Star. — London, England, 1828-07-19 00:00:00

In 1815 . . . . 60,000,000 Its. Ist 6 . . . . . 49,000.0(X) 1817 . . . . 54,000.000 1818 . . . . . 65 000,000 H. • s'iould not trouble the House with the particulars o f the increasing importation from that year to the sot, but should state, that in the sear 1827, the quan tity had increased to 194 000,000 lbs. He would, therefore, ask any Honourable Gentleman, who should attend to those figures, whether he could conceive it possible, that if the United States had adopted in the year 1815 the plan which they had now enforced, would be in the power of this country to imi•ort from the United States so large a quantity of cotton 'n the last year as 191,000,000 pounds?—(Hear hear). The exnortation of that article to this country consti ured three-foorths of the whole exportation (ot cotton) of the United States. Now, if America were to have enforced a prohibitory system in 1815, what would the c onsequences have been to her when her general export :rade to Great Britain constituted fu.l one half of her s n:ire exports? Why, the consequence would have been that our imports from America would have been dimi. rished to the amount of our imports from France.— as he had already said, the trade of America I r Siund one half of the entire of her commerce with the whole world, our trade with America constituted only one sixth of our commerce. It ought to be, therefore, consideted by those who had rendered retaliati. n neces sary, whether that was a safe game to play ?—(Cheers). It was impossible to advert to the growth. to the rapid increase rf our importation of cotton from America, without adverting also to the increase that had taken ' , lace in the home consumption of this country. Ac cording t r the best accounts that he cosld refer to respecting the cotton trade of this country in 1818, he found that about one half e f all the cotton manufactured I in Coe ..t Britain was consumed at home—amoebae ha 1. was exaorted. Now as the importation had more than doubled within the last ten years, he was justified in calculating that the home consumption had proportion. ably increased. That increase had its origin'partly in an improved mode of manufacture, partly in our in creased skill; but (and he felt happy in being able to state the fact) it had also been caused by the increased power of consumption by the people, and consequently ( f :heir comforts (Cheers). From the same results it would appear that the consumption of cotton had increased, and was increasing, in every part of the world—a cir cumstance which he hailed as a proof of the increased comforts of other countries, consequent upon the long period of peace which Europe had enjoyed; and he re joiced in the increased happiness of other countries nearly as much as he did in our own—(Hear). Should America, therefore, shut herself out frons that country which was the emporium cf European 'commerce, the commerce of Great Britain must go on increasing, as it was already increasing, with the Continent of Europe —with Asia—with the immensely popular islands of , the Asiatic Sea—(Hear, hear). If America should like to go on as certain persons went on in another place respecting the trade in wool—(A laugh)--the conse quences be on her head. The growers of. wool were dissatisfied at the price of the article; • but bow could the woollen manufacturer expect that his commodity should maintain its price, now that cetton manufactures had fallen to onescrorth of their former price? And he should, fir the satisfaction of those persons, remark, that nothing could be done better cal culated to raise the price of wool than an increase in tie price of Amer ican cottan ; for, as the pricer f cot ton manufactures would advance. so also must the consumption of woollens be increased. No man could deny the increase and improvement that had taken place in our agriculture —no man could deny that our flscks in number and quality had increased and improved—yet no man could say that the export of our woollen manufactures had not kept pace With that of cottons, notwithstanding that we now imported' annually 30,000,0001b5. cf wool. The madness of pre venting the import of foreign wool could only be ex ceeded by the infatuation cf America in seeking to pre vent the' export of her cotton, her staple commodity. Alter what had passed in 1815 he could not help-feel . ing regret at finding himself discussing •such a subject as that now under considerations What ltl occurred in 1826 with respect ro the inter course of Great Britain with the British Colonies in the West Indies? He (Mr. ffuskisson) had, in the disthargeof his slaty, introduced into that House a Bill, Which . threw open the British Colonies to all other countries on certain conditions, namely; those of a reciprocal concession in favour of the trade ot Great Britain. -Btu the. United States,. in-, stead of acceding to those terms, and conceding the prin ciple of reciprocity, insisted on the maintenance of tire previous import duties, while they availed themselves of our liberality—(Hear, hear). . For as entire year did this country