VIE NATIONAL REGISTER. Vi 6 THE lIEBD(Pill A DAHL APRIL. trli;le great ile.igns OW 'kat...men would ''fl et, Nor rimy, nor night, nor season now neglect ; ! teeming Flora wakes !Kg 'opening buds, With sweetest odours 111 the groves and woods. With flowers of richest dyes prepares the way, For rosy Pleasure and the genial May ! S. Po rn g oo day.—Morning lessons arc Iron. Exodus 9, and Matthew ; and the Evening lesson, Irons Exodus 10, and Hebrew 5. Palm Swidev is so tallvd in memory of Christ's triumphant entry Into Jeru salem, ehere the multitude (having come up to the feast of site pass over) tool: broil. hes of palm-trees, and went forth from the city to Meet him, ci ying floontrialt, &c. faints are borne in all Catholic countries, upon this day, and are still respected even in our own. iiisisop of East Anglia, informs us that this solemnity was Ce lebrated in Erighlid so curly as the year 809; and, from what follows, it appears tiro the observance , of it was not then considered as novel. The obligation of bearing palms in England, however, has been dis continued ever sluice the second year . "uf Edward VI. • Stun rises at lialf-paat bin the morning, and sets at half-past six in the evening. 4 Mrsilday.—St. Ambrose. Ile became Bishop of Milan, in Italy, fi •orislied un Aer the Emperors Gratian and Theodosius, and died in 3',lt. Milan is now an archbishopric, and its cathedral may be looked upon as the eighth wonder of the world. St. Ambrose had the happi ness of composing that well known hymn called the Te Dem ; and MA works ere published by the Benedictines, in two volumes, folio size. Full moon, this day, at 32 in. after 8 o'clock in the evening. Tuesday.—Day-break at 21 in. atter 3 o'clock.—Dividends are flow payable. O. IgefliseSday.—Old Lady day... Gloucester assizes. 7. Thurstlay.—Mauaday Thursday. Being the day on which our Lord end Saviour Jests. Christ washed she feet of his own Disciples and commanded them to wash one aoother's feet, it is esteemed as Dies fitaidasi, the day of command, or, as we corruptly have' it, Maun , lay Thursday, which is always the one immediately preceding the festival of Easter. Rich and great men, kings and priests, once conceived it on honourable distinction in imitation of the humility of Christ, thus to wash the feet of the poor, and likewise to distribute ohm Maunday mo ney, indeed, is still" annually distributed at Whitehall, and the donations made the same day, at St. Joints's, is an acknowledgement of the an eie.it practice. It was formerly customary for the Monarchs of England to va,li the feet of a number of poor persona answering to the years• they had reigned. - Maund of itself implies alms, of donations ; and basket that held the bread and silver was, within ho distant pet Tod of history, called the Maundy-basket.--Warwick assizes. 8. Cood-Friday.—oConsecrated as it ever should be to the cern metnorinion of the Ctuciliction of the Saviour of mankind, for the sins of the world, this day demands an exemplary observance on the part of rill true Christians. It is that day, in a most emphatical sense,. for whidi all other days were made; it is the only day, which, frtail the commencement to the consummation of time will deserve t... be distinguished in the annals of the world, and which will be celebrated w - .en time itself shall be •no more ! " The name of Good-Friday," says Mr. Shepherd, " is peculiar to the English thumb. Poly-Friday, or the Friday in holy Week, was its more ancient and general appellation. We call it Good-Friday, probably, locause on this day our redemption' was accomplished," and also in Allnsinti to the glad-tidings of great joy which characterised the birth of Christ, as the I.ainb of God that was speedily to take away sin ! Bishop truly observes, that " every day sliouid he the Good Friday of a thristian." Buns continue to he made for this day, with a cross, its po pular coianiemoration of the:tenni cross. • 9. Satuday.--Twilight Inds at 49 in. after 8 in the evening. 'APRIL 3. Bulbous roots, sti I remaining out of the ground, should forthwith be planted. Finish planting, et the same time, most kinds of floweri ng shrub• ; and clarions ti( es, 1 oth evergreens and deciduous. The arbutus, or strawberry-tree,i very Leantiful evergreen and flowering shrub, my now be planted. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. APP If . Dar. a. Morning. h. 8 in. ••• • • • 4. • 6 s t h. 39 m. 3 h. 13 tn. 7. 4h. gm. 9. Afternem 1 h. Si in. 2 h. 17 h. 56 m. 3 h. t 7 in. 3 h. 55 in. 4 h. 39.. 11, Bm. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. NATURALIST's CA LEN DAR. Milst:n . 4 seed, cress, rape, and radish, may be sown either weekly or ronnightly, tor small sallading, in any open situation. Also - -finish planting of horse-radish, if not dame before. Clear fruit trees, both young sod oid, from all root-imam Mid shoots emitted fri in the stcw , . Caterpillars; appearing iii their webs on fruit tree+, should be likewise cleated n4K, Oplore they animate and over-run the cetieral branches; and det our the - leaves.' flower garden, pleaoure-ground; and shrubbery, should now have all necessary articles for sowing and planting of flf)wers, shrubs, trees, &c. completed ; and their severall parts put into the neatest order, by 41Lzging, hoeing, taking, sweeping, rolling, olowing,&e. ton Don, SUNDAY, APRILS, 1814. IMPORTANT DISPATCIIES. RUPTURE OF THE NEGOCIATIONS. The Supplement to last night's Co zette contains dis patches from Lord Castlereagh, Sir Charles Stewart, Col. Lowe, Lord Burghersh, Lieut.-Col. Cooke, and Marquis W . ( llington. The most important, though by far the shortest, are those in which the British Plenipotentiary states that the negotiations which have been held at Cha tillon were broken off on the 18th ult. The ,ground of difference- is not mentioned, and 'nothing will probah?y appear officially on that subject ) until the whole corre spondence took take place between the Plenipotentiaries shall have been moved for in Parliament. Private ru mour, however, supplies the want of more authentic in formation, and attributes thebreaking off to 13uonaparte, who refused to sign the'preliminaries unless Eugene Bean harnois should be acknowledged King of Italy. It added by some, that he insisted on retaining Antwerp and the navigation of the Scheldt, and claimed the fulfil ment of the engagement voluntarily contracted by the Allies In their Frankfort Declaration, to extend the terri tory of France beyond the limits of 1789. However this may be, there is no doubt but all parties are equally well satisfied with the manner in which the negociations have terminated. From the first moment the Allies crossed tlq Rhine, they offered peace only in order to throw the' burden and blame bf the war on Napoleon, who, they thought, would never be moderate enough to accept any terms they might propose. On the other hand; the crafty Usurper attempted to outwit them, and unexpectedly-closed with their proposals, intending to gain time by negociations until he should have assenibled sufficient force to renew the war with a greater prospect of success. The continuation of hostilities partly defeated his intentions, but as they never were pushed to an extre , mity on account of the pending congress, he -stilt found means to assemble such a force as tb encourage him to threw of the mask, and at last to reject tilt conditions offered him. Meanwhile the rising in favour oftlie Bour bons confirmed the Allies in their 'purpose not to make peace with the tyrant, and perseverance on their part, and ambition on: his, led to the present rupture, which has been hailed with joy by every class in this country. The military' dispatches give us a pretty corigectedlaii- VI ~~: *~r