The National Register. — 1820-06-18 (London, England)

LONOITUDE.—A. M. Hoene Wrousky corn. plains in the Gazelle de France of the illiberality of the British nation in not granting him the reward of 20,0001. proposed by Parliament fur the discovery of the longitude. This person eeclares, that " he has -established a new lunar theory, which gives the solution required." Proud of his discovery, he hastened from Paris to London, where he immediately waited upon Sir Joseph Banks, who referred hint to Dr. Young, by wham, he says, " every thing is done at the Board of Longitude." In the mean time all his instruments, in spite of his remonstrances, were taken from the Custom House, and exposed to the Board of Longitude, who, after having minutely examined them, discovered, his eeeret, .and then, coolly returning them to him, informed Mm that his discovery was not new, and that the Board had entertained a similar idea. Mr. Wrousky complains, that not only was he refused the Parliamentary reward, but even his expences to London were nut paid, which, he says, was the snore unjust, as the English unfairly obtained a knowledge of his lunar theory, and his theory of refractions. We should be glad that the Board of Longitude would reply to M. Wrousky's statements. British and Foreign Schad Society.—The Anniversary of this Society was held last Saturday, in the Great Room in the Freemason's Tavern. Lord Ebrington took the Chair, owing to the absence of the Duke of Sussex, from indisposition. The Report of the Committee, after a handsome tribute to the memory of the late Duke of Kentaletailed the proem of the national system of education at home and abroad ; and contained a statement of the reee;pts and disbursements of the Institution. Mr. Wilberforce congratulated the meeting on the sue. eel's of its philanthropic efforts, which, by spreading the lights of education, would bind the nations together in the ties of amity and peace. The meeting was then addressed by M. de Weirhender, the Swedish Charge d'Affairs ; Gen. Bergamo, of Vent,. zuela (by an interpreter) ' • Mr. D. Mathews, of New York ; Mr. Byng, M. P. and several others.— Some resolutions were then passed in furtherance of the object of the institution. We have received The Charleston Courier of the 11th May. George Clark, Henry Robert Wolfe, James Griffin, and Thomas Brailsford, convicted of piracy; and of the murder of Captain Sunby and four others, of the British brig Ann, upon the coast of Florida, were ordered for execution on the following day. A respite fix the two latter was expected, on the ground of their having been recommended to mercy by the Jury. A very circumstantial account of the piracies in which these men v.t.re engaged has been published, and discloses a series of atrocities of the most revolting description, particularly us relates to the mode in which Capt. Sunby and his Mute were put to death. They had ceased all resistance, and had surrendered .all they possessed, but were stabbed in the act of supplicating for their lives. The late Duke of Redford lost his life in a few hours by. a strangulated Hernia. The following letter of course particularly claims the attention of those who have been improperly truated under this and other alarming complaints : Stn,--oe.st sing a pat a:rapli in your Paper respecting the Cure of an H rata (61 a bilge ‘ize), by the 111rdical Board, at (mitotic House, in Justice to Messrs. Cooped and Co. I add my personal testi 1111 l tly.—Hasing beets afflicted near 21) years, and deemed Mem-able by (mint nt Surgeons. I patiently bore my affliction, expecting every „moment to be my Ist ;I at length applied to the Medical anti have reason to pray tor that escul•ent Establishment, for Witten:4h I ten mar M;/, 1 ass pesteetly eared in di geW weeks, suid now, thal.k 6041, Clap, good health. G.