The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-27 00:00:00

MR. PALMER.'S COMPENSATION.

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Mr. BANKES prOpMeCi to refer to a Committee
the Account presented yesterday, relative to the
-.Anionot of NI; . Palmer's per centage cm the Revenue
of the Po.,t-Oilice. His motive in waking this re•
ferenee testa i that he feared the return over,rated what
,V, to ne properly only the per centsge on the net
vvyn or,

Aitcr sorne explanation from Mr. Long art.! Mr.
B-65 `, Mr. Banists.4 motion Wal
..agreed, to, and a
i..'oLntnittee appointed accordingly.
OA the motion ot' Mr. a VA:NSITTAKT, it was
oldertd that there be laid before the House an Ac-
col:Ilt of the Stuns pid to the iteceivers,Gen4rai of
1 IP! in:J-12,4x', on account of fines for ballottdd n.en
of 1707.
C-ertzti:) Aci;otiot# relathig' to the nt mber re,
were.ordered, o the motion of Mr.
.
RS IN• COUNCYL. W ITRESSCS.

1:i :;,tIN FY, iti C9115t goence. f:1 ttai incoorcni-

el,ce suffered by t:.t: W;tnesscs summoned. at
ctc2sire on the suol,ect of the Orders in Council, wih-
ed the examination of those'Wunesses to go on this
day, IYi prefereme the Committee on the Lnc:il
H thought this arrangement would be
moreconvenient to the House also,,exhausted as it
was, after the'late sitting of last night. .
Lord CAs-rt,g4E.kon preped the superior import..
ance.of the Local Militia. fle.had .already given
way rather too much. on this business. • He Jolt
however; to the sense of the Hon. Gentleman him-
self VI hu course should be tak,29. •
Mr: Rosi stated, that ,some of the WitnesSes not
exoe6ting to be called, were absent on their own pri-
vate concf-rns; from'which it was very inconvenient
from them to be.a'way when they werd not absolute-
ly wanted.
On inquiry it was, round the Witnesses were not
in attendance. Sir C.
supposed, excused the'Gentle-
men who, he did not expert to be called
on in this motwnt. ••• • -

Mr. WHITB REAL? suggested the propriety of
some animadversion on the disobedience of the
Orders_ of the, House, in order to maintain its au-
thority. .
The SPE4ll(r.it stated, that it was Certainly incum-
bent on the House to m.;intaia its authnrity: 'The
first point was te4ccrtain whether the disobedience
was wilfui or aecidfmtal. •If there was reason to
think it only accidental, proper course Was to
make another order ter the
.attendance at a future
day, when the liiarty might have an opportunity of
explaining the cause of ahsence.. 1f,,0n the contrary,
it appeared that the,absetiee was the 'coarse,
would be to exaMine ;he Messenger at the Bar, to
establish the fad of the service of Abe Order, and.
then to order the person disobey mg to attend iii the
custody of the Serjeant' at:, Arms. the• mildest
course seemed to be the one adapted to the present

case. •
While this conversation wag going on, the Serjeant
at Arms signitied'that the Witnesses were come.—
The House upon this weni 'into the Committee.
In answer to an inquiry from Mr.'WINDFIAM,
Lord CASTLE.REAGO stated, that he. Doped it would
be understood that •the ftwther. proceeding on the
UA Militia Bill should, take place on Monday
positively.
Sir 3. Nawrotur. spin adterted to. the timen.l.,
tent he proposed in the Charter at the Ban k'of Ire-
land, for romoviug' the restriCtion "which prevented
Roman Catholics from. tieing Directors. • He roen.'.
tioned this with a to accommodation • in:
Point at timc, as' frook the other bo:iipess
for to-tuotrow, he did not think there would be a
fair opportunity of discussing this matter tiii some.
other, day.
The QtrotOet,Loit of the EXCTIEW3Ett Said it was
not the intention of his Right Honour 'aide Friend the .
lianeellor of tilts Exchequer of Irehind to introduce
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any concession to the R otnan-C`lK. to tlic new
Oharter. But •cefutinlY.if was .lists intended to place.
any new disabilities upon tho it... Jf..any Gentleman
thoiight it right to proi:ose concussion, however,- it
was a point pertectiy hpen to
m 11..trliamentto deter-
mine at any tie. Tile Right Honourable Baronet
might of coarse submit his. propOsitani a.-
tinivt shape ; and he pot it to hint- whether it
would nor. Le best to a .14t this co,.irrsti, La.
let the business of to-in iitoe,:.'t:d without ht.'

