MISCELLANEOUS. LITER %RV FUND.—Thursday a dinner was given at Freemasons' Tavern to the friend:; of this Society, the object of which is well known to be the relief of authors in distress. The Duke of Sussex presided. supported by the Duke of Somers. , t, the Bishop of Durham, and I,ord Bolton. In the course of the evening Mr. Fitzge. r.thl, according to custom, recited a poetical address - for the anniversary of the fund. The Secretary also made a tratement of the present state of their finances ; by which it appeared, that since the last anniversary, the aggre gAte balance of subscriptions was 1,3351. 3s. Bd. The talowing, among other subscriptions, were also an nounced: the Prince Regent, patron of the Society, 2101. the Duke of Sussex, 2.0 guineas. The Scottish Corporation held their Spring Anniver . nary Dinner on Saturday last, at the Freemason's Ta vern ; when the Marquis of Huntly, as Chairman, con diteta the Meeting with such enlivening glee, and with - such excellent address, that between 7 and 800 guineas were subscribed in the room towards the support of this excellent Institution. At the Anniversary Dinner of the London Hospital, on Wednesday last, at great many Jewish gentlemen were present, who were highly flattered by a toast given by the Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Legge), in these words, " Success to the Hebrew nation." Lard Byron, it seems, is really employed on a drama, which he means to entitle Malfred. To prove the ver satility of his powers, and the activity of his mind, it is said that he is also comprising an English and Armenian grammar. There is an establishment of poor monks at Venice, under whom his Lordship is improving himself in•studying the Armenian Language. The extraordinary splendour of the planet Venus during the month of April, which she will likewise ex hibit in the month of June, has fixed the attention of those who study the appearances of the heavenly bodies. This planet displays the same brightness every nineteen months: but she will this year present a phenomenon much more rare and curious; for, from the 18th to the 223 off this instant (May), both days inclusive, she will appear both as the morning and the evening star, rising $ few minutes before the sun, and setting about the same time after him. Mrs. Hill, frem the Belfast Theatre, made her first appearance in London, on Tuesday night, in the cha racter of Lady 3h,cheth. The lady has a strong, clear voice, her articulation is perfect, and her eye expressive. She is evidently no novice in the art, and we could al most wish that she had been less, as her faults are those .o'habit rather than of Nature. With more simplicity of utterance, less variety of tone, and less gesticulation, she will display powers of no common value. In the sup per scene, her bye-play, in reconciliating the guests to ifacbeth's estrangement was extremely good ; but, when •she deseended.to address him, she forgot that it was to himself only that she had to whisper her admonition, not to make it known to all around. This she will uo doubt correct. The Admiralty Court 'Wednesday proceeded to the ease of the Ville de Varsovie (Lord Cochrane's Prize money), when the Counsel was proceeding to read Lord Cochrane's affidavit, the King's Advocate objected to its being received, on the grounds of his Lordship's convict *ion fora *fraud and conspiracy, on the 21st of June, 1814.--Arguments were heard on both sides, and at half-past two o'clock the-Court postponed its judgment until a future day. By Dr. WoodAirde's report last week of the state of the typhus feverin Ilchester gaol, we arc infinned, that though the contagion is not extripated, vet it is equally clear that its foree of malignity is greatly diminished ; and that by puru sing the successful preventive sneasures,, hitherto adopted, the disease will ere long be quite sub-i duel. Tl.e total of the prisoners attacked with the fever • up to that time is 29 ; of these 16 are recovered ; 4 con valescent ; 6 now ill and 3 dead. Jack Ketch, who had officiated tunny years at the Old iEirpiley, dial on Monday in the London Hospital aged 70. Last Tuesday, linger O'Connor, Esq. a gentleman of great notoriety in the county of Cork, was appre hended at Palace Anne, near Bandon, and is now in custody in Cork, on a charge of "having been an ac complice in the robbery of the Galway Mail coach, in the year 18 1 : 2 , when i t was attacked at Cappagh Hill, femme of Kildare, and robbed of a considerable sum in Bank Post Bills, and a gold repeating watch, the pro perty of Mr. Pcarsc, of Loughren. It appears that the