Star.
London, England, 1802-12-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. S. Larevaa raid, he had the honour of being r. turned
f• r two places—for Bodmin in the County of Cornwall, ant
for Reading in the county of Berks, and that h.: had rade his
eledtion for Reading. Upon which a new Writ was ordered
to be iffued for the Borotsgh pf Boiimin.
The LORD MAYOR prefented fcparate Petitions from each of
the City Prifons. Namely, .the Fleet, I.udgate, the Poultry,
and Giltfpnr•ftrdet Conipters, on behalf of the Debtors confined
therein, praying general relief, which were ordered to be 1 is
-on the Table. The Lord Mayor-Alf° prcfent,td a Petition on
behalf of the Ship Owners in the Port of London, complaining
of the Tonnage Al,d &c.—Ordered to be laid on the Table.
.General Palm prefented a fimilar Petition on behalf of the
Ship Owners of Scarborough.--Ordered to be laid on the tab:e.
Mr. WILBERFORCR prefented a Petition from Bridlington,
to the fare tried,. which was ordered to be Lid on the Table.
Mr. LANGMEAD alfo piefented a Petition of a fimilar kind,
from the shilf Owners of the Port of Plymouth.
Mr. BURDON prefented a Petition tone like effedt film gins-
derland, and oh erred, that when the fubjedt was 'Mt difeuffeds'
1 in that ijoufe, he had foretold thit fuch a Petition would be
prefented, which he now did, In obedience to the diredtions of
his COnftituents.

The Cu ANCELLOR of the Ekeutopert fail, he perfedly re-
colkded the obfervation made by the Hon. Gentleman. At
the fame time, he mutt fay, that he was forry for the prefenk-
ing the Petition, bat extrumely gild it was prefented by than
Hon. Gentleman, beciufe it was honourable to the county. of
Durham.
Mr. BURDON raid, he &culla Merely hate, that ho taking rib
adverfe ftep to Government, it was but to a Onglemussfurp_spf
that Right Hon. Gentleman's k.4.:liiiiittration, and intbe. dohs;
which, he was following the diredlqn of his Conftitlieriti,:
whom he was bound by every tie ufattachtisent as ivell'air ditty,
and whom he fhould conftantly ferve. Atche famatiesis,
beg-
ging to be underftood, as being hi :(elf by.no means boltilokao
the Adminiffration of that Right fion. Gentlemanl--The Peti-
tion was ordered to he laid upon the Table. • , ,
Mr. Wicantroace prefented a Petition em behalf at Certafn
Druggifts and Chymißs of Sheffield, complaining of the late
Medicine Ad.—Ordered to be hid on the Table. •
Lord CASTLEREAGH reported at the Bar, that His Majek
had 'min waited upon with the fiddrefs of that Houfe, of lel-
tertlay, when he had been gracioufly pleafcd to declare, thathe
would give diredions accordingly.
Soon afterwards, the Papers, Accounts, and Public Docu-
ments referred to in the Addrefs, were brought up, and laid
upon the Table.
Captain Ma aic nate. gave notice, that on Monday he ih mid
move for leave to.bring in a Bill for the appointment of a Coin-
mittee, to inquire into certain Civil Abides in the Navy.
The ATTORNEY GINtRAL moved for leave to bringing BP
for facilitating and rendering more C.lfy, the Tranfportationtif
Felons. He adverted to the law as it at prefent hood, by at
of Parliament, by which it was provided, that when offendets
were ordered to be tranfported, a contract was entered Into be-
tween Government and an individual who commanded the
thin, by which they were tranfported, and by which, fuch con-
tractor had an intereft in the fervice of fuch felons. Upon this,
the contradoi was bound to enter into a terrain fecurity, fcir
taking f”ch felons to the place of their dellination. It had Once
teen conOdered, that opportunities may occur for taking fuels
felons in 'one of His Majefty's own Mips, and it could not be
expeded, that an Officer who had the command of a (hip of
His Ma;efty's could enter into this fecurity, it being needlefs
he b. ing already under command—but as the Law now flood,
tI e Learned Judges could confign the care of filch prifonere only
to fuels perfons as Osould enter into fuels fecurity. Having noted
this to be the fubjedt of complaint, the Houfe would eafily fee
what was likely to be the remedy • and it was no other, than
to empower thofe who may have ;he command of His Misjef-
ty's (hips, and who may have the charge of uch prifcruers, to
take them without entering into fuch fecurity. He therefore
moved for leave to bring in a Bill to fa4ilitate and render more
eafy the Tranfportation of Offenders.—Granted.
Mr. H, ADDINGTON moved for a New Writ for the Bo-
rough of Wootton Bare, for the Elattion of a New Member
in the room of General ST. JOHN, who has accepted of the
Chiltern Hundreds, which was ordered to be iffued laceord-
ingly.
The ATTORNRY GUERRA:. brought up the Bill for which
Leave had juft been given, relative to the Tranfportation of
j Offenders, which was read a first, and ordered to be read
second time on Monday.
The Order of the Day on the Navy Bills Bill, was, on the
Motion of Mr. VANSITTART, deferred till Monday.
A Meffage from the Lords acquainted the Houfe, that their
. Lordfirps had agreed to the Proud& ry Note Bill, without any
i Amendment.

