerly circulated
than the official news; and it is confidently asserted,lthat not-
withstanding the late battles, the whole French fwee had
again concentrated in and about the Saxon capital, fiur its
d, ce. That -I farther retreat was in contemplation.
Grcat reinforcements from Russia had joined General
Bindles force, and he was said to be acting on the offen-
Si against Macdonald.

'ER.

The blockading squadron from aFlushing having
pectedly put into the Downs om Frid•-iy. it is conjectured
it is in'ended to send the ships composing it on a 'yew servii
--rumour says—to bombard Copenhagen.
The Gazcite of last night contains the nomination of
following Officers to be Extra Knights of the Bath
Lie it.-Gen. the Earl of pailiotbie, Lient.-Gein. the Hon. Will
Stewart, Major-Gen. Gco. Murray, and 31ajor-Gen. the Hon.

M. PAL eoham.
The last accounts from the Marquis of WELLINGTON re-
present the army under his command as more healthy than
he had ever known it in the field. Fifteen bundled Portu-
guese and eight hundred British soldiers, within the last
week, had rejoined their regiments from the hospitals in the
rear. His Lordship concludes with these words: " I ['Aced,
I may say there is no sickness in the army."—The 76 th, 84th
and 85th regiments, bad arrived at Passages from England
and Ireland, togc!hcr with large detachments belonging to
regiments already in the Peninsula.
It appears probable that Suchet intends to make a stand at
Barcelona. lle has ordered a strong redoubt to he construct.
ed at Lauterna, and the castle of Pio is fortifying with great
activity. These and other works indicate a design to oppose
Lord %V. BENTtNK at the capital of Catalonia.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland arrived at
Landeck on the 14th of August. On the evening of the
next day he went to a ball which was given there, accom•
parried by our Minister, Sir C. Stewart. On the following
morning his Royal Highness left Landeck and proceeded on
his way towards Prague.
Letters from St. Petersburgh state, that Messrs. Gallatin
and Bayard had received their dimission from the Imperial
Court,. the mediation of the Emperor to restore tranquillity
between the United States and Great Britain not having
been accepted by the latter. An official notice having bees
delivered to this effect, the American Plenipotentiaries were
preparing to take their departure.
Malta papers to the 21st of J July reached town on Friday.
The account they give of the progress of the Plague, not-
withstanding all the precautions adopted by the Cove' nmeit,
is rather of a melancholy nature. It was expected that in
the month of July, from the setting in of h:rt weather. this
dreadful disorder would have been materially checked, if:not
wholly ex; ingnished ; but the papers describe the first cluys
of the month from their coldness as more like March, and do
not mention whether that coldness had given place to more
seasonable warmth. it unfortunately, however, is proted
beyond a doubt, that in the course of July the ravages of the
disease htd increased, although at the latest date of these
pane's, there was some diminution of the number of deaths
and of new attacks of the disorder.

An Imperial Decree, of the sth inst. directs that 30,000
conscripts shall he called out and scat to reinforce the Ft each
armies in Spain
Sunday the following bulletin was diem' at St. James's
Palace:—

" Windsor C►►stle. Sept. 4.
" His Majesty Ins for some months past, appeared generally
tranquil and comfortable, although his ►iisorder remains au-
dimini,.it d

ANTI -ATTRITION.—EarI Breadalbane is the first Nobleman in this
kingd me who travelled with a catriage upwards of a thousand aides
with on'y one prtaroNg of the Patent Ante-Attrition Composition;
and since this I.roof of the merits of this invaluable discovery, great
numbers of Noblemen and Gentlemen have added thenapprohation
af it, some of whom have travelled with a eamage twelve hundred
miles witti only one application of the Composition to the evlieels
some fifteen bombed miles, and one carriage has gone eighteen
hundred and eighty-two miles with less than one shilling's worth of
the Composition being used to the wheels and axietreea, and with'
out any other application whatever.

Et . e, against Macdonald.
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Lo! chapels, where, with clue consent,
S ute preach by Act of Pallieunent ;
Aid chapels where, with canting tone,
Sonic preach by no act save their own! Norio.

MP 41.,....

PET: 'GAD IILTIVINGTON, M. G.

FROM
LEWES, IN SUSSEX.

%dlr.

