The National Register.
London, England, 1812-07-19 00:00:00

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711 F: 11 EBDOMA DAR Y ;
OR, EPHEMERIS OF 'FILE WEEt.

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19, 'The Eighth Sum?, afro- 7 riff tpisi lc Rom. S. IT. Gospel
Matt. 7. 15.—St. ilmatiits was a Roman cit;ztli, cloinent in all human
t•ciences, and recommended by Pope Ig• ineceptor to the
two sons of Coe Emperor Theodosius. In the Croat of Constantinople,
surrounded with pomp and magnifwenee, he le rued to tb..spise gloat-
MSS Witt n accmnpamed wiib pride Ulld ostentation, and, baying re-
calved upon a life of retirement, went into En.pt,..where, on Mount
Scctlzim, he became an txample to the vetteralne hermits of that soli-
tude.—Also St. Epapheus wh was the first Fish,,p of C,-,lossze, I..ia
Minor. Be was convetted by St. Fen!, weal to Rome, and %1
imprisoned with It:tn.-13M The SpJuish .Irmada arrives in the
Channel.

The Su,' ri-Ts at •1 it. stt, at R h. 0 mir.

O. Monday.— St. targ:;rt t, a h ty virgin, who, for the confession
of the faith in.Chri:,t, was put to death in Aoti,ch, A. D. '213, or '275.
In the most aatient pintings On glass, and others, we generally find
the fienre of a drogon at her feet hether this fabulous aohnal is
placed there as an emblem of the trouble, silo suff,•led by temptations,
or alluding to fOrlh! anecdote boollaing to the die of this vitgin, we
have not been able to ascertain ; but, let us consider that some com-
mentators have even doubted the existence of this Saint, and app!ied
to the paintings the allegory of dragons, srt as euardians over prcei.ns
atooes and peank, because her name, llartrarita, means in Latin a pearl.
" Her holy day is very ancient," says Wheatley, " not (lay in the
Roman, but also in the Greek Church, Who ce:ebtated her muunny
tinder the name of Pelagic or 3Lainc." The pearl being a marine
production, it seems as if the Greas intended, by the Latin woz'd
avid, to express what the Romans did by the word Margarita.-
1763. Death of Allan Ramsay, a famous Scotch- poet, he was (night:WY
a Barber, bat possessing a strong genius, lie soon exchanged the razor
for the b. re: _ _

The Sun rises at 4 h. 1 min. sets at 7 h. S 9 min.

21. Tuccfay.—St. Praxede, daughter of St. P:udentius, a Roman
Senator, who having practised works of incrcy tt:wards the
persecuted h Al rcu6 Anton►inus, and emp!o.% cc! helself in chilli. abie
'Aces, gave up the spisi! in the year 140.-1-103. The battle Shroi
s-
bury, beta•icu Henry IV. and Isis rebellious subjecrs,-1683. Lord
Russel was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn-fields.-1766. Died Robert
MIMS, the ploughman—poet. •
The Sun rises at 4 h. 3 min. sets at 7 h. 57 min.

22. Wenesday.—St. Maly Magdalen, who, at the table of the Pha•
Yisee, threw herself at the feet of Christ, washed them with her tears,
and wiped them with her hair. It is reported, that after the ascension
of Christ, she came into the southe-rn rrts of Frunce, and finding a
solitary and convenient retirement in a deserted vale, lived there many
years in constant prayer, and rustere mortification, until God called
her to a better life.-Iti3B. Edward I. gained a memorable victory at
Falkirk, i❑ Scotland.-1701. The taking of Gibraltar, by Sir Gcorge
Rooke.

The Sun rices at 4 h. 4 min. sets at 7 11.56 min.

Thutsdoy.—St. Apollinaris, a holy man, who came in company
with St. Peter from Antioch to Rowe, and was by him ordained thshop.
and sent to Ravenna, in Italy, to preach the Cio,pel. After colt% cit-
ing many to the faith of Chvi:st, iabonrs and sntierinr.s were
%%WI mattyrdQn., tn:der Vc‘rn.iiir, in th-3 ve,:r Fir-t
Consul of Fruuce ar:i% es at The Echellion Taws in
Death of Lord Kiilardch, and his nephew.-1533. This day, the fi.st
number of the first New-Taper was published ; it was called " The
English Akrcurie."
The San rises at 4 I:. smin. s: is at 7 h. 55 min.
Friday.—St. Christiana, daughter of a Pagan Alagistrid e. She
by his order, and on account of her faith in Chris!, was shot to death
by arrows, in the year 285.—The Sun enters the sirn Leo this dj,
lscarly f tar days later than in the time of iiyginus and Colatuelta.
The strength of the„Stin at this period of the y ar, at:d the licrecne,:s of
his rays have induecd the most antient observers of the firmament, to
give to this sign the name of the strongest ard fiercest inhabitant of the
Torrid Zone.-1803. The ruinturs of an invasion increase every day.—
UN. 'lime news from Route is, that Lucien Enonaparte has unex-
pectedly taken the resolution of returning to Paris !il-1756. Died the
celebrated Engraver, am! Amiguary, George Vertue.-1797. The
sallbut Lord Nelson lost his arm at Tenor
The Son rises at 4 h. 7 min. sets rat,7 h. 53 min.
25. Saturday.—St. Jame., ludyd:tv at the Public, Offices. This
Apostle, the brother of St. John time Evangelist, was beheaded by order
Herod 4rippa, at Jerusalem. His body was tiwasiated, by the care
of the christians of Judwa, to Compottella, in Spain, where it has been
6iuce visited by aulucrous cotopanics of pilgrims. Hence arose the idea

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of representing St. ;fames with a chapelon and hat, adorned with
coctie-shells. and the old custom of bringing oysters to London on
Old St. James's day, as the pisgrims used to tiring shells from the Spa.
nisi) shores, to England and France, as vouchers for the truth ;said
hardships of their pilgrimage.—This day is held a fair at Wilsdon
Green, Middlesex, where sever comp:lilies of young men repair, an.
:mane, to exhibit their skill in the head-brooking aft of cudgelling, t,,
the great amusement of the numei.:tis speLtators who are atttracted
there by the polite invitation and liberal enteitainment of the viitle_
men who have their country seats in the. neii4lo:oorhood,-179:i, Dt,oh
of tie Reverend IVillimn Romaine, a learned ,divine,
opinions were math eAcetned by chilstiani of the CalviniAic per.

The :.oidt rises at nb. t min. seta at 7h. 5.2
It is remarkable, that cone of the Sovercitots of fnnope, nor any
'rime or I'ritu of the Royal Blood of England, was born in the
Imo/ h Of July.