The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-15 00:00:00

THE lIEBDOMAPARY.

AUGUST. .-
15. The ninth Sunday fte' •
Malty. Epic I. Cur. 10. 1. G-sp. St.
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slumptiun of the Virgin Mary. This soltmeity is of
~.:tent date in the Church of Christ, and is founded on the tradition,
that soon after the Virgin expired, the Apostles deposited her sawed
remains i,t the tomb; and that, coming the next day to visit the pttl-
chre, they found that the body was gone, and that sweet-scented
flowers had been stre.ved in the grave. This is nne of the first so-
lemnities in the Roman Church. The hymn which is snug on this day
in -several dioceses on the continent, is most beautibil and wa com-
posed by the Horatian pen of Sauteuil, the laaiuus canon of St. Victor ;
it begins thus:-
0 vas, /Etherei, plaudite, cives!
Hme est illa dies, darn triumph°.
Qiih matrem, morte sulutam,
Maus siderel suseipit
These lines have bent more literally than elegantly trauslated in the
following manocr :
This is the day : all Heaven rejoice !
In loud applause exalt your voice:
This day, the Son, to his ethereal dome,
Calls up his M'.ther from the disappointed tomb.
1769. This ite the birth-tlty of Napoleon. When, in a small honk at
Ajaceio, a small town of the small 131:4nd or Corsica, OA malt offspring,
Of la small or petty-lawyer was born, who could have thought or foretold
tnat he should sit upon the ancient throne of Clovis and of St. Louis ;
assume the name of EinpreJr ; of King of Italy ; of the Ruler of the
Germanic States ; dart like a meteor from the banks of the Seine, and
set on fire the and- nt and holy town of the Czars, that his sceptre
should extend its influence boat Reggio to the of Finland ; and
from the western shores of the ocean to the neighhutoliood of Con-
stantinople ? but there is a tide in the affairs of inan."-1809. Flush-
ing surrenders to the Driiish expedition.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 41 min, sets at 7 h. 19 min.
High-water morning at 5 h 5 min. afternoon at 4 h. 23 ruin.
16 illon,:ity.—His Royal' Highness the Duke of York'. birth-day,
1763. St. Hyacinth, horn in Poland, was admitted in the order 61
the Dominicans by the founder himself, on account of his virtuous and
promising distiosition.: he li ed a life of austerity, prayer, and charity,
and died mi. It 7.-1611. 100.000 people were slain in a rebellion in
Irelauft.,--1738. Death of Miller, a comedian, better known as Joe
Miller, the compiler of a famous jest-book.
The sun rises at 4 h. 43 min. jets at 7 h. 17 min.
High water morn. at 4 la. 43 min. afternoon at 5 h. ti mita.

17. lumbiy.—St. Mamas, a martyr, and Si. Carl -man, a confessor
of the faith.-1808, Defeat of the French army in Portugal by Sir
Arthur We teary, now Field Marsh .1 Marquis of.Wellingion.-1770.
The French Repub:ic of Letters mourned tier the death of .Ire cele
holed Madame Dacier, an emi,tent translator of the best Grei k and
Latin authors,-1786. Death of Frederick the Great, King of Pruss.a.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 45 win. sets at 7 h. lfi mm.
flielt,rater morning at slt Y 2 roM. afternoon at 5 h. 46 min.
18. Wednesday —St..Agapitus, who, at the age of fifteen, icier hav-
ing been torinentcd most cruelly by his persecutors, was beheaded
under the reign Aurelian, inlhre year 2.62.—A150 St. Helen, the
pious mother of Consontine the :Orem, by niiii%e exertions the cro,,
upon which our Saviour suffered an ignominious death, was discovered
Molliko. Calvary, near Jerusalem. She died ann. 3-28.-151 e. Dis-
ebvety of the island of Si. Helena, su named from the accidental dis-
covery Laing place on this day.
• The Sun rises at .1 It. 47 min. sets at 7h. 13 min.

High-water morning at t h. 11 min. afternoon at 6 h. 39 min.
19. TheirsfiGy.--St. Louis, bishop and c nfes,ur.--1782. The Royal
&urge, of 100 guns, sank ntf ''pithead, %%In n 3 Imiral Kempenfeicir,
4iio seamen, and ton women unfortunately perished. The whole of
-or whenever any part of such a scene
1, preheats itheti to the mind.-1799.

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