,~ ~~; „ THE N ATIONAT, REGISTEn. - - 16S HEBDOMADARY; OR, EPHEMERIS FOR THE WEEK. MARCH. 1.5. The F ifth Snrday in Lent ; or, Pa:sion Sunda*'. EYist. 9. 11. G es pei, St. Joan 8. 46. This day was ancien:.y called Passion Sunday, and is still denominated so in Roman Catholic countries; not, as it is errone ovsly stated,because some rites belonging to Good Friday were performed ti at day, but merely because on that Sunday particularly, the Passion 407 our Saviour was preached at Mass, the long gospel, and other cere monials on the following Sunday, taking already too much time. It is also called Care St4nday, a woi d which has long exercised the busy in- genuity of our commentators, wilhout success. Had Brand, and others, itcolleeted, that the introit of this day begins by Jed/cure, and that in French and old Eagiish Calend.irs, it is noted by that name, they would have saved themselves a great deal of trouble.—St. Longinus, martyr; seine teclesaistical authors prteced, that this was the soldier who trans fixed wit% his lance the heart of our Saviour on the crossees-1803. Enelish subjects made prisoners in France, and sent to Fontainbleau and Wer e:luta-44. B. C. Assas - iination of Julius Csar in the Senate-house, at kome. The Sun rises at 6 h. 13 min. sets at 5 h. 52 Min. 16. Monday, St. Heribert or I ierbert, a Bishop who by his virtues con fess:d the faith of Christ throneh his lift.-17 5. Guqis.vuS 111. King of 15weden, assassinated at Stocltholm, by Ankerstrom, at a masquerade. The Sun rises at 6 h. 6 min. Sets at 5 h. 54 min. 17. Tursitay, St. Patrick, a native of Scotland, who *eels caller, by *hat eeine by Pope Celestinns, instead of Succuthus which was his ori ginal name; he was sent to Ireland as a rleissioteery bi the year, or about, 1e.32, where, after he had converted many to the Christian belief, he fuundol the Archbishoprick of Armagh. Ihe Purgatory of St. Patrick, an old fable inverted soon after his death, bad a great vogue in Italy for a lung time, gave rise to thousands of fables and romances, and ie enent:eie din the " Orlando Furioso" Ariostie —l - he Order of St. P' , ...tck was instituted in the year The Otieen Charlotte, Brit sin ship of 110 guns, was blown up off the harbour of Leah, rn. The commander (CaptaiSs Todd) and above 800 of the crew parished by the explosion. The Sun rises at 6 h. 4 min. sets at 5 h. '. - 7;t3 min. 18. Wednesday, St. Edward. King of the 'West Six Ons, *as e - o**.ned at Kiegston-upon-Thames in C7e, when he was only 14 years of age: it is said, but Revin very properly asks upon what hundatlon, that he was atahhed by order of Llfride his skimother, in 98'%; and iherefure made st mar:yr and a saint. His festival eves lestituted by Inneent IV. in 12. 1 .; —lBeB. The King of 5p tin resiens ids eroWn.—l 7W). The Air e ric Stump Act le peel.d ; the consequerces of these transastions in tie .lew and Old World, are iecaletilahle.-15el. Francis I. King of fiance recoveis his liberty.-170. General Charette, Chief Of the Vendeans, was shot. 'File Sun rises et 6 h. C inin. Sets at 5 b. 58 min. 19. Thursday, St. Joseph, the husbend of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father to Our Saviour.—Little is said of him by the Evangelists, and his name is not mentioned at the time of the crucifixion, nor in the Acts of the Apwales. Tredition supplies not their silence—how ever, his honest character, and kind behaviour cowards hi suspected wife. his anxiety and le te:eior, for the safe.y of his Divine Ward, have entitled him to the yeeeranon of all who believe in the Author of our Religion.—:so9. The King of Denmark resigns his crown.-720 B. C. bappened the first eclipse of the Moon ever recarded.-i-4662. Died, Sir Huhn Denham, author of "t‘ Cooper's Hill." 'Fite Sun rises at 6 h. 0 mm. Sets at 6 h. 0 min - . First Quarter of the Moon at 11 night. QO. Fridee, St. Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary—alto Cuth bert, wbe after many years of an ereenetical life in Nortlannberland, was chosen Bishop of Lindisfern ; and, after taro years, quitting a dignity so troublesome to hini, returned to his solitude about the year 88C.— . 1 413. Death of Henry IV. at Westminster,-17,11. Doti h of Yrrederick, Prince 0.. Wales, father to the present King, Ucorge ill-=- t 727. Death of Sir Isaac Newton.—Canibridge Tetm ends. The Sun rises at .5 h. 58 min. Sets at 6 h. 1 min. '2l. Saturd Fr. Benedict, the founder of the telebsitted 'Order which bears his name, instituted on Mount Casino in Italy ; its glory spread all over the world, which is beholden to the Members of that terilerfor prufonnl learning and searches of the deepest kind.