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be prOctired, it appeared, that the real value of.the
principle Articles of British Produce and Manufac.:
tubes, exported in the year ended the loth Oct.
1802,, amounted to 27,900,0001. ; while, in the
year, they were somewhat less than
24,500,0001. and that, supposing those Articles to.
bear the same proportion to' the whole of the Ex-
ports, which they had done in former years; the.
total value of British ManufaCtures exp4ted in the
year 18.02, would not fall short of Fi Fr i" MLLLtorts.
STERLING, being an Increase of Eight Millions
above the year preceding,--which was itself greater
than any former year.. .
The.account of the Shipping of the Country was;
still more imperfea, as, sill the close of the year,:
Returns were only made up flit; the Port of London:
but it was not less satisfaOotroo far as it could
be ascertained, particularly, ip , the important eir,
cumstance of the increase.orßritish Shipping. In
the year ending the loth October 1801, 1762 Bri.
tish Ships, measuriog 418,631 tons, and manned
with 23,096 men,
,had entered that Port, and 1331
Ships, measuring 350,.634 tons, and carrying
24,070 men, had cleared outwards. In the year
18oz, .the British Ships Which entered inwards
were 2459, the tons 574,700, the men 33,743,—
The British Ships -which -cleared outwards were
1933, the tons 419,067, the men 28, i 'Z.--
The diminution of Foreign Shipping was not
less remarkable than the increase of British. In
1804, the number of Foreign Ships which enter-
ed inwards, was 3385, their tonnage 452,677, their
men 26,388. The Foreign ships which cleared out-.
wards were 3381, their tonnage 445,651, their
men. 23,302. In the bear iBoz, the number of Fo-
reign ships entering inwards was "Seduced to
,1549,
their tonnage 214,117, their men" 20,555. The
Foreign Ships Which cleared outwards were 1868,
their tonnage 262,0c6, their men 14,826. Such.
were the proofs of the increasing Prosperity of
Great Britain. But that of the other part, of the.
United Kingdom was not less remarkable.
The Revenue of Ireland had increased between
the sth of January and the month of August last
above 900,0001. compared with "the corresponding
period of the preceding year. An increase which
in proportion to the total amount of the Irish Re-
venue was even greater and more rapid than our
own.

He then took a view of the state of the Sinking
,Fund—a meakure which had originated, in the sa-
gacity and abilities of the late Minister, and had
been established by the wisdom and firmness of Par-
liarnent. 'ln 17.87, the Sinking Fund bore a pro-
portion to the interest 4: the National Debt, of
about one to ten:—it now had risen to the propor-
-
non of one to three, and amounted to no less than
six millions—a sum which, annually added to the
produCtivel Capital of the, Nation, cannot fail to
produce the most extensive and salutary effects.
We think it unnecessary to add the concluding,
part of this speech, not being aware that there were
ang material inaccuracies or omissions in our former
report of it. We understand from all quarters,
that it was to a very great degree eloquent and im-
pressive, and produced an uncommon effeit on the
House. It was a remarkable circumstance, that no
part of the Statement was contradided, or even
commented upon, and no explanation whatever re-
quired.