The National Register. — London, England, 1812-07-19 00:00:00

--> 1 4-I2 711 F: 11 EBDOMA DAR Y ; OR, EPHEMERIS OF 'FILE WEEt. JU I.Y. 19, 'The Eighth Sum? , afro- 7 riff tpisi lc Rom. S. IT. Gospel Matt. 7. 15.—St. ilmatiits was a Roman cit;ztli, cloinent in all human t•ciences, and recommended by Pope Ig• ineceptor to the two sons of Coe Emperor Theodosius. In the Croat of Constantinople, surrounded with pomp and magnifwenee, he le rued to tb..spise gloat- MSS Witt n accmnpamed wiib pride Ulld ostentation, and, baying re calved upon a life of retirement, went into En.pt,..where, on Mount Scctlzim, he became an txample to the vetteralne hermits of that soli tude.—Also St. Epapheus wh was t h e f i rst Fi s h,,p o f C,-,l ossz e, I..i a Minor. Be was convetted by St. Fen!, weal to Rome, and %1 imprisoned with It:tn.-13M The SpJuish .Irmada arrives in the Channel. The Su , ' ri-Ts at •1 it. stt, at R h. 0 mir. O. Monday.— St. targ:;rt t, a h ty virgin, who, for the confession of the faith in . Chri:,t, was put to death in Aoti,ch, A. D. '213, or '275. In the most aatient pintings On glass, and others, we generally find the fienre of a drogon at her feet hether this fabulous aohnal is placed there as an emblem of the trouble, silo suff,•led by temptations, or alluding to fOrlh! anecdote boollaing to the die of this vitgin, we have not been able to ascertain ; but, let us consider that some com mentators have even doubted the existence of this Saint, and app!ied to the paintings the allegory of dragons, srt as euardians over prcei.ns atooes and peank, because her name, llartrarita, means in Latin a pearl. " Her holy day is very ancient," says Wheatley, " not (lay in the Roman, but also in the Greek Church, Who ce:ebtated her muunny tinder the name of Pelagic or 3Lainc." The pearl being a marine production, it seems as if the Greas intended, by the Latin woz'd avid, to express what the Romans did by the word Margarita.- 1763. Death of Allan Ramsay, a famous Scotch- poet, he was (night:WY a Barber, bat possessing a strong genius, lie soon exchanged the razor for the b . re: _ _ The Sun rises at 4 h. 1 min. sets at 7 h. S 9 min. 21. Tuccfay.—St. Praxede, daughter of St. P:udentius, a Roman Senator, who having practised works of incrcy tt:wards the persecuted h Al rcu6 Anton►inus, and emp!o.% cc! helself in chilli. abie 'Aces, gave up the spisi! in the year 140.-1-103. The battle Shroi s bury, beta•icu Henry IV. and Isis rebellious subjecrs,-1683. Lord Russel was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn-fields.-1766. Died Robert MIMS, the ploughman—poet. • The Sun rises at 4 h. 3 min. sets at 7 h. 57 min. 22. Wenesday.—St. Maly Magdalen, who, at the table of the Pha• Yisee, threw herself at the feet of Christ, washed them with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. It is reported, that after the ascension of Christ, she came into the southe - rn rrts of Frunce, and finding a solitary and convenient retirement in a deserted vale, lived there many years in constant prayer, and rustere mortification, until God called her to a better life.-Iti3B. Edward I. gained a memorable victory at Falkirk, i❑ Scotland.-1701. The taking of Gibraltar, by Sir Gcorge Rooke. The Sun rices at 4 h. 4 min. sets at 7 11.56 min. Thutsdoy.—St. Apollinaris, a holy man, who came in company with St. Peter from Antioch to Rowe, and was by him ordained thshop. and sent to Ravenna, in Italy, to preach the Cio , pel. After colt% cit ing many to the faith of Chvi:st, iabonrs and sntierinr.s were %%WI mattyrdQn., tn:der Vc‘rn.iiir, in th-3 ve,:r Fir-t Consul of Fruuce ar:i% es at The Echellion Taws in Death of Lord Kiilardch, and his nephew.-1533. This day, the fi.st number of the first New -Taper was published ; it was called " The English Akrcurie." The San rises at 4 I:. smin. s: is at 7 h. 55 min. Friday.—St. Christiana, daughter of a Pagan Alagistrid e. She by his order, and on account of her faith in Chris!, was shot to death by arrows, in the year 285.—The Sun enters the sirn Leo this dj, lscarly f tar days later than in the time of iiyginus and Colatuelta. The strength of the„Stin at this period of the y ar, at:d the licrecne,:s of his rays have induecd the most antient observers of the firmament, to give to this sign the name of the strongest ard fiercest inhabitant of the Torrid Zone.