The National Register.
London, England, 1813-10-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

OCT. 17.

tinopic, witch those of St. Aisdrese. under the reign of Constanties.
B !lag one of the Evangelists, he is generally represented with a bt.ll at
his side, because lie begins Ins Gospel by speaking of Zacharias, the
Pt lest, eho was, agreeable to his oilier, in the habit of immolating
bulls at the altar.—This is a mere, but ingenious conjecture, elicited
from the fanciful minds of commentators, whose wonderful ken, saw
in the vision of Ezechiel, the four types of the future evangelists. We
may say with the Laliens, se no tern, e btnc trovato. But why should
Sr. Luke determine the day on which many of our own and foreign uni-
versities have ordered their scholars to meet again ? The companies
and academies of painters, in the Christian world, have adopted St.
Luke fur their patron, upon the idea that he was a painter by profes-
sion; but the truth is, that they were originally mistaken. The person
whom they meant in their choice was a Witter indeed of the name of
Luke, and was, for his virtues...called " Luke the Saint," hut not
St. l.nke. However, the word re.esociii might be tuapposed to mean not
only a plivsicion," but a man wlO prepared cololrs. for different
purposes. The co o trs which worn -•e toed for their faces were called
.‘ faciei nirdicatner t e."--1797. Peace tir„tied between Aestiia and
France. The Sun r:sr avt6h. 44 in. sets at 5 It. 16 mitt.
lligh water motet. 9 It. Vz mitt. attern. at 9 b. 57 min.
19. 7'l4csday.---St Peter f Alcatteirs, born in a place of that name
in Spain. lie entered the order of tit Franciscan tiars, at the early
age of sixteen, and died in the 17111 centurv.--Also St. Friedswirl, an
abbess at (Mord, w o died A. 1). 740.-17E1. Earl Cornwallis with
a considerable British army. suite' d •rs to the French and American
Generals Welland en] rend Washitirt.in —1794. The Duke of York
deka ti.d by the French, when. tl•ouall anarchy raged at home, the
spirit t f Liberty and equoittv led the legions of Gallia to
vie:ory, r the i o .ps of regubted kingdoms.
The Sun rises at 6 h. 46 min. sets at 5 It. 14 min.
water nienning at 1t! h. 31 min. afternoon at 11 It. 6 min.
CO. Woines t. Aribemitty a contenneder in Julian's army,
olio, string at A do li, two innocent and holy priests pat to torments
by the I:Atwell r's 'seder, went, and reproached him wi It his cruelty.
Julian could uo be r tb s freedom, and commanded hint to he be-
bead:ll.--1687. L'm , the capital of Vern, was destroyed by an
earthquake. 'I he s• ae: fate awaited the a tine town en the Bth of the
same month in 1746.-1714. Geroge I. crowned at Westminster.
The Sun rises at 6 It. 48 rn•n sets at sh. le, min.
High water tootle at 11 h. 33 mitt. afternoon none.
21. Thursday.—St. h. rn in Palestine, of infidel parents.
Ile was sent to school at Alex:m(l6a. and was instructed there in the
Christian faith. He is o p r:ed to have been several times annoyed by
various temptibtioto, wh ch he resisted. Bodily labour was one of the
nieaus he adopted to re, i t the enticing suggestions of Satan, who, we
are told, used to as tube the shape of a most beautiful woman, to di-
4ert hint from his meditations. He (tied in the company of sever,'
he runts, who led follueed him in his retirement, in the year 329,
when the rocks and deserts of Egypt used to resound in the Wilderness
with the holy ejacsilations of the anchorites, and the rivulets of the
Wilderness mixed their murmurs to the looitent sighs of those lio!y
men who fled from the delicious haunts of Alexandria, to live in sack-
clothes, an 4 sleep upon the bare ground in the palm-groves, and
abandoned flints of the once renowned TI ehes.—Also St. Ursnla and
her numerous compailioni.-1805. Battle of Trafalgar, and death of
the universally lamented Lord Nelson.
The Sun rises at ti h. 47 ruin, sets at 5 h. 13 min.
High water morning at 0 h. 1 min. afternoon at 0 h 28 min.
22. Fridny.—.St. Mark, Bishop of 'Jerusalem, and the first who lead
been chosen by the Gentiles to the dignity of that see. Ile was
crowned with the wreath of martyrdom uncler the Emperor Antonini's.
—Also St. Salome, one of those pious women who waited upon Christ
,
to the very moment of his death on tit! cross. It is reporte4 that she,
as well as Magdalen, died in Provence, in the south of France.---1802.
Death of Pr. Arnald, sit eminent composer of music.
The Sun rises at 6 h. 50 min. sets at 5 It. 10 min.
High water morn. at b h. 63 min. afternoon at 1 h. 15 min.
23 Seifurday.—St: Theodore, a young man who was seized at An-
tioch by order of Julian the Apostate, and after the cruel trial of hay-
ing his flesh torn mid beret from morning till slight, was cast into
prison, mid, alter some time, was released by the relenting emperor.
Ile might be said to have survived his oivnmartyrd.oni, and Witnessed
the victory of his courage and faith O'Ver the cruelty of his persecutors.
The Sun enters the *Sign " Scorpius." This reptile was chosen by the
ancients, as one of the zodaical signs, to chew the retrogade motion of
the. Sun after the equine/, as they had selected the Crab, or " Can-
cer," io Point out his retuing from the solstice.-1685. Revneallint (1)5
Louis XII.) of tl;e Edict of Nantes (granted by Henry IV.) an act of
prudence, is 'ftorne' Melon:111i will have it, to prevent new broils and
bloodshed in France.
The Sun rises at 6 h. 52 min. sets at 5 le 8 mite.
High Water n ;ming at I it. S 9 Alin. afternoon at 2 le. 0 min,
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We regret to be again obliged by press apolitical matter to delay
the insertion of the LAIMAWS letter, which shall appear in
onr Next.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

IDIOM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17.

ENTRANCE OF LORI) WELLINGTON INTO FRANCE.
Accounts brought by the Dictator, which arrived on
Thursday, stated, that his Lordship, having taken wi!li hitn
the Ist and sth divisions crcesed the BidaFsna at !run, and
leaving Fontarabift on his left, took the road through Drogue
and St. Jean de Luz, towards Bayonne. lirogne he
said to have forced the French lines. But the loss of tho
enemy being so small, not above 200 killed and wounded
and 500 prisoners, and ours only 200, it is inferred that the
French had no strong force and no strong position there.
There is no very strong place to arrest the heradeFs between
the Bidassoa and la3onne, near the confluence of the rive
and the Adour. Bayonne is understood to have been con-
siderably strengthened ; on the other side of the Adour, the; e
is also a square citatkl, which commands the city and the
hat bour. A naval force, however, sent to the .Adour might
probably be of considerable service in no attack upon.
Bayonne. Whilst Lord W' Lee' NGTON passel into Fiance.
with two divisions, by the road from Iron, other divisions,
it is supposed, entered France by other road,:.
The dispatches mentioned by the Dictator as on their way
by another ship, and as coetaining the official account of the
invasion of France, arc not yet arrived. They a; e, however.
momentarily and confidently expected, and no doubt is en-
tertained on the subject.
'The Sun of last night contains the following parkoaph on
this important subject : •
" NVe have just received a letter from one of tht Officers
of the Dictator, staling, that he was an eye winless of :he
movement of ',old E L INGT o N's army into France. Ile
saw it distinctly limn the heights; its numbers amounted to
85,n00 men, in the highest Mate of discipline, and, he adds.
that the Fiench were flying in every direction.—A vessel was
waiting for the diTatches."