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

his crocodile tears of linmcrisy, and declaring—
So help him God, he is only actuated by his
feelings of duty."—We shall see the Lawn Sleeves,
with but one honourable exception, held up against
this measure founded only in bare Justice—yet we
have reason to hope all will not do.—Those who
are most competent to judge upon such a subject,
calculate on a majority of THREE in the House of
Lords, after which we think too highly of the
King's prudence to suppose, that he will interpose
his veto against a law of so necessary conciliation.
Lord Londonderry's motion on the distresses of
the Country, will be argued again to-morrow—

and till it is disposed of, we shall withhold our
comments—we may however observe, that his plan
embraces many subjects totally distinct from Agri-
cultural distress which it is avowedly to relieve,
and exterds to points which ought to have been
discussed independently of that momentous topic.
A frequent repetition of degradation produces cal-
losity of feeling, and the present Mi►►isters having
many times endured the vote of a majority of the
I louse of Commons, in opposition to their views and
wishes, still hold their places, under such circumstan-
ces as no man, not lost to all that delicacy that ought
to belong to exulted birth, would condescend to re-
main in off►ce, only for the sake of what the law calla
" filthy lucre." The motion of Lord Normanby for
the reduction of one of the Postmasters General was
renewed in an altered shape on Thursday night, and
was carried against the whinings of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer and the bullyings of the Marquis
of Londonderry, by a triumphant majority of fifteen!
—lt must be a source of ccnsolation to every real
friend of his country to find that the House
of Commons, b.ul as it is, is not so bad as it
was thought to be—that " the Devil is not so
black as he has been painted" and as we know
the force of public approbation, or execration on
the worst of mankind, we ardently hope that the
thanks of the country en this occasion, will urge
the Members to proceed in the honourable course.
—Mr. Frederick Robinson, who upon the late de-
bate upon the Post Masters General, impudently
avowed the necessity of retaining them to support
fOs influence of the Crown in that House, did not
speak at all on the second agitation of the question.
His colleagues had doubtless schooled him, on the
imprudence of being too honest, or too candid,. and
lie was silent.

STOCK-EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, 12 o'Cr.oen.—
Although the French mail i 3 'arrived, we do not
hear any information, up to this hour, by the private
letters, in regard to the ailliirs of the Russians and
Turks—and we still remain in the same uncertain
state. Consols are 791, for the account, and for
money 79, with little or no business transacting.
HALF-PAST ONE o'CLocK.—Mr. nippon, from
Mr. Ilase's office, has this moment notified to
the gentlemen on the Stock. Exchange, that
lord Liverpool would be ready at twelve o'clock,
en Tuesday next—to receive proposals for the
new annuities. Consols immediately dropped one-
half per cent. So little is the plan either tin-
.
110%110011 or relished, that the 'opinion of the House
appears decidedly against it. Unless the Bank
shall, to prevent the total failure of the scheme,
take upon itself to make the bargain, there is but
little expectation that the negotiations can be effected.
—To sanction the directors in an operation of this
nature, we apprehend the assent of a Court of Pro-
prietors might be deemed essential.

A beautiful diamond ring has been presented to
J. P. Thomas, Esq. of 22, Dean-street, Southwark,
Member of the Athenian Society, by several mem-
bers of the public press, as a testimony of their
approbation of his legal and constitutional argument
against the alleged judicial right of restraining the
publication of reports of judicial proceedings, as
lately assumed against the Editors of the public
newspapers, wrongfully, and against the laws of na-
tions, as Mr. Thomas contends.
The Adelphi Theatre is almost as popular now
as it was during the run of Torn and Jerry, and the
vent riloquistical powers of M. Alexandre merii. the
support they meet—his changes of dress are made
with unequalled speed and dexterity, and the won-
derful command he has of the muscles of his face
has repeatedly convulsed us with laughter.

THE NATIONAL ItEcisTEn

DUEL BETWEEN THE DUKE OF BITCKINOIi.III
AND THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.

44 We are authorised to state, that a meeting tok place
on Thursday morning. between the Dukes of Bedford
and Buckingham, accompanied by Lord Lynedoch and
Sir W. Williams Wynn, nt consequence of words used
by the former at the Bedfordshire County Meeting.—
Both parties fired together, at the distance of It paces
on a word given, but without effect, when the Duke of
Buckingham observing that the Mike of Bedford fired
into the air, advanced to his Grace, snit remarking, that
fur that reason the thing could go on no further, said—
" My Lord Duke, you are the last man I wish to quarrel
with; but you must be aware that a public man's life is
not worth preserving unless with honour." Upon which
the Duke ul Bedford declared, Upon his honour, that
he meant no personal offence to the Duke of Bucking-
ham, nor to impute to hint any .bad or corrupt motive
whatever." The parties then shook hands, and the
whole business was terminated most satisfactorily.—The
duel, we understand, was fought in Kensington Gar-
, dens."

The above account of the recent duel we copy
from one of the vilest of the Ministerial l'rints, to
which it was doubtless sent by the Duke (late the
Marquis) of Buckingham, as it
66 Vouches for his valour's reputation."
Our detestation of the barbarous custom, and the
grounds of that detestation on the score of justice,
morality, and religion, are already known to our
readers—in the present instance we must say, we
consider the. conduct of the Duke of Bedford as
without excuse; how dared he run the hazard of
risking a second time, a life se valuable to his
Duchess, his children, his country, and the world,
by throwing away his first shot—and fur what?
Why, for the sake of consulting the safety of a man
whose death would have affected only his own im-
mediate dependents. The Duke of Bedford ought
to have remembered, that a hair of his head was held
in higher estimation than the persons of a whole
Peerage of Dukes of Buckingham. Had Hamlets
expression of
---" A Rat, a Rat,
"Dead for a Ducat dead"— _ _ _

been realized, we should have regretted it ; but had
the Duke of Bedford winged or legged his anta-
gonist, he would have learnt from his sufferings that
political apostacy is not unattended by danger.

The Prince of Denmark is on his way to pay a
visit to this country, with his Princess, and a nume-
rous retinue. One of the royal yachts will proceed
to Calais in a few days, for the purpose of conveying
his Royal Highness and suite to Dover.
Advices have been received from Cape Coast Cas-
tle, stating that the Dutch Government has sent out
to the Government and resident of their settlement
of Elwina Castle full permission to sell canoes to
the Portuguese and other slave-traders, thereby
affording great facility to that traffic ; and that in
consequence many slave-vessels had anchored at that
port, and have been amply supplied. The Little-
meat on the Gold Coast has been very unhealthy
last year.
Hoy DUTT.—Another conference has taken place
between Sir John Geers Cotterell, accompanied by
Viscount Eastnor, Sir Thoinas Winnington, Sir C.
Burrell, and Mr. Cneteis, member thr Sussex, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to a re-
duction of the hop duty for the last and all futute
years. The Chancellor had taken some time to
consult the Board of Excise upon the measure, but
he has now fully acceded to the strong representation
and arguments made use of by thsa above highly
respectable persons. He has, however, agreed to
postpone the payment of the last year's duty (u hich
has usually been made at this time), and to let
it be paid by instalments on the sth of July, 10th
of October. and 10th of November. By this ar-
rangement, considerable relief will be afforded to
the hop-growers, and. the bond before required will
be dispensed with, and a simple note of hand by two
persons will be accepted for the stipulated payment,
by which the stamp duty will be trifling..
On Tuesday the-annual meetin,, of the Much
Missionary Society, was held at Freemason's Ta-
vern--Lord Gambier, in the chair. The report
which was read, stated, that the subscriptions for
the last year amounted to 52,9761. being 20001.
more than the preceding year, which also exceeded
the year before by a similar sum. The report also
stated, that the missions were experiencing the
greatest success, especially in India and Africa; and
it contradicted a statement made in a former report,
that the inhabitants of Western Africa were cani-
bala.—Lord Etocksavage, Lord Calthorp, Mr. Wil-
berforce, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Thornton, and several
other distinguished persons, addressed the meeting,
and expressed their confidence that the labours of
the society would he productive of the greatest
blessings to heathen nations. Mr. Buxton stated,
that there were still 800 millions of our fellow-
creatures without the knowledge of Christianity,
and that 800 females had perished last year in In-
dia on the funeral pile, victims of the cruel super-
stition under which that country still groans.

141

DEaTta or SIR Isaac HEARD.—The venerable
Sir Islam Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms,
died at the Heralds College, on Monday morning
last, at a quarter past one o'clock. He was in the
92d year of his age, and had filled the distinguish.
ed office of Garter since April, 1784.
Sir George Nayler, Clarencieux King at Arms,
is appointed Garter King at Arms, in the room of
Sir I. Heard, deceased ; and Mr. Bigland, Norroy
King at Arms, is promoted to Sir George Nayler's
vacant office of Clarencieux. _ _ .

DUBLIN, MAT 1.-0/1 Monday last Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield arrived at Howth at two o'clock. Sir
Benjamin left the Phenix-park, on a visit to his
Excellency the Marquis Wellesley.
A Court of Aldermen is summoned to assemble
at Guildhall, on Tuesday next, the 7th instant, to
swear in the Common Sergeant, to appoint a Keeper
of' Ncwgate in the room of Mr. W. 11. H. Brown,
whose resignation has been received by the Lord
Mayor, and on other business. Mr. Wontner suc-
ceeds Mr. Brown.
Letters have been received from Malta of the 10th
of April. By these information has come to hand
of the Greeks having completed their Government,
on the European system, at Corinth, and that great
order and a just obedience to the laws universsally
prevailed.
On the iith of April, the Yarmouth brig Soltav,
Captain Fill, arrived at Odessa, in 46 hours from
Constantinople, bringing letters from thence of the
3d of April.
It was mentioned in our Old Bailey report a few
days ago, that the business of the Sessions was de-
layed one morning, on account of there not being
an Alderman present. It seems that the Alderman
in turn had engaged another to appear for him, by
whom the engagement had been forgotten,—at least
as far as attending on•the Bench was concerned.—
Both the worthy aldermen, however, were present
at the dinner.
The anniversary meeting of the Catholic charities
of Saffron-hill and St. Mary's, was celebrated at the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, the Rev. Mr. Meths
in the chair, supported by about 140 gentlemen,
when an excellent dinner was provided for the oc-
casion. The object of the charity is fin the clothing
and educating the children of poor Irish Catholics,
until of a propte age to be apprenticed. One hun-
dred and ninety poor children are receiving the
benefits of the charity, and they were exhibited to
the company, who seemed to enjoy the healthy and
clean appearance they presented. A handsome col•
lection was made.
The new visiting magistrates appointed for ll-
chester gaol,-• at the Wells sessions, are General
Bathurst, of Vookey, (son of the Bishop of Nor•
wich), and W. Harming, Esq. the late sheriff, who
has not been a visitor of the gaol for the last ten
years. On their first visit, the 20th ultimo, the
day after Sir F. Burdett left Mr. Hunt, they gave
orders fin the high walls, which surrounded Mr.
Hunt's and the adjoining wards, to be immediately
lowered, and the noon, which was closed, to be 10
open, fur the free admission of the sun and air.—
By the promptness and activity of Mr. Hardy, the
governor, this long protracted nuisance is already
removed, and the walls 10-:ered one half—so that
they are now only ten instead of twenty feet high.
The sun and air has penetrated these gloomy re-
cesses, from whence both had been excluded, by f:.e
notable contrivance of the late gaoler, for the last
twelve years. At the above sessions, a committee
of magistrates was appointed to visit all the prisons
in the county, with a view to the adoption of sues
alterations in their management and discipline as
may appear desirable. • This clearly evinces the glI:s1
effixts which are likely to result from the law in-
vestigations into the abuses of Ilchester gaol. We
trust this system of gaol reformation will be
lowed throughout the country.
A letter from Stockholm, dated April 19, says—
" Our Government has grunted to all Spanish ships
in the ports of Sweden, the same immunities and
privileges enjoyed by the most favoured nations."
Coke FOB THZ 1100 PING-COUGH.—Dissolve
scruple of salts of tartar in a gill of water, aid tea
grains of cochineal finely powdered ; sweeten this
with fine sugar. Give to an infant the fi;urth part
of a table-spoonful four times a day; and from four
years and upward a spoonful may be taken. 'lne
relief' is immediate, and the cure, in general, in live
or six days —The above remedy has never failed ia
any one instance.
On Monday morning, part of the 58th regiment
landed at Portsmouth, and the other part,
separated in a gale of wind, and was supposed to be
lost, arrived ea Tuesday morning. They are q;iar-
tered at the Military Barracks, Gosport. This re-
giment embarked in October, 1816, from Ireland r
Jamaica, where they have been stationed ever since,
and we arc concerned to state, that they have lost
5 officers, 530 men, 110 women, and 200 children,
which have been carried off by the local fever. Tt,e
inhabitants of Jamaica have equally suffered trots
that dreadfully malady.