250 Statistics- 
The following account from 1 Nileses Reg. 261,25 tolerably ac^ 
curate. 
NATIONAL DEBT— EXPENDITURE— TAXATION. 
J^ational Debt. 
When queen Anne came to the throne in 170 1, the 
debt was /.1 6,394,703 
When George I. came to the throne in 1714 54,145,362 
When George II. came to the throne in 1727 52,092,235 
When George III. came to the throne in 1760 146,632,844 
At the close of the American war the debt was ( 1784) 257,2 1 3,043 
At the close of the war against “ revolutionary 
France,” (1801) 579,911,447 
January 5, 1810 811,893,082 
From a late debate in the British house of Lords, (1813), on 
a motion made by lord L^^^derdale to enquire into the alarming 
state of the currency of that natipn, we learn the following inter- 
esting facts, viz : 
1. That three years ago, the war cost the British government 
100 millions— next year, 104 millions — and last year, 112 mil- 
lions sterling ! 
2. That, in the course of the present year, 50 millions have 
been added to the national debt. 
3. That, in the year 1813, the bank of England bills, then in 
circulation, were only 1 2 millions ; now, they amount to 43 miL 
lions. 
4. That government^ besides interest on the national debt, 
pays to the bank of England £in extra interest of nearly two miL 
lions on their exchequer biHs^ 
5. That in July last, an ounce of Portuguese gold, formerly 31. 
17s. 6d. now brings 5l. 5s. in bank paper. A silver dollar, for- 
rnerly worth 4s. 6d. with the new stamp, now brings 6s, 9d. 
6. That paper currency has depreciated 35 per cent. 
7. That, some years ago, there were annually brought from 
New Spain between thirty and forty millions of dollars ; now, 
only between seven and eight millions. 
Funded and unfunded debts of Great Britain and Ireland oxi 
the l5^ of January^ 1813. 
Great Britain - - - / 812,013,135 8 1 1| 
Ireland ^ - = 94,926,454 7 S-i 
Total, / 906,939,589 16 
