THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER. During the late severe weather much injury was sustained in Hamp ton Court Park ; or rather in the paddock. contiguous thereto, lying near Kingston. A present was !may nude Iris lt , .yal Highness the Duke of Kent, u Ranger of the Pick, of a number of deer hum the New Forest in Hampshire, which were kept in the paddocks. 'Fogg, a fisherman, way attacted to the spot during the inclement season, by the moaning of some bullocks, which were nearly covered in the scow. With assiltaiice by released the animals, or they otherwise nom have perished. A number of the deer were found under the snow dead. Thee hares in great number took refuge in the protamis of Lord Fitzgerald, by cros.ing the Thames. SuM:s pigs also perished in these paddocks, and in Bushy a great number of deer were also fomiti &ed. stronger instance of the severity of - the season, and the stoppage of counannication in the west of England, cannot probably be exhibited t+;aii in the billowing fact :—rdward Bray, Esti the Portreeve of tint bt.rough of Tavistock, set off on Monday, the 10th of Janu ary, to attend the Quarter u is at Exeter, on the nest day, a only filmy-two miles. After crossing at Dartmoor, the her cone 0g on bad, he stopped at Moreton flampstead, an in termediate stage of twenty-one miles i lrom Tavistiiek, with an in t ot proceeding early the next morning; in the night the hea,vy ta.l of snow corumenced, and continued (or soave days; and illoreton Ilanystead being siiiiated between the • high bills ot that part of De vil:, the depth of the 5110 W and the ice, tshich completely routed the r and rendered travelling so impracticatyle, that it was not tut %-aturitay, the 501 of February, he With able to return to tivistock, only by crossing the country, and at Ole iminiiient danger of his life, being d period of twenty-six days. 'l he snow was deeper in the west of Eugland than ever was remembered. The loss of game, by the late severe weather, is the subject of uni versal regret throughout all the spoiling counties. Mr. Coke, with all the protective otanageirent of which lie is capable, through his numerous keepers, Sic. in Norfolk, has lo.f in partridges and phea sants, it is calculated, .20,40)0 head, and hares innumerable. Time manors of Lord Hertford, Lord Rotis, LIM Soffield, Lord Brayb:ook, in Essex, anal Mr. Renters, in Sulfollt, have also suffered in the Same maim( I. Lord Abcrgavetiny, in addition to the destruction of nearly Of his game on his !Militia in Kent, has lost 'a considerable number of his fines. deer. MISS LAVINIk ROBINSON. The verdict of the jury on the in q uest kin substance as follows - That the said Lavinia itubinsun was found drowned -. in the river Itewell, on the 7th of February, in Pendiebury, in the county of Lancaster, bnt how, or hy what means she came into the water of the said river, tur evidence thereof appears to the Jury." • • • The copy of the original note fonnd on the table in they room where Lavinia mist her lover were lett on the evening of the December last:— With my dying breath I attest myself innocent of the crime laid to my charge. Adieu! God blest you all ; I cannot outlive his suspicion." • The most novel and interesting parts of the evidence are the de positions of two sisters and a brother of the deceased, stating their belief; that the latter, purporting to be Lavinia's hand-writing, was not written by her ; and the testimony of a Mr. Barlow, v; ho 1k a going home, past t he western wall of the New Bailey, betweeo eleven and twelve o'clock on the evening before stated, saw a gen tleman and lady, who seemed to be quarrel/log ; followed them some time; saw the lady struck and knocked down by the gentle man ; she got up again, and took hold of his arm; and he wrenched it from her ; he, seoiug the witness following, auffered her to take hold esf his arm, and walked on ; witness heard her say, " believe me—but you won't—l don't care if you murder me, if you'll only believe me." He heard him say, " Who was it 2 if you don't tell me, never forgive yon." He saw them muter a lamp near Vie late Mr. Beck's brewery ; • and being asked to describe their dress, it corresponded with the dress worn by Miss Robinson and Mr. that evening. They afterwards went to the new road leading to the river ; awl when they were about 130 yards from the banks of the liver. be left them and west home. It appears that fir. H. accused the deceased of a lapse from chastity—mi what grounds is of comae not stated. His howekeeper deposes, that he had not on a great coat, as mentioned by Mr. Barlow to have been worn by the person he saw. Mr. 11. gave in a written paper, previous to the "Jury's finding their verdict, which they did after several hours consultants!). . THE if ER DOM ADA RI. FEBRUARY. Thoughlloily . hitherto cloth sway, Let 13,,x now tioinincer ; Until reju Ong Easter-D.4y. Ur E.tster's Lye appear. 