signify that, at this season, the Sun, passing through that sign, increases incessantly in force and heat.

Remarkable Days

In APRIL 1826.

1.—ALL or AULD FOOLS' DAY.

On this day every body strives to make as many fools as he can.-See T. T. for 1822, p. 90.

2.-LOW SUNDAY.

It was a custom among the primitive Christians, on the first Sunday after Easter-day, to repeat some part of the solemnity of that grand festival; whence this Sunday took the name of Low-Sunday, being celebrated as a feast, though in a lower degree.

*3. A.D. 33.-CRUCIFIXION OF OUR SAVIOUR. Chronologers have fixed upon this day as the one on which the REDEEMER of the WORLD bowed himself to the death of the cross. If, as Christians sensible of the benefits bestowed upon the world by the coming and ministry of the Messiah, we have cause to be thankful to GOD for so marvellous a manifestation of his divine love and mercy, how much more is it our bounden duty to feel and proclaim his wondrous goodness, when we behold him reconciling sinful man to himself by the death and atoning sacrifice of his only and well-beloved SON, the Saviour, the Prince of Peace! Well hath the learned Heylin pourtrayed his sufferings on this occasion: The appointed soldiers,' he says, dig the hole in which the cross was to be erected. The nails and the hammers are ready-the cross is placed on the ground, and Jesus lies down upon the bed of sorrows: they nail him to it-they erect it-his nerves crack-his blood distils-he groans and expires. Hear, O heavens! O earth, earth, earth, hear!- The Lord hath nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against him!'

3.-RICHARD, Bishop.

Richard, surnamed de Wiche, from the place of his birth, was consecrated bishop of Chichester in 1245, and died April 3, 1253: he was canonized by Pope Urban IV, in 1262, for an obvious reason,-he supported the papal power in open defiance of his own sovereign, Henry III.

On the day of St. Richard it was formerly the custom at Droitwich, in Worcestershire (observes Mr. Aubrey), to keep holyday, and to dress a salt well, of which St. Richard was the tutelar saint, with green boughs and flowers. This practice was discontinued in the time of the civil wars, and the spring dried up. Afterwards they kept their annuall custome (notwithstanding the power of the parliament and soldiers), and the salt water returned again, and still continues. This St. Richard was a person of great estate in these parts, and a briske young fellow, that would ride over hedge and ditch, and at length became a very devout man, and after his decease was canonized for a saint.-Aubrey MS., A.D. 1686. 4. SAINT AMBROSE.

St. Ambrose was born at Arles in France, about 333. At an early age he was made governor of Milan, and resided there. He was chosen bishop of Milan, much against his will, when he was about forty years of age, and while he was yet a catechumen. He was baptized in 374, and a few days afterwards consecrated to the bishopric; subsequently to which he pursued his theological studies with great ardour under Simplician. He was a most earnest and powerful opposer of the Arian heresy. After an eventful life, he died April 4th, 397. Shortly before his death, when Count Stilicho expressed an anxious desire that his life might be spared, he replied, 'I have not so conducted myself as to be ashamed to live; and I serve so good a master, that I am not afraid to die.' For accounts of his writings, the reader may consult Cave and Dupin.-(Imperial Almanack.)

*5. A.D. 33.—THE RESURRECTION.

Having passed the appointed time in the arms of Death and the deep silence of the tomb, the Redeemer of the World now rose triumphant over his enemy, and sought the presence of his Father in his own eternal kingdom. Nor did he ascend for nought, but, offering his own sacrificial blood for the ransom of man, he once more reinstated him in the favour of GOD, purchased his pardon and peace, and sealed the promises of free redemption to the penitent and faithful. Thus he completed his high character of prophet, priest, and king, and thus perfected the grand and mysterious scheme of human salvation.

*16. 1825.-HENRY FUSELI DIED, ÆT. 87.

