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

THE NtTION,AL REGIST ER .

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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
lakes; and a few days way bring us news of some brilliant
afLir."
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 assistiiv4 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 ALEXANDER.
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.

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An Officer of rank and long se— es, reduced to extreme distress
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.

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'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 legaDll 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."—