The National Register.
London, England, 1813-01-17 00:00:00

THE HEBDO.VI.dD..4RY.

• 'JANUARY.
17. TTic Second Sunday after Epiphany. Fill St. ROM. 12:6. Gosp. I
st. John, 2. I.—St. Anthony, who, with St. Paul, shared the honour
•f peopling the deserts of Thebals, with Auchorites and Coenobites.
1792. Death of Dr. George H.,rne, Bishop of Norwich. Ills " Ser-
mons," and " Commentary on the Psalms," are highly esteemed, and
deserve to be so.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 59 min. sets at 4 h. 10 min. •
High water, morn. 36 min. past .2, aftern. 56 min. past 2.
18. Mouth/p.-111e accession of St. Peter to the Set of Rome. An
ancient chair,- cut Musty ornamented, i; shoan in the Vatican as the
original one upon which St. Peter sat, and which was given to him by
St. Pudens, n senator, when the Apostle came from Antioch to Rome.
—Also St. Prisea, a Roman lady of quality, who, on account of her
faith in Christ, was inhumanely tormented, and put to death by the
sword, about A. D. 275.—Queen Charlu4e's birth-day kept ; her Ma-
jesty born the 19th of May, 1744.
1719. Died Samuel U firth, an excellent poet and physician, and
Mellor of a most admirable satirical poem, entitled the " Dispensary ;"
and written with a peculiar vein of spirit and vivacity ; it was pub-
lished in 1699, and passed through six editions in the short space of
seven years.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 43 min. set; at 4 h. i 2. min.
Hiah water, morn. 13 ua.t past 3, ,aftern. 31 min. past 3.
19. Tuesday.--Sts. Canine, Ki,,g, ono Martius, Martyr. This last
suffered with several of his companions, and with them, he shared
the crown of martyrdom.--Also Sts. Marius, Marta, Audiface, and
Ahacom, who, coming from Persia to visit the tomb of the holy apostles
at Rome, were ordered to death • under the reign of the Emperor
Claud:us.
1728. The draurnie muse lost one of her favourites, in the person of
Co.t,!reve, author of several comedies and poems ; his
** Mounting Bride" would have been sufficient to obtain for him no
mean station upon Parnassus.--1730. Czar Peter IL grand-son of
Peter the Great, dies of the small-pox, in the 15th year of his age, and
the third of his reign.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 47 min. sets at 4 h. 13 min.
High water, morn. 47 min. past 3, Olen,. 2 min. past 4.
Jupiter rises, '34 min. past 4, in the afternoon.
20. Wednesday.—St. Fabian, a Bishop of Rome, who suffered death
in the seventh persecution, which was raised by the Emperor Decius,
A. D. 250. ; he governed the church fur the space of fourteen years
with exemplary prudence and sanctity.—Also St. Sebastian, who was
shot to death with arrows, a snbjct which has often been treated by
painters, on account of the opportunity it gives to the artist of display-
ing his knowledge of anatomy, and colouriug. Also St. Hasiauns,
Bishop of Lodi, who died A. D. 396.
" 1327. Edward 11. is deposed, and his son succeeds him by the title
Edward lII. 1779. Death of David Garrick, the English Rosius.-
1790. The Philanthropr,t, Howard, dies ; his statue in marble, and the
first ever phiced in St. Paw's Cathedral, stands as a proof, that hu-
manity and benevolence, take precedence before all other virtues.
The Sun rises at 7 In 46 min. sets at 4 h.' 14 min.
High water, morn. 17 olio. past 4, aftern. 34 min. past 4.
Mercury's Elongatio Maxima.
21 nursibAy.----.% Agnes ; all what authority sad power, caresses,