Mr. Fuseli was a native of Zurich, and came to England at an early age, more with the intention of making literature his study than art: while he was yet undetermined, and speculating, as he said, on the great resolve of life, he took some of his drawings to Sir Joshua Reynolds, and asked his candid opinion, whether he thought he had any chance of success as an artist. The president was so much struck with the conception and power displayed in them, that, after viewing them attentively, he said, 'Young man, were I the author of these drawings, and offered ten thousand a year not to practise as an artist, I would reject it with contempt:' this decided him. But it was not until the opening of his Milton Gallery, about 1798, that the extent of his intellectual acquirements, his lofty imagination, and singular fancy, were fully appreciated. None who witnessed it can ever forget the effect produced on them by that exhibition. The pictures he painted for the Shakspeare Gallery must also be remembered with feelings of high admiration. His Ghost of Hamlet, unquestionably the grandest work in the collection, can never be forgotten. Mr. Fuseli enjoyed the friendship of the most distinguished literati of the age. The high opinion entertained of him, even in youth, by his celebrated

townsman, Lavater, was shown by his putting into his hand, at parting, a small piece of paper, beautifully framed and glazed, on which he found written in German, Do but the tenth part of what you can do.' Hang that up in your bed-room, my friend, said Lavater, and I know what will be the result. The result did not disappoint him-their friendship only ended with life; and on the part of the artist, was continued to Lavater's son with unabated fervour. Mr. Fuseli enjoyed excellent health, probably the result of his habitual temperance. He was a very early riser; whether in the country or in town, in summer or in winter, he was seldom in bed after five o'clock. He enjoyed the most perfect domestic felicity, and was perhaps one of the most affectionately attached husbands that ever breathed. His lady survives him; he leaving her every thing he died possessed of. His remains were interred in the cathedral of St. Paul's.

*16. 1669.-STATE OF THE Arts.

The following entry in Mr. Pepys's Diary, relating to the Fine Arts, is worthy of preservation:- To Loton, the landscape-drawer, a Dutchman, living in St. James's Market; but there saw no good pictures. But by accident he did direct us to a painter that was then in the house with him, a Dutchman, newly come over, one Evereest, who took us to his lodging close by, and did show us a little flower-pot of his drawing, the finest thing that ever, I think, I saw in my life; the drops of dew hanging on the leaves, so as I was forced again and again to put my finger to it, to feel whether my eyes were deceived or no. He do ask £70 for it: I had the vanity to bid him £20. But a better picture I never saw in my whole life; and it is worth going twenty miles to see it.'

19. SAINT ALPHEGE.

Alphege was first Abbot of Bath, then Bishop of Winchester, and afterwards Archbishop of Canter

bury. He was stoned to death by the Danes, at Greenwich, about the year 1012.

*19. 1824.-LORD BYRON DIED.
There was a time when poets should have bowed
In lowly rev'rence to thy foreign tomb,

When England would have decked thy sudden shroud
With flow'rs, the sweetest that about her bloom.
'Twas ere thy wayward fancies taught a doom,
That like wild midnight visions seemed to crowd
About thy path, the harbingers of gloom :-
Yet still we weep thy errant star should set,
Which blazed so glorious in thy early morn,
Ere Fate's dark clouds, conspiring spirits! met
About thy after journey, teaching scorn,

And things we would, but do not dare, forget.
BYRON! thou shouldst have lived new fame to raise,
Or earlier died, when shone bright yesterdays.

A. M. TEMPLETON, JUN.

23.-SAINT GEORGE,

The patron Saint of England.-See T. T. for 1821, p. 107. The King's birth-day is kept on this day, being his name-day, in imitation of the custom in catholic countries.

*23. 1661.-CORONATION OF KING CHARLES II. The king's going from the Tower to Whitehall on the day previous to the coronation is thus described by Mr. Pepys :Up early, and made myself as fine as I could, and put on my velvet coat, the first day that I put it on, though made half a year ago. And being ready, Sir W. Batten, my Lady, and his two daughters and his son and wife, and Sir W. Pen and his son and I, went to Mr. Young's, the flag-maker, in Corne-hill; and there we had a good room to ourselves, with wine and good cake, and saw the show very well. In which it is impossible to relate the glory of this day, expressed in the clothes of them that rid, and their horses and horse-clothes. Among others, my Lord Sandwich's embroidery and diamonds were not ordinary among them. The Knights of the Bath was a brave sight of itself; and their Esquires, among which Mr. Armiger was an Esquire to one of the Knights. Remarquable were the two men that represent the two Dukes of Normandy and Aquitane. The Bishops come next after Barons, which is the higher place; which makes me think that the next Parliament they will be called to the House of Lords. My Lord Monk rode bare after the King, and led in his hand a spare horse, as being Master of the Horse. The King, in a most rich embroidered suit and cloak, looked most