Mr. Coßav moved to poftponc the fecund reading of the
County of Dublin Bakini Trade Bill, till Monday.—Ordered.
Mr. ALZIAND CR brought up the Report of the lk lalt Duty
Bill. The amendmentsswere read and agreed to, and the Bill
ordered robe read a third time on Monday, if engroired.
Mr. ALIZAND ea alfo brought up •he Report of the Pea=
and Perfonal Eftatc Duty Bill. The amendments were read
and agreed to, and thc Bill ordered to be read a third time on
Monday, if cngroffcd. He likewife brought up the Report of
the Five Millions Exeequer Bills Bill, which went through
the fame courfe of proceeding.
Mr. Nevii,Lit prefented a Petition on behalf of H. N. Ogle,
Efq. who had prefented a Petition, complaining of an undue
Return for the Borough of Drogheda, letting forth, that on
account of the abfence from London, of the returned Member,
and not Wing able to find out any Agent of his in London, he
had been unable to ferve the Notice which the Mt of Parli i-
ment required, of his entering into the neceflary Recognizance,
for the purpole of purfuing his Petition; that this being the
laft day for doing fo, his right to profecute his Petit io.i would
be _ .
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i, in the Parith of Alveritoke, and bourhood, and in a tine Sporting Country, remarkable fur the be loft, unlefs further time were granted to give fuch Notice,
ee Town of Gofport, now let to Mr. swift celebrated Stag Hunt in the Kingdom. and within a few and praying that he might be allowed time fur that purpofe.
Term expires at Michaelmas neat, miles of whichare kept feveral Packs of Fox Hounds and liar- After fume difrufflon, in which Mr. Nr.vms.e, Mr. BICH..
n-houfe, Hirt's, Stable, Cart Houfe,
tiers. There are plenty of Rabbits on the Eftate, and Filis of NARD, the CHANCELLOR of the ExCflrqg 2 ft, and Lord
tomary Acres, and Thirty-five Poles various kinds may be taken on the Beach belonging thereto. li.twxxsautty took a part, and .o,k:a related clat.fly to the
low Land.—The fituation is fuch as This Eftate is a definable objedt for a Gentleman fond of regularity of the Proceedings of the Houle, twenty-one days
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nof any Gentleman defirous of a re- Sporting, and inclined to Farm. • were granted to the Petitioner, fir the purpofe required.
'ortfmouth, as the principal part of N. B. A Packet fails twice a week from llfordcomb, for FINANCIAL STATE OP THE CoUNTKY. i
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djoina the Road leading from Berry Swanfea, North Wales, and Ireland, and Skills to &dial mar The CHANCELLOR of the Exclieo,,Kß rofe, and
tdmt Road, which, with a Houfe built
.be engaged any time at Ilfordcombe. • i
a molt beautiful view of the Towns A confiderable quantity of the Furniture, which is modern, addrellid the Committee e...) the following effet-- i
rt, the Dock Yard, Portfmouth Har- may be rented with the Mate, or purcbafed by the taker, at a " Sir, before I enter at large into the Ilatements
*ether with a mutt pleating Profra fair valuation. of which I have given notice to the Houle, I beg
'scent Cuut.try. The neighbourhood For Leafing the above, a Survey will be held at the Golden leave to call the attention of Gentlemen to thole •
tads extremely good. Lion Inn, in Barnftaple, on Tburfday the 3oth day of Decem- grounds which appear and refult from the doca-
ami Tax is teemed. bcr next, by three o'clock in the afternoon.
ad at the Crown Inn, Gofport; the 1,
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ran. Chichelter; Dolphin, Souchamp- on the Premifcs • and for further particulars at the Officeot which the Committee will, no doubt, he regulated
:bean • Butte, Titeldeld ; Mr. Wood- Mars. Glubb and Tanner, Attornies, Barnample, whams in formin• - their o.inion of the obfe vations and . •
=1 of Mr. Widuar at Than . . i
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given, I apprifed the Houle of the motion it was
toy intention to make, of granting four millions
out of the Confolidated Fund, and of taking a ge-
neral view of our refources, and the financial fitua-
tion of the Country, as far as it could be done
with propriety and clearnefs, as nearly as poffible
to the prefent period. With rcfpeft to the firft
part of the notice, it is with great fatisfaCtion
I have to obferve, that in confequence of the
rapid encleafe of the revenue, in confequence
of having large (urns in the Exchequer, and
in confequence of a large produft of taxes,
Government has been enabled to fupply defi-
ciencies, and to provide for calls, which might
otherwife have required new aids. I have to (fate
that to the gth of April 1802, a credit has been
accumulated, and realized, to the amount of three
millions eight hundred thoufand pounds, and if
Parliament had not been fitting, it might have
continued to be in the Exchequer. With regard
to the fecond, it is at prefent fufficient for me to
temark, that in every department, the financial
fitnation of the country, infeparably connefted as'
it is with the growing produce of theConfolidated
Fund, holds out a moil fatisfaftory profpeet. It
mutt be highly gratifying to have, without any
new burdens, the Ways and Means by which the
Supplies may be met. Upon thefe grounds, Sir,
I thought it proper to lay before the Houle the
financial ilatements which are now upon the Table.
Before I advert to the Supplies of the prefent year,
I beg leave to revert to thofe of a preceding pe-
riod. It is well known to every Gentleman who
hears me, that during the !aft Seffion of the late
Parliament, credit was taken for ninety-fix mil-
lions, and that the fum total of intereft which
was to be provided, exceeded three millions two
hundred thoufand pounds. I cannot forget a hope
which was then thrown out, that the Taxes in.
tended to meet the amount of the intereft, would,
according to every well-founded probability, prove
fuperior to the objeft; and I have now the fatif-
fation of flaring to the Committee, that their
produa has not only anfwered, but even evinced
stfelf fuperior to every eipeftation. In thus expref.
flog my fatisfaftion, I allude to a charge rather of a
pointed nature, which was then brought forward
againii the providing of taxes beyond the amount
warranted by the exaa preffure of the moment,
and the exigency of the cafe. I certainly did ex.
prefs a confident hope that the Taxes would not
fall fhort of four millions ; and when I recolleit,
that I then took the difference between the in-
tereft to be provided for of three millions two hun-
dred thoufand, and the eftimated produit of the
Taxes at four millions, giving an excels beyond
the intereft of eight hundred thoufand pounds, I
can now fay, that I was not difappointed in the
event. lam happy in being enabled to allure the
Committee, that in the firft quarter, the Duties on
Malt, Hops, Beer, and Tonnage, have reached
fo very large a fum as nine hundred and twenty
thoufand pounds; and what muff be truly grad-
fying to know, is, that I can further Rate, no
proportion has been received, or confidered in that
produft, of the new Duties on Houfes, or the
other Taxes. I did obferve, upon a former day,
that among the provifions f a financial nature,
which were determined upon laft year, was that
of reducing the Unfunded Debt; a meafure which,
in principle and operation, was admitted to be of
the greaten moment. The provifion has fence been
carefully attended to, and its effect has been pro-
poriionate to the moftfanguine wifhes of thofewho
were carneft in its fupport. Gentlemen will learn,
with pleafure, that no Ws than eighteen millions
of the Unfunded Debt have been redeemed within
the current year. They will alto learn, with fatis-
fadion, that the credits for the Navy and Army
Extraordinaries are fuch as will preclude the ne-
ceffity of any new additions. The grants already
made are fufficient to provide for thefe branches
of the public fervice, with the exception of the
of the Army. I muff, however
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remark, that I did not expel the fum voted for
the Extraordinaries of our military eftablithment
would be adequate, and I did exprefs an opinion
to that effect . I am forry to fay, that they amount
to one million ; yet the whole amount, I am jußi-
fied in affuring the Committee, is not likely to ex-
ceed, by the one half, the (urns incurred under
that head for the fervice of Taft year. Betides, it
may be fairly argued, that the wife fyllem of
economy which has been adopted, and is Rill car-
vying on, in our Naval Department, and which
mull be productive of a moll material faving, may
be let up againft any excefs like that to which I
have adverted in the cafe of the Army Extraordi.
dinaries. I have no hefitation to fay, that on an
impartial review, the whole of the expenditure to
be incurred for the current year, in the various
branches of the Military and Naval Ellablithments
will be fund inferior to one-half of the total ex-
pence, incurred during the preceding year. The
_unfunded debt, which at the commencement of
the left feffion of Parliament, was fo very cotta.
derable, has been_ fince, as I have already re-
marked, very much diminifhed, and in its prefent
Rate, is (bort of nineteen millions, forming a
reduaion of one half of the whole debt as it then
Rood. The reduCtion of the Navy Debt has
been to material, as to firike the mind of every
man, however nightly converfant in financial
meafures. In the November of laf year, it
was no lets than nine millions and a half, and
it is now, taken up to Michaelmas with every
probable ellimate, no mole than half that fum.
Gentlemen mull alto be fenfible of the beneficial
effeßs, which have refulted from the diminution
of the outßanding Exchequer Bills. I feel it, Sir,
my duty to flaw to the Committee, that there is
no deficiency in the item of Land and Malt, but
what will be fupplied by the out Randing arrears.
Baying entered into thefe particular Ratements, I
shall now bcf, leave to call the attention of the
Houle to the Supplies for the prefent year. The
firfl article that prefents itfclf, is the Navy. The

