110] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



Lord Grenville approved of the 

 motives which prompted the earl 

 of Moira to endeavour to put an 

 end to the discussion ; yet said, he 

 should be sorry that the present 

 motion should be disposed of by the 

 previous question, lest it should im- 

 ply, that his majesty's ministers 

 would be inclined to refuse an in- 

 quiry, were sufficient grounds for 

 it laid down. To him it appeared 

 that no ground whatever had been 

 made out. He therefore hoped 

 that the noble lord would withdraw 

 his motion for the previous ques- 

 tion, as he should otherwise have to 

 oppose it, in order to give his ne- 

 gative afterwards to the original 

 motion. The earl of Moira re- 

 stated the motives which had in- 

 duced him to move the previous 

 question. However, if lord Gren- 

 ville thought that his motion would 

 admit of any unfavourable construc- 

 tion, he was willing to withdraw 

 it. The previous question was 

 accordingly withdrawn. The whole 

 house murmured approbation and 

 applause of the delicate sentiment, 

 sound judgement, and noble can- 

 dour of lord Moira. The house 

 then divided on the original mo- 



tion, by lord Holland, for whicli 

 there appeared 34: against it 51. 



We come now to the great test 

 and sanction of all the great measures 

 of administration, the granting of the 

 supplies. In the house of commons, 

 the twenty-fourth of February, be- 

 ing in a committee of ways and 

 means, Mr. chancellor Pitt said, 

 he would not detain the commit- 

 tee with any preface to the account 

 of the supplies that had already 

 been granted, or that remained to 

 be granted, for the service of the 

 current year ; but should proceed 

 directly to state, generally, the se- 

 veral heads of which those accounts 

 consisted. Tlie supply which he 

 deemed requisite amounted to thirty- 

 nine millions and a half.* 



Mr. Pitt, in detailing the means 

 for raising his supply, estimated the 

 income-tax at 5,300,000/. after the 

 deduction of interest payable for the 

 borrowed sum of 1 3,500,000/. But 

 he thought it highly probable that 

 it would produce a greater sum in 

 the course of the present year than 

 it had done in the last, as he intended 

 to propose some regulations calcu- 

 lated to augment its efficacy. Hehad 

 negociated a loan of 18,500,000/. ; 



• Navy .... 



Army .... 



Ordnance .... 



Miscellaneous services 



Interest due to the Bank 



Deficiency of the ways and means of 1799 



Duties on land and malt 



Exchequer bills issued on income-tax 



Bills issued on other taxes . . 



on the vote of credit of the last year 



Subsidies to German princes 

 Expense of Russian troops . , 



Towards the reduction of the public debt 

 Probable contingencies 



^.13,619,000 

 11,350,000 

 1,695,000 

 750,000 

 816,000 

 447,000 

 250,000 

 2,506,000 

 79,000 

 1,914,000 

 2,500,000 

 500,000 

 200,000 

 1,800,000 



,£.39,500,000 



