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posed by Lord Cabtlereagh, and a;.-,reed to. After which the Bill
wa% passed and ordered to.the Lords.
The Clergy Relief Bill and Loan Bill were read a second time.--
Adjourned.

rritnvy, Now+Turn 19.
This being the last day appointell for receiving private Petitions,
the floin.e was occupietl with hearing them for a considerable timt•
Several were brought up by Lord STANLEY, amongst which Ivo(
one for supplying the Town of Warwick with Water) and anodic!
for sonic improvements in the Town of Lancaster.
Mr. CALE:I,IFr presented a Petition, for have to bring in a Bill
to regulate the practice and prokssion of Apothecaries, Surgeon
Apothecaries, and Practitioners in Midwifery, throughout England
and Wales.—lteferted to a Committee.
Sir Geminav W IthSTER presented a Petition for a Bill, to make
a new Road from Povcy Cross to Gatton Lodge, thereby shorten-
iag the road to Brighton.
A %Petition was presented by Sheriff Magnay, from the Lord.
Dlayor and Common Council of London, relative to the Thames
Navigation.
Mr. Rost: presented a Petition relative to a gross infringement
of the privilege of Aiming by some of the Scotch Universities.
In a Committee of Supply Lord CASTLER EAGH moved, that a
etnin not exceeding three millions, be granted, to enable his Ma-
jesty to fulfil his engagements with Foreign Powers.,The motion
was agreed to.
The sum of 30591. was voted for the repairs of St. Margaret's
Church.
Lord PALMERSTON gave notice, that on Monday, in a Com-
mittee of Supply, he should bring forward the E,timaiiis of the ex-
pengteb of Land Force'-.--•.A!ljourned.

THE H EBDO 31 ADAR Y.

NOVEMBER.

El. The three and twentieth Sunday offer Trinity. Epiit.'Philip. iii
17. Gospel St. Matth xxii. 15.—The presentation of the Virgin Mar:
to the Temple : eau ancient festival, still kept in the Church of Rim,
commemoraion f that day, where, as it is supposed, the blesseo.
-uother of Christ, being three years old, or about that age, was pre-
nted to God by her parents in tie Temple. W have no scriptural
'mut of this curemon:: ; and, indeed, it is lameiptabls, that, that
Npostles, the Disciples, and the Christians, who were eutemporaries
'te Virgin. had most likely written on her account, has been en•
st, and that we have so little to say upon a personage, who,
be is not entitled to public ss orship. according to the regle-
tr church, was nevertheless so eminent in the dispensation
'emptios,, that she is always entitled to the veneration of
The Marquis d'Arlandcs and Pilatre du Rosier made the
'e in a neartgoilitr Paris; the latter was killed at
with his companion, Mr. Romaine, the balloon
;ses at 7 h. 44 min. sets at 4 b. 16 min.*
at 1 h. 0 min. afterivion at 1 h. '22 min.
'est of St, Cecilia, or Cecily, a noble Roman
Iron, herinfuncy instiutAtd in the faith of
I give up the state of celibacy. However,
will to Valerian, a heathen, and haring
lotion, he not oi,b consented to it, but
professed. llis brother Tiburtus be-
. them suffered martyrdom tHlde/the
Dom. .226. From a constant tra-
ansical instruments, she has been
chosen as the tutelary saint 01
's are m ell acquaiiited with the
''e subject.--1774. Died surt-
'io‘ernor. Ile was born in
vsbury.
• 4 h. 14 min.
h. 7 min.
;ght.
of St. Peter, and
lans, iii. 17, and
',!ter ; made his
'yrs, and wit,
found great.
std were at
nd•useful
ors, for
by his