submit with patience-he would say with ton mach patience—(Hear, hear) to the vexatious im positions directed against our trade by the United States; butat the end of that year his Majesty's Minis ters advised his Majesty to revoke, as respected Amer tics, the measure of which he bad just spoken, and to prohibit that intercourse which we had so freely and so liberally tendered to the United States, in common with all parts of the world—a measure of concession, of mote insportance, of snore advantage, to the United States, than to any other country, on account of their vicinity to our West India Colonies--(Hear). At length America made a tardy proposition to accede to our terms, but our course had been already taken. In ad vising his Majesty to issue that Order of Council which prohibited the free admission of the produce of the United States t 3 our West India Colonies, he (Mr. Hus k sson) gave that advice with extreme reluctance= lie gave it with extreme regret; but when forced to retaliate, or rather to rescind concessions, from the ne-. cessity for protecting Air own commerce, that line of policy being forced upon us, it became our duty to vindicate rut own honour, to maintain our own rightr, to defend our own interests; and having resolved to du these, it became equally the duty of the country to support its resolve with firmness and perseverance— !Load cheers). With respect to the present tariff of the United Stater, he should say as of our o:der of Cokincil s-" Do not be hasty in retracting it—consider well the subject to all its hearings—look to it as it bears upon the interest of the country"—but if forced by circum stances, atter mature deliberation, to take a course of ret.hation, all that it behoved the King' Government to do was, to come to a fixed determination to perse vere in that measure with firmness and decision ; ant[ [continued tree Hight Hon. Gentleman) if it shall be su nersetiered have no feats for tire rest—(Loud gird continued cheering). He had now conclude, cis übs.iv.tions with which he meant to preface his t'ssion f o an humble Address to his Majesty fur copies ' 1 the American TartlL. In the iiiterval between the Piesent t.e god and the next Session ( f Parliament, it w "ill(1 he well what measures his Majesty%Governmen % h O 4-tt adopt on the SIP ject. We ought to decide cur. cl'llrectly and deliberately ; brit all eticuasspectionaus &IP eiatilir MUSE be reg'alated by having respect t , hole. luterer.t 'night grow up on she side of. th:• t'suor y and if America, which cnightsternove the di& t. ' l "" that 14, ru.thc way of our reverting to Oat Which. • he thought was a better and a wiser system—(Cheers). The Right Honourable Getleman.c.included by moving that an humble Address be presented. to his Majesty, prayinglhat lie would hegraciously plessed to direct that there be laid before the House, a co. y ,if the Tariff es tablished by the UniteJ States of America in the present year—together with a copy of the Tariff of 1824, and copies of all reports that might have been received from his Majesty's Minister in Ameri ca , so far as might be consistent with the public service. Mr.HUME complimented the Right Hon. Gentleman upon the nature of his motion, the clearness of his state ments, and the force of his arguments, in many of which he concurred. The Ri g h t H on . G ent l e i r lan had expressed his surprise that a country claiming for itself so much liberality of principle as the United States did, should have refused w meet this country on the principle of reciprocal freedom of trade. But the Right Hon. Gentle man seemed to forget that which rankled more than any other subject in the breasts of the Americans—rur pro hibiting the impoit rtion into Great Britain of that greatest staple commodity of America—her corn. Why had we not set an example of liberality to Ame rica, by allowing free importation of corn ? The Hon. Member then proceeded to contend that measures of retaliation were unworthy of this great country—that it left to herself, America would soon see that her own interests called for a different system from that which she had adopted. That the loss might not be exclu sively to America, new channels for her commerce, pew markets for her produce, might offer themselves—that to our Colonies in particular much injury might arise, and that, in short, it would be most unwise to incur loss and injury for the purpose of inflictirg thign upon the United States. He would call upon his blajesty's Governmcn', in consideration for the liberal portion or ,the licited_S:ates, who were hostile to the Non-inter course Tariff, to pause before perseverance in a system of totaliation were resolved on. Mr. Secretary PEEL did riot object to the motion of his Right Honourable Friend, as be was sure th It great advantages would arise from laying on the table of the House the tariffs of 1824 and of 1828, and such as documents as, without exciting any dis agreeable feelings, were calculated to explain the object of the tariff. The late tariff did not, in his opinion, merit the character of a retaliatory measure, which had