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Dilte,to Offices to be abol
li.hed arta the doom,"
of the holden. .......«

70 14 0

Allovrautes

23 0 0

Soperannualios Allowances
Cosilsciest Espeoses.......

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Total Expense of ihe Establishineet hi MI,••
including Contingent Expe05ei......... I{-

The above is indepeodeol of lbe Hooves
of the Revered Officers,

•1Q 14 •
1,520 0 0
15,201 13 2

32,430 3 2

Aparimeule

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LON DON.
THURSDAY. Mina 14. 1812.

The Five per Cents. Hill went t►rough the Committee yes-
terday everiug in the House of lsrdyaithout any alteration,
will wall be read this evening the third time, and passed.
The severity of Mr. Myst, imprisonment was made the
abject of further discussion in ihe House of Commons. We
ore glad to Ind Mr. PEEL warmly expressing his indigos.
tun at the atrocious comities that ►ave been practised Is
the gaol of Hamster ; his reputation as a Statesman will not
buffer by his evincing a sympathy far the sufferings of his
•Gliow-subjects, aud refusing to thrum the shield of his in-
fluence and power over every petty oppressor who abases his
authority. The evidence takes before t►e Commissimsers
oppuia,lcd to inquire into the abuses of Ilehester gaol, is sow
its the act of being printed for t►e Members of the
House of Commons, and when this work is completed,
the whole 01,4 will be made t►e subject of Perlis.
Mentary diisuosioe. It would, we think, In the mean
time, vesy much gratify t►e public if the Government were
to commit( the imprisonment of Mr. Howe is Whetter
gaol, for imprisonment in noise other gaol that may be Ire,
wboortroas to erasure. There can be no doubt that t►e
Crown has the power to effect this, if the party suffering
will Coastal to U. tritholit such consent au removal could
be effected, bat the Crown say remit the sentence altogether
or any part of it.

Lotd No , in pursuance of hls notice, submitted
a resolutios to the House, expressing that one Postmaster.
Genet was sufficient for the proper discharge of the duties
of the Post-Office, and that the salary of the other might
he saved to the country. The principle of this motion
was not dissimilar from that NOlich induced the House to
strike off two Lords of the Admiralty. The offices of Post-
artamaes-Getteral are mete sinecures of 2,609 f. a year each.
111* active duties of the Post-office are discharged by the
Chief Secretary, and so utterly ueedlesd is the pretence or
littrudsace of at least one of their Lordships at the Post-
office. that one of them, some short time since, was em-
ployed for two years un • diplomatic mission, elide he
was receiving this salary of the office. The House, how-
ever, felt that, if not useful, the Joint Postmasters-General

were perhaps ornamental in the Stale, and fur some such
reason resolved to maintain both. Lord NORMANDY'S mo-
s.( n was unfortunately negatived ; but, on the division, the
strength of the Economists was very formidable. The
numbers were-..for the motion, 159; against it, 184; being
• majority fur Ministers of only 25.

The fears or the hopes of those who seemed lately to con-
tra:plate the immediate commencement of a civil war in
France, are sot likely, we think, to be realised. The Paris
Par.'s of Sunday coatala a statement which appears to bear
nu olEdal character, represeotiog the accounts from diffe.
rest parts of the country as being eminently satisfactory.
Traoqulllity is perfectly restored in every poial where it wee
be dnoturbotl, sad the troops who were engaged in
symptoms of a rebellious disposition have
rtspecture stations. It is Impossible not
:rot change in tLe GOV•111111f 11l of a country
lief that !he nrw Government can be per.
the affectives of the mass of the people; it

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squcht.tu:o tll .all
ft,Vf. ed tO 111.41
IJ ter Mat a 'to
?:eciodes the !,e1
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