- mates, 
State of Public Affairs. 
events might render inevitable. To the 
prefent number he propofed to add 10,000 
men, making a total of 120,000 men for 
the fervice of the prefent year. He ob- 
ferved, that though the vote of that night 
went to require an addition of 10,000 men, 
yet, as the exigency of laft ycar rendered 
it neceflary to employ 6700 men in addi- 
tion to the number of 110,000 already 
employed, it would only be neceffary to 
raiie fomething lefs than 4000 more, 
which would effectually anfwer every pur- 
pofe. He then moved, that there be 
granted to his Majelty, to defray the ex- 
traordinaries of the army for the year 
1797, the fam, of 1,351,3911., 198. 3d.» 
the fum of 70,000]. for 10,000 extra fea- 
men and marines, at 71. per man per year. 
To the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Rank, for fo much 
fupplied by them to the com- 
miflioners for liquidating the 
national debt . 
Money advanced in confe- 
200,000 0 0 
guence.of addrefies of that 
houfe, and not then provided 
for - 4, 10,043 16 4 
To the African company 13,000 OO 
To merchants trading to the 
Levant - - 
To the Britith mufeum 
For putting the Alien act in- 
to execution - 
On the 25th of April, in a committee 
ef fupply, the Secretary at War pre. 
fented feveral accounts of the army efti- 
amounting, in the whole, to 
4,706,776], 6s. gid. which fum. was 
voted accordingly. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 
the fame day, brought up his fecond 
budget for the current yea. By this 
budget he added nearly three mlions te 
the expences of the year above what he 
calculated when he opened his firit bud- 
get in November laft. This excefs he 
ftated to be occafioned chiefly by the ad- 
‘ ditional exertions, which the continued 
preparations and increafed aétivity of the 
enemy had rendered unavoidable. The 
whole amount of the fupplies for the pre- 
fent year, he ftated at 28,490,391]. 
The total of the ways and means, at. 
28,450,0001. Hence arofe a deficit of 
40,0001, for which Mr. Pitt had not 
made any provifion. 
Summary of the fupplies, according to 
rhe two budgets *. 
12,009 00 
3,000 O90 
2660) 100 

* See the ftatement of the. firft budget, in 
our, Magazine for December lait, Vol. .iv. 
page 4.30. 
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353° 
Navy.—By the firt budget, in 

November - 12,531,838 
By the fecond, in April, 910,000 
Total for the navy 13,448,838 
Army.—Stated in Noy, at 10,112,950 
Addged in April - 257445365 
Ordnance.—-Stated in Nov. at 1,291,038 
Added in April - 12,542 
Mifcellaneous fervice,—Stated 
in November at . 673,000 
Added in April - 7,608 
Forthe difcharge of the na- 
tional debt ~ 2003930 
Total of the fupplices 28,490,391 
The principal variation which appeared 
_in the two budgets, in the ftatement of the 
ways and means for the year 1798, was 
in the article of the affefled taxes, which 
the minifter had eftimated, in November, 
at fewen millions, but from the various 
modifications which had been made, in 
what was called the Treble Affefinent bill, 
he ftated them in April at the fum of fcur 
millions and a half! ! 
Summary of the ways and means for 
the year 1798. 
Annual produce of the land and 
malt - - 2,750,000 
Voluntary contributions 1,500,009 
The affefied taxes - 4,500,009 
A duty upon imports and ex- 
ports, which Mr. Pitt fup- 
pofed would be faved to the 
merchant, by a diminution 
of the prefent infurance, in 
confequence of rezulations to 
be made refpeéting the fail- 
ing of convoys - 1,500,000 
Advances by the Bank on Ex- 
chequer bills - 3,000,000 
The loan,. exclufive of two 
millions for irelaad 15,000,000 
The lottery - 200,000 

Ways and Means 28,450,000 
Mefirs. Boyp and Co. being the 
loweft bidders on the annuity, were the 
purchafers of the loan, the terms of which 
were as follow > viz. ; : 
For every rool. fubfcribed, the fubfcriber to 
have 1501 of confols, at 434 valueL72 15 9 
so of reduced, at 472 value 23 15 0 
4s, rid. long annuities at 

13 years 3.31 
Difcoynt - 2. 
eee aot 
162 "13 12 
As eight millions of the loan . were 
mortgaged on the gradual produce of the 
increafed affefled taxes, the permanent ad- 
3D dition 
