JULY 17. 19. Tursday.—Mercury is in conjunction with the Muon, at y this mornitu ; and wi'l set at 10 no. before 9 in the evening. 20 IVednesday.—Margaret. Several of our churches are dedicated to this virgin martyr, who is supposed to have suffered death, at An tioch, in the year 278; being first cruelly tortured by Olybyus, under the Romans, and then beheaded. Wheatly says that her holiday is very ancient, not only in the Roman, but also in the Greek church, where she is celebrated under the name of Marina.—Jupiter will be in coniuncti ,, n wilt the Won, at 8 this morning. 21. Thursday.-- D.iv break at half an hour after midnight. 22. Friday.—Mary Aingdalen, or Mary of Magdala. so called from the ;:lace of her abode. Jesus cast seven devils out of her, although she •!ppett.s to hare been a woman of distinction, while she, grateful for lo r delier.ranct- spewed great respect to the Saviour in his life, at his death, nod thin, together with other pious women, bought spices and hints in order to preserve his body. Jesus most signally rewarded her kindness ; for she was the very first pers -n to whom he manifested hims If after his ftesorrecvilo, and was by bias directed to convey the udinga of it to his Apostles ! Some have erroneously conciuded her t, he the same female as we find mentioned by Dike (7-37, Ste.) but DI. Lardner has satisfactorily disproved this notion, and, at the tante time, shewn the great impropriety of denominatito , the Asylums for Prostitutes, properly so called, by the style of Mngdaleits ; an error, which the Projectors of the London Female Penitentiary were wise enough to avoid. Satu) du:J.—Twilight ends at half an hour after eleven. ISIATURALTST'S CA T.E VDA R. Otr-sets from the roots of mulct)! •s and rsiyanthuses may be planted; and old auricular% 110‘v in pots, should he fresh potted.—The seedlings both of aoricistrei and ptlynathuses should likewise be pricked out.— Amumnal flowering I,ultm may now he planted, to blow in September tthd 0( tober.--Dig yac: , .nr flower beds.—Ten-week stocks may be sown for late flowering.—Piping should be forthwith finished, in pinks and cartiati , ais ; and early-planted pipings, well touted, and advanced in top groat'', may be pricked out into borders. lIIGII-WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. MI V. 1110771 i Dr r, Daqc. Afternoon. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. PRICE OF STOCKS YFSTERDAY. s per Cent. Con. I..:xcliequer Biiic 35 p Cons fur Acc TO CORRESPONDEN IS. `The siibiect taken up with so much benevolence by our Correspondent • " Rum" is at "resent forwar , !ed with such activity, as to pro mise in a few years all tee benefit mankind hopes to iletiVe from it, —and whenever be disposed to send us an essay on the subject, we shall give it uil the attcniion which we think the Writer deserves. PULPIT ill our next. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. onDon, SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1314. Paris Papers were received yesterday to the 14th instant. They contain a long report of the state of the country, exaggerated with as much art as possible to shew the people wilat they have lost and gained by the exchange of masters. There Is, however, nothing - new in what has come to our knowledge; and as the reign of one despotism ended in bankruptcy, the effects must he the same with every 'unmo dified farm of Government, whether the sceptre be Wielded by an usurper or a dexendant of St. Louis. . THE NATIONAL• REGISTER. 459 Among our extracts from the 'French Papers to the 14th will be found an.important exposition (if the state of France, submitted by the King's Ministers to Pailiament. It will be seen on whata system of delusion, as well as oppression, the financial schemes of Buonaparte were conducted.—Every year furnished fallacious views, and while the expenditure exceeded the receipts by nearly two-thirds, it was made to ap pear as if the expenccs of the year nr . ere met by the income of the year. The result has been the anticipation of revenue to an enormous amount. In nine years the expenditure ex ceeded the receipts 1,645,000,000 limes. In 1812 and is the excess, independent of all arbitrary taxes, &c. amounted to near forty millions sterling !! But the waste of treasure is still qxceeded by the waste of blood, and it should appear that since the opening of the Russian campaign, 1,300,000 men have been levied, 630,000 of whom only remain ! Add the of what other countries have sacrificed, and Lord Castlereagh's Treaty requires no other more powerful culugium. Vire are hitherto without any authentic particulars frorts Spain, but no doubt remains that the ancient system, has been restored, and will be acted upon so long as, the most desrotic decrees are professedly received with enthosiasr.2 and gratitude. But we are much mistaken if this state of thinns will continue—or, if the yoke of a few Nobles u;ill he always received as the voice of the people. Spain has had a taste of something liko freedom—she has the principle of many valuable alterations—and we shall be glad if such a de mon.,trat ion of public sentiment takes place, as may intimi date these tyrannical designs, anti lead the King to adopt a more liberal and wiser policy. In the mean tialltalarox, the intrepid dvfender of .Sara gossa, has been appointed Captain-General of the SpaniAl armiQs ; but we can augur nothing from this, as men of the eatest bravery have been occasionally found in the ranks of Tyranny ; and, if"Ve recollect right, Buonaparte paid him some t distirprt ished attentions, which were received with um .. neces , ary complacency. One stroke of the pen would satisfy us more than a thousand swords, that should impart to the linnymede of Spanish independence the principles of sound. policy and constitutional freedom. Since our last the Irish Prevention Bill has undergone fur. ther discussion, and we differ much with some papers on the ar guments adduced by those who were for further inquiry ; the more so, as Ministers candidly admitted that the clanger was rather negative than abstlute, and we ai - e so invmcratelv at tached to the " Trial by Juty," that we are enemies to all suspensions that may hereafter be brotOtt into precedents dangerous to the liberty of the subject. For of r part, do not understand the conduct of our ci-e!eoant Dish patrio:s : the Giattans and the Ponsonl .)vi are no lon:4er fc:t Lti our system, and if we were to judge of the state of kcland from their silence, we should — think it had indeed, and were upon the evei of new convutsiow-in that countey. • I that we unhappy •