Magistrates of the Head Police Office, Dublin, having received information of Mr. O'Connor, and his son, Arthur O'Conner, having been concerned in the above robbery, sent a .police officer who arrested the latter while in a sick heti' and the Either was also after wards taken into custody. At the son's resii:nee was found a pawnbroker's ticket for agOld repeating witch, whet lie had pawned under • a fictitious name ; there is yet, however, nu proof of its being the same as that, evilVi was taken at the robbery of Galway Mal coach. At the Qoarnr-scs. , l ms fin. Wiltshire, a person sun - - siouel oac tw: Joi; one of his labouras tsl adA TIIE NATIONAL lIEGISTII/1. officiate in his stead. The man was Actually sworn in, and agreed to the return of one verdict, before the dis covery was made. The master was lined 51., and his servant ordered to be imprisoned until the end of the sessions. Two countrymen, named Clayton and Batts, fought at a place near Oxtiml on Monday last ; and after u long exhibition of ferocious hitting, Clayton was killed by an unlucky blow on the neck. The pugilistic re porter tells the story in the usual style of nonchalant brutality, which men as brutal as himself take for hu mour. The deceased never spoke after he fell. There were finir medical Gentlemen attended him the moment the accident happened ; but all their exertions were fruitless. Our informant could not wait for the verdict. —Batts left the spot immediately after the combat was over. —We hope the attention of the Legislature will speedily be drawn to these disgraceful scenes. The lives of men arc far too valuable to be thus wantonly sported with. 'TAY 5. Tuesday evening, by aktecial license, st Northumberland Howe, Strand, the Hight lion. Earl Perry. to lady C. Floremony. dau. of Earl Powiv.—'l'w.) lion. Mimes Vannerk. daughters of the lute Lord untinr3eld; lhe eldest .to Mr. Donavan, and the youngest to Mr. I.ovel4co. DIET). At Windsor, aged 78, .r. Ri ley, Wanstcad-frove. aged 83, G. Bowles, Esq.—At ('Lt sham Common, aged 78, Mrs..l. Be. wicke, relict of C. Bewicke, Esq..—At Croxton Park. Lady Leeds. wife of Sir G. Leeds, Bart. W. Douglas. Esq. senior Commissioner of the Hackney Coach ffflice. At Ilanirsteful- J. llolford, Esq is his 91st year. In liorner's-street, in his Gl.st year, Sir .r. H. Ast.ey. Butt. M. P. T. M. Ilcsilriggc, Bart, of Soarte Hill, Suffolk, a,.rAt 77. H. Travers, Esq. aged 65. formerly of Queen-street. ler. Esq. aged 78, formerly of the firm of Taylor end Newton, War. wick .square. :Mr. J. Goss. of the choirs of St. l'aul, Westminstas Abbey, and the Chapel Royal. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER. SIR, The impartiality with which your paper is conducted, induces me to trouble you with a brief' statement of an extraordinary grievance that needs only to be generally known to produce redress. Soon after the conquest of Java intelligence was re ceived by the Supreme Council of Batavia, that the Dutch residents at Palimbang, on the Island of Sumatra, bad been mesmerist in an inhuman manner by orders of the reigning Sultan, and at the instigation of the hereditary Prince, who was a person of the most abandoned charac ter. The circumstances are too shocking for recital, but from the relation subsisting between the Sultan and the Batavian government, prompt exertions were ne cessary to arrange the insult and to preserve the other settlers in Sumatra from destruction. Accordingly, an expedition was sent in May, 1812, against Palimbang. under the command of the late General Gillespie, who, by almost unparalelled energy, succeded, at the personal risk of his life, in preventing a inure extensive massacre, and, after demising the Sultan, placingh is brother on the throne, and securing public tranquility, with the cessicM of the valuable Island of Banca, the great mint for the supply of tin, returned to Java, where the Stt preme Government voted thanks to the naval and mi litary services fur the successful termination of this at duous mission. _ Now, after this, trill it be re lily believed, that while the Civil-Establishment at Batavia took possession of the captured property, converted the brow; ordnance into coin, deposited in the public treasury the money stipu lated tube paid by the rei;.,ming Sultan—no distribution ham ever taken place for the benefit of the captors ! but what is worse, will it be credited that the Com pany at home should have refused to allow, either.the soldiers or the sailors, a shilling out of the proceeds of what was procured by their labours ins burning climate, and at the expense of their blood ? Such, however, is