to lIMOOnt to 6,669,3781. I (hall not, Sir, attempt
to conceal, that the Supply neceffary to meet the
expences of an Army Eftablifhment is much more
confiderable ; but I muft obferve, that I include in
it a million for the purpofe of making good the
deficiency which was. incurred ;aft year, for the
extraordinaries of this department of the public
fervice. The grofs amount may be taken at
5,500,0001. to which, when ladd the extraordi-
naries, including the furplus extraordinary for
1802, of two millions, we 111,111 have a total of
7,500,0001. The Ordnance is Rated at 787,9471.
and the Corn-bounties amount to 524,5731. Ido
not calculate the Mifcellaneous Services for Eng-
land and Ireland, confidered jointly, at more than
one million ; and for the hills Permanent Grants,
I take the fum of 563,3391. We (hall now find,
by putting all there items of expenditm e together,
that they give a total fum, to be contributed joint-
ly between England and Ireland, of 16,845,2371.
—The feparate charges placed to the account of,
England, are 5,981,0001. confifting of Exchequer
Bills to be paid off on the Aids of 18ot, of fimi-
lar Bills on Aids of 1803, of payments to the In-',
dia Company, of the intereft due on Exchequer
Bills to December, and of the annual fum to be
applied to the reduction of the National Debt.
The total of the Supplies muft confequently (land
at 22,826,2371. Of this fum, it is almoft unnecef-
fug for me to obferve, that according to the Ar-
ticles of Union, two.feventeenths are to be provided
by Ireland, which will amount to 1,981,7921.
while that country is on the fame principle bound
to furnifh two feventeenths of 1,200,4011. for the
Civil Lift, as well as for other charges to which
the Confolidated Fund is fubjea, without any re-
lation to the Public Debt. The laft two feven-
teenths will be found to make no more than
144,2231.—f0 that the whole of the fum to be
contributed by Ireland amounts to 2,123,0151.
leaving England to provide for 20,703,2221.

