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LONDON,
FRIDAY. litY 19.

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lenol. per annum as a salary for eerriees to be per.
But it the Gentleman bed, by any act of
forfeited the yearly maiary—yet that was no
reason the country should break its faith with an
individual, whilst it was deriving the benefit of his
ingenuity. On the evidence betore the House, it
would appear thle coati:let had been broken long
before the passing of the letters just then vend.
Should Mr. Muter now be judged by the letters
of a correspondence, written by an angry man,
anti betrayed to the public by the treachery of a
villain ? There had appeared, previous to this cir-
cumstance, a disposition to remove Mr. P. from
his situation. The postmaster had invaded sonic
of his apartment;, and had renaired his key. The
refusal of this key created a linarrel, and tficy soon
after found out a key for his dismissal. Hence he
should move thr the substitutiun of the allowance
of two and half per cent. oil the total increase, in-
stead of the annual income of i,aool. per asthma.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, be
felt the principle laid down by his Hon. Friend,
with respect to the remuneration of public services,
extremely dangerous. Though lie admitted that no
claim of this nature had ever been brought before
that House under more favourable auspices, from
the taleat and extreme delicacy with which the
claim has been urged, yet it would he in 16m a
gross inattention to the 'duties of his situation,
sitould he permit the arguments and statement of
the Hall. Members, the original Mover, and his
Hon. Friend, who moved the Amendment, to pass
without remalk and refutation. He was of opinion,
the salary and the emolument were both annexed
to the situation. This would appear from the
16th page of the report. by Mr. Pitt's own evi-
dence, when he admitted that it was his intention
to give him some public situation, in which lie
might superintend the completion of his plan,
and that he should be entitled to a per centage on
the whole increase of the Post-Office revenues. He
contended that the jastitication of Mr. Palmer's
removal from office was not only made out by Mr.
Paltuer's conduct, but his loss both of salary and
emolument was a necessary consequence of' his
beraeli of the terms of the agreement. The terms
of the agreement skewed that the salary and emo-
lninent were a species of reward for past, and
inducemeut for future services ; when. therefore,
these services ware at an end, Mr. Palmer, of
course, lost all claim to a continuation of either
s.etry or emolument, if even the grant had passed
wider the Great Seal. Hence the principle of his
limn. Friend was altogether unjust, and inch con-
duct as Mr. Palmer's, he would assure him, would,
in the Court of King's Bench, on a writ of seire fa-
cies, even render nugatory the grant under the
King's letters patent.
Mr. WINDHAM contended, that the claim of
Mr. Palmer rested upon grounds of propriety,
which the legal speech of the Learned Chancellor
of the Exchequer could not subvert. There was,
sit his opinion, no other consideration for the House
than this, that in consequence of the improvements,
if which Mr. Palmer was the author, great advan-
tage had accrued to the country, and he therefore
Was entitled to the remuneration of the House.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT could not, until that
night, conceive that the Right Hun. the Chancellor
of the Exchequer would, in a question 'totally di-
vested of political interest, carry so much aenino-
mons feeling into the discussion. For his part, he
was solely influenced by the Report of tbe Commit-
tee ; a report which, it should be recollected, had
no inlittenee from party views, or created guy poli-
ticel objection whatever. The great service done
to the country by Mr. Palmer was universally ad-
; and frieudly as he was to the most econo-
mical expenditure of the public usoaey, he should
ever consider it the duty of the public liberally to
remunerate those who tad advanced either the ho-
sour or th. riaaisinese of the uation.
Mr. Gamuts JOHNSTONE argued against the
claims of Mr. Pelee.., and endeavoured to clear the
Learned Clmutellor of the Exchequer from the
charge of being a party to the double system, so
particularly recommended in the present Sill.

Lord HERB( Prnint expressed a disinclination
to /:.spays on the Haus., but too:Right it his duty
to give testimony on the part of Mr. Palmer, that
there was not,iluring his continuance id office, any
urgent seticit.si in.) by that Gentleman. lie co
dered that lie had produced a great benefit, and
ought to be remunerated in proportion as the inte-
rests of the country were advanced by the system
which, upon his rceammendation, was carried into
practice.
Mr. ROOF and the SOLICITOR-GiNtl•L opposed the
t'lroMas TURTON, Mr WI LLT •vt Sarni, Mr. rut,-
7.6 It, Mr. PETER MOORE, 134 Dr. LAWN.LNCE, spoke in
tavonr of Mr. Palmer's claim.
Mr Pa Lamm stated, that it bad no oldretion to tile
amendment tompased by tlr. Croke.
The Amendment was castled withont a ,lieisioa.
The House thea divided on the Original Unmeant.—
Ayes 137
hues , . 71

Majority against Minister* .
On our re-admission into the t.atlery, the Itre•sea rut
the question that tbe report should be mined Meal; mu
*kith a Mention took place—

The report wee tbe4 .grerd I,:rtetieed on Voedsy.
The et cued reading of the 1 0e..1 Militia Bill wee poet-
poi.ed till to-morrow, ma the u..,t0i0 of the Secretary ul
War.
The second reeding of the „crotch Judger' HAI 'e post-
punttl until to-morrow, on the mutton of uu :.urti A.lvouate
of geothisid.
Aejourned at TWO IVOLOCIT.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

Recent acconota have been received from Spain.
which are considered authentic. They state, that
a meeting took place between fin—NAPA arE and the
aww KING of SPAIN, nut at BAyOlllllO, as was sup-

posed, but oa the frontiers of Spain, near Vittorio.
At this i►►terview BONAPtItTE received FaantNAND
with the greatest distinction, arknowledged hiss
King of Spain and the Inches. and has confided to
him the admi►istration of I'ortui.;al, until the con-
elusion of• general peace. Spain it to joie in the

Conte rli:ration of the Rhine, and to fuenith • eili-
tios,nt 4.50,000 mien. The late Kure and Qnsan
are to be scut into France, under a very strong
escort. With respect to the Pounce of the PEACE,
nothing is, we understane., yet determined respect-
ing his fate. With respect to Portugal, although
the nominal administration of it iv given to the news
King of SPAIN, it is obvious that General Jutrcre
will in reality be the Governor of that unfortunate
country. The marriage between the new King of
SPAIN and one of the Bon AAAAA Z family, it is
said, Iladeinuiselle !'Acids, will shortly take
place.