been given to it by Lis Right Hun. Friend. It would be strange indeed if the Americans Mete to adopt a reta liatory trtern of exclusion against us in the very year that we had relaxed our restrictions on foreign com. merce. The object of the United Sates was to encou rage their own manufactures, and on that ground they vindicated the tariff. He hoped, hoa ever, that the good sense c f the United States, as well as the sufferings con- sequent on it, would induce them to abarloon it. The Hour suable Member for Aberdeen had recommended tie opening of new markets for our manufactures, but this could nut be done without showing an injurious preference for the productions cf such places over those of others. Tne present conduct of America might however be of use, in laying the foundation of a more extended trade with new markets, such as India. It was, hoWever, too much, tnat if States excluded our produc tions, we should continue, nevertheless, to adopt and show them a favourable preference. This was carrying liberality to an unreasonable extreme, and he should protest against such a doctrine. America had forfeited all claim to fa vcur from us, and it would be good po licy to teach her arid other foreign nation-, that if foreign nations excluded our productions. we bad the power to exclude theirs. It was impossible that the reciprocity sys tem could be observed towards a nation who took every favour from us and gave us nothing in return. He should protest against Government being pledged to adopt any such course. He had no wit fetidly feeling against Ante. rica mc he rejoiced at her prosperity; but he would tell her, that the very grounds on which she passed this measure formed the. strongest reasons against it, and if she did not abandon it she must suffer severely in her revenue and her commerce. He wished also that other coun tries would understand that all nations that gave tree admission t r our productions were entitled at oor hands to a favc urable preteteoce over those nations Who ex cluded u . He agreed with the motion nu thesigrounds, and in the desire of establishing a liberal and friendly . intercourse between this and I ther countries. He hoped,, however, that the House would adopt no measure un 'cler the ir.fluence of momentary feelings, but proceed to tip consideration of this important subject in a spirit of calm arid grave deliberation. Mr. TRANT expressed his satisfaction at the speech of the Right Hun. Secretary for the Home Department, and trusted that this conduct of America would induce the Government to cultivate the capabilities of the East Indies, which he was sure could he wade to supply England with all she usually imported frog; America. Cr Mr. ROBINSON thought the principle of conduct recommended by. the Hon. Member for Aberdeen a most extraor dinary one. He agreed that we ought not to retaliate on America; but it would be most impolitic in us to allow her to dictate to us the terms of our trade with her, and to attstain from the right we pos sessed of regulating their trade with us. As to the effects of the interruption of the American trade with our West India Colonies, it was most advantageous to Canada, Nova Scotia, and Byrtnude. Mr. ATTWOOD WAS of opinion that the American tariffwas a violation of the conventions entered into with this comitry. Mr. STEWART declared his satisfaction at the sen timents of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Yeel) and the general tone of the discussion. So long as we admitted American pro duce at a nominal duty, and that they excluded ours, we were in flicting an injury on our Colonial trade, particularly the shipping I interest. Mr. GRANT said that the tariff was against the spirit, though not the letter, of the Convention with America.— The United States presented a strange Fpr c t acle. While the old nations of the world were releasing themselves from the vexatious fetters that restricted their trade, America, with all the advantages Qf the experience of her own and other coantries' trade, was re plunging herself in all these antiquated and injurious restrictions.— He rejoiced to bear the sentiments expresurd by his Right Hon. Friend licit• Peel). If the United States persevered in this course impolicy, she would be shut out from the advantage. flowing from her trade with England and the rest of Europe, and injure herself, not only in her commerce but her revenue, nineteen mil lions of dollars of which were drawn from duties on imported merchandise- He hoped, however, that this country would act on her own principles, ao4 nut hastily imitate America in adopting against heron exclusive system, but rather one calculated to promote a friendly isterouurse between both nations. HUSKUSON, in reply, wished it tc) be under sttnid that he bad not recommended a system of retaliation, as tome Gest/viten had supposed. All that he had said was, that this country had the means of protecting her commerce, if America continue to persevere in she system which she at present was main- Address was agreed to. Mr. HUME* - moved f a Return of the amount ( f ,Fa f s :paid in the Prerogative