Judging by what has transpired of late years, and especially
by the present aspect of the religious world, it would seem
as if all who imagine themselves to be ' the Lord's people,'
are, according to the exclatna!ion of the prophet,, at length
become prophets,' or, in plainer terms, preachers. it can
no longer be said, even of the flock of Chi ist, that it is a
.little one; " nor is the election of grace a remnant, but a
large piece. Study the Daughter of Zion is not now left as
a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumber:,
or as a besieged city ! We live at a period, indeed, when
the state of religion is extensive, and the profession of it has
become quite fashionable."
Surveying the religionists of our times, it is evident, if the
foregoing representation be just, that chtumstances suffici-
en!ly justify some inquisition. Wheresoever we tint' our
• eves, the abuses of relijon, amidst professions of peculiar
sanctity, at once strike our observation and demand our
iavestigation ; whether tiey nose us in " the stupid ctilisions
and rank nonsense of the impudent self-taught mechanic',"
cr pain us in " the satyric eloquence of reverends and right.
reverends . •
The Rev. GAD HUNTINGTON, M. G. Is the eldest son
_of the late celebrated preacher whose surname he heals,
by his first wife, Mary ; and was horn in the counts.
of Surrey. Being by his•fitherdeAgned for trade, he was
'appi enticed to a sadler and harness-mal;er, which business lie
followed, for some years, at Lewes. Ile ha,,howevet-, left his
original calling, and, taking tin with that of preaching, come
to try his strength amongst those who are distinguished as the
religious world. His place of meeting (chapel it cannot be
:called) is an assembly-room in Princes-street, at the end of
Coventry-street, near Leicester-square. It was first a news-
room, next a debating-room, and is now alternatelyapplied
to the purposes of dancing and devotion : it is, however, a
handsome and capacious room. It his also a pulrit, which
aupears to have once answered the ends of auctioneering, but
avbiLli is hardly large enough for the speaker whoth it now

holds.
Although the father of the present preacher is reported to
have formerly ti ied to prevent him from embracing the
ministerial profession, yet, doubting his father's opinion, ..h
has, at length, determined to make proof of his inims!ry,
Elijah's sons will not be satisfied, however, as the late William
Huntington otwe said, unless they find a double poi don of his
spirit resting upon Eli:ilia.
Comparisons arc thought invidious. It will be expected,
nevertheless. that a Son of the renowned Minister of Provi-
. &nee Chapel, presuming to tread in the. foot7s:eps of ch
• a parent, should possess some prominent qualification for so
duous an enterprise; more especially since it is attempted
by I-im when the impression•of his father's talents is yet

lie tollowing presents the literal transcript of an application for
ence as Preacher,made to the Magistrates of Surrey, by wee of
our . many .of-taught mechanics of the above stamp.- I. M. both
.4.leur by A Ply for a Lisuns to Prish the liospeil of Crist the Lord.

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strongly cherished by his numerous followers, .and will con-
sequently lead them to cat:vass the merits of that preacher
who shall affect to rank as his successor amnrg them. The
Rev. (lad Huntington must prepare himself for an inquisi-
tion of this sort. Reliuionists will not fai! to investigate
his pretensions for the sacred office that he aspires to sus-
tain while • the children of this world' will naturally exer-
eise,• in the same way, their powers of observation and ra-

tioci nation.
This preacher's voice is against him. Not only is be
feeble in voice, however, fiis enunciation is slow without
being clear; and his manner is not merely unimpressive,
but awkward, hesitating, and embarrassed. He has no em-
phasis, no discrimination, no delivery, no action. With
Fespeo to these requisites for public speaking, the Rev. Gad
Huntington is not negatively gond—he is positively had.
Whatever may be his progress as to improvement, should
he continue to plead), his discourses are at present by no
means distinguished for that oratorical equability which
ehatacteried those of his Maher, and which, rhetorically
considered, Was their chief excellence. Ilis divisions want
that natu,alness which sometimes atones for the absence of
art ; and though he is evidentiy as•isted by head-notes,
which notes.are concealed beneath his left arm, he loses the
,thread of big discourse,' bewilders himself, and perplexes
and Larrasscs his auditors. lie also as frequently recalls
and repeats his sentences.
He is given to lapse his text. Suddenly some pasFageof
Set ipture occurs to 'his mind, apparently by way of illustra-
tion, but which he•instantly proceeds 'o take up, exactly as
though it had formed the .toxic on which he•was.preaching.
His discourses, in fact, consist almost of bibticatquotations,
not alwaysin the most obviouscOnnexion.witb the subject-
matter,- bran-ailed with:the greatest skill.
Praying is that Om of public wotslitp in the performance
of which the Rev. Gad Huntington seems the least excep-
tionable. Ills manner of appendicing our Lord's Prayer, is.
not wititAanding, most slovenly and indefensible. He gives
the valedictory benediction, likewise, hastily and unimpres-

Ile cannot hope indeed, for pulpit fame. He has mis-
taken the inclination tor the ability to preach. Without
:he wish of plucking stones from the monument of the
father, in order t'- hurl them at the head of the san, we
may venture to predict of him, already, that the Rev. Gad
Iltintington will disappoint the expectations which have
been excited iespecting him; and that the greatest distinc-
tion to which by the remotest possibility he can reasonably
look to rise. of er much effort, is the honour of being pain-
fully contemp!atcd as the ghoit of his father !
Dispo:,cd to have viewed the outset of this preacher in nn
unfaveuiable point of view, allowing for his inexperience
and his situation, it is not without some regret, I can with
truth say, that I have animadverted so pointedly on his inca-
pacity for the priesthood. I mpArtiality has compelled me. thus
, to dclineate.Gad Huntington. ONESDIUS.

' A Collo/Int lleaclur ' been duly received ; and will find
the Subject of Ili% communieEti ,n attended to; is due time. Onetri.
inus has heard the Clef." ppan 14 1;•honi he alludes.