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Grder thrown into the sea, where he finished a glorious martyrdom
about ISO years after Christ.--Also St. Felicitas, who, with more than
heroic c‘,urage ; and divesting, herself of all maternal tenderness, ful.
lowed her seven sons to the burning pile, where they were devoured
by the flames, and stood witness of their sufferings and death with
olore Ohio human- Murtinmass Day.-1804. Died the
Rev. IL Graves, who, being PO years of age, published .‘ The Inva-
lid ; with obvious means of enjoying life by a Nonagenarian."
The Sun rises at 7 h. 47 mitt. sets at 4 h. 13 min.
High water morning at 2 b. ?a min. afternoon at 2 h. 93 ruin.
24. Wednesday.—St. Chrysogonw, a liable Roman, who, having
suffered the loss of all his loa's, and being imprisoned for the space of
Iwo years, on account of his faith in Christ, was invited by tempting
offers and piomises to rei.ounce his religious opinions, but being above
all the allurements of the most refilled seduction, above the charms of
Battery, and the threats of authority, intrepid as the matt so well de.
picttd by Horace, ,‘ justunt et tenacem propositi virum he con.
stantly refused burning incense on the altars of the heathen god, ; and,
by order of Ditielesian, was beheaded Ann._ Dom. 294.-1759. One of
the greatest eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.
• The sun rises at 7 h. 48 min. sets at 4 h. 12 min.
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Iligh water morn. at 3 h. 5 min. aftern. at 3 h. 19 min.
25. Thursday... St. Catherine, a virgin of Alexandria. in Egypt.
She was horn of noble and opulent parents, who had her instructed in
the love sit God, and the purest tenets of the faith in elitist. From her
tenderest years. the purity of her conduct was such, that they gave
her the name of Catharina, from the Greek (Cutharos) '4 pure, unsul-
lied." Site was so learned, and deeply read in all books of philoso-
phy, that at a public meeting of the' most acute logicians, she is re-
ported to have by the strength of her arguments, and the powerful
f:i larins of her eloquence, converted them irresistibly to the fifith ef
Mist. The Emperor, finding himself baffled in his scheme, al 11
had sent these doctors to dispute with, and if possible' confine her,
ordered that she should be scourged several times, and then to have
her body most cruelly torn by a whreel armed with sharp cutting insti:l-
- ; but it is said that the fatal wheel being miraculously broko.n by
thunder, the enraged tyrant ordered her to be beheaded. It is on ac-
count of this traditionary legend that she is generally represented with
a broken wheil by her side. Her martyrdom happened Ann. D in.
.10?.-1748. Death of Dr. Isaac Watts, an eminent dissenting minitter,
:rnd well known for his popular performances upon the sacred lyre of
Davie and others.-1799. Bonaparte is named hrst consul, with Le-
brun and Cambaraces, his nominal colleagues.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 49 min. sets at 3 h. 49 min.
High water wonting at 3 h. 34 mitt. afternoon at 4 It. 11 min.
t 6. Friday.—St. Peter, Bishop of Alexandria, who first exeson-
municated Arius, a priest of his church, !Or teaching new opinions eon-
cerning the divinity of Christ. Being visited in the prison, where he
was confined on account of his zeal and orthodoxy, by two priests who
came to speak in favour of Arius, be foretold them that they were to
be his successors, and conjured them never to admit Arius again into
the communion of the church. Some
.time after he was beheaded,
A. D. 313.-1703. Began toe greatest and most tremendous storm that
ever visited the metropolis. At a meetinghouse in Little Wild-street,
Lincoln's inn-fields, a sermon is preachbd every year to commemorate
and deprecate the return of such a dreadful ~.vent.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 50 min, sets at 4 h. 10 min.
high ‘vater morn. at 4h. 5 min. aftern 3 h. 49 min.
27. Saturday.--St. Maximus, born in Provence, in the fifth century.
Under the cure of his pious patents he received a holy education, and
practised all Christian virtues, to the edification of those who knew
lion. Ila,ing resolved to embrace the tuonastica! life, he entered into
Ihe convent Of Lesrius, where his rigorous piety raised him soon to the
dignity of an aubot, in the place of Ilonoratus, the founder of the mo-
nastery. lie was afterwards promoted to the see of Rye, in Provence,
and gave the highest proofs of his learning, purity of thoughts, chastity
of actions, and humility to the last moments of his Itfr.-17138. Death,
of the Rev. Thos. Harmer, a dissenting minister, remarkable fur his at,'
Lientents in oriental literature, and the study of antiquities.
The sun rises at 7 h. 51 min. sets at 4 h. 9 min.
Highwater morn. at 4 h. 39 min.,afternoon at 4 h. 59 min.

The whole of the Deputation sent to decorate the
Emperor Alexander with the Order of the Gaiter have
returned by the Ariel, with the exception 11f Sir Thomas
Tyrwhit, who remains at. Cottenburgh. De has received
Russian Order, and all the.. Gentlemen of the Mission were
honoured with distinguiiahed-marks•of•his Imperial Majesty's
favour,