Court, and not contained in the Return of Jena. 1828; and also fur a Return of Proctors' Fees. — the Judge in Ibis Court was. paid by fees, which he thought an objectionable mode. Atter a few words from Doctor Piskustoar, the motion was' ag Imd to. On the motion of the Ckasctu,oa of the Esc II ItlaU IR, the House 'resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, when the WI% Hon. Gentleman moved the wont Sessional Addresses. ?4r. HUME *liked if any airangement-hati been node respecting the Librarian of the House? :file CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, the Librarian would receive an increased salary next Session. Mr. HUME asked it the grant to Nicholas Carlisle .Essi s pf 5.101. was a grant made for the first time' He complained ' bat she Commission for Public Charities wad not what be would wish it to be. The CorEtniuieners were only employed, for four LON IM.N. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1828. Knsif's CORONATION- HOLIDAY AT Till BANC. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our City politicians are sadly puzzled this morning to know the cause of the Duhe of CLAIMCE being sent for by Express, and various are the ideas on the subject : some suppose it relates to the fitting out of a squadron for the Mediterranean. The panic which rather prevailed towards the close of the Consol market yesterday has this 'morning subsided. Consols, which left off yesterday at 881 s, opened at 88 for the Account t at present they are 88 j , alternately buyers and sellers, and 84 for next time. No business doing as yet of any consequence. A Mexican Mail has arrived this morning, bringing letters from the city of Mexico of the !.6th May, bj which we have the usual repetition. No money is coming to pay the dividends, and their finances are in'a bad state. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have been fluctuating, during the morning, between 88a to a and 88a for the Account ‘ and at present may be quoted at 83j, alternately buyers and sellers. Letters front Oporto, dated the Bth instant, state that alrwas quiet there, but no business doing. FOREMN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Buenos Am.. Ms. 6p C. I Do. Ace. 401 / D. Acct. 441 Pertly. HAN. 6 p C. 25/ et)losubsou Mind., 6 per Ct. Do Acct. 24 Daßontls,lEVA, Portwg.Bds.spC. Do Acct. 24 Do Acct. 56/ 1 .11ex.8d5,1825,6p Ct. 40/ 40 Die. Acct. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES. TWO O'CLOCK. Anglo Mexican BoWoos BHA kg. ►AID. 100 95 300 E9O 35 20 40 Z 8 100 5 32i 220 £25 955 72 73 71 • 181 5* Brazilian United Mexican Marine Alliance In the Hoose of Commons, Mr. SrRING Rica made' a few Observationi last night on the state of Ireland, by way of a parting admonition to Government at the close of the Session, that things were now arrived at too dangerous a crisis to be allowed to remain as they are. Mr. Maris a sincere and enlightened friend of his country, and notwithstanding the threats of O'CoN NELL, we trust he will long retain his seat for Limerick. But it most not be supposed that Government is inat ieorive to what is-going on, because no declaration has been yet made by them of the plans they propose to Adopt to pacificate lieJand. The Paris Tapers inform us, under the head of Osi:•ssa, 'bat the Russian Army is in full march against the capital of Turkey—that the Turks are gathering together all means by which they can oppose force to force, and that the GRAND Vance was repairing to Schumla go wait there t give the Russians battle. The Ethperor NICHOLAS is therefore putting into execution, with energy, the twofold object he has in view, viz. the effectuating the Meaty of London, and the redress of' his private wrongs, It was reported that the Mediation or England and France had been accepted by the SuLTara and the interview of Sir E. CODRINGTON with Irotittsr PACHA previous to quitting Nav - arin, tended probably to facilitate the renewal of the negotiations. •• New York Papers up to the 24th June, received last night, mention an arrival at that port from Rio Janeiro, bringing the intelligence that hostilities between Brazil and Buenos Ayres had ceased, and that the Brazilian MiniAer had sailed for Buenos Ayres in a British frigate. The Lisbon Gazettes received this morning, contain advices from Oporto to the 6th inst int. Divisions of troops attached to the cause of Don Mrcutt.' conti nued ti arrive in that city, and had proceeded to Minho, f. , r the purpose of clearing the province of the Constitu. ionaliits, a number of whom, together with the Gover. ou r ot the province, had taken advantage of the amnesty • lilted by MiGuEL, and surrendered themselves. These Gazettcs, in reference to a notice which Captain SA KTORIUS of the Pyramus, had caused ao be posted up at the Exchange in Lisbon, stating that he was ready to rec. ive on board, and convey to England, all subjects f his 13ritarrnic Majesty desirous of leaving Portugal, give the most solemn assurances of inviolable safety, b ith to the persons and property of British subjects. The following are extracts : OPOItTO, JULY 6. We stated