The National Register.
London, England, 1813-02-14 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

711 E HEBDOMADART•

FEBRUARY.
14. Septuagesima Sunday. Epittle 1. Cot. 9. 20. S. Mutt. 20. 1.
The three Sundays and weeks that precede Ash-Wednesday, and the
fiist in Lent, have long been distingui.-lied by the Latin Nana s ot
Septuagesima, Sexagesiina, Quinquueesinia, and Quadragesima ; Innis
signifying the seventieth, sixtieth, fiftieth, fortieth. The season of
Le ,t has generally been extended to a fast of six weeks, that is 3;i
days, not teckuniug the Sundays, and to complete the number of 40,
i.. allusion to the fast of Christ in the Wilderness, the four days Wore
Quadragesima were added. Quimptegesinut is the Sunday before
'Lent ; and, although it is only seven days befcre, it was called so for
the sake of even and round numbers, to count by decads.—St Valen-
tine was a priest, apd lived at Rome, in the third age of Christianity,-
under the reign of Videriaiats, ann. '27 8 . —This being about the tine,
when birds choose their mates in the grove, tut ancient custom has pi ce ail-
ed to this day of sending letters to friends and lovers ; but this year, as it
falls on a Sunday, the post-office will be deprived of a great advan-
tage, as the letters cannot be received hut on Monday, when the op-
portunity of choosing Valentines is past.-180ti. Peace is restuied in
!Ala.-1779. Captain Cooke is killed at Owhyliee.-1780. Death of
Sir WM. Blacksto»i, author (.f the.'' Commentaries on the Laws of
England." lie way born in Cheapside —1793. Death of the patriAic
Lord Mayor, Brass Crosby.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 6 win. sets at 4 h. 55 win.
11 gb water, mom. 15 min. past 1, aftern. 42 min. past 1.
15. Motviay.—St. ifanamus a• d St. Florita, two brothers who suf-
fered martyrdom. ann. 121.-1703. Death of Phillips, the author of
the SplendH and (Alai. poems.-1732. Died in exile at Paris,
Francis Atterhurs;y 13isbop of Rochester—he was banished for corn's-
pundicg with the Pretender
ec'ipse of the Moon net visible here.
The Sun rises at 7,1). 3 min. sets at 4 h. 57 will.
lli It water, morn. 8 wilt. past 2, aftern. 30 nen. past 2.
Full Moon 43 min. past 8, morn.

IC. Tues3.ly..—The translatina of St. Juliana, a virgin and a martyr.
—1497. Birth of 111clanctlion, the coadtutor of Indicr in britiving
about the Reformatitat —1689. William and Mary are proclaimed
King anol Q..cen of England. —lBoB. Russia declares weir against
Fiance.-- 1754. Death of Dr. Richard Mead, to whom a garland of
tie brighte,t flow' rs should be tAfered on the altar of Beauty, fur his
having introduced inoculation in these realms.
The Sun rises at 7 1 min. sets at 4h. 59 min.
High water, morn. 51 min. past '2, admt. 7 min. past 3.
17 Werinesday.—St. Polychrmius, bishop and martvr.-1573
Death of klithAl Angelo, at Rome.-1675. Death of Moliere. at
Paris.-1793. the French enter Holland ; thcir invasion of that allied
country was the first cause of the declaration of war.-1810. Buona-
parte seizes upon the Papal territory.-17 0. Death of John Hughes,
the poet.

The Sun rises at 6 h. 59 min. sets at 5 b. 1 min.
High water, morn. v 3 min. past 3, anent. 37 min. 3. .
18. Thursday.—St. Simeon succeeded to St. James in the see of Je-
rusalem, and was crucified by the Jews at tl:e age of IA) years, being
the last of those who had seen Christ upon eurth.-1478. The Duke of
brother to Edward IV. was drowned in the Tower.-1546.
Death of Martin Luther.-1537. Queen Mary beheaded.
The Sun rises at 6 h. 57 min. sets At 5 li. 3 min.
High water, morn. 51 min. past 3, aftern. 5 min. past 4.
The enters the sign Pisces 11 h. :16 mm.

