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thought that sum ought to lie applied in putclias-
•ing the- interest of the debt. Ha rentiderril the
siuting fund • mere &lesion, end instead of
' wringing the lint shilling from the people, he
advised Monsters to husband the resources of
the country. Was the country, he would ask,
wilting—eve the country able to bear more bur. ,
dens ? airintent of the reventee was taken as a
derided proof of the prosperity of the country.—
Ile considered it a most fallacions and a most Milt.
riots, supposition ; a large revenue might be a proof
of excessive taxation, lint it was not a proof of
propoilinmite wealth. /Vint win the state of the
country at this moment ? Were not thepoor in the
• last state of misery std distress I—were not the
pool. rates nt an unprecedented and an alarming
height ?—has not every hustled proprietor been
obliged to give a great portion of Ins revenue to
the sullied of the pone I—lns not there been a
reduction in rents far exceeding the property
• reduction of at least 20 per CCM. I If • state
of great national danger had arrived—if a forwgii
enemy were on our shores—thin indeed he would
out be surprised to hear a proposition for new taxes,
and lie would not oppose it, but at this time of
pence lie could not ontlerstitiii it. lie world vote
against the litsolotions, lweanse he paw
cu imtnr-
diate necessity for toxes, awl because he did not
think this a favourahle some in propose them.
Mr. BANK Es spoke at considerable lew.;;li in fa.
your of the Resolutions. The lion. Gentleman
expre•sed his admiration of ilw Finking fund, which
iluiiiig the last oar be considered the great spring
of nor exertions. _

Mr. CRst4IN ti spoke in favritir of the Resolutions
at great tenth (lrom the hteness of the hour we
are ;ore-vented giving a full report). He said, that
if the Committee had separated without coining to
some remlnlion, they would abandon their ditty to
the !louse and to the country. He would consider
it a shuffling, cowardly proceeding—awl he coniti
tint but observe on the shuffling and evasive course
taken by the flight flow Gent. (Nlr. Tierney) and
those unwind I . Night shwa-night they hail taunted
Ministers—they charged them with nor looking the
state of our finances in the face—with ken, adopt-
ed expedients and miserable shifts for the tray, lint
now, when the decisive step was about to be taken,
and the finances of the country to he put on s perm..
omit and solid footing, they CA front a sueasure
which they provoked—they etterript to adjourn
the consideration of the s': 'jest.
Mr. CALCSAFT said, that during his whole par-
liamentary experience, he did cot recollect to hear
within the walls of that House more offensive ex-
pressions than those made tine of by the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Canning) in the commence-
ment of his speech. He thought fit to apply the
~naerrlly, and evasive, towards
the Opposition side of the House. There was no-
thitore, cowardly or evasive in the course they had
token ; in honestly discharging their duty to the
country, they did not merit the unparliamentary
and uncivil expiession, of the Right Lion.
_

M►. CANNING said lie dad not make use of these
epithets moil the words indecent" and atroeions"
were applied to his (Mr. Canning's) side.—(Load
dicers front the Ministerial Benches.)
Mr. CAT CRAFT said an Slistk of this nature slid
not ensue from the Right [lon. Gentleman with
muds grace, and still with less CoUSiSteney ; hip con-
duct is in tl e recollection of every Mcnber. They
could not forget that the Right Ron. Gentleman is
now suriousided sitting on the same teat, and con-
sulting in the same Cabinet with men that he for-
merly reprobated and lampooned—(Neer. hear. )
Was it for Win to attack the conduct and the mo-
tives of his Right ilms. Friend (Mr. Tierney), who
has beets ever pure and never inconsistent ? Ile
would not press upon the recollection of the Right
Hui,. Gentleman topics which he must wish to hove
buried in eternal oblivion ; he must see the attack
lie made wail no proof of his judgment. The lion.
Gentlemen then proceeded to examine the rpse..t ism,
and concluded by exprestiirg his opposition to the
Resolutiont.

After the Right Hon. Gentleman sat down, there
Irtl4 a general cry of 66 Question I" when—
Mr. JAMES MACDONALD robe, and prnnotsisced
• very eloquent speech against the Resolutions, in
the course of which he bated that the expenses on
the collection of the revenue amounted to four mul-
lions and a !ittlf—and that upon this alone one mil.
lion might be saved to the country. Th, re was in-
deed an assurance held out that every possible s*p.
lug would be made ; but after what lied occurred,
would the House give credit to that asauratit e ?
Why did the Chancellor of the Exchequer let four
year% pass over him without doing any thing on
this subject ? did he remain so long sleeping
• port ? He (Mr. Macdonald) could not but
consider that the Chancellor of the Exchtquer
de-
served to be brought to the bar and reptimauded.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and
the House divided, when there arieared—
For the original Motion 129
Aigainst it
Majin it, in favour of Miaistere 197

BANK OF ENGLAND CASH I'AYMENTS M.L.
. Mr. PEEL brought up the Itepoit uu tlus Bill.
The Bill, with the Amendments, were then read,
aid sorter a ►hurt cotiversmi iiii between 11r. PELL,
Mr. MANNING, urtd Mr. Ei.i.tur, the Bill was
dead to be tends second tinie to•niurrow (this day).

The other milers or the !!!!y were then disposed
or. end the Houle ■djourued at Two o'Ci,ocii.

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AMERICAN PAPERS.

WASIIIVGTON, NtY 4.
We hare a rtonnur, by the way of Geneva, or a cession of
the Island of Cnba by Spain to Great Britain. We hope,
as 7Se Axilusla Chrouirk maniacs, that the rumour is
" entirely uttiounded." But such an event is 'Mt IMplai-
ble. The mere rumour of it is pregnant us ith considerati 0000 s
of vital importance, connected with the existing peace with
foreign notions, and w;tli the tranqwillity of the Union.
e have never heard but with regret the hints which have
been thrown out occasionally in Newspaper discussions, in
political oration., and, if recollection agrees us right, est'
un the fluor of Congress, respecting the arquisit ion of Cobs,
or any other insular possessions, fur the United States. In
this respect, oar opinion probably differs fiesn that of many
of our readers, as we know it does from that of some of our
leading politicians. But it is our opinion still, and we can.
not divest oinselsta of it.—Our appetite for territory if
sated by the acquisitions we have already Made. IVe stesive
nu greater population witl:in our feileratiee system than we
have already territory enough to accommodate with an "s-
-itarist supply of the necessaries and comforts of life. We