The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-06 00:00:00

The report of the Select Committee of the. House
of Commons, appointed to inquire iuto the manner
hi which the piloting and stationary are supplied to
the House of Lords and Commons, and to the public
departments in the United Kingdom, has been
printed. This committee w.,s appointed in the lust
session, in consequence of charges of abuses and
frauds, cluetly proinTed by a man named Henry C.
Jennings, stating that Mr. W. Ready, the keeper
uf the Board-room of the Lords of the Treasury,
had been in the habit of selling stationary, the pro-
perty of the King, from the Stationary office, to a
very large amount, to Sir Hubert Wilson, Mr. P.
Moore, Mr. Hume, and several others. The com-
mit•ce state, that the evidence of Mr. thane dis-
tinctly negatives the fact of Sir R. Wilson and Mr.
I'. Moore having been so supplied ; that it appears,
from the evidence o4' Mr. Hume, that he was in-
duced to allow Jennings to send him the paper pur-
chased from Ready, for the purpose of establishing
unequivtx ally the existence of the fraud; and that
it appears, with the same view, it had been intend-
ed that some of the paper should have been sent to
Sir Robert kVilson and Mr. I'. Moore, to be held in
deposit by them ; and that it was rent by Mr. Jen-
nings to Mr. Hume's house, addressed to them, but
was never delivered to them; and they appear to
have been entirely ignorant of the whole matter.—
The.characters of these hon. gentk-nien having been
thus cleared front all imputation, the committee pro-
ceed to notice some irregularities in the conduct of
Ready, in appropriating to his own us.. more paper
than he was entitled to, under the claim of perqui-
sites, for which he has been suspended from his
mlice ; and some other improprieties in the Sta-
tlonary Office, which they recommend should be
avuided in future.
On Thursday, -the Seringaydain frigate, Capt.
Samuel NVarren, C. B. the Redwing, 18:Hon. Capt.
.Trefusis, and the Grecian. cutter, Lieut. Cawley,
- railed on a foreign secret and special service. It is
conjectured their destination is connected with the
present state of affairs in South America, where from
the contending state of parties, the British interests
may requireprotection; .and also with the piracies
committed on our commerce in the American and
end West Indian Seas, particularly at Cuba, where,
it bus been charged upon the administration, our
commerce has been abandoned to the ruinous de-
predations of pirates, or the humiliating protection
of the French and American navies. The delicacy

. towards Spain, in whose ports these marauders har-
bour, which has been stated in extenuation, cannot
be any longer listened to ; but these glaring offences,
the existwice of which brings an opprobrium on the
oministratiun and the couotry, must be put down.
It is uirderstood the above ships go direct to Bahia.

Lord Eldon was the pupil of Mr. Bray, a great
conveancer, who was the nephew of Matthew
:Duane, the Roman Catholic conveyancer. Such
was his assiduity and attention, that Mr. Bray ob-
r;t rued,
" There are several of the young men in my
cal,!e who possess (qual and even greater talents than
&Litt, but none who have equal patience, or plod
as much ; I therefore have great hopes of hint."—
Mr. Scott, however, had no great holies of himself;
• for he despaired of rising in Westminster-hall, and
and actually conceived the idea of retiring into the
ci.antry, and practising as a provincial lawyer.—
Accualingly when the Reeordership of Newcastle
became vacant, he applied to Mr. Bray for his inte-
rest on this occasion. The latter assured him of his
utmoit ethirts on his behalf, but recommended a

longer trial. On a longer trial he succeeded. At
period he resided at Powis-place, near Great
Prmond-street, in the vicinity of his old master ; '
dined every day itt half-past three, and at five re-
gularly trudged down to•chambers. As he constantly
passed the dour of Mr. Bay, the latter was accus-
tomed to say to his wife, " Remark what I say, my
dear; you will live to see this young man Lord Chan-
cellar of Great Britain I"—a prophecy that was ac-
tually fulfilled in a very few years. The pride of
wealth of the Surtees was wounded at the alliance ;
the country banker and his flintily disdained connec-
.tion with the sin of a coal-fitter and the grandson
of a coal-skipper; but the young lawyer replied
officially, by affixing his s_•ul as Lord Chancellor,
to the docket that sanctioned the bankruptcy of the
family.

DUEL-4)n friday morning, about six o'clock, a
duel took place between Captain P--r, of the marines, mai
Mr. M—s, a gentleman well known on the 'Change. The
• .meeting was occasioned, it appesrs, by a dispute which tic-
• . curied on Wedutsday evening last, at Covent garden theatre
Captain T—r, either throu,th inliithke or otherwise, having
fat: Oily entered a hackney conch, which Mr. M—a had
retained for his family, who were at the theatre. Alr. M—s
on coming up to the couch, found she Captaio just about to
cuter it, Ise having previously handed a lady in. Mr. M--a
ramotist..ii:ed, but tb. Captain refused to give up possrasion.
high wo da cuseed, and tile result was a challenge, and the
ineetiug in gvestian, which took place ut the hack of
Mouse. The parties tired at the same ivaatut ; Capt. P—r's
beil pissed throrgli the collar of Mr. coat, uad the
Captain was aliglitly w,w,tueel iu the ri;tht arm, near the elbow.
T..r recant'', then ioterfeied; the Captain declared his resdi-
sem aow to ols:lugise to Mr. M -- • ; the apology was se-
c 'Sad, aad the parties returned to town good [bests.