solemnity of that grand festival; whence 7 took the name of Low Sunday, being as a feast, though in a lower degree. 14. 1821.MAJOR JAMES DIED, of the Military Dictionary,' 'the Regi mpanion,' and other miscellaneous works. 1821. JAMES BARTLEMAN died.

a member of the Chapel Royal and other cientific and erudite musician; and, as a r, raised the art of expression to a higher any of his predecessors. He revived the Purcell, and supported the school of ith a degree of energy, purity, and effect, the musical world may now long look in 1 him vocal science has lost one of its ornaments.

19. SAINT ALPHEGE.

e of England, Alphege was first Abbot of Bishop of Winchester, in the year 984, ve years afterwards, Archbishop of Canterthe year 1012, the Danes being disapof some tribute money which they claimed them, they entered Canterbury, and burnt city and church; the greater part of the inbeing put to the sword. After seven miserable imprisonment, the good archbishop ed to death at Greenwich.

George is the patron Saint of England; for e following reason is assigned: When Roke of Normandy, the son of William the or, was fighting against the Turks, and laying the famous city of Antioch, which was exto be relieved by the Saracens, St. George d with an innumerable army coming down e hills clad all in white, with a red cross on his to reinforce the Christians; this so terrified lels, that they fled, and left the Christians in

possession of the town.-See our preceding volumes, particularly the last, p. 107.

*23. 1821.-HENRY EDRIDGE DIED.

He acquired the greatest celebrity as a miniature and portrait painter. This admirable artist had also an exquisite taste for the picturesque beauties of landscape; but the extent of his practice in drawing portraits prevented the devotion of much time to this his favourite pursuit until after the death of his son, when, having no longer a motive for adhering to the lucrative part of his profession, he indulged his inclination, and the drawings which he afterwards made from various scenes of nature are most admirable. In 1817, and again in 1819, he visited France, where he found ample materials for the exercise of his taste in the picturesque buildings of Paris, and still more interesting scenery of Normandy: the drawings made from these Sketches, which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820, as well as those of the present year, leave us to regret that this branch of art had not, at least, shared a greater portion of his earlier time.

25.-SAINT MARK.

St. Mark's Gospel was written in the year 63. The order of knights of St. Mrk at Venice, under the protection of this evangelist, was instituted in the year 737, the reigning doge being always grand master: their motto was, 'Pax tibi, Marce, Evange lista Meus.'

*29, 1821.-REV. THO. SCOTT DIED,

Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks; and well known to the religious world by his 'Commentary o the Scriptures'-his dispute with Mr. de Coetlogonand his numerous theological works.

stronomical Occurrences

In APRIL 1822.

SOLAR PHENOMENA.

in enters Taurus at 33 m. past 4 in the afterhe 20th of this month; and he rises and e following times on the days given below. mes corresponding to the intermediate days, n must be employed.

TABLE

un's Rising and Setting for every fifth Day. Sun rises at 34 m. after 5. Sets at 26 m. past 6

us instances occur, both in practical astrond the common concerns of life, in which it sary to reduce solar to mean, or mean to ne. To find mean time, use the numbers as in the following table; to find solar time, the operation.

Moon's Passage over the Meridian.

From the passages of the Moon over the first meridian this month, the following have been selected as the most convenient for observation, viz.: April 1st, at 39 m. after 8 in the evening

The appearance of this planet is indicated by the following proportions at the beginning of this month:

Venus has, therefore, passed between the Earth and the Sun, and been wholly obscured since the 1st of last month: this happened on the 6th of March. Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites.

There will not be any of these eclipses visible at Greenwich this month.

Mars will be stationary on the 1st of this month, and Georgium Sidus on the 11th. The Moon will be in conjunction with a in Leo, at 24 m. past 2 in the afternoon of the 2d; with a in Virgo, at 24 m. after 7 in the evening of the 10th; with Venus, at 41 m. past 4 in the afternoon of the 18th; with ẞ in

in Leo, at 1 m. after 8 in the evening of Mercury will attain his greatest elongation and Saturn will be in conjunction at half he morning of the 20th.

he Naturalist's Diary

For APRIL 1822.

Now the wint❜ry gusts give over strife he conquering sun of SPRING, and leave the skies and serene, but yet with moistened eyes of the shattered infant buds.

Keats's Endymion. easing season of the year invigorates Nagh her inmost recesses, and flings over ect an air of gaiety and cheerfulness. The s mild, with gentle showers, affording to s an abundant supply of water, which is ensably necessary to their existence.

hold how lovely shine the gems of rain,

ke sparkling diamonds on the glitt❜ring plain;
ow hanging on the flow'ring shrubs they blaze,
nd dart beneath the leaves their silver rays.
ne plants refreshed, their flow'rs to Heav'n disclose,
grateful for the good its hand bestows.

is the general character of April; yet we metimes very sharp frosts in this month as n its successor, May. In the higher tracts of he balmy season of Spring advances with sinpidity. During the months of April and May, ountain's brow is covered with rich herbage, air is filled with perfume from the full-blown of the numberless gardens: the whole couns on its fairest garb, looking enchantingly, athing sweets from every quarter. The spring eran is not only the pleasantest of its seasons, most healthy, the thermometer of Reaumur mounting to more than from 70° to 80° in the -(Sir R. K. Porter's Travels in Georgia, &c.)