The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

NOV. `!). G. Blnics, of Wesbury, woolstapler, Dec. 5, 12, :aid at.eieven, at Guildhail. Attornies, Wa:Al and Claike, C,otlf-court, Budge-row. T ilavnrii and W. Croft, I-londuras-ctNet, Midlleiex, and T. o f Manchester, merchants, I)ec. I, .1, at elev , n, aad Ja N. n. 9, tco, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messri. Kak, NI r. Hurd, t emple, London. C, t;:k7s, of Bristol, coinsnon-earrkr, Dee. 11, 12, and Jan 9, at at the Rummer Tavern, All SA . ilir'i•l Itle.• A ttorme , , Mcs , ,ts. rov Lim.:oin's Inc, Lc:ll . ton ; Mr. Browne, j(diii- Bristol. • THE 17E131)0MADA11Y ; OR, EPHEMERIS 01 ' 'llll'. NOVEMB.Eit. r.i9. Adroit Sunday. Epist. Rom. 13 B. Gasp. St. Matt. 21. 1. — Pre word advent is derived from time Latin udecatus, which skinks an ri -ri-a!, or upprcech ; and therefore means the approach of the feast of Nati% itv, which, in the earliest times of Christianity, has been in stituted ie order to coaanernorate the grand mystery of the Firth of the son et God himself, under the shafe, and in the hypostatic stature it man, with the benevolent view of instructing. and redeeming mum- I.;ed. The time denoted by this appellation cren,dins tour l•:undays, and beady tour whole weeks, but this oil:mimes from several causes, sdLh ere sufficiently explained in the Calendar. The first Sandy i. o rays the nearest Sunday to St. Andrew, whether beidre or after. ]:;is season, which begins the lieclesiastiioil year, was appointed to :Stpare • the mind, through the mortification of the burly, for a (Inc cel-..nration of the ante versary of Christ's first advent, and was kept t:ost orictly by the affluent t. hristians ; but, in time, the austerity of c prictices, ordered and per fernied, relaxed considerably, from its uu final institution, which took place at the Council of Tours in the cektury. in Renew Cathelic courtries, fast and abstinenre •are lola on Wednesday, Friday, and Sat urdae ; bait the only remains Oach roc Ii ve of those ordinances con : ist merely ie forbidding mar ;;:hat without ;harrier.. This prohibition remains in full vigour till the ooare et:the Epiphany is concluded. Superstition, the handmaid and ia.evrahle companion of Religir.n, has caught hold of this seasAa as the most profiler to spread the veil of her mimicr;es over weak and i.;auratit ruiner. . Aided by the natural eloonsiness et the weather, she pus out her eh •sts in the church-yard-, her will-o'olr'•wisps in the marshes and tens ; and the t:hristiters caret singers, Itr from dispelling o:cam busy to increase, by their dell nuelulations, and the drawl of flair streeoperformances and serenades, time propensity which the email naturally feels r•ovartls melancholy at this particular season of the our.—St. `':et :r'in, Martyr.; he was much venerated in his life-time for t.:s virtues, and alter his death, we are told, !torch more by the miracles ut his relies per trined. ; he obtained the crown of martyrdornafter lor:og been tied to the tail of an infuriate bull , who dragged his ve tir.reble body throtrli the streets, where he expired in the greatest ez.my.—te.o7. The I'rince Re.yeet of Portugal emigrated to the Bra under the protection of the Eimlish. The Sun rises at 7 b. 5 t min. sets at 4 h. 6 min. 3). Monday.—St. Andrew the Aortstle ;en his return from Scythia. :r!iere lie had preached the Gospel of Christ, he was, by the order of the Governor of Pattie, in Achara, scourged most cruelly, and then 11 ‘tened to a cross with cords, that his death might be. the more linger 111g, and consequently more excruciating. St. And-ew has been chosen of old, for the naiional patron-Saint of Scotland, as St. George for latgland, and St. Patrick for Ireland'.-1782. Articles of peace signed :rt. Paris between the British and American Commisssioners, by which the American colonies are declared free.-1807. General Junot enters lashou —l3OB. Bnonaparte leaves Paris for Spain. 1700. Battle of arva, where Peter the Great was totally defeated by Charles MI. of Sweden.— 1793. Brissot is gulletined at Paris. The Sun rises at 7 h. 55 min. sets at 4 h. 5 min. DECEMBER—XX XI DAYS. The name of this month, like the three precedina, originates from its being time tenth from the rainy reason; decem ab imbre. The most part the months in time Roman calendar have been stripped of their deno 'rt!nallaes by time whims of the Emperors, Cammodas, to flatter ins mistress, Martia, whom he pleased to see in the dress of an Amazon, changed the old name to that of Amaxon;us. _But at the death of this effeminate Emperor, the month resumed its own appellation. Time cold ness oh the weether placed it naturally under the protection of the taldess of fire, Vesta, as the old Latin poet says : " Ast augusta faret Capriemai Sidera Vesta." I he Sun enters the sign of the Capricorn, Caper, on the 22d of this month. t. Tuesday.