the fact, and to aggravate the hard ships, they who hold the property in their own hands, and apply it for their own benefit, havehad the as suranee to censure the manner in which it was ac quired, though it was done under their authority, by virtue of their command, and honoured with their public approbation. I am, Sir, your humble Servant, April 30, 181 7. A BYSTANDER. THE SECOND DAY OF DRAWING Well take place on WEDS LsDAY NsxT, the 7th of MAY. • O. CARROLL congratulates his friends whose Num bars were not determined by the FIRST DAY'S DRAWING, on the increased Value of their Chances. as au. the Capitals are still re maining in - the Wheel. The admired Scheme of this Lottery is so well known, that it is almost needless to remind the Public that it contains Four Grand l'rizes of 20,000. and more than Two Prizes to one Blank. Tickets and Shares, (warranted %indrawn.) arc on Sale at the Offices of G. itot.z., 7, Cernhill, and 26, Oxford Street, at the Original Prices, viz. Whole Ticket CIR 18s. A Half £9 19 nI An Eighth £2 11 6 A (au:low 5 1 0 k Sixteenth—. 1 6 0 G. CARROLL % in the List October Lottery, Sold in Shares. No. 7.736. the last Prize of 30,000 ever drawn, and Seven Other Capitals, in Eighty Shares. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QU'ARTER. ot ENGLAND AND WALES Fuel THE WEISE EliblKß APRIL 24. Wheat. Rye Baths Oats I I Brans Peen e Peen 1011 10 I I 161 0 50 10 33 7 40 I 55 ) NO ADVANCE IN PRICE. PIDDING nod Co. No. 1, Conxillt.t., and '296, lico.solos, feel pleasure in bearing testimony to the liherali;, of Mr. Si vcwatotyr, the Contractor, who has deviated from the usual prac ticz.: of advancing the Price after the First Day's Drawing. Persons, therefore, woo make an adventure now, are in a better situation than those who purchased before the First Day, for the Number of Tickets are lessened by those already drawn, whilst the 'Number of Capitals are not le,sental, nothing above 251. la•ing drawn ' • but if neither of the FOUR 95 Yatol. Prizes should come up N EXTWED NESDAY, 7th May. the Second Day, a great Advance of Price mukt take plate. Who then ran hesitate to place themselves imrie. , diatly in the way of Fortune, especially as the Prigs arc so nume lOUS. that there is very little chance of getting a Blank 1 Pl DM NG and f o.potin their Claim to the favor, of Purchasers, ' by reminding them that they sold the Only Prize of Tw ENTY Trtrru e.tn Girt EAS in the last Lott,sl , drawn in February. and that the Total amount of Capitals bona fi de paid by them to the Public, ex e' let that of all the other Offices added together--thla is no quill. 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Wlliterease6l a 64 Grty i'casc 38 a 46 Bemis 32 a 40 Tick► 3R a 44 Oats. l7 a 22 I. Li Poland Ow 40 a 1.1 Potato dim 44 a Si Fine Flour .100 alO4 Second ditto 95 alO Haw 5t4 a 5,1 OF 1111EAD. The bik:hect price of the be.t Wheaten Bread throughout the me. tropoli , , is stated by the Balers to be 171 d. the Quartern Loot —.. Some llaker.eell the Quartem Loaf from id. to :Td. lower. AA'FRAi;F. PRICE OF SUGAR. Comnputod from the Returns made in theweek ending April Xn , M 4135. I Id. per cwt. exclusive of the Dutrof Customs paid or payable there. an oil Importation thereof into Great Britain—(Statirday's GuzeNe..) OF MEAT, MONDAY, kid. Ng 11c04 of C4/k of SneitiVe/d. I . PRICE. Smirk I. d. s. d. Beef 3 R a 4 8 Mutton : It a 4 SlTleasts, about...—. 4800 Veal 4 0 a 5 4 Sheep l5, VOO Pork .....3 8 a 5 0 Caked tfio Lamb.... 5 R a 7 0 Pigs 340 [AN - 5. gate and Lraeknber. Comae a. d. I. d. Beef 3 0 a♦ r Muttfin —3 0 a 3 Veal • 0 a 3 • l'ork 8 a 3 • Lamb • • a 6 I HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. Sr. JAlliars 1 WHIT ECHAT L 1• X. 2. d. X. s. (1. Aver. r. ' flay 5 15 0 a a 10 0 5 2 ti Clover 7 7 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 IStraw 1 11 Ott2oo-23t. [Hay 5 s 04r. g 0— 5 15 .1 Clover t; 6 0 a; 7 0— 6 16 [Straw 1 1$ Oaf 40— t (Hay 3 0 0 G 8111TRYI1CLD 1 1 . luva 1 0 0 i ti Straw 1 10 0 41 COAL. Al ARK ET. 0 13 ,- 4 10 0 li 0 - 6 4 • '2 0 - I 16 • Shiva at Market ----- - 1;l1ts sold. s. cl. t. (*. FRIDAY, MAY Y. I 114 , 1 I Newcastle I 12 1 frost 1 0a 4V 3 ,underLdid 1 36 • •••• • TRICK. OF STOC KS MONDAY. 3 per Cent. Co:1.411 a Ihtto for Account 3 per Cent. Reduced ... ill 4 per Cent. 3 pct. Cent. Navy •• India Stock !VIP Ditto Bands (3 per Cent.) I...ichequer Bills, 3d. per Day lO IS pan. Lownow :—Printed and published by B. WLas. at No. IE 4 STRAND. oppoaite Exeter 'Change t and fins/aided info Ott Country by all NCNSRICR. Clerks of the Heath, rod Itookoarra free of l'nesp. 144