We yesterday had to record a formidable Mimi-
tity of 107 against Ministers. We hare, this day,
to announce that this Minority has swelled into a
considerable Majority. There are, no doubt, iso-
lated questions, such as the Slave Trade, under the
management of Mr. Prrr, in which a Minister does
not tied himself less safe in his place, because he is
left in a Minority. They are, however, occasions
when lie wishes to give a Saturnalia to his de-
pendents ; when he wishes to amuse them with
the semblance of independence. In the debate.
last night, upon Mr. Patinas claim, we eee,
however, no traces of a case in which the Minister
was indifferent, and had ns objection to pe 't his
followers to run riot for the day. We must, there-
fore, consider Mr. PALMER'S success, last night, a
victory obtained over Ministers.

Letters were received, yesterday, from the Cape
of Good Hope, which mention that intelligence
had arrived there from Calcutta, advising, the
capture of the fortress of Gunore, the only hold
DOONDEA had lett, by General DICKENS, without
any less. DooNDE♦ and his followers were pur-
sued by the cavalry, but with what success was
not known.

The Duke of Next picket is arrived at Fal-
mouth, from the Leeward Island 4. She sailed
from Tortola on the 10th of April.—The Ira&lng-
ham packet is also arrived at Falmouth, from the
Mediterranean. She sailed from Gibraltar oil the
Ist instant. The letters by both pockets vb ill be
delivered to-morrow.

We have received Madrid Gazettes to the 12th
last. They contain Addresses of Congratulation
to the new King from several public bodies. A
very minute detail is also given, in one of the
.Madrid Papers, of the manner in which the sword.
ordered as a present from the new King to BON AL.•
PARTE, was conveyed to Ashlar, received by that
Officer, and sent off by him to BONAPARTE at
Bayonne.
His Massirex's ship Crocodile, arrived at Ports-
mouth from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed front
thence about sth March. His MAJESTY'S Ship
Procris arrived at the Cape on the ~.loth February,
from Portsmouth, and sailed again on 24th Feb.
for ;he East Indies ; the Abandoute store-ship, and
Sally transport, arrived at thz Cape on the 18th
February. :rom Portsmouth; the Danish East
Indiamaa Marisa, Capt. Koford, from Batavia ;
a. 1 the Idarregaard, from Bengal, have been
captured a sent into the Cape, the former by the
Cormorant, and the latter by the Otter.
La denommee frigate, of 38 guns, the arrival of
which from the Mediterranean we mentioned on
Wednesday, has brought an account, that ten sail of
French line of battle ships and some frigates were
seed by the Spartan en the Bth of April, off Sardi-
nia, steering down the Mediterranean, and that the
Spanish squadron was at Port Mahon, watched by
the Impertense, Lord COCURA NE. The fleet seen
by the Spartan were NO doubt the combined Ton-
ion and Rochfort Squadrons.
The PArenix, Capt. TAYLOR, from Jamaica, is
arrived off the Wight. She parted from the Argms,
Catharine, and Lord Chesterfield, fur London, in
lat. :IS. The Lulls, for Dublin; the Ruby,
—; William, —; acrd Aurora, Lex o, for
Dublin, sailed with the above, and put hack leaky.
Dolinistars advised His Mazr.syy, yesterday, to
sign a Proclamation. offering a reward of 1001. for
the apprehension of Capt. Wm. Williams, late of
the African ship the Croydon, who is charged on
suspicion of the wilful murder of SAMUEL BARNES,
at Charleston, in South Carolina. It is said that
Captain Williams dicharged a pistol at a man, the
shot from which only passed through his hat, but
it proseeded, and killed the deceased.
Yesterday, Mr. GILLMAN, tailor, of Grange-
court, Carey-street. put an end to Isis existence,
by , cutting 'hie throat. He has left a widow and
seven children to struggle against the torrent of
misfortune. from which, unfortunately, his owe ex-
ertions could lint extricate them.
The rioters who had assumed the name of
Thrashers, have recommenced, within a few nights,
their meetings, and committesl some acts of vio-
lence in the county of Roscommon. (hi Friday
night last they held a meeting, near the residence of
Sir EDWARD CROVTON, who, on being apprized of
the circumstance, loot no time in preparing to en-
deavour to bring the offenders to justice. Though
labouring under tonne personal infirmity, Sir
EDWARD pot himself at the head of his servants
and tenants, and, about eleven at night, came up
with &large body of Thrashers at the ford of Kul-
twirls, who, on perceiving his approach, made dis-
positions for giving resistance. A conflict took
place, in which three of those deluded wretches
lost theirlives, and seven were taken prisoners. The
remainder Bed in such consternation, that, it is
hoped, they feel the danger of the courses they
were pursuing, and will desist from any attempt to
renew them.

Pearce, the man convicted of an attempt to
vonintit an abominable offence, stood, for the seoond
time, yeatierdey, is the pillory• at Citaring-crnss.
A great crowd wet collected. And the culprit was
effetely pelted Mei •id, rotten e;gs, &c.