The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-10 00:00:00

FINANCES OF THE EMPIRE.

Lord GRENVILLE expressed his wish to call the
attention of the House out oitly generally but seri-
ously to this very ituportant topic, and to move in
the first instance for certain information relative to
the Finances of the Country. He was induced to
come forward thus early, principally in consequence
of his seeing a statement which most probably was
that day in the hands of all their Lordships. He
did not think it manly in any indiviciii4 to deceive
himself, or an act of patriotism to deceive others,
with respect to the financial slate of the country.
It was a topic which called for the earliest and.most
serious attention of Parliament and the country, and
ln that view the Noble Lord moved for a variety of
documents of the subject, as the amount and pro-
duce of the Consolidated kuod, the War Taxes, the
Revenue of Ireland, Src. for certain periods, and as
tar as the same could be made up.
The Earl of LIVEBPOOL observed, he had no in-
tention to oppose the motions of the Noble Baron,
Which merely went to accounts respecting the public
finances, and which would, in course, have been
laid before the House. Neither had he any inten-
tion at present of entering into a discussion of the
sibject. But to observe, that though it was nut re-
gular to observe upon, or notice what passed else-
where, he wound venture to say, that it would not
appear from these accounts, or flow any thing be-
sides, that any one in authority, either had deceived
themselves, or were disposed to deceive others with
regard to the real state of the finances of the coun-
try, He was equally desirous with the Noble Baron,
that the fullest information shOuld be laid before the
I{ouse on the sobjed, and therefore concurred in,the
otion. •

The question was then put, and the docu-
ments ordcred to be laid before the House accord-
ingly.

STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S HEAL

Earl CAMDE N (as President of the Council) pre-
Seated copies of the Reports made by his Majesty's
Council to the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council,
tespeding the actuil state of his Majesty's Health,
since that laid before their Lordships tqwards the
dose of the las; Session, viz.—The Report made on
the sth of OZ:tober last, and that of the sth of the
present month.
We, the underwritten, Members of the Coun-
cil appointed to assist her Majesty, in the execution
of the. trusts committed to her Majesty by virtue of
the Statute passed in the 5 tst year of his Majesty's
Reign, entituleJ, An Act to provide for the Ad.
ministration of the Royal Authority, and for the cate
of his Nfljesty's Royal person during the continu-
ance of his Majesty's illness, and for the resumption
of the exercise of the Royal Authority by his Ma-
jesty ;' having duly met together on this 4th day of
...11nuary, 1812, at the Queen's Lodge, near to
Windsor Castle, and having called be.fore us, and ,

examined upon oath the Physicians and, other per.
sons attendant upon his Majesty, and having ascer-
tained the State of his Mjesty'.: Health, by all such
ways and means as appeared to us to be ttecessary
for that purpose ; do hereby de,:lire and certify,
that the state of his Maies.sy's Health at the time of
this. out fleeting is not suiA as to enal* his Maje,ty
to resume the personal exercise cat his Royal -Au-
thority..

""Tliat,his M ,jostx's Bo 'lly H-alt h appears to us
to be as goblifaS at Lilly of -tlw ,p,rl.:kL 01 our iormer
Report a.
--, ,:i.-.. •
- "That his iNikjesty's Men Health appears to us
.•
not to De worse than at the period of our last Re-
port.

" That all the Physicians attending his Majesty
agree id stating, that they think his Majes:y's com-
plete and final recovery improbable, dithering, how-
ever, as to the degree of such improbability, some
of them expressing themselves as not despairing,
others as not entirely desp.ii:ing, and 01. e of 'thew
representing that he cannot help despairing of such
recovery.