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a predilection for dry abstract propositions. He could
not vote for the proposed Resolution, brought for.
ward at a time at which the general purity of public
management was so universally admitted (a /aux IN)
Mr. HAWKINS BROWNE opposed the Resolu-
tion, on the ground that no change in the Constitution
of that House was desirable, and that to entertain its
prinCiple went to degrade the Legislature.
Colonel BARRY could not' pledge himself to en-
tertain in a future Session a proposition, at the dis-
cussion of which it might happen, that many of those
who now recommended it, in the course of nature,
would not be in their places. It was, however, open
to the Honourable Mover now to give notice of his
intention, in the next Session, to make such a propo-
sition to the House. •

pleasure, vrtereas.tiew-rth.ry held them for life, era thek salaries
had been increased. The Hon. Gentleman concluded with moving
a Resolution to the. following effect That, in addition to
means already adopted by the House, steps should be take* to
extend the same to other sinectsrea, Stc. in Courts of Law, and in
certain ofßces Ireland,"
The CHANCELLOR of then EXCHEQUER the rose, and
proposed a Resolution, containing some verbal alterations, le the
room of Mr. Martin's ; when we understood that Gentleman
consented to withdraw his own, and adopted that of the Char.-
t ellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. BANKES was of opinion, that all unnecessary plices ought
to be abolished, and that the salaries of all places eletuted by
deputy, shoula be reduced to the salary actually paid to stich de-
puty ; and proposed an amendment to that effect.
Mr. I'ERCEVAL opposed the amendment, because it went to
abolish all sinecures which were necessary to reward public ser-
vices, and as tending to alter a fundamental part of the Constitu-
tion ; he objected to the latter part, as by taking away the salary
of the principal you will also take away the responsibility.
Mr. CANNING contended, that if sinecures were abolished,
some other mode of rewarding services must be adopted, and
there(ire public economy would not be at all promoted by such
abolition.
Lord H. PETTY was of opieion, that the conferring of sine-
cures was the most economical mode of rewarding public service.
After a long discussion, in which Mr. PONSONIT, Mr. W.
SMITU, Mr. HUSKI33O:I, Mr. Si-MKS:3, Mr. THOR N rON,
Mr. R.DUNDAS, &c. &c. spoke, the Keselutien was agreed to.
—Adjourned at Four o'clock this morning.

