1770. A mob, principally boys, attacked the house of Mr. Richardson, Boston, owing to his having attempted to remove the mark set against the house of one Lille, who had contravened the non-importation law. Richardson fired upon the mob and killed Christopher Snider, a boy 11 years of age, who was recorded in the public prints as the first martyr to American liberty. 1780. An ox roasted on the ice at Philadelphia, the ice being 17 inches thick. 1782. The island of Montserrat surrendered to the French, under Count De Grasse. 1787. The assembly of notables of France assembled. 1797. The French made a descent on Wales. 1806. JAMES BARRY, an Irish painter, died. He was patronized by Burke. His greatest effort is a series of allegorical pictures in possession of the Society of arts, London. 1809. LOUIS, count of Cobentzel, died at Vienna. He was born at Brussels 1753. He entered into the military service of Austria at an early age, and was employed as an embassador to the court of Copenhagen before he had attained his twentieth year; and was continued in that capacity at some one of the European courts during the whole of his life. 1810. CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN, an American novelist, died aged 39. He holds a distinguished rank among American authors. 1810. The island of St. Eustatia surrendered by the Dutch to the British. 1811. The British ships Cerberus and Active captured 22 vessels from Otranto, with provisions and troops. 1812. Ogdensburg, New York, attacked by the British and Indians under Frazer and McDonnell. Forsythe was compelled to evacuate it. The British took 12 cannons, 1400 stands of arms, 300 tents, some provisions, and all the vessels and boats. American loss 27; British loss 64 killed and wounded. 1814. BLUCHER defeated by the French under Boyer; the former set the bridge and town of Mery on fire and fled. 1816. ADAM FERGUSON, an eminent Scottish writer, died. He was sent to America as secretary to the mission in 1778 to effect a reconciliation between the two countries. 1835. JANE JARMON died near Wadesborough, N. C., aged 105. 1836. JOICE HETH died at New York; a blind negro woman, who had been carried about the country as a show, under the pretence that she was 162 years of age and had been the nurse of General Washington. On a post mortem examination it was found that she could not have been more than 80 years old. 1841. A land slide in the commune of Gregano in Italy, by which 113 persons lost their lives. The town of Reggio, in Calabria, nearly destroyed by an earthquake. 1855. The San Francisco bankers suspended payment, causing a panic. FEBRUARY 23. 303. The soldiers of Diocletian demolished the principal church of Nicomedia, and committed the sacred volumes to the flames. 1447. GABRIEL CONDOIMERO (Pope Eugenius IV), died. He was elected to the papal throne 1431, afterwards unjustly deposed, and again restored.