1852. Battle of Santos Lugares, near Buenos Ayres, between the army of Urquiza, 30,000 men and 50 cannon, and Rosas, 25,000 men and 90 cannon. Rosas was defeated, and took refuge on board an English steamer. The city was saved from pillage by ships of war of all nations then in the harbor. 1856. Thermometer at 30° below zero in Kansas; and the cold extended over the United States, in some parts to a degree unknown before. FEBRUARY 4. 211. LUCIUS SEPTIMUS SEVERUS, emperor of Rome, died at York, England. His sons, Geta and Caracalla, were by this event recalled from Scotland, where they were debating with Fingal over heath and mountain, her ancient stubborn independence. 836. EGBERT, the last king of the Saxon heptarchy, and the first of England, died. 856. MAGNENTIUS MAURUS RABANUS, a learned German divine, died. His works on theology are numerous. 1194. RICHARD, _Coeur de Lion_, released from his imprisonment. 1536. The parliament of England abolished every thing relative to the pope's power in their realm. 1555. JOHN ROGERS, prebendary of St. Paul's, and the protomartyr, burned at Smithfield. 1607. JAMES MENOCHIUS died; a civilian of Pavia, of distinguished abilities. 1644. A very large comet which had terrified the straight-bodied folks of New England with its prodigious length of tail, disappeared on this day, to their great relief. 1648. GEORGE ABBOT, an English statesman and religious author, died. He was one of the judges who sat at the trial of Charles I, and signed his death warrant. 1660. Gen. MONK, famous as the restorer of Charles II, marched into London and recommended a government moderately presbyterian. 1665. The first number of the _London Gazette_ appeared, published by Sir Roger l'Estrange. 1687. FRANCIS DE CREQUI, marshal of France, died. He was distinguished for his military enterprises and heroic courage. 1692. Goree taken from the French by the English under Gen. Booker. 1693. Earthquake of Sicily, which swallowed up Catania and 1800 citizens. 1746. ROBERT BLAIR, a Scottish clergyman and poet, died. The only production of his, which we possess, is _The Grave_, a poem, striking and vigorous. 1749. JOHN JAMES HEIDEGGER died at London. He was born in Switzerland, and came to England, where by his taste and judgment in operatic amusements, he was appointed to the management of the opera house and the masquerades. He was the ugliest featured man in the kingdom, but good-humored, benevolent and charitable. 1756. A mummy disinterred near Auvergne in France. 1762. SAMUEL DAVIES, an American divine, died, aged 36. He labored some years as a presbyterian pastor in Virginia, where the act of uniformity was enforced with great rigor, and was the founder of the first presbytery in that state. His sermons have passed through many editions on both sides of the Atlantic.