Mr. QUINCY thought that the correct mode of proceeding would require other than mere verbal information. Respect for themselves should induce gentlemen not to act without official communication upon the subject. They could not, upon any other conditions, agree to so great an augmentation of the force under the direction of the Treasury Department. There had, heretofore, been but ten cutters employed. There were never more than ten when commerce was at its height and the revenue flourishing. But now, the House was called upon to vote twelve additional cutters, when we are without revenue, without commerce, and there is no information of an official nature before the House upon which it might act. Mr. NEWTON could not see that it was of any consequence to the House, whether there had been a written communication to it upon the subject, so that the information came through the proper organ, from the proper authority. It was necessary, in times of difficulty like the present, to act with spirit and promptitude. The laws should be executed with the greatest strictness; and it was always wise to take time by the forelock. Mr. BLACKLEDGE said that the expense of building the cutters would be defrayed by the detection of goods attempted to be smuggled. There had already been many condemnations. They were taking place every day. And it was to support the laws that these cutters had been called for. On the motion of Mr. NEWTON, that the committee rise and report the bill, it was carried--yeas 47, nays 46. THURSDAY, November 24. Another member, to wit, BARENT GARDENIER, from New York, appeared, and took his seat in the House. MONDAY, November 28. Another member, to wit, MATTHEW LYON, from Kentucky, appeared, and took his seat in the House. _Foreign Relations._ On the motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the report of the committee on the subject of our foreign relations. The first resolution, in the following words, having been read: _Resolved_, That the United States cannot, without a sacrifice of their rights, honor, and independence, submit to the late edicts of Great Britain and France: