The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-10 00:00:00

other chatine's, that there was a .disttess
in our finances, and in public credit, and
that blasphemy and ineligion (which he siii
not believe), had overflowed the land; and
all thi, was at triboted to a transition front war to
peace, and the visitation of God.—(A laugh !)
For the last 25 years, the Ministry had been go-
ing on train bad to worse, -while every year the
House went on reposing greater confidence in
them. Cot,ld they (heti be surprised, it people
thought there was something wrong in the con-
struction of that House, and it-notated their cala-
mities, and the miserable degraded state of the
nation, snore to the mischiefs and miscontlnct of
mess, limn the visitation of Providence ? He slid
not conceive how a stronger case for itaptiry could
be made Out, than that established by his Hon.
Fritmd —(Cheers !)
Mr. WILFIERPWICV explained.
Mr. CANNING declared, that be came down
to the House determined to vote for the mo-
tion, tooter the impression that all questions of
a political nature would have been avoided,
anti that it would have been brought forward
io the true spirit of a bona fide inquiry into the
actual existing state of commercial distress, re-
ferable to commercial causes, and divested of all
eoonexion with angry topics. But, would any
one lay his band upon his heart and say this
queFti,m was introduced without political hos-
titity ? (Jr that all topics of art ioflammatory
kind were not collected into it, in such a man-
ner as to kindle the animosities which ought
to littv been laid aside. This mode of treat-
ing the subject rendeied it impossible for him to
adhere to his first detetimination. The Honour-
able Gentleman was followed by his friend,
his venerable Mentor, wi,o, instead of advising hint
to common temperance and sobriety, pushed him
two the flood, by whi;:h he was overW belated.—
(Hear, hear !)—The snbjrct, unconnected with
politics, pl e- emu! a v, ry Yt ide field of ingi.iry. and,
in riveting into it, a / isk would be run, by exciting
expectations which rota not but he defeated. He,
however, would h,ve put a constraint upon his
mvo judgmeot, had it not been for the violent
,ytteto of attack, and if political virulence had not
interposrd, that had dragged into the question not
only he feud and anitno•ities of Lancashire, the
Orange Lodges of Li verpool,the interminable Old-
ham Intl/test; and the Tory principles of the Man-
chester, Magistrates, but the alleged ,conduct of
Nliuist era for the last 25 years. The venerable
Mentor was not couleur with tracing tine distress
to its immediate root, but most recommend a Com-
mi, tee on the stale of the nation, the good old
cause for turning out Ministers. The Right
Houtitirable Gentleman (Mr. Canning) argued at
sooie length against the practice of mixing up po-
litical sett:intents with subjects which could not
he properly discussed without coolness and deli.
iteration, qualities which are the reverse of those
most conspicuous in the Honourable Mover and
his Right Hon. Friend.
Lord FOLKESTONE argued in favour of the
Committee.

Mr. iNkL, Mr. CANNING, and Mr. WILBER*
FOfiCE exp!ailled. _ _

Mr. BKNNET shortly replied. He disclaimed
all idea of introducing any politichl animosities
upon Such an occasiou.
'l'l►e motion was then negatived without a di-
vision.