RECAPITULATION OF THE SUPPLIES..
Novy—sopoo Men,at 71. per Man £4,1,50,000
Ordinary and Extraordinary 1,218,238
Building, rec. 901,140
-L.6,669,378
Aims - - 5,300,000
Extruordinaries, (including Cur-
plus Extraordinaries, 'Boa) a,otto,ooo

Ordnance .
Corn Bounties -

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7,5001000
787,947
524,573

Mlfeellaneons--England Z
- - 5,000,000
Ditto Ireland S
kith Pertnanent Grants - 363,339
To be contributed jointly between England
and Ireland Ireland - - 16,84.5,237

*NOLAND'S SEPARATE CIIAILOES:

To pay off Exchequer Bi Us on Aids x Box 2,781,000
Ditto onpAids ao3 (Bank) x,scopoo
Payment to India Company - x,000,000
Intereft on Exchequer Mk, Dec. &c. 600,000
Rednaion National Debt - xoo,ooo

5,981p00

Total Supplies 22,826,237
2-i7tha of the above turn 0f16,845,237L
are to be contributed by Ireland 1,981,792
Add for Ireland 247tlis of ,200040t1.
for Civil Lift and other Chargeson
the Coofolidated Fund, not relating
to Public Debt

144,223

On Account of Ireland

2,113,015

On Account of England
I now, Sir, come to the Ways and Means. The
Land and Malt is 2,750,0001. the furplus of the
Confolidated Fund I !late at 6,500,0001. the Ex.
chequer Bills in aids for i 804, at eleven millions,
and the fum arifing from the Lottery at half a
million. The items of the Ways and Means will,
of courfe, make 20,750,0001. exceeding by nearly
50,0001. the amount of the Supplies.

20,703.212

RECAPITULATION OF WAYS AND MEANS.
Land and Malt - . . Z.2,750,0n0
Surplus of Confoadated Fund - 6,,5000n0
Exchequer Bills on Aids, 1804 - 11,000,000
Lottery . - - soopoo

20,750,000
There are certainly, Sir, feveral articles of a tem-
porary nature, fuch as the Corn Bounties, and the
paying off of Exchequer Bills on aids of 18ot
and 1803. There will alfo be a demand on the
Public by the Eat India Company, of one mil-
lion, and perhaps more. Thefe occasional charges
may make upwards of five millions, and, while I
Rate them to the Committee, I truft I eiprefs the
gederal fenfe of this Houfe, in faying, that effec-
tual provifion mull be made for charges of a per-
manent nature. [A general cry of Hear ! Hear .0—
If any dill ultio occur, they (hould be met fairly
in the face. In my mind, Sir, a permanent revenue
(hould be provided for a permanent charge, and I
fhould not think myfelfjullified in my conduel, did
theoccafion require it, were Ito decline appealing to
the fortitude of this Houfe, for the purpofe of mak-
ing confiderable additions to the Taxes. Such an
appeal, I amhappy to fay, is notat prefentneceffary ;
and I trull no financial operation will be requifite
to jnilify the impofition of any new burthen. The
only meafure of finance which is likely to be called
for, is one that may prevent the glut of Exchequer
Bills. For that purpofe, it is my intention, (hould
circumfiances prove favourable, to pro le the
funding of from fix to eight millions of Exche-
quer Bills. But if the meafure cannot be advan-
tageoufly carried into effedl, a load may become
neceffary ' • yet, at the fame time, I feel it my duty
to fax, that there is every fair ground to hope for
fuccefs. In taking the produce of the Confolidated
Fund at fix millions and a half, I have not gone
too far, for I have (hong grounds to believe, that
before the end of the year, its actual produce will
be 7,845,0001- However, as I take no credit for
this expelled increafe, I do not alk the Committee
to place a perfedt reliance upon my opinion, but
beg they will wait for the teflfof experience. It
will appear, that the furplus of the Confolidated
Fund for the prefent year has exceeded, in a propor-
tionate degree, the product of all, preceding years.
In the year 1792, certainly one of our molt prof-
periodb, it amounted to 4,310,0641. and it
the prefent time nearly double. The produce
old permanent taxes is 15483,7624 f. and
of the new permanent taxes 11,345,3 mak-
Aer 26,839,0881. This produce is larger
year. with the excep.

