The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-28 00:00:00

[MORNING POST.]

In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
Hume again subjected himself to exemplary cas-
tigation, for his ignorance and presumption.—
This " Encyclopaedia of Finance," (a name
which Mr. Smith has whimsically enough forged
for him, and which, it seems, is to be the future
distinguishing appellation of this countless blun-
derer) floundered as much in error on this occa-
sion as ever, and was of course caught up with as

PRICE SEVENPENCE.

much neatness and effect as before, by his old
friend, Mr. Croker; who again skewed that all
the repeated statements of sums by the wily
Seer were either false in their amount, or where
they happened to be correct in their amounts
grossly mistaken in their meaning and applica-
tion. We have neither room nor time to enume-
rate the various points of Mr. Croker's excellent
Speech, and must therefore for the present con-
tent ourselves with referring our Readers to it.
So complete an exposure of ignorant presumption
and unexampled financial quackery cannot fail
to produce an effect upon the minds even of the
most inconsiderate, and prevent gullibility itself
from being any longer imposed upon. The just
ridicule by which Mr. Hume has thus become
overwhelmed and beaten down, is the immediate
result of his silly vanity ; but that which en-
graves upon the rock of time the record of his
utter incapability of mind, is the ample, clear,
and decisive proof, that, in the language of Mr.
Croker, " he only touches upon the surface " of
finance; without the power-of examining, or even
of understanding its principles.—Poor, poor Mr.
Hume !—So much for this boasted Encyclopedia
of Finance!

[BRITISH PRESS.]
If the Ministers of the Crown be sincere in
the declaration of the opinion that no relief could
arise to the country from the reduction of any
portion of the taxes, it becomes a matter of sur-
prise that they should at so early a period of the
Session have, with an apparent readiness, volun-
tarily proposed to decline the renewal of the
annual malt tax. This is the more remarkable
too, as notwithstanding their unrelenting inroads
during many years upon the sinking fund, they
have at once discovered that the only means of
affording permanent service to the community,
is to enable the Commissioners for the liquida-
tion of the debt to throw large sums of money
every year into the market. We have advisedly
used this mode of expressing the operation of the
sinking fund, for it would be a mockery to talk
of reducing the national debt at the moment when
the capital of the debt is about to be increased
seven millions by the transfer of the five per
cents., and four millions by a loan from the Bank
to promote parochial extravagance. There is
in the whole of the proceedings of the Ministers
so much of inconsistency and of contradictions,
that if their principles were to be collected from
their actions, the pursuit would puzzle many a
careful inquirer. We cannot doubt, however,
from their own declaration, that they are the de-
voted advocates of taxation, and we must thence
infer that the proposed remission of the annAnd
Malt duty arises from a feeling upon their part
more nearly allied to prudence, if not to abso-
lute apprehension, than to a sincere desire to re-
lieve the sufferings of the country.

[MORNING HERALD.)
We yesterday received in due course the Paris
Papers. The financial accounts of the two last
years have come under the discussion of the Cham-
ber of Deputies. The most remarkable speech was
that of M. Caumartin, a manufacturer, who criti-
cised the expenditure in several branches, and ex-
cited one of the usual ferments, by some remarks
on the partiality with which the sums voted for
public education were distributed, and particu-
larly by representing the Swiss Guard as a fo-
reign force interposed between the nation and the
throne. There are ten persons, chiefly Quarter-
masters in their respective regiments, under trial,
on charges relating to the late conspiraciei of
Belfort and Saumur. The cause between MM.
Bertrand and Moutholon, on the one side,
and M. 'Akre, the Banker, on the other,
also proceeds, but with closed doors,
.and no
part of the proceedings is given. There are no
accounts from the Morea. The Greek General
Odysseus is described as bearing all bef9re him
in Thessaly—and the Envoy of the Greeks,
Prince Cantacuzena, is on his way to St. Peters-
burgh, accompanied by a Russian Agent.--
There are two articles from the North—the one
stating, under the head of Warsaw, that a con-
siderable number of young Poles, chiefly men of
letters or students of the Universities, have been
sent into the deserts of the Russian empire, to
expiate, no doubt, their impatience of the bar-
barous and despotic domination of Russia over
Poland. The second article from St. Peters-
burgh, dated Jan. 31, states, that a new and in-
creased duty had been laid upon the importation
of foreign goods, " with the view of ameliorat-
ing the national prosperity."

MENDJCITY SOCIETY.-Yesterday the Annual
Meeting of the above Society was held at the
Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street,
which was numerously and respectably attended.
The Duke of Yictut being unable to attend, the
BISHOP of LONDON took the Chair. The Report,
which was very voluminous, was read, stating
that the number of applicants during the present
year had greatly decreased, which was in a great
measure attributed to an admirable system
adopted by the Society's officers, who had en-
gaged a wharf at Paddington Canal, for the pur-
purpose of employing able-bodied mendicants in
breaking stones for the road, at which they could.
eau] from Is. 9d. to 2.5. 6d. per day. During the
time they were in this employment, they were
supplied with provisions at a cheap rate, and the
surplus of their earnings formed a fund for their
use when they thought proper to leave. The
Report set forth, that during the first six weeks
257 were sent to work, out of whom 196 ab-
sconed and had never since been heard of.
The remains of Mr. COUTTS are to be removed
on Monday morning from his residence in Picca-
dilly, for interment in the family vault at Royton
Abbey, Oxfordshire,

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE• OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27.

CANADIAN AGRICULTURE.

Earl BATIRiIiST said, that he begged leave to
present to. their. Lordships three Petitions from
the British Possessions in North America. One
was from the inhabitants of the City of Quebec,
and the others-Were from Hampshire and Hert-
ford, in North America, all which he laid upon
the table of the House.
After some coifsultatitm, informalities were
discovered 'iii the petitions from the 'Counties of
hampshire shit Hertford, but the Quebec peti-
tion was accepted. - •