Mr. WHITBREAD, in reply, commented on the
extraordinary recommendation of the last Speaker,
when he reminded the Members of their mot tal state,
an annunciation at all. tialt u Hot most agreeable to
the human recollection. t how did he remedy
the difficulty ? By a proposal avextroordinary as it
was inconsistent with the awful contemplation which
he excited. Do not let the House, said he, which is
immortal, pledge itself to this resolution, lest in the
course of nature some of its Members should, previ-
ous to the next Session, be'rentofid; but let the pro-
. poles., who is mortal,
.who is momentarily subject to
such a visitation, let him be, presumptuous to an-
nounce such an intention during the next Session
r. 4 Parliament, .and •every thing would be correct.
Now it did 'happen, that - the course pursued was
the ordinary course when a measure was considered
4. any Member -necessary, but that the present 3
Session was too far spent for its discussion then.—
3 per Cent. Cons.
The House had a precedent in the Bill brought for- 4 per Cesit.
I' ward to regulate the office of Treasurer of the Navy.ls Der
Another Honourable Member ( Mr. Hawkins Browns)
had adverted to the characteristic purity of those
:times, and in the fervour of his ejaculations almost
appeared to feel that it was heaven itself; yet not-
withstanding all his encomiums upon the purity of
public men, he (Mr. Whitbread) must say, that be
was anxious to apply a little correction to him, not to
the Honourable Member personally (a laugh), but
as constituting a, part of the House of Commons.—
Mr. Whitbread neat reviewed the objections of the
Right honourable Secretary ( Mr. Canning) and con-
tended, that such was the' purify,. as it was called, of
those times, that even the Chair. was obliged to endure
from the Right Hon. Gentleman and his colleagues,
admissions and justifications which in other times, in
the days of Mr: Dunning, would not be endured.—
..Was this purity of conduct evinced in 'the total- sub-
version of the principle of a measure introduced into
that House by an• Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Curwen)!.
but which from the total viblation of its meaning and
its ;MOM, in consequence of 'Fovisions moved
by. his Majesty' Government, the House would, as:
he trusted, feel it its. duty to negative. (Hear ! hear .9!
—Corruption, he now contended, was threatened by
the avowals which were made of its existence, and,
the .disreg'ard of all'the Means calculated to prevent!
its recurrence. The-Learned Chancellor of the Ex-,
chequer considered it the duty of the House not toy
indulge any hcipes of reform, which may be enter-!
tatted out of doors. Let him
.net be alarmed, lest'
any false ,hoped should be entertained by the people
respecting him. For whit hope& Could be indulged,
when they saw a Noble Secretary (Castlereagh) con:
victed, on his own confession, of an attempt upon the
dignity of Parliament, still retained in the, service of
the Crown, when they knew that he himself had been
accused of a participation in another unconstitutional
attack upon the independence of that House, and had
shrunk fronfthe inquiry. ? When they recollect that he,
pne of the greatest reversionists of the kingdom, had
opposed the passing of a measure which-had received
twice the sanction of that House, for the purpose of
correcting such an abusive exercise of the Preroga-
the. But, forsooth, that House, the Learned Gen-
tleman contends, should not nom mistake the voice of
a few designing demagogues assembled at a tavern,
for the -legitimate_ opinion of the country. Oh yes I
when every county in the-emp4v resounds with a cry for
the correction of gross abuse, the answer is—these are
the clamours of Jacobins and Demagogues, and the
Learned Gentleman totally forgets what he himself
had seen and heard, the cry of some infuriated ruffi-
ans armed with bludgeons, insulting and abusing some
of the best men in the country, as enemies to Church
and State. (Hear, hear.) Turbulence and insanity
of this kind, m the estimation of the Learned Gen-
tleman, bespeak the sense or the people ; but the con-
verse is applied to . their legitimate expression, con-
vened constitutionally, and unsupported by any fac-
tious arts—(Lieu of hear, hew, and laughter, from the
Miaieterial Berscha)—uttsuppeited; l say, by.• any of
these factious arts which raised that murderous cry
to which the Right Honourable and Learned. (ten..
denim owes his office, and to which those who
now cry Hear him l are indebted for their places.
The Honourable Gentleman next -proceeded to cont.
merit upon the argurrientt-of ininrlember (Mr.,
G. Rose), when if that was to be touched could have
no business there. He did not allude to the situation
of Treasurer of the Navy which he held, but he was By thePAiii;utis, of 18 guns, arrived at Plymouth,
a servant of another branch of the Legislature, he dispatches were yesterday received from Sir ARTHUR
meant a Clerk to the House of Lords.—( No, No,
from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.)—He is, raid Mr. WELLESLEY, by which it appears that that gallant
VO'hithread, as surely as that you are.the greatest re- Officer was determined to pursue the army of Marshal
versionist of the Admiralty Department. The Hon. Vie-ma, which had fled on Isis approach, and fallen
Member expressed himself a decided friend
.to a tem- back from Mareda to Caceres. Sir Aternett WEL-
perate and constittnittnal Reform of the Commons,
carried into effect by the House itself. • Ta.le.ad, to' LESLEY had passed the Momiego, and was within 25
- that successful result, the whole country must, in a,
Miles of General MACKEN s corps, which was near
temperate and firm manner, express its wishes. ' The Castle Branco; and had been ordered to march to
experience thit recent circumstances afforded, of al- AlCantara. Letters from Captain M,Kixccv, dated
most the highest power In the country yielding •to its
,Vigo May 25, state, that the Spaniards-had retaken'
I unanimous 'feeling, must in a similar case, ensure the St- —T.: •
success a the cause of Reform. The great danger to body
and ; and that the Spaniards had defeated a
—go—that Ncv 'was strengthening himself at Co.
be apprehended was froniany Precipitance in pressing,
and thus by the peoples' own conduct throwing them- -of French, after three actions, near I..tigo, arul 411,
•
selves into the power of their opponents. driven them to take refuge in that town.
Colonel BARRY explained, and strangers were or- Letters from Cadis of the 25th tilt. and Seville 1
dered to withdraw.—The House divided, and the
'Gazettes to the 23d, arrived yesterday. They state
numbers were For the Motion 54,--against it 11$.
TIIB THIRD REPORT. that some further insiduous overtures' of the French
. The House then went into a Committee on the Third Report General SERAiTIAI.3 had been indignantly rejected
or the Public Expeuditure. the Supreme Central Junta, and that General Cpstiew
Me. MARTIN ohs( rued, that at that late hour of the night he had advanced to Medellin in consequence of there*
should not detain the House long. The Resolution he was aboot
to submit to the Committee was one of great importance, relative. \ movement of VICTOR towards Portugal. With- the
es the sinecures in Courts of Law, which amounted to
.434,600
in value. At the time these offices were institutcd, the situation • co-operation of :CVISTA it is therefore highly probable
of the gr at Law Officers was very different to ghat It was at the !that Sir AiiiiitAyfgp,49l,`;:ilvin be able to *give .A.
preseett tine—the Judges he.l4 their lamina then only during
good account of the enemy to that direction.. •