tftd), the old permanent taxes amounted to
15,70ch00c1. In order to account for the compa-
rative deficiency between 1799, and the current
yeaf, I malt, however, obferve, that during the
firft quarter of this year, the difiilleries were lop-
ped, and I have every reafon to believe, if that
produaive fource of revenue had been open, the
prefent year would, in the branch of the old per-
manent taxes, have exceeded the year 1799, as
much as it has done in other infiances. I have
now, Sir, to congratulate the Committee that,
however fatisfaanry the financial ftatements of laft
year have proved, thole of the prefent year are
not leis gratifying ; that the profpFa of a great
increafe in the revenue of the country is well found-
ed ; and that, notwithftanding the gloomy pre-
diaions which have been hazarded, there is every
reafon, from the experience of the pall, to. look
with confidence to the future. Mr. Addington
then called the attention of the Houle to the late
' of our commerce, manufaatires, and various other
refources. He hoped the Houfe would think the
ftatement he had jul made a fatisfaaory one; and
he lrutied the profpeas which we had before us for
the enfuing year were not leis fatisfaaory : and
that our refources, which had hitherto been pro
greffively encrcafing, would be (ill greater, and
more flourithing, while the country purfued the
fame fyftem, that had concluded her to that high
pitch of commercial profperity in which the was
now placed. He could with confidence now look
forward to the encreafe of our revenue in future
years. With regard to the trade of the country,
it was flouri(hing beyond his molt fanguine expec-
tations. The value of the exports for the year
ending the loth of aft.ber !ail, amounted to the
fum of 27,800,0001. being three millions and a
half greater than in the former year. Our exports
in manufaeures and other articles had increafed in
equal proportion. A correfponding increafe had
taken place in the 'hipping of the country : and in
order to fatisfy the Houfe on that point, it was his
intention, thortly after the recefs, to lay upon the
'table a fi:11 and accurate account of the compara-
tive amount of the tonnage of the country in seve-
ral part years. At prefent he had not there accounts
made out : but he could afore the Houfe, that the
amount of Briti(h (hipping had very confiderably
encreafed laft year, beyond what it was in former
years. The number of Britith (hips entered in-
wards, was this year much greater than in the
year 1801 ; the number of foreign (hips much lefs.
For the port of London alone, the tonnage of
Britifh vac's entered inwards in the year ending
the toth of Oaober 18ot, was 418,699. tons. For
the next year the tonnage was 574,700 tons ; the
number of vac's 2455. The number of men in
the former year was 23,096; in the latter year
33,740. The number of. Foreign Chips that had
entered inwards in the port of London, during
the year ending the loth of October 1801, was
3385 ; the number in the enfuing year 1549. The
quantity of tonnage in the former year 452,677 ;
in the latter 214,199. This flattering view of our
affairs it was impoffible for him to contemplate
without a confiderable degree of fatisfattion; par-
ticularly when he looked back to the dole of laft
Seffion'of Parliament, and recolleaed the appre-
henfions at that time thrown out, with regard to
the deficiency that was likely to take place in the
revenue and commerce of the country. I trial
(laid he) that while every man in the United
Kingdom rejoices at this flourithing late of our
refources, and this raft encreafe of our commer-
cial profperity ; there is not a country in Europe
which (tall not participate in our fatisfaCtion ;• for
there is not a country in Europe which {hall not
be benefited by this encreafe of our wealth and our
trade.—What we have gained will not be loft to
others The flourithing Rate of our maritime corn
merce will promote the interell of other countries;
and the increafe of our maritime ftrength will give
additional proteCtion to the trade of every (late, not
only of Europe, but of the civilized world. It is
to our exertions that the Continent of Europe has
for more than a century pal been indebted for its
independence. But, Str, there is one fubjea which
cannot be too often brought before the confedera-
tion of the Houfe, and which I mutt now beg
leave to allude to ; this is the fyfiem of the Sinking
Fund : that fyftem, which has been the great in-
ftrument of our falvation, in the courfe of that dread-
ful period in which we have ftruggled with enry
difficulty infeparable from that long and arduous
war in which we were engaged. This was the
fyftem which my Right Hon. Friend had planned
in the year 1782, and then propofed for the adop-
tion of Parliament: a plan which has had the molt
happy and alionithing effeift in reducing the debt
of the country, and which by its rapidly progrcf-
five operation, will ultimately relieve the country
of the weight of that burthen ; 3s it has already
opened more fources of enterprife, which will en-
creafe our trade \ and navigation, and mull add
confiderably to the radical ftrength of our com-
merce. Having timed fo many favourable circum-
fiances concerning the interefts of Great Britain,
I mull trefpafs for a {port time on the patience of
the Houfe, while I take notice of the late of
Ireland. That country has been in a rapid and
encreafing late of profperity for fome time pall.
Her profperity never retied on a more fore and
solid foundation than it does at this moment ; and
I mull now declare it army opinion, that this im-
provement has been principally occasioned by, and
grown our of an event which I than never con-
template without fatishaion ; I mean that great
and important meafure, by which the Legiflatures,
the intereli, ftrength, and refources of both coun-
tries have been united and confolidated. What is
the, aattal fituation of Ireland at this time ? In the
month of Augutt 'aft, the excefs of her revenue
was 920,0001. and her revenue was in proportion
to her debt much greater than the revenue of
Great Britain. There is, befides, every reafon to
fuppofe, that the refources of Ireland will continue
every year to increafe, in (till greater proportion.
Before I fit down, I Mil begleave to fay a few
words on the fubjed of the force which is to be
kept up during the enfuing year. I Rated, on a
former night, that I had no reafon to think the
eftablithment of tBo3 would be a permanent
the contrary, that it was
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