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step by step, the labyrinth, in the 
recesses of which, imposition had 
been concealed, and drag it into 
the face of day, to mect merited 
contempt and ignominy. It had al- 
ready been his lot, since in opposi- 
tion, to expose the errors of adminis- 
tration,in their great measures of the 
Russian convention, and the defi- 
Nitive treaty, with irresistible ar- 
gument; but it was now seen, 
that. this consummate statesman, 
was as well versed in the minutest 
detail of domestic economy, as he 
was acknowledged, almost without 
a rival, in the science of universal 
politics. In a speech, in which 
nervous language, lucid arrange- 
nieht, and convincing argument, 
were equally conspicuous, he proved, 
by the most incontrovertible ‘evi- 
dence, that instead of a surplus of 
a million, there actually existed a 
deficit of four, making in the whole, 
a difference between the reality, 
and the estimates of the minister, 
of five millions!!! So complete was 
the effect, which this disclosure, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1803. 
either of the grossest ienorance, or 
the most wilful deception on the 
part of government, produced, that ~ 
what could be called a defence or 
a reply, was not attempted on the 
the part of the ministry, though all - 
the peers in official situation, were 
then present. Some murmurs were 
indeed heard, at the bringing for- 
ward a motion of this nature in the 
upper house of ‘parliament; on a 
principle which it would be a waste 
time to refute; but it must have 
been forgotten by those who uttered 
them, that the discussion was pro- 
voked by the boasts (made by a no- 
ble lord in that assembly, attached 
to Mr. Addington’s goyernment, and 
himself high in office) of the “ mag- 
nificent receipts” and brilliant'state 
of the resources of the country ; and 
that they likewise betrayed the la- 
mentable weakness of anadministra- 
tion, which ‘could be attacked on 
finance with impunity in the house 
of peers, for want of any minister 
there, capable of defending their 
measures!! !* : 
* The following statement, which appeared in a daily paper, professes to give lord 
Grenville’s calculations, and which, in order to make the admirable speech we have 
given so much in detail, periectly intelligible, we here subjoin. 
No. I. 
Expenditure, (supposed) 
By Mr. Addington. 
Army, £5,200,000 
Navy, 4,230,000 
Ordnance, 800,000 
Miscella. services 1,300,000 
Total joint contrib. 11,530,000 
duct {2:27 ths, dpe. 900} 
Deduct) Cons, fund,141,000§ 1,497,000 
Remains, British proportion, 10,033,000 
Add England’s separate charge 500,000 
10,533,000 
Add navy buildings, omrtied 
by Mr. Addington, 700,000 
Real expence ‘of Mr. Ad- 
dington’s establishment, 11,233,000 
No. IIL. 
Expenditure, (actual). 
Mr. Addington’s supposed reductions not 
effected. 
Army,(25,000men) 800,000 
Navy,(18,000men ) 1,540,000 
Total, (43,000men) 2,340,000 
Deduct 2-17 ths, 137,000 
2,203,000 
Add to this navy buildings, 700,000 
2,903,000 
Which, added to Mr. Ad- 
dington’s estimated ex- 
pence of 10,553,000 
Makes the total annual ex- 
penditure, on the establish- 
ment of November last, 13,436,000, 
Deduct actual income, 9,185,000 
Deficiency, £4,251,000 
