The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-18 00:00:00

useless lumber of the Admiralty and the equally
useless lumber of the post.office were both removed
—the unnecessary suspension, in Ireland, of the
Habeas Corpus Act was the next enormity which
met the support of the " Honourable House," and
though, to the credit of the Irish Government, no
advantage was, taken of it, the " Representatives of
the People," whom they entrusted to the possibility
of being floczed and tortured with impunity, have
no claim to their thanks on that account.—the re.
duction of theintere:a on the Navy Five Per Cents,
against a stipulation as specific as possible, was the
next act,_ by which as palpable a wrong was done,
though not to so great an extent as if they had can-
celled the whole of the funded debt—in addition to
which„this dishonesty was attended with a positive
addition to the amount of the debt of mom than
seven millions sterling ! A majority of the honour-
able House next declared against a committee to
revise the gross extravagancies of the Civil List, and
immediately after approved the appointment of young
Wynne on-an embassy to Switzerland, at a charge of
5;9001. for the first year.—The Alien Act allOrded.
the next opportunity for the honourable House to
prove how completely opposed its members were to
the high and honourable feeling of the nation at
large—an Alien Act had never disgraced our statute
book, in time of peace, till since the entrance of the
Allies into Parish—We have thus takes a summary
review of the. last session—if a general election
-should take place let those of our renders who have
votes ask, on each important point, on which side
the candidates voted, and let him be just to himself
' and to his country, by refusing to re-innate a man as
a =miser in the Legislature who has forfeited the

esteem of every honest man, by voting, even in one
instance, in favour of a villsnous proposition—this
sort of reform in Parliament would be effectual..—
this sort of reform in Parliament is in the power of
the electors if they .have the honesty to exercise it.

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.

Perhaps the severest visitation of Providence upon
the human race is the alienation of the powers of
mind—under such a visitation, on Monday morn-
ing last, the Marquis of Londonderry, by dividing
the 'carotid artery, met his almost instantaneous
death.—As a private character the Noble Marquis
was universally esteemed—his manners were ele-
gantly urbane, his condescension to his luferiors par-
ticularly captivating—as a husband, landlord, neigh.
boor, and master he was a worthy example, and the
gnat. for his melancholy cud, that reigns must ap-
parently .n every circle, where he was known as a
private individual, attests most strongly the verity
of our eulogy—as a public man we have uniformly
opposed his measures, because we thought those of
them that had a foreign relation were either destruc-
tive of the interests or character of this great empire,
while those which related to our internal Govern-
ment were opposed to the bust principles of English
liberty, and calculated rather to establish a sceptre
of iron than sac of love—under thesedirelings, while
we deplore his death as a man, but we cannot
regard it as a boon, if we look at it in a political
point of view, because we hope that by it the pre-
sent adminstration have received a death blow—a
blow which will secure their retirement, and open
the door to those who arc much more likely to
consult the honour and best interests of the country,
by establishing a government of conciliation in
Ilieu of one of tyranny and violence.

A report was current on Wednesday last, that the
Duke of Wellington had fallen in a duel with the
son of the late gallant Marshal Nay, at Brussels, but
we can trace it to no authentic source.—We have
always consideNd that the Marshal was little short of
murdered, and if his son were to challenge the Duke
of Wellington we see not how he could evade a meet-
ing—his birth is higher than the Duke of Welling-
ton's, and the bravery and ability of his father, as a
soldier, certainly equal--a meeting, i owever, does
not arptar to have taken place.