—St. Candida, and her Companions, martyrs. The rage of the lleatilens, when they found that the Christian faith was spread- THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. 745 evety where; in spite of persecutions, rose to such ar acme of Nuttiness, 'that meitliet'sex• ege conld 'stop it. This mattyr, wbuse name Is es ores ive of candour atutpurity, shaitet her t metes and her 1 lam- death with sevet al of her friends.— 1806. ILiti le of Austrelitz., 18e:!. The ironed defeated be Vaiafes.-11:•i5. (leery I died at St. Dents I,• ie Fiance, lioni . eating too much et lan.preys„ The Sun rises at 7 h. 56 sels at 1 h. 4 min. 2. Mate elioi --St. i ii.ialla, a vii gin, .w host father and neither AS erg ;,S her sister, rtes: all crowned with the evethistine roses of mar f3rdiete the palm of cootrage, and the laurel of victor% in the midst of all sort. of persecutions. She died A. I). 353.-1797. Gold seven shilling nieces Began to be issued as the current coin of this kiug uom . IHOl.Corenalion of !Immanent., at Paris, by the hands, or rather in pi csence of the Pope, Pius VII. for Napeleon placed the cruwa him self up n his le id. The Suit rises at 7 h. 57 min. sets at 4 h. 3 min. New Moon at ISt at night. 3. Thurstiay.—St. Francis Xavier. This great Apostle of the Tndies s the iutrep d propagator of the faith of Chest, and one it the lummaries of thet fatuous ortl?r, called the Company of Jesus, was boot the foot of the Pyrenees, m the year 1506. Indefatigable in bis teissiNis, lie directed his course towards the East, francht with zeal, and an ar dent lore fOr the se:et:lion of men, and brought to the light of the Christian faith, seven kingdoms, and an innumerable quantity of le. d tans, ebe sat "in the shades of death." He tiled in a smell island, not far distant front Mee, in the year 1552. He was canonized by Gregory V. in 162?. 1633. King James 11. of England abdicates the throne, and retires to France, where King Loins XIV. allowed f int a handsome establishment, and a comfortable house at St. Germain en Laye, where he died. - 1809. The Seven Islands ackn *ledge the do minion of Etighied. They were oriental:, lutdan colonies, its tins Adriatic, and had been put in the hands of the French !iy the Russians, on the 14th of Ate:ust 1807. The Sun rises at 7 h. 58 min. sets at 4 h. e min. 4. -St. Berbata. Having taken 'spinout:eel:sly and pei vately a resaution never to marry, she resisted her father, who desires:l her to accept the offer of a young tiobleman, who, like himself, was a Pagan. She having been incarcerated in a tower by her father, is gel. nerally tepresented with a small tower by her side or upon her hand,. and applied to by superstitious people, when the iightntngs read the skies —Also St. Edmund, B.shop of Salisbury, who died m 1099.- 1808. The French entered Madrid.-1745. The young Pretender en tered Derby.-179!!. Death of Sir William Fordyce, as eminent as a plivsician as he was benevolent as a friend, ••nd ports as a Christian.- 180). The remains of Lord Nelson arrived at Portsmouth. The Sun rises at 7 h. 59 tnin. sets at 4 h. 1 min. 5. Satarday.—St. Sabbas, w , s an abbot, and had a great number of Ccenobi!es under his direction ; he died in their arms, and with 'heir tender blessings, in the year 531. —151:0. Death of Francis IL King of France, who had lately married Mary Queen of Scots —l7BB. Adiuii.il Greif; is ii•terred at Revel, in Russet.-1795 Death ut J Irn Bewiel, the celJrated engraver un wo-d.-1805. A General Tlia. kseive.g toe the victory obtained off Trafalgar.-1805. Leath of Doctor Motes, the physician. The Sun rises at 8 It. 0 min. sets et 4 h. 0 min. It W 35 o a. intention to have made some extract!. from the real rejected Addresses, collected and published by Mr. 111'llittr..tw, but the abundance of fort ion matter compels us to de•la} them. It j, re makable that most of the leading ideas of Lord B uort'e► Address may be found scatter«i among the various productions of his sup posed competitors. Thi‘ singular coincidence we shall endeavour to illu,trate by quoting the dill'erent passages in our next. THE NATIONAL REGISIER. tonlion, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER to. DEFEAT OF THE A3IER !CANS. The immense mass of foreign intelligence which we this day present to our readers in the same form in which it has been received, precludes the necessity, as it deprives us of the means of offering any lengthened comments on the news of the week. From the Extraordinary Gazette, it will be seen that another American army has been totally defeated by a handful of our soldiers and Indians. This is a subject of high gratification, as it must teach the foola or mali- ;I t1:1 15. Ir. ant,• and ssN. gne, 11C.10 iron, , c.l, ales, eper, enerf , NI ;$ ;;;:iiet Dec. 0511.