yesterday that the faithful inhabitants r,f the provinces had taken up arms against the rebels,' making the most active war upon them, led by their revective Generals, the most excellent Gabriel Antonio, G.lspar Texeira, D'Alvnto da Costa, and Agostinhtl Luiz, and by Colonel Raymundo, Governor cif Vianna. All these illustrious persons ) and others who took part in their heroic deeds ) deserve the highest praise, since ) , by remaining firm in their districts, they did,great ser► vice to his Majesty Don Miguel I. and to the country in general, encouraging - the people by their presence, and commanding same troops of the line and militia, whom they collected to put down the revolutionists. We also stated that many soldiers of the rebel army have presented themselves in this city and other places, to the faithful army of his Majesty, to enjoy the pardon promised them; some officers have done the sante.— The number of men of different corps who have pre sented themselves amounts to 800. The division of the Royal Army, 'commanded by Viscount de Pesqueira, began to enter this city on the Scl, and continued to arrive on the 4th, amidst the same demonstrations of joy with which the vanguard of the division was received. The troops of the division inn. mediately marched towards Minho, with others who have already advanced, hi oilier to clear the country at once, and receive those of the rebels who are dispersed. On the entrance of the division, General Pesqueira addressed an Order of the Day .to his troops, com manding the stria discipline they had observed hitherto, and remarking, that their duty was a continuance of subordination and discipline, love to their Prince,. and • • valour in the field; and that the puriishont of the • wicked belonged to the Magistrates, , with theappfica thin of the laws. Many Royalist families have returned to this'eity r ,'!: with various individual*: who went in arms, again TO' enjoy the peace and tranquillity, which they could not.- ; find : under such extraordinary circumstances and illegal' proceedings of self-constituted authorities. The GO-, vet nor of these provinces, Senhor G. A. T. de Castro, and the Bishop of the Diocese, hive returned, and we expect the legitimate Authorities, who have retired, as . we btfire stated. LISBON, JULY 8. If a country enjoying tranquillity, as Portugal now happily does, some foreigners, animated by a.revoln tionary spirit, arid leagued with the irreconcileable ene mies of the throne, and of the nation in which they re• side, fearing to be punished according to the laws of the country, whose hospitality they have returned with hostility—seeing the ill success of their insolent machi. nations, should require the protection of their Govern ment under captious pretexts, and concealing the true reason of their fears—for the laws are clear,. and may visit them with its just punishment ; sad if the comman- . der of a ship of their nation should invite such persons to repair on board it, to carry them to their owrt .. country, and save them from the just punishment . ' which they merit, who would judge such invitation to • be a Declaration, or preliminary Declaration of War, by the Sovereign of those individuals against . the Sovereign of the country in which such revolutionists endeavoured to assist factious and rebellious subjecti? No body. Yet there are a few persons who draw this, inference, from a notice porst!d up in the Square, in the English language (most iMoler.t and uncivil), to invite those who, undir such circumstances, might wish to make use of an English ship at anchor in this Olt. Who can reckon the number of fools, since. Scripture itself says that they are infinite JULY 9.—The notice which we mentioned yesterday as having been posted up in the name of the Captain''' of the Pyramus English frigate, was taken down in course of the day, the impropriety of the measu.• having been perceived. The Captain stated that.the,. Consul General had called a meeting of . the British Merchants, to consider of the best means for those who , desired it, to leave the country with all their propei sr. either in the ships of his Br itannic Majesty,. or _some other manner, announcing that he had orders from hid Government to assist the British subjects as much as• possible to this end. In fret, the English merchants having met, their answer to this invitation was such as was t' be, ex,. petted from the honour and probity with which. they all are animated, who do not belong to the small nut/ ber of Vie agents of Radicalism. They replied, that they had no reason whatever to abandon the country wherl. every apprehension having vanished that the civil war excited by the rebels would produce -a new explosion, transui4itt arevakked i becanse foreigners were ptotected months of the year in !heir circuit of investigation, and yet they re ceived 1,000/. a yr:.r each. The SPEAK EH explained, and ssid that this vote ' was fOr a grant moved for the first time. This r.ia for thr index made by Mr. Carlisle, to the fourteen I:eports Isom !fte Commissioners, and. he was sure he did not nevirate -that vatilts' when