'l'fl E Ey ENLNC STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY. JUNE 9.

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The more we learn of the circumstances of the battle
of the Danube, the less can we doubt that NAPOLEON
has sustained a most serious disccmafiture by the good
generalship of the 'Archduke Cnantrs. The abstract
we gave of the 10th Bulletin was sufficient to shew
this. This document is too important to have any
pet of withheld ; we have therefore this day given
it at length—The I Ith and 12th we gave yesterday.
. By the Beaufoy packet, with Mails from Heligo-
land, the Austrian account of the above battle was
received. These dispatches were brought to town by
the Captain, (Nona's) yesterday afternoon ; and in the
veiling, their substance was circulated, by Ministers, in
the following
BULLETIN.
•
" The Austrian accounts of the late battles have been received.
They state, that on the 21st and 22d of May, the Archduke
Cuwitt.es having been aware that 1 oNAPARTE intended to pass
the Danube, his Imperial Highness was determined not to oppose
his passage.. At mid-day on the 21st the Austrians advanced
against the enemy, who had on the preceding day crossed the
Danube: Bo NAPARTE endeavoured to force the Austrian centre,
but was driven back with great lois, and the action, which had
become general, was only pot an end to by night. At three
o'clock on the ensuing morning, the Archduke again advanced,
and succeeded In driving the French over the Danube, who,
during the night from the 21st to the 22d, had been reinforced by
the whole of their disposable force from Vienna. It appears, that
the destruction of the bridges was not occasioned by floods, as
stated in BONAPAITe Bulletin, but was the work of the Aus-
trians by means of fire-vessels.
_

" lons of the French bad not been accurately ascertained,
but it nwst have been immense, as 6COO of their wounded had
been taken to the Austrian hospitals. le cousequt•nce of this de-
feat, Bo ro 11. rr was retreating, having covered himself by the
Danube Island Lobeth The Archduke CaIARLSS'S bead-quar-
ters were oil th• 'ad at Brieterach.

" By the same accounts it is learnt, that Box APART[ was tu-
rious •at his ill-success, and sent to his troops many indignant

" The Archduke CHAR Lts was every where In the hottest of
the fire; and, upon its being represeeted to hint that he exposed his
person too much, his observation was, that he would either
perish, or end. the contest in the streets of Vienna.'
" A consideration part of the French army is understood to be
se 000peti up as to be without any hops of slot Wag furctsl to
surrender.

" General KOLLOWILATIE, with an Austrian div isios, is stated
to have passed the Danube near 'Lintz, and to ha ye takes four or
Ave thousand prisoners."
From all the accounts it is obvious that though the
bridges of the Danube were restored, no attempt to
recross the river had been made so late as the 26th--
:t circumstance which furnishes a strong proof that
the enemy does not judge it prudent to hazard a fresh
battle till he shall receive reinforcements.

';

A report was in circulation this 3norning, that 80.
NAPAMTE, deeming his position at Vienna not suffi
ciently secure, had 1411 en back towards Lintz. We
shall. be happy to find this rumour true.