The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

NOV. `!).

G. Blnics, of Wesbury, woolstapler, Dec. 5, 12, :aid
at.eieven, at Guildhail. Attornies, Wa:Al and Claike,
C,otlf-court, Budge-row.
T ilavnrii and W. Croft, I-londuras-ctNet, Midlleiex, and T.
of Manchester, merchants, I)ec. I, .1, at elev,n, aad Ja
N.n. 9,
tco, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messri. Kak,
NI r. Hurd, temple, London.
C, t;:k7s, of Bristol, coinsnon-earrkr, Dee. 11, 12, and Jan 9, at
at the Rummer Tavern, All SA.ilir'i•l Itle.• A ttorme,, Mcs,,ts.
rov Lim.:oin's Inc, Lc:ll.ton ; Mr. Browne, j(diii-
Bristol. •

THE 17E131)0MADA11Y ;
OR, EPHEMERIS 01' 'llll'.

NOVEMB.Eit.

r.i9. Adroit Sunday. Epist. Rom. 13 B. Gasp. St. Matt. 21. 1.—
Pre word advent is derived from time Latin udecatus, which skinks an
ri-ri-a!, or upprcech ; and therefore means the approach of the feast of
Nati% itv, which, in the earliest times of Christianity, has been in-
stituted ie order to coaanernorate the grand mystery of the Firth
of
the son et God himself, under the shafe, and in the hypostatic stature
it man, with the benevolent view of instructing. and redeeming mum-
I.;ed. The time denoted by this appellation cren,dins tour l•:undays, and
beady tour whole weeks, but this oil:mimes from several causes,
sdLh ere sufficiently explained in the Calendar. The first Sandy
i.
o rays the nearest Sunday to St. Andrew, whether beidre or after.
]:;is season, which begins the lieclesiastiioil year, was appointed to
:Stpare • the mind, through the mortification of the burly, for a (Inc
cel-..nration of the ante versary of Christ's first advent, and was kept
t:ost orictly by the affluent t. hristians ; but, in time, the austerity of
c prictices, ordered and per fernied, relaxed considerably, from its
uu final institution, which took place at the Council of Tours in the
cektury. in Renew Cathelic courtries, fast and abstinenre •are
lola on Wednesday, Friday, and Sat urdae ; bait the only remains
Oach roc Ii ve of those ordinances con:ist merely ie forbidding mar-
;;:hat without ;harrier.. This prohibition remains in full vigour till the
ooare et:the Epiphany is concluded. Superstition, the handmaid and
ia.evrahle companion of Religir.n, has caught hold of this seasAa as
the most profiler to spread the veil of her mimicr;es over weak and
i.;auratit ruiner. . Aided by the natural eloonsiness et the weather, she
pus out her eh •sts in the church-yard-, her will-o'olr'•wisps in the
marshes and tens ; and the t:hristiters caret singers, Itr from dispelling
o:cam busy to increase, by their dell nuelulations, and the drawl of
flair streeoperformances and serenades, time propensity which the
email naturally feels r•ovartls melancholy at this particular season of the
our.—St. `':et :r'in, Martyr.; he was much venerated in his life-time for
t.:s virtues, and alter his death, we are told, !torch more by the miracles
ut his relies per trined. ; he obtained the crown of martyrdornafter
lor:og been tied to the tail of an infuriate bull, who dragged his ve-
tir.reble body throtrli the streets, where he expired in the greatest
ez.my.—te.o7. The I'rince Re.yeet of Portugal emigrated to the Bra-
under the protection of the Eimlish.
The Sun rises at 7 b. 5 t min. sets at 4 h. 6 min.
3). Monday.—St. Andrew the Aortstle ;en his return from Scythia.
:r!iere lie had preached the Gospel of Christ, he was, by the order of
the Governor of Pattie, in Achara, scourged most cruelly, and then
11‘tened to a cross with cords, that his death might be. the more linger-
111g, and consequently more excruciating. St. And-ew has been chosen
of old, for the naiional patron-Saint of Scotland, as St. George for
latgland, and St. Patrick for Ireland'.-1782. Articles of peace signed
:rt. Paris between the British and American Commisssioners, by which
the American colonies are declared free.-1807. General Junot enters
lashou —l3OB. Bnonaparte leaves Paris for Spain. 1700. Battle of
arva, where Peter the Great was totally defeated by Charles MI. of
Sweden.— 1793. Brissot is gulletined at Paris.
The Sun rises at 7 h. 55 min. sets at 4 h. 5 min.
DECEMBER—XX XI DAYS.
The name of this month, like the three precedina, originates from its
being time tenth from the rainy reason; decem ab imbre. The most part
the months in time Roman calendar have been stripped of their deno
'rt!nallaes by time whims of the Emperors, Cammodas, to flatter ins
mistress, Martia, whom he pleased to see in the dress of an Amazon,
changed the old name to that of Amaxon;us. _But at the death of this
effeminate Emperor, the month resumed its own appellation. Time cold-
ness oh the weether placed it naturally under the protection of the
taldess of fire, Vesta, as the old Latin poet says :
" Ast augusta faret Capriemai Sidera Vesta."
Ihe Sun enters the sign of the Capricorn, Caper, on the 22d of this
month.
t. Tuesday.—St. Candida, and her Companions, martyrs. The rage
of the lleatilens, when they found that the Christian faith was spread-