he said it was most valuable. There would be no - necessity for more than a second index to an equal number of volumes, and, therefore. the vote could not he annual or continued. Mr. Secretary YELL detended the • Commissio.ners. It was true that they were only engaged, with their Circuit for four , months, but then the remaining months of the year were fully oc copied in arranging and considering the information they bad acquired. To prove that there was every disposition on his part to diminish the expense of the Commission, 'he had not attempted to fill up two vacancies which had occurred amongst the ten Com• missioners—(Cheers). Mt. HUME explained; and after a few words from Mr. Sec. Psta., the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next, he should move the adjournment of the House. Mr. HUME soggeated to the Right Hon. the Secre tary for the Home Department that a limit ought to be put to the expense entailed upon the country by applications fur papers that were not accessary to a... Roiling the information which ilonoorahle Members desired. lle thou l At that :rime measures Might he taken for providing at the public departments all the information which might probably be required iii ordinary discussions. lie thought, too, that every Member should pay fur the printing of his ri ll/ft papers. A 'gamma—Pay for your own. Mr. HUME—I-le certainly would ; - for if he did not himself, he could not with any countenance watch others, as it Was his intention to do. Mr. S cretary PEEL would be happy in supporting any thing which should reduce the hulk of that mass of papers which nuw overwhelmed, instrad of wi-isting them. CORPoiLATZ reND, Mr.GURNEY said. that it the Right lion. Secretary for the Home Department did not, next Session, bring forward some measure to prevent the misapplication of Corporate Funds. he should feel it his duty to do so. It nothing was done, we should have Petitions from every great town in the kingdom, in such lan guage as would make them be heart. Atter a tew wind, Crum Mr, Hume, the House adjourned at a Q,ll/11ITNIt 10 NINE. • FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Fourth Report of the Committee pe Finance, like all the pre. ceding Reports, furnishes . abundant twidence of the Committee' diligence-, research, and knowledge... , The Committee begin by inquiring into and stating the amount of the income of the country tor the la - st five years. They state the surplus income fur that period, and. comparing it with the sums applied to the reduction of the National Debt, ascertain that the surplus income has fallen short of the amount of the Sinking Fund by nearly seven millions. • The Committeetben present a view of the gross produce of the four great branches of the revenue for thelaat five years, and as it would have continued if no change of duties had been made ; from which produce they deduct the amount of the duties.repraled during that time. They show the total amount of the revenue after such deduction, and then lay before us the actual produce of the revenue, in order ro show the increase-on each year by increased consumption, which increase has been considerable and progressive, being above two millions and a half last year beyond the increase of 1824. This is most encouraging ; rind the Committee very justly observe. , that " notwithstanding the occurrence of extraordinary circum stances, the revenue has manifested in each of its principal branches striking evidence of undiminished productiveness, such as can only be ascribed to a state of general wealth and industry in the country." The Coemettee pursue the same examination with respect to the expenditure for the last five years—they state the Amount of the fixed charges, and the application of the remaining expenditure, they dwell upon the increased expenditure fur the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, since 1825. _ _ The Committee eater largely into a view of the Public Debt and Sinking Fund, and propose that the sum of three millions be an nually applied to the Sinking Fund ;.but that if the eventual annual surplus should not amount to three millions, the deficiency ought not to be supplied by borrowing. They are also of opinion, that all funded debt redeemed by the application of the real surplus of revenue should be cancelled. That surplus may be employed ha t►a extinction of unfunded as welras bf funded debt. The Report concludes in the following most sitisfactory manner : " The Committee having thus .submitted their view of the im portant subjects to which, in this Report, they have drawn the at tention of the House, bave only to add, that while,they are deeply impressed with the conviction, that in the present state of the Pub lic Finances, a severe economy in every branch of the National Expenditure is imposed as a sacred duty upon the Government and upon Parliament, they drive from their inquiries the strongest confidence in the resources of the cpuntry to full all its entrilfe• menu, and to maintain, unimpaired, its high station in the world.". 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