THE NATIONAL MISCELLANIES. The Lancasterian School which Mr. Hoare, the hanker, has erected at Hampstead, at his own expence, was opened a few days ago with above a hundred children. The establishment is capable of accmmodating above 150, and promises speedily to be filled up. A young man superintends the whole as a teacher, who has been educated at • Mr. Lancaster's school, in the Borough. The building is very handsome, and well adapted for the pur pose, and must have cost Mr. Hoare six or seven hundred pounds. Thursday, in the Court of Chancery, the Lord Chancellor signified his intention of making it an order, or rule of Court, that no gentleman of the bar or attornies should sit as Commis sioners on a bankruptcy in which they might themselves be creditors. Proceedings in an action for Crim. Con. are said to have been commenced by a Noble Lord against a celebrated Reformer. It now appears after a correct examination, that the deficiency of Hunt, late Treasurer of the Board of Ordnance, amounts to 91,0001. some odd shillings. By a private letter we learn the following particulars relating to the death of Lieutenant Perkins, of the Cherokee sloop of war : in July this officer, with four seamen, took charge of a small prize, for the purpose of navigating her into Leith Roads, which shortly after sprung a leak, and was in a sinking state, when a Danish gaunt took Mr. Perkins and his four men on board. The Master had ten Danish seamen, and yet fearful of the safety of his vessel from five poor shipwrecked men, he came to the cruel resolution of destroying them, which be ef fected by causing them to be thrown into the sea ! excepting one, .who was an American. We understand that the monster was cast into prison on his arrival in Norway, to take his trial fur the offence.—May he meet the reward due to his crime ! General Hill is expected to be invested with a red ribband Ind made a Baronet, for his eminent services in Portugal, as soon as the power so to do devolves on the Prince. In the late affair of General Hill, General Campbell, who commanded a Portuguese brigade, passing a Frenchman who was lying on the ground, calling very loudly for mercy, attract ed his attention, which induced him to inquire what he was, when the poor fellow candidly told him he was a Commissary's servant, and had 4000 dollars with him, which were instantly taken possession of, and mercy shewn to the man. A letter from an Officer in Portugal says, the first notice that the French troops under ,Girard had of the approach of General Hill's forces was from the Piper of the 92d Highlanders, playing the tune of " Hey Jo/my Cope, are ye waken yet I" This tune owes its origin to General Cope's flight from before the Pre tender's army at Preston Pans, in the year 1745. AMAZONIAN CONTEST. — A pitched battle took place on Thursday between two beings, calling themselves women, named Flowers and Gent, the cher tunics of two professional pugilists, for a pint of gin and a skull, at Wormwood Scrubs, which was supported with determined resolution for 20 minutes, during which 14 rounds took place ; nor till the 12th was any decided su periority evinced; Mrs. Genes courage then began to evaporate, and in the 14th, having received a dextrous knockdown blow, she resigned the laurel to her competitor. The parties were cropped, and accoutred in the pugilistic style.—Where wilt this fashionable science terminate ! Mr. B. a gentleman of fortune, 60 years of age, and with a family of nine children, attempted to destroy himself with a pistol, Sunday last, at his house, in Knightsbridge-place. The ball perforated the cheek, and taking a slanting direction, car ried away the jaw, without damaging the jugular vein. Ex pectations are entertained that the wound will not prove fatal. IMPORTANT STATE LOTTERY, only 12,000 Tickets, and two Prizes of 20,0e01. besides other Capital Prizes, all to be drawn the 19th of NEXT MONTH. Such advantages never were exhibited to public view. 'Pickets and Shares are selling by Ho It N say and Co. StoCk-Brokers, No. 26, Cornhill. HOR N sny and Co. sold the very first 20 0001. in the year 1767 th rvost.first 20,0001. ; the two first 15,0001. • besides twenty of 20,0001. thirty-three of 10 , 0001 . forty-nine Of 50001. sixty-seven of 2,0001. seventy-eight of 1,0001. and one hundred and twenty of 5001. All orders by post or carrier executed with punctuality and dispatch. BATH VELLUM I.ETTER PAPERS of superior quali ties, sold by R. HOFFMAN, Stationer to the Duke of. Kent, Lkc. No. 418, Strand, six doors from Bedford-street, opposite the Adelphi. Quire. Ream. Quire. Ream. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Thick 1 0 19 0 Thick gilt 1 8 22 0 Thick (super.) 1 4 23 0 Thick gilt 1 6 26 0 Large thin 1'425 0 I Large thin gilt 1929 0 Large thick 1 8 29 0 Large thick gilt 2 0 32 0 With every description of Paper and Stationary, equally mo deratc.—Altnanacks and Pocket-books, for 1612. ISTER. rAMATIC REGISTER. I HAYMARKET THEATRE. On Monday the celebrated Mr. Cock-a-doodle COATZS (from Exeter 'Change), exhibited himself at this house as the representative of Lothariu, in 77z• Fair Penitent. Public curio sity was very strongly excited, and every part of the Theatre was crowded at an early hour. Nearly the whole of the audi ence appeared to have been attracted to witness the performance of this Tragedy, by an expectant desire of enjoying a hearty laugh. The fame of the hero of the night caused them to anti cipate something preposterously out of the way, and they went to the Theatre with a resolution to turn every thing into Nothing could be more truly contemptible, or more extrava gantly absurd, than the performance of Mr. ConTes. His manner was such, that the Tragedy called forth much more laughter than is usually heard or seen at the representation of a Comedy. Much waggery was played off by• a part of the audi ence. The orowing of a cock was frequently imitated with great success, and the effect of ti in the middle or at the close of an impassioned or pathetic speech, was very fine. Hisses were frequently heard very loud, and after these Mr. Coss rES • was guyed with six or eight rounds of applatise. He bore it. apparently, with great sang froid, for some time, but at last he lost his temper, and addressed a series of silly speeches to the audience, offering to pay for those, who chose to take their money back and go out, and defending the line of conduct which he had pursued, as originating in' a benevolent principle, eas which he was still determined to act. These orations so morti fied those who were acting with him, that Horatio and Alta- • want left the Stage, and Mr. Conr es (cock of the walk) had tht felicity of entertaining the audience alone. Placed in this situation the her) made a long senseless speech, which the indig nation of the audience rendered it impossible to hear in the Theatre, but which be has since obligingly given to the wrrid in print. This concluded, he left the stage, snapping his fingers at the audience,and the drop fell, as at the close of an Act. When the Play was resumed, the last scene which they had attempted was begun again, and at length performed in better style than could well be expected, when Mr. Cock-a-doodle COATES was concerned. The mirth and noise of the audience were steady and unremitting, throughout the third and fourth Acts. At the close of the fourth, the green curtain fell, and of such importance was Mr. Conars to the audience, that as Lotharis was dead, they did not once call for the fifth Act, but the hero was loudly called on to die again. The A/tarnont of the night was as ridiculous as Mr. COATES-. himself, and the appearance and manner of Sciolto was so ludi. crous, that he was frequently accosted by the good humoured appellations of Punch, Jack of Clabs, and Gaffer Thumb. Horatio was very ably sustained by Mr. SYDNEY, who, fixed the au dience were to jeer and quiz all who were to perform, succeeded in rivettiug their attention on the business of the scene, where he was concerned, for some time. The Calista of the evening was so much alarmed zt the apparent hostility of the audience, that she seemed scarcely able to stand. Lavinia found an excel. lent representative in the fascinating Miss Sv a NET. To me it really appears perfectly astonishing, how such a man as Mr. SYDNEY could condescend to play himself, or to let any one belonging to him, perform with such a company of drills as were collected together to guy The Fair Penitent. No talents, no exertions of two or three individuals, could possibly appease the storm which the absurdities of Messrs. COATES and W 1:.• LINSTONS were calculated to awa'se. Had not his performance given strong indications of good sense, I should have thought Mr. SYDNEY'as mad as Mr. COATES, for so letting himself down. The experience of Monday last, will, I trust, be of ser -4 vice to him, and when Mr. Con rx s next undertakes to murder - MUM