terruptioo„
Sir .1, Nnwroca: lte,,itated at acct.:2ing tJ this
proposal. ,
Lord CAS'I'LLIIZAGPf t'en re s the„
Bank Chatter, withsreSpezt t* ;'l'i()
ilueedtur the security\ or, the t.iovornmory ; nod hail
oottlipg to do with, tho4o which the
public faith vete& pktiled to the
.13.,k1A. n
-therefore he .disetissett (7.fistinatly,- and he v.-ished to
know on 'what 'day the' Hots. Baronet would bring
it foryttia„ - -
The conversation was proceeding, when 'Mr;
,Wtirrnittf,an interrupted it; by obs;:rving-the great
diSt)tder 0.,._e 1. r.ng tot.) 1,1.13 • (.I,settistutl la a C9ln- ,
fetit
mittee on the Orders in Co tried: • • .
. ,
Atter someattetn-pts,fo tenew the couversation on
Sir 3. NEwPoars proposition, and sOrne further
appt,tals on the point of Or,der,*-theSPEAKiui retnon,
strated on the extreme irregularity of filixiog'otliee
matters w:th thos,:s., Ott 'o",hich tho House svls (:orn.
mittee. If such a isra:aie•.!, tolof4;thi, it v,/,33
inipossible.to s;ty to hat leitAtlts th,-; alluie :nay go,
Th'e wa,:tlv.Ol
exitmOte,!. that .his wattle er,i,ort trade
was stopped the do rte., Tile Ottiers of
Count:ll ten(lt...f to counteract that .I.)eoree, ',tut! if
they. were. stronger, so as to amount to a perfeft
they would counteract it Th'w,
Witness being a Forel.,t,;ner, ktoi;:potOlted
forms of the I ftAiso, wid of an afil4otten-,1),T,
Lifi,...v;:.-rs with a strength of language, • which, ;ft
first, afforded some atnu-einent -but
ceiv,:d not cothiisteht -‘.‘yith the tti'voily of tae 1,1004 c,
he was, on -thL: 4alggestion of the wartieel.
to bt3 inure. tnider.tte.. e
.fer the'rrc.'w
into 'which his ignorance: hall led-hitn, and proceeded
with more nioderate language.
Several other. LVitnesses here then e::.,ttilitted, after
which the House adiournedt •

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Attrtmo-.2 Gottenhurgh, W.,ltcribr4l. nott—idatteft.
burgh, t Dub t W.lterf-vitt.

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T E U N.

1/01.1M Qt. 115 fALAUN AUDILAT?

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Yft111.1.1", MAY 27, 1808.

Tltzs.mort,it two Mails from 4ottelthor.srll ar--
rived, Sir Jf»!N :44,*.); , With the, whole of thtt..
British Expedi;.ion, arrived'off Go6enburgh. on 'the
17th inst. The ultimate detinaiion of this force
was not known, but it is by no mimns improbable
that the .unoxpeCtedanct• treacherous surrender of
Bweaharg in ly render an- iiiiteratiOn in Vie plAn of
operations necesiary,. ttt„Sweabor4- the rtaii4mS
'0:1:id, it t 3 said, bet,', et two and three htui.
Lift d ves,.eli of different d which 'would

them to transport a very formidable, force
across the Gulph, by which the safety of Stockholm
might be endangered. The
.Swedes appear to have
met wiih a check in Norway, though by no means of
serious a nature as was represented-in the Danish_
Papert. A small' detachment of between 400 and
500 men, under Ul6 command of Colone,l GAHM,
were surrounded and taken prisoners,

