The National Register.
London, England, 1822-05-20 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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MONDAY, NIA' 20.

The united abilities of all the honest part of the
/ I oust' of Commom, could not so incontestibly prove
the necessity, the absolute necessity, of a reform in
Parliament, as do the votes given in that House on
Wednesday and Thursday last.—The first on a
inotion of Mr. Lennard, for a Committee, to revise
that lavish and exttavagant part of the Civil List,
w Lich applies to ambassadors and officers on foreign
rii,sioas, and the second by Mr. Warre, on the
ncent appointment of Mr. H Vynne, on an em-
bassy to Switzr..rland, at a charge of £.5,900 for
the first year —both these motions were negatived
ty a majority equally triumphant to a bad Ga.
vernment, and disgraceful to these who arc
c.illed the Representatives of the People—who, in
other words, ought to be the very Echo of the peo--
rk's wishes—Low they preyed ths.!:ns..lvcs to be

what they ought not to be, she obedient minions to
a Minister's finger is proved by the lamentable fact,
that on neither of those motions did the minority

consist of 350 Members. How will the County
Members, who voted in these majorities, dare to
face their Constituents—how, after having pledged
themselves to support economy and retrenchment on
every occasion, will they justify thus lending them-
selves to confirm one of the most shameful Jobs
that ever was achieved, even by the present minis-
ters, (excepting always George Canning's appnint-
ment to Lisbon)—how,after having whined over and
commiwiemted the ruin and distress to which the
country is now a victim, and which bears more
heavily on the landed than on any other interest—
how will they feel when confronted with those
whose welfare they were elected to promote, but
whose very existence they would apparently com-
promise on the beck of a Minister, in the expec-
tation of receiving something in return. " Liars
should have good memories," and we should recom-
mend this old Observation to the political conside-
ration of my Lord Londonderry ;—s few evenings
ago, he, among others, supported the " necessary in-
fluence" in the House—yet on Thursday night he
appealed to its votes as a proof, that himself and his
colleagues have the confidence of the country. The
fact is, and every day proves it more and more, that
there is no reciprocity whatever between the votes
of the House of Commons, and the wishes of the
People, nor will there ever be, while the majority
of its Members are returned by a mere nothing of
the population;—that the nation will submit to such
a state of things long, we are not inclined to be.
lieve—and as a moderate reform is the only way to
avoid what we should much regret—we repeat that
every enemy to revolution, ought to exclaim con-
stantly and vehemently for A RFFORM IN PAR..
LIAMCNT.

_ . .
Extract of a letter from Boathey, dated Oct. 26.
" His Majesty's ship Liverpool has arrived here from
Muscat. We are sorry to observe that the crew
have suffered severely from the excessive beats that
pervades the Persian Gulph at this season of the
year, which have been this year more intense than
usual. In addition to several seamen who have
died, we arc sorry to include no less than three of
her lieutenants and surgeon ; names as follow :
Lieutenants Fenwick, Gerrido, and Bell, with Mr.
Alexander, the surgeon. Severul of the officers at-
tached to the troops at Kilshmi have also died, viz.
Lieutenant Le Blanc, of the first battalion 12th
Regiment : Lieutenant Forbes and Rind, of the
European Regiment. The weather for these some
days past has been close and oppressive during the
day, but the nights have afforded the usual de-
, phanta squalls which indicate a change of seem.—
' A considerable quantity of rain has fallen, and re-
ports from the Uplands assure us that the grain
crops have been placed in a state of security by this
timely supply of rain.
New York papers to the 7th of April, Philadel-
phia papers to the Bth, 'and Boston papers to the
6th, reached us on Thursday morning last. The
Royalists still remain in possession of the fort of St.
Juan de Ulha, though it was expected to surrender
soon. The Columbian Republic has issued a decree
for providing for the widows and children of all
who have died in defence of the national liberty and
independence, whether by the cruelty of the enemy,
or by a glorious death on the field cf battle. *A
l'hiladelphia paper contains an article from Jeremie,
dated March I , which states a report that a squadron
had arrived off; and blockaded the city of Domingo,
and taken some Ilaytian vessels. The force was
said to coesist of a frigate, a sloop of war, two
schooners, and two transports with troops.
On the evening that his Majesty visited Drury-
lane Theatre, one of the royal postillions was de-
tected picking the pockets of the public—he w4s
taken to Row-street, and is remanded till Monday
next. We hope and trust that t.mse Members of
Parliament who voted against Mr. Warre's motion
will support their character for consistency, by rais-
ing a fund to defend the wfortunole young man;
and if his Majesty's Ministers, and the Mr. Wynne,
who is appointed our ambassador to Switzerland at
at expence of 5,9001. for the first year, were to con-
duct the defence in person, it would redound to their
credit, as it would prove their comtnisseration fur a
less tOrtunate peculator.
T! Russell, 74, will be launched from Deptford
yard on Wednesday next. This vessel is constructed
between the ports on Sir Robert Sepping's p:an, and
the decks are laid diagonally. At the stern is a bust
of Admiral Russell, n ho evuunanded at La Hogue.