NATIONAL REGISTER. MARCH tB. THE HEBDOMAVARY. MARCH. ea. The Fourth Sunday in Lent, or Mfd-Lent Funda.—Epistle Gal. 4. el. Gospel i1t.J0hn,..6. 1. St. Chrystits, pope and coniessur. This day was tetelently a day of mirth and congratulatory visits, on acco unt of half of the hard time of Lent hying elapsed.-1595. T o . hero bronelit to England for the first, time. The name of this plant is Nicotinna in Latin, anti Pelun in old French ; but the word foie/aro seems to have been the original denomination it obtai , ted among the Americans,-who had smoked it Inlet-before the discovery of the new world.-1677. Expired Venzcl Holler, born at Praene, in Bohemia, a man whose style of Engraving has been, and is still, so meritedly admired, that his works have always fetched a great price.-17 5 7. Robert Damiete, a native of Arras, was executed at Paris for having stabbed Louis XV, of France with a keite —lBOl. Dead; of. Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in Egypt,-1802. The planet Pallas is discovered by Dr. Olbers at Brewer]. • The Sun rises at 5 lt. 41 win. stets At 6 le 19 min. 1147,h-water morning at 10 h. 4 t min. afternoon at 11 h. 13 min. 29. lifunday.--St. Eustasins, abbot of Luton, diseinle ef St. Columba'', and the master of a great number of monks, to whom he taught the practice of eeenobitieal virtios.-11).07. Dr. Olbers dis covered the planet Vesta, which makes up the number ot eleven primary plancts.-1461. Battle of Towton , between t he houses of York an d Lancaster.-1792. Death of the King of Sweden, The Sun rises at 5 h. 40 mile sets at 6 h. eo. High-water mornino at 11 h 50 ntin. afternoon none. 30. ruesday.—St. Quininus,martyr.-1232. The Sicilian vespers, or massacre of the Frenchlin the island of Sicily, to the number of 200 N who were murdered at the first toll of the bell that called to vespers as at a given signal. Thus Religion and her appendages have often been made instruments of destruction, contrary to all the tremble she has ever taken to inspire her followers with the warmest philanthropy.-1799. Buoriaparte repulsed by Sir Sidney Smith at St. Jean D'Arre. The Suit rises at 5.h. 33 min. sets at 6 h. e 2 min. Iligletvater mooing. at 0 h. to ruin. afternoon n b. 50 min. 31. WeJnesday.—Contntetnoration of the prophet Amos, whose writings have been played ammo; the canonical ot the Jews as antheutie and inspired.— '7.57. Death of the I'i ince of Wales, father to the present King. and son to George 11.-1596. Birth of Descartes at La !Jaye, iu Tom-ante, aephiloaopher and astronomer, *those genius and writings reflect a great honour upon the solitary dust gave hill, birth.-17153. Died at Petersbnrgie Count Panin, one of the ministers of Catharine The Sun rises at 5 h. 36 ruin. sets at 6 le '2O min. High-water morning at I It. 18 milt. afternoon at 1 h. 45 min. APRIL XXX DAYS. The name of this mouth is derived front ifine:ce, to open, either because in this moeth the earth Iteeins to feel more powertitlly the be 'sign influence of the situ, suit seemA to open her tertile bosom for the prodncti in of vegetables and other thins, !pith for the use auel plea sere of mate or because flat plough begins to open the f u rrow , in the field.,. A pirit 1 (virus rontere t errant. It was sacred to the godless of Beauty and of Love, being the time when nature veils tip the crea tion Irani its wintry slitnilters, to the enjoyments pflitie; awl thence some e.ottettetatators have derived the name. of this mouth from tie Greek, dipares, ".ilia toile, of the Sea," out of teinelt Venus v. - as supposed to have risen. Ct !lain it is, that on the first of this month, a great feast was celebrated among the Romans, in honour et Venus. See Ovid. Fast. I. I'D. Why the teeth and eleventh tlays should have been held most itoispieiatts, is not easy to guess; tie& old calendars - have the followiug line: Denns et Unikeitntis est mortis %tubule. pleons. The Sun enters the house of T turns on the 20th. 1. Tlaartd”.—St. Theodore. tirliti and martyr. The ancient easteam of playiug tricks and of calling this 41;ty " April-fool-day," asateatis to several niltvr e.onatrie4, and yet it is wit easy to aseer taiu the origie of it. TL, Freuele call this sort of fan Le poisson 4`.lreil, the April fisle-1310. Marriage of Buonuparte with Maria- Louisa, Archduchess AA .1/101i;A., Sun rises ai 5 fe :4 min. sets at 6 le le min. Arw Ntiam at 55 mat past 7 ilkurttit4C. totw;ittg At I 1.. i? ohs. aftcc!eiou at 4 2 h. 39 Min. 4 2. Francis (le Paula, the fernlike of an order of 1 .4t.