-1801. Battle of Alexandria.-1556. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Cates tetherv, was burnt at Oiford for heree7, in the 67th yesir of his age. "VG San rises at 5 h. 56 min. Sets at 6 h. 4 min. The dare are increased 4 hours ‘22 minutes. The Son enters the Sigri l 4riiss, and Spring begins. tiORi'IC`UILI'URAL OnStRVATION S. At:trtling to the vil7„ar way of expressing ourselves uponMtrononikal flutters, the sun has nearly travelled through three signs, upon his rttnrn towards ns, !ipriag ,at the end of this week, begin to breathe 1;:e . 11:1(1 toirifo7". ti 'n us. Already Flora has opened her }l ewer n 44% a 14 0 1n3t0 pour upon us the variegated treasures of • ,76. t ati-Tt. single and double Alimonies., the riv .1 Ran !•—;;Ntio-drop, ad= uur g4rdutis on the tides of ! gr l ORM .4• I'. MARCI I 13 the sapphire Hyseintk, and gold-erowned Crocus, whose reign begin. to wane. Thu precocious anti motley t::>:s ci Tulips, open their white bOSOIIIS to the first caresser of new-born xt.,)!lirs, and the martial J,,, with her azure and spear-shaped flowers, t,hoots proudly her oblique, and sword-like leaves, among the Primroses and Auriculas. The attention of the Gardener, in the course of this month, is di. rected to sowing and grafting in the fruit and kitchen garden, and sheltering as much as possible the trees which are ready to burst into blossoms. PRICE OF STOCI YESTER,D AY. per Cent. Coni:ols COI i i Exchetpti.r Bilts (.Id.) ls pm. 6 per Colt Navy Ann . t4le I Ditto ((td.) ludiJ Bont!s 14s. I3s. 1-is. pin. Colts. for April 6l Goi We regret we have been compelled to (Way until our nett the ar: petirance of the Prison Nleinoirs, and the reilet* of Mi.. Orger's new translation of Ovid. _ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. tontion. SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1812. THE KING. Oar Correspondent, at Windsbr, in his letter last night ) states, that the RING has been considered a little better within these few days ; so much so, that he Irts ordered his own dinners, particularly his favourite dishes, the whole (.f which was made and served up strictly accfrd. ing to his order ; and hc partook of them with a Very good appetity ) and ate very hearty. AMERICA. Poston rapers to the 15th tik reached us ivesterdav: They confirm the intelligence received in the early part of the week, and detailed in the subr,erptent observations, An adjournment of Congress was talked of for M ar ch, and the conferences between Mr. MON !WE and Mr. FosTrit became mote frequent. The communications from Net' York of the 12th ult. represent, on the authority of three several Letters from 'Washington, that the subject of the deliberations referred to the re-establishment of amicable relations between the two countries, on the basis of the treaty negotiated and concluded in the year 1806, between Lords HOLLAND and AUCKLAND on the one hand, and Messrs. l'lNlgNi:v and Mos ROE, on the other. The propo , sition to this efrect is said to have been made by Mr. I'o4- TER, and the happy result is stated to be an agreement on both sides to abide by the provisions of that treaty—the note *sicked by the British Negotiators to that treaty being to be struck out ; and the citiestiott respecting the impreqs. merit of American seamen to he partially arranged frr the present, but left open for further discussion hereafter. Several communications, Which appear to the same cr. feet in different North American Journals, show, that there must be some foundation for the stateme nt, in which they all concur To whatever cause this r evolution may lie am ibutable, we hail the new prospect it opens vith joy and gladness. It was indeed a lamentable circurn stance that, at a moment when the Continent of the vi't world w.is sinking beneath the fortune and arms of the ambitious despot who has usurped the Sovereignty of France, the freemen of the new world should lea - 0e w'th the decided enemy of all freedom against the power of Great Britain, the only effectual barrier to the inroads of oppression upon the liberty and independence of nations. INTERESTING LETTER FROM WASIIINGTON, FEB. 6. " The Bill reported to the Committee of Commerce, to allow the importation of certain goods, still lies on the table. lam confideni,a Majority of Congress consider such a Bill just, and due to their colon-