§ Lord Grenvilleobserved, that a partial statement of the revenue of the country had been made elsewhere, and was probably now in the hands of their lordships. He could not applaud that conduct as manly, where the individual endeavoured to deceive himself and to shut his eyes to the difficulties of the country, still less could he call by the name of patriotism an attempt to deceive the country. He should therefore move for Accounts of the Produce of the Consolidated Fund, of the War Taxes, and of the annual Land and Malt for the years ending the 6th of January, 1810, and the 5th of January, 1811, in order that a true statement might be before the House, and to the production of these accounts he supposed there could be no objection.
The Earl of Liverpoolsaid he should not object to the motion. With respect to the statement elsewhere, he had not seen it, but