-ueicelet friars, themselves. throngh itnmility, Minium tiv4t is, 4-1 tier .k.ist anti oto-t rotiteetptilde of all fied's servants." ak.a itt tiee asfeetteett age of 91 .yesrs, is the year )4;37.-1355. Chalice IV. of Laumatriturg, visits the chorales at !bane, in the gads of a pilgrim, pnevions to his eoematien as Emptior and iiiRS GI the Itouesose-4.8 01 . J3attle of Coperibilien j - where J.B shjrs were 205 either destroyed or taken.-1512. F'l'orida, In North America, re d isco v ered by /Indio di Leone, a Spauish navigator.-1801. Loss of the Apollo on the coast of Portugal. The San rises it s'h. 31. min. sets at 6 h. 28 "tin. Hioh-niter morning at 2 11. 59 min. alieruo-n :it '2 h. 18 min. 3 Sitqttlay.--St. Richard de Wieke, of Worcester. He *vs made Bi , hop of Chichester in the year 1.415, and , died in 1‘,?53. His canonizition took place in 126 - !.-1531. (lieett Elizabeth dined at Depttiml, on hoard the Pelican, the ship in ullich Drake had circumnavigated the globe. The Sun rises at 5 h. 30 min. sets at 6 h. 30 min. litgh-wairr mornina ). , t 3 h. 36 min. atternwn at 3 h. 54 min. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Con... ...... SEI 59 Etc Bill- . per Cent. Navy THE NATIONAL REGISTER. I Won, SUNDAY, MARCH 23. PEACE AND ALLIANCE RETIVEEN - RUSSIA. A-ND PRUS SIA. - ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIANS INTO SAXONY,&e. The intelligence from the North continues to be mcst sa tisfactory; Dispatches have been received from Lord CATH CART, which state . a most important fact—namely, that a treaty of peace, - offensive and defensive, has been concluded between the Emperor of Russia and King of Pa usst A. The sincerity of the latter might very reasonably be doubted, were it not evident that interest must hind him to his new alty. His eagerness to get out of the hands of the French proves to demonstration, that he has had enough of the frjendship of BuoN a P AeRT E; and truly he must have a singular taste, if, after the experience he has had, he would not be content to exchange it even for the hostility of another. BUON A PART E has made him feel too severely the state of vassalage \ to which he was reduced, to leave us any reason to dou'at - that he is impatient to throw oil his yoke ; and it is not - too much to hope, that in-this he will have his people with I him, who it is highly probable arc little disposed to prefer a French Governor to one of their own countrymen. Gene ral D'Yortcre has been made Onvernor of Berlin : the po licy of this appointment cannot be doubted ; for no one ca.t • be more interested than he is in vigorous oppositiou to the arms of France. The KING of ~;AxoNTY has fled from . his country, resolved to be faithful to Bum , : A PART E. This appears to us of very little importance, for we do not happen to dim': as The Alorniv, Chronicle seems to do, that when a Kt NG 11l ms away he must of necessity carry his coo otty with him. In the present instatre we believe this was so far from bein4 the case, that when his intentious were known, he was almost a* _anxious to escape from his own subjects as to fly froie the Russians. Ilia territories are now in their hands; and if the resources they may furnish cannot be turned against the come mon ceetay, we can hardly dlubt that they will be d! - stroye ed. If the Ruscial's get the strength of the country on their side, they can d o without his 11 AJEsT V. It has been stated in the course of die week that the pacific overtures of Ornmaik have been rejected on ace , u.it of a prior engagement to co-operete with Sweden in 41t attack upon Norway. Thi , , however colifidently asserted, we can not think entitled to credit. it is probable that an attack upon Norway was meditated, if Dentnark continued to fa vour France, but we see no reason to believe that any answer would Le given to an o:erture for Peace, other than that which was stated some week , ago to have been worried—as swing Denmark of our friendly disposition, but, stating, that i any Peace copcludvd must 4;c graJa iu comcert with 4wsi4 aid Swedes. I S. • .: I . , , • .; ;111111