118 ANNUAL REGISTEK, ISJO. 



ing, with as much spirit and acti- 

 vity as in a time of the most pro- 

 found and prosperous peace, he in- 

 ferred that thestate of the industry 

 and enterprise of the country was 

 such as to enable the nation to sup- 

 port the burthens it had to bear, 

 and that there could be no reason to 

 consider this as a falling or failing 

 country. It was not only in our 

 internal resources, but in our ex- 

 ternal means and strength, that 

 the progressive prosperity of this 

 nation was to be traced. This 

 too had, happily, been made out 

 to the conviction of our enemy. 

 It was but a few years since, that 

 all he wanted was ships, colonies, 

 and commerce. If the attainment 

 of such objects was his wish, what 

 progress had he made towards 

 their accomplishment? It was 

 only by acquisitions from this 

 country that he was to realize any 

 one of them ; and yet all the 

 commmerce that belonged to his 

 empire, and all the colonies, he 

 had lost ; and the few ships he had 

 remaining, were pent up in ports, 

 withoutever daring to put to sea. * 

 Mr. Perceval concluded with mov- 

 ing, that the terms on which the 

 loan had been contracted for 

 should be approved by that com- 

 mittee ; which was agreed to. 

 llesolutions corresponding to the 

 other financial statements of the 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

 were also agreed to, and ordered 

 to be reported. 



House of Commons, May 30. 

 Mr. Foster rose and said, that it 

 was his duty on that day to sub- 

 mit to the consideration of the 



committee the amount of the sup- 

 plies voted, and of the ways and 

 means he proposed to recommend 

 for the service of the present year 

 in Ireland. In doing this, it 

 would be necessary for him to 

 state the situation of the finances 

 of Ireland at the beginning of the 

 year, in order to show how the 

 consolidated fund stood at that pe- 

 riod, and what sum was applicable 

 to the service of the current year. 

 Onthe 5th of January, 1810, the 

 account stood thus : 



ARREARS AND BALANCES. 



January 5, 1810. 

 Consolidated fund 

 on that day in 

 the Treasury of 



Ireland .f. 1,365,000 



Unpaid of the Bri- 

 tish Loan 424,000 



1,789,000 



Out of which 

 was to be deduct- 

 ed— 



For Quota for the 

 year 1809, due 

 to the British 



Treasury 1,379,000 



Also demands re- 

 maining unpaid, 

 viz 



Commissi- 

 oners of 

 IstFniits 25,000 

 Ditto Boiis 2,000 

 Do. Inquiry 2,300 

 Do. Inland 

 Naviga- ^ 



tion .... 138,600 

 Outstand- 

 ing Deben- 

 tures, Lot- 

 tery Prizes, 

 and Trea- 

 sury Bills 28,700 



197,000 



• The Orders in Council had the effect of reducing the customs of France from 

 2,500,000^ to 500,000/. being a diminution of 4-5ths of their whole amount. 