At,Tuouen the French were enabled, from the
very large fo-ree they.had assembled in the City of
Madrid and its. vicinity; to quell the Insurtedion
which broke out, in that City, they will find it
tremely difficult indeed to subdue that general spirit
of independence which appears to manifest itself'
throughout• Spain. The Array which BUONA P ARTS
has contrived, under
.various pretences, to introduce
into pain;- is certainly a 'formidable One but we
believe it is by, no.means so numerous as it has been
studiously represented in the French .Papers, and in
those under French influence. This is an artifice Cif-.
which the French have oF late very sticcessfulty-,'
availed thernielves—they create terror.by represen'4-.
..ing their forde as infinitely greater than it really,is; '-
and 113 they are in possession of almost the whole of
the public press' of Europe, there arc no means of
effeauallyco;itradltaing their statements. I.'he num7
be.r.'Of French Troops sent into Spktin have been
most ostentatiously detailed in the French and Ger- •
man Papers and have .beets estimated A 150,000
meh we are convinced that this is an exaggeration
of neltiyone half; but it is undoubtedly true, that
reinforcementi have been for some time -advauciog_
,
towards Spain from different parts of France,-;40,-,
even from Italy. The* main . body of .the Ftene4-
.-Army, which consisted of between 30 and 40,000,
Was stationed in Madrid and its vicinity, and of .
them there is every reason .to baeve that some
thousands fell on the.2d of May. Seine of the ac-
counts. say 10,000. This perhaps is an exaggera-
Htion; but we believe that the greater part ,of the
FFninch who were: in the City fell victims to the
.-fray of the People, before the Troops that were en-
camped in its vicinity could come to their assistance.
In the present distra(ted state of Spain, the intent-
gence from that quarter mist be received with some
degree of caution; but all the. accounts which have
reached Gibraltar concur in Stating, that the People
.
in almost all parts of Spain' have manifested:the
firmest determination to resist. the French`byfosce.'
of arms.. In the neighbourhood•of Seville, a force-
been collet-1W of nearly 40,000 . men, and if
there were 'any man of great talents and popularity
to. lead the people, they would, we have no doubt,
in a very short tune expelo4t:preft,talert trr.„-rtA
'Spain. It 113 s. been statc.(l that'..the'.Governor of
eglizlent an offer to Admiral l'uar is to surrender
the Fleet, upon certain cenditions. We:' are not
able pe.)sitively to confirm MIS zitAtc-irrent, but from •
.the degree sat ferment NVIIiCII prevailed iu Cadiz
(..vherc.. as we.have the populer in-
,di nrttivit against French rose to such a heig4t,r
'upon, the intelligence of the massacre at Ma4ld,
• t Iwy were forcett tb ilytbr refuge on beard the
'ships iu thq kLirbotir)., we shall not -ht; sttrprised if
such ate event should take dace. The following
letter has heeh' reeeivort tram an Officer on board the
'fFin4sor aistle, dated. the I.2th inst. off Cadiz

fg In Cadiz, all is indignation and resentment
a;alnsL the French. A few nights since the French
Admiral; Second in Command,. was assassinated
coming out of the Opera, and not Frenchman
dare no* venture on shore. TniS Morning we ob-
'lerved the French ships bending their .sails; ready for
a Start, afraid of _being detained by the Spaniards 7
Should they venture out, we shall be sure to t:on,
vey them to a British Port. r
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PS: We are in hourly expeaation of recivirrY
an invitation' tO take possession of the Fleet in

Ttir, Trans,it. ,Lyrsont, =rived off Plymouth,
spoke on the ,Ath April his Majesty's Ship Meteor,
with Dispatches from Lord Cot.. LI NG wt.:ain't': k eet;
(No his Mtljesty'A Ship l'hilomel: on'the 2d NL.iy,
off Maretituo, spolie his Majesty's Ship I:y/adis ;
on the .sth,.spoke the .Sloop Clyde, from Greenock,
for Malta ; on the 6th, off Majorca,•had an engage-
ment for an hour and a half with a Xebec Privatier,
Of 7 gur.s, and,fullof men, when the fore-top:sail
tye .of the Trawl t being shot away, the Privateer
escaped t -on.the 14th, came through the Gut orGib-
raltar with a Fleet, of rg. Tranports full of ,Trooifs,
supposed to be bound off Cadiz ; on 22d, 523 d, and
24th, saw several small:Privateers in the Channel..

Yesterday-there were several arrtvals from France.
The letters by one Vessel state, that the Bayonne
Deeree or the 2. 7ib ult. has been strictly enforced
against 'all American ships in the French ports. The
Vessels which used to sail under Kniphausen,.aden-
bargh. Pvenburgh, and Mecklenburgh colours, are
also all strialy embargoed, and are not'permitted, in
.cousequence-of any, sale or transter at property, to
chant_,,e their,colours. Preparations ate making at
Cbar,unn fur the reception of SUON*PARTE, Wigl, it
is eXpe4eil, will soon visit that port. '
According to an account presented to the House
of Commons, the net amount at the stores takien at
Coptafiagert is 270,2401i.01. ad. • -