119 20. S'irove Sundae; or, Quingungesima.—Morn : Genesis 9, Lek* l• Even : Genesis le, (..ialatiteis 3.—Quinguagtsima is so e:,11,1 front the circumstance of its being about the 'illicit) day kwfute Fester. The three Sundays anti weeks preceding Lent. I I C long been dis tinguished by the names of Septuagesime S..sagasima, me) Qtlietput. gesima ; terms which evidently signal/ the seventieth, sivietli, avid fiftieth. 11'hen the aforesaid terms mete first applied to denote these three Sundays, the season of Lent w.s gi•nerallv extruded to a I,IA of six weeks. At this period, moreneer, the Sunday which we now de nomintee the F ist in Lent, was styled simply Qoadragesinia, 44 the fortieth, oteaning the fortieth day befere glister ; the like term was also apnlied to Lent, anti denoted the QuudragTsimal, t.i sostv ddy.. fast. IVbeit the three aveks before Quadrogrsima ceased 'u be coil sidered as weeks offer the Epiphany, nod were appointed to be Ob served as a tiaie of Preparation for Lent, it was perfectly coulormable to the ordinal y mode of computation to reckon backwards, and, for the sake Of even rood nu:sibers, to count by decades. 11.11ce the etimpilers of rite new proper t tilers would naturally call the first Sun day before Qiradtragesima, Quinquagesima ; the second, Sestteesima ; end the third, Septuagesima : which distrieution fureislies us with the must rational solution of the present application of these terms. New Moon at 25 minutes after 7 in the morning. 21. Monilee.--Col. Despard, originall• a brave otlicier, was Executed ler I figh Treason, together with Six of his Coospirittors, at lita sunsuits gel_lane ; Term die. n• 2 . 2. Shvore Tuesday.—This stands always the first Tuesday after Sue day, and is the day immediately preceding the firtt of Leer. Shrove Tuesday (being derived from the Saxon word shriv.., which implies In cur/M) also TUCS.Iay; oil which ante.ior to the Reformation, the people it. ever) parish were, this day, obliged to confess, one by one, to their own parish prios.s, in their respective churches, the sins of which they had been guilty ! Tina this conlession might not be evaded. er fereotte re the great hell, in every parish, wa s rung. about ten u'cluck iu the morning, so as 10 be heard by all who were thus blamilio , ird to obey the call. The custom of ringing the great bell, in um um:lent parish churches still continues, from the hours of 11 to 11, and is called the Pancake-Bell; because, in all probability, it was Issuel to dine on pancakes rind fritters, sub sequently to confession ;I and. tees know that nuoy people, even lio‘%, finwethilse articles as parts of their dinner on this tiny. •Vock throwing was formerly much practiaell 011 ti is day ; but, lio nettrably for humanity, this most barbarous diversion is nu longer pre dominant. The Royal Cock-Pit at NVlittelitill, erected by Henry VIII, is •now no more. Cock-fighting was one esteemed worthy of Monarchs ; though Ciumwell prohibited it, by one ut his o wn acts, Match 31, 1631. 23. Ash Wednesday.—This day is distinguished as the First of Lent ; being so called trout a custom observed in the ancient Christian ;Attach, of pettitents expressing the'lr hitheliation at this tittle, by appearing iu %odic:loth and ashes, And linettiLeaskes sprinkled on their heads. on being udinitted to penance l'efore the late Itevolution in France, it setts customary in the Church' ed Nitre Dante, at Paris, and in other Cathedral Churches, far notorious iitiesillors, sunset lilies wills ropes round their necks. to do open rriande on this day ! This kind of disciplute is now superseded by the amoral tending uf the Curses druaum•rii agaiust Impenitent Sinners, pubhcl) in the churches, the people repeal, ing their Amen at the recital! ef each curse. Bislity of London preaches at the Cliopetßoyal, St. Jantes'3.—lloli day at the. I.latik, Smith Sea !louse, and East bidet }louse. Thursday.—St. Matthias. liavinz been an atten out on Our Saviour, from his baptism to hii ascetision, Matthias was clue lifted to reclaim those matters, cote:titling the Redeetute, of which be bad evidence in common With the Apostles ; by wham tie W.IS lee+rei iota their fellowship, to supply the vaeintey ueeasitteett by the di.adi of the traitor Judas. He suffered maitereium ; but in allot manner's not known. .Duke of Cambridee (Adolphes Frederick) born; at the Bank, S. S. House, and E. I. Ileose. Fridee.—Sir Christopher Wit l e whose I..ine will be co-extensies with the Cathedral Chereli of S. Paul, died : 112 26. Saturday.—The Pritice Regent held his Gast flees! Levee, being on a Tuesday, at Carlton House ; 1811. Sao rises 6 h. 41 win. FEB. N• a