-1803. The ruinturs of an invasion increase every day.— UN. 'lime news from Route is, that Lucien Enonaparte has unex pectedly taken the resolution of returning to Paris !il-1756. Died the celebrated Engraver, am! Amiguary, George Vertue.-1797. The sallbut Lord Nelson lost his arm at Tenor The Son rises at 4 h. 7 min. sets rat,7 h. 53 min. 25. Saturday.—St. Jame., ludyd:tv at the Public , Offices. This Apostle, the brother of St. John time Evangelist, was beheaded by order Herod 4rippa, at Jerusalem. His body was tiwasiated, by the care of the christians of Judwa, to Compottella, in Spain, where it has been 6iuce visited by aulucrous cotopanics of pilgrims. Hence arose the idea JU IX 9 • of representing St. ;fames with a chapelon and hat, adorned with coctie-shells. and the old custom of bringing oysters to London on Old St. James's day, as the pisgrims used to tiring shells from the Spa. nisi) shores, to England and France, as vouchers for the truth ;sa i d hardships of their pilgrimage.—This day is held a fair at Wilsdon Green, Middlesex, where sever comp:lilies of young men repair, an. :mane, to exhibit their skill in the head-brooking aft of cudgelling, t ,, the great amusement of the numei.:tis speLtators who are atttracted there by the polite invitation and liberal enteitainment of the vi i tl e _ men who have their country seats in the. neii 4 lo:oorhood,-179:i, D t , oh of tie Reverend IVillimn Romaine, a learned ,divine, opinions were math eAcetned by chilstiani of the CalviniAic per. The : . oi d t rises at n b. t min. s eta at 7h. 5 . 2 It is remarkable, that cone of the Sovercitots of fnnope, nor any 'rime or I'ritu of the Royal Blood of England, was born in the Imo/ h Of July . TIIF, NATIONAL REGISTER. PIUGE OF YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Cov.r(s . ll; iwr (int. Con.-tbls fur Acct of t 4 per 10 CORRLSI ON'DENTS. The importance of the Foreign Intelligoice this week, has pcllcd us to sulkr COLEL rr to sink back ii;l a time into his nlitiNe insignificance. TII t NATIONAL REGISTER. SUNDA Y, JULY 19. NEGOCIATIONS _AND HOSTILITIES WITH RUSSIA. The most important documents contained in the French papers this week, have at last removed the veil that had so long concealed the real !,fate of the relations between the chief Continental Powers, and the object of the negociations commenced some months ago NVith this country. This pub lication consists of the official letters that have passed be tween the French Minister of State, Duke BASSANO, and the Russian Ambassador, Prince KURAKIN, at Paris, and the French Ambassador, LAUI4ISTON, and the Russian Minister, ROMANZOW, at St. Petersburgh ; and of the proposals for Peace, made in April last to Lord CasTLEREAGII, with his Lordship's Answer. The great end of the French Government, in submitting these State Papers to the public eye, was certainly that of impressing the people of France, and its allies, with a belief that NAPOLEON sincerely wished for a general Peace, and that most strenuous exertions had been made on his part to attain it. The publication itself, however, must, in the opinion of every impartial man, totally defeat that purpwe. If we confine ourselves to the communications sent by t! .e French iiii , ters, we - shall find nothing but pacific disposi tions, and the expreision of a most ardent desire not to in crea2c by War the woes of humanity. We shall see, on the lat t of their master, a spirit apparently most rat:ent of neglect and insult, and so bent on Peace, as even, on the edge of battle, to renew his solicitations to be allowed to ne gociate. But if we look into the replies of the Russian ter, we shall clearly perceive that all in the former was hollow and insincere, and that NA r °LEON'S regard for Peace ul.s only assumed, to delude his opponent into forbearance and inactivity, whilst be completed his preparations for NX ar. We shall see that, although all the causes of complaint lay on the side of Russia, she abstained to the last from • any step which might throw the least obstacle in the way of negociation. In the midst of her military strength, at a time when the Duchy of Warsaw remained almost defence less before her, she did not seize the proffered opportunity, to rush forward, in the spirit of ambition and conquest; but kept her armies within her own frontiers. Not satisfied