HISTORY. OF EVROPE. 
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CHAP. VIII. 
India Budget—Lord Castlereagh—Mr. Johnstone—Chancellor of the 
Exchequer—Mr. W, Dundas.—Prince of Wales's Annuity Bill, passes 
the House of Lords, without opposition.—Irish Militia Bill— Debate.» 
Mr. Wickham—Elliot—Si 0 
_ gerald.—Proceedings on the Nottingham Election Bill—bill brought 
in to regulate them in future, by Mr. Hawkins Browne.—Supported by 
Mr. Pierrepoint and Mr. Bond.—Petition against it, from the Mayor 
and Corporation of Nottingham—Presented by Mr. Far.—Or dered to 
lie on the Table-—Further Proceedings on the Irish Militia Bill —De- 
bate.—Mr. Windham—Secretary at War—Sir W, Pulteney—Generak. 
Tarleton—Sir [L.. Parsons—Mr. Wilberforce —Mr, Elliot.—Kesolutions 
agreed to—and a Bill ordered pursuant thereta—Remarks, 
N the 14th day of March, in 
the house of commons, 
Lord Castlereagh brought for- 
_ward, the India budget, for the 
years 1800-1, as the accounts 
for the last year had not been yet 
received. He stated, first, the re- 
venues on the average of three years ; 
next he compared the estimated and 
the actual amount of the revenue of 
the last year; and thirdly, the es- 
: timated revenue for the succeeding 
year. The revenues of Bengal, for 
the year 1800-1, amounted to 
6,650,000/. which exceeded, by 
319,000/. the estimated revenue. 
The charges also exceeded the esti- 
mate, by 358,500/. The net re- 
venue of Bengal was 1,877,QQ0/. 
for that year. He estimated how- 
ever the net revenue of the ensuing 
year, at nearly 600,000/. higher. 
The excess of the charges above the 
estimate, was owing to the war, and 
the Egyptian expedition ; ; as ta the 
ladras revenues, notwithstanding 
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that they had increased in that year 
350,000/. above the estimate, yet 
the charges had also increased be- . 
yond the estimate, by near260,000/. 
‘This was owing to this presidency 
having borne the principal bur- 
den of the Egyptian expedition. 
After going through a very minute 
detail of the affairs of the company, 
he stated the following, as the lead- 
ing heads. The army of India, 
now Consists of 24,000 Europeans, 
89,000 natives, and 10,000 lascars, 
making altogether, an army of 
124,000 men. ‘The debt of India 
was 18 millions anda half, of which 
near ten millions had been added, 
within the last ten years ; but, on 
the other hand, it must be recol- 
lected, that those were years of 
war, and that the Indian empire 
had been doubled in extent; and 
the means of the company every 
way increased in proportion to its 
debt. If peace continued, the 
country would participate, nex 
H year, 