19 Frith:tr.—St. Cabinus, a priest and a mariyr.-15.)3. Prince
Tient). Frederic, son of Jnines VI. of Scotland, and afterwards Prince
of Wales, was born at Stiriit:g.
The, Sun rises at 6 h 55 min. sets 5 h. 5 min.
High watts, morn. 19 min. past 4, attern. 35 min. pa't 4.
20. Saturday.—St. Eleutherins, bishop awl martyr.-1712. Czar
Peter marries the celebrated Catit:lt-inc.-1790. Death of Jo-e 1 it 11.
Emperor of Germany.-1793. Dt-ath of Let:pold, Emperor of Ger-
ruany.--ICIO. Hofer, 111-. Tyrolese patriot, shut by the French.
The Suu rises at 6. it. 59 ono. sets at 5 It. 7 nun.
High water, morn. 54 min. past 4, alum'. 8 min. past 5.

METEOROLOGICAL ANTICIPATIONS.

FEB. 14

The thunder-storm of Tuesday last having purified the atmosphere,
and restored the equilibrium ill the elements, enables us to predict
nearly the ba tue weather for a few days longer.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

•
S per Cent. (an..
3 per Cent. HA.
4 per Cents. ' 1:1 IN i Pla::k stock ..
I, y)er Cent. Navy

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ton Don,
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

BRILLIANT VICTORY N

Last night's Gazette contains dispatches from Colonel
GILLESPIE, commander of the forces in Java, dated
Djocjocarta, June 25, 1812, and giving an account of a most
glorious triumph obtained by less than I,ono British and
-Indian troops, over 17,000 armed men, coFected by the
Sultan of DJOCJOCA fA, and strongly posted within regu-
lar fortifications, well supplied with cannon.
It appears that this Prince, confident in his power, and
despising the paucity of our numbers in the island, refused
to acknowledge our supremacy, and rejected every amicable
overture, which was repeatedly made. Learning his prepa-
rations for war, Col. GILL ESP I E resolved to frustrate them.
and though he could not collect a thousand firelocks, attacked
the fortress of the Sultan by storm, on the rimming of the
20th of June, and in a few hours carried it, with an incon•
s►derable loss, taking the Monarch himself prisoner, and to-
tally dispersing his army of 17,000 men, whom neither the
strength of the ramp.: is and bastions, nor the wet ditch by
which they were surrounded, contd protect against the in-
vincible spirit and resistless impetuosity of our troops. Our
whole loss in this exploit, scarcely equalled, even in the
annals of British heroism, only amounted to 23 killed, and
76 wounded—total 99.
On the part of the enemy great numbers were slain, and
among the rest, the TOOMOGONG SEMOOD DKNINGR AT,
the most powerful chieftain in the interest of the Sultan,
whom he incited to take up arms against us. Colonel GIL-
LESPIE, who was himself severely wounded in the arm at the
close of the action, thanked his little band of heroes 'in Ge-
neral Orders, the next day, for the ardour and rapidity of
their attack, and the zeal and skill which they displayed.
Private letters state, that the captured Prince has been
deposed, and his Son raised to the throne in his place.—
They also represent the royal treasures as so considerable,
that the share of a subaltern amounts to between .3 and 4000
dollars.

AMERICAN FRESH OUTRAGE TO BRITISH SEAMEN. •
American Papers to the 17th ult. have been
.received.
The most impottant fact which they announce is, the re•
election of Mr. MA Disoti by a majority of 128 to 30.—
The contest appears to have lain between the great divisions
of the United States ; the Eastern. voting unanimously
for Mr. CLINTON, the southern and Western as unani-
mously for Mr. MADISON, and Maryland alone distributing
its votes between the Candidates.
They also contain part of the correspondence which has
taken place between Admiral Sir JAMES BORLASE WAlt•
REN and the American Secretary of State,- respecting the
' sudslen seizure on board an English cartel, of tw...; ve British
prisoners of war who had been regularly exchanged, but had
I not yet quitted port ! The excuse for this act is onemhich
I can only be consideled as an encrease of the offence. Si*