1805. ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, lord of Rosslyn, died. He distinguished himself as a lawyer, and was appointed solicitor general in 1771, in which office he is _remarkable_ for having insulted Franklin in arguing on American affairs before the privy council. He joined the administration under Pitt, in 1793, and succeeded Lord Thurlow as chancellor; from which office he retired in 1801, with the title of Earl of Rosslyn. He is the author of a work on the management of prisons. 1815. British frigate Junon, Capt. C. Upton, captured the American privateer Guerrier, of 4 guns and 60 men, from Portsmouth, N. H. 1844. LEVI HEDGE, author of a treatise on logic and editor of an improved abridgment of Dr. Brown's _Lectures on the Philosophy of Mind_, died at Cambridge, England. 1847. JOHN SHEPHERD, a soldier of the revolution, died at Royalton, Ohio, aged 119. 1853. The Pantheon in Paris reopened as the church of St. Genevieve. JANUARY 4. 100. TITUS, disciple of St. Paul, died at Crete. 1569. Burial of ROGER ASCHAM, at St. Sepulchre's, London. He was a man of learning, and author of numerous works, among others, _The Schoolmaster_. 1649. Some barrels of gunpowder exploded and destroyed 60 houses in Tower street, London. A child in its cradle was found alive and unhurt on the roof of Barking church. 1689. Col. HENRY SLOUGHTER appointed governor of New York. 1698. The palace, except the banqueting house, of White-hall palace, in England, destroyed by fire. 1707. LOUIS WILLIAM I, marquis of Baden-Baden, died. He was born at Paris 1655, where his mother wished to educate him; but his father and grandfather stole him away at the age of three months, that he might pass his childhood among the people whom he was destined to govern. He served his first campaign under Montellucco against Turenne. He was in Vienna when that city was besieged by the Turks, and subsequently commanded against the Turks in the Danube. He was one of the greatest generals of his time; made 26 campaigns, commanded at 25 sieges, fought at 13 battles, yet was never really defeated. 1753. The first number of _The World_ appeared, conducted by Coleman, Bonnell Thornton, Chesterfield, and others. 1762. England declared war against Spain. 1773. The town meeting of Petersham, Mass., adopted a kind of manifesto of grievances, drafted by Josiah Quincy and signed by Sylvanus How. 1775. A circular letter from the British secretary of state was addressed to the governor of the several colonies, forbidding the election of delegates to the congress proposed to be held in May. The order was disregarded, and the country has not been without its annual sessions of congress since 1774.