The Tory papers, among other "misrepresentations" of Lord DUR- HAM,
have this week stated that he was "made a Peer by the Duke of Wellington." This is notoriously incorrect. On Lord DURHAM'S return from the Continent, in December 1827, before there was any prospect of Lord GODERICH'S Ministry breaking up, the latter noble- man communicated to Mr. LAMIITON the intention of the late King to confer a Peerage upon him. After the patents of Lord DURHAM and others were prepared, Lord GODERICH unexpectedly resigned office ; but the King directed the completion of the patents. It is known that Lord DURHAM personally assured Lord GoDERICH in the interregnum, that he would not directly or indirectly accept the Peerage from the Duke of WELLINGTON; but was satisfied that it was the King's desire that the Peerages should be completed independently of any change in the Cabinet.
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