The National Register.
London, England, 1812-04-19 00:00:00

of Dessalines.-1807. Death of Opie, professor of painting at the Royal
Academy.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 59 min. sets at 7 h. 1 min.
20. Monday. St. Victor and his companions, martyrs.-753. B. C.
Romulus began to lay the foundation of Rome, on the bank of the
Tiber, about sixteen miles from the sea.-1534. Elizabeth Barton,
commonly called 44 the iioiy maid of Kent," was executed at Tyburn.
—.1653. Cromwell dissolves the Parliament.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 57 min. sets at 7 h. 3 min.
91. Tucsi.iy. St. Ancdrn, Bi-hop and confessor.-323. B. C. Alex,
ander the Great dies; at Babylon, in the 33d year of his age.-1142.
Death of Abelard, at Chalons in France.
The Sun enters the sign Taurus.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 55 min. sets at 7 h. 5 min.
22. Wednesday. St. Soterus and Caius, both put to death for the
Christian faith, the former tinder Marcus Aurelius, an. 180 ; the other
under Dioclesian, an. 296. Each sat upon the chair of St. Peter, and
had been an ornament to it by their eminent virtues.--1509. Death of
Henry VII.-1745. Total eclipse of the Sun.-1663. Incorporation of
the Royal Society.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 53 min. sets at 7 h. 7 min.
23. Thursday. St. George of•Cappadocia, the Patron of this Nation,
as St. Andrew is of Scotland, and St. Patrick of Ireland (Holiday at
public offices). He was, and is still, much venerated in the Eastern
church, where he is called the great martyr, by Antonornatia ; and
Portugal, acknowledges him, as we do, fur a titulary saint. Tradi-
tion is the only voucher fur the acts of this celebrated personaie:
since hietory is almost silent on his account; but in spite ot Dr. Po-
i lineal and Gibbon, his name is still held in great veneration in all
countries where the testimony of cotemporaries, handed down unite.
terrtiptedly by tradition, will have a greater weight than the futile ob-
jections and irreligious cavils of denii-philos p ,ers. On this day the
Knights of the Order of the Garter used to hold their great feast, and
have done so of late by order of the Sovereign. The Antiquarian So-
ciety also meet on this day, and choose their Officers.-1616. The im-
mortal soul of the great Shakespearei returned to him, who gave her
birth.-1616. Death of Michael Cervantes, author ot 44 Dun Quixote.'
The Sun rises at 4 h. Si min. sets at 7 h. 9 min.
24. Friday. St. Alexander martyr.-1558. Marriage of Mary, Queen
r,f Scots, to the Dauphin, afterwards Francis 11. of France. This union,
when calculated, upon scores of possibilities, might have changed the
face of Great Britain, and its effects were pevcnted by the wiedum of
Providence.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 50 min. sets at 7 It. 10 min.
25. Saturday. St. Mare the Evangelist (Holiday at public .offices).
He was a disciple of St. Peter, and studied under him the ways of the
Lord. He pasted from Judea into Egypt, and was the first who
preached the Christian faith at Alexandria. He received the reward of
his labours in the Bth year of Nero. It is ordained as a day of ab-
stinence ; and the litany wat anciently recited, in order to cell
down the blessing of the Almighty upon the fruit of the earth.—
1595. Death of Tasso.-1599. Birth of Cromwell.-1800. Death of
William Cooper, the poet.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 48 min. sets at 7 h. 12 min.
The increase of the day 6 hours 87 minutes.

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Lonbon.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1512.

REPORTED FALL OF 11.A.DAJOZ.

It teas strongly rumourd in the City, dining the whole
of yesterday, that intelligence, though not of an official
nature, had reached Government of the fall of Badijoz.
That city was stated to have b:'en taken by storm, in
nearly the same manner as Ciudad Rodigro, but with
more considerable loss on our part. This report, how-
ever, wants confirmation. But we trust, that ere long,
w and the reducffitione shall have the pleasing task to record ociallyof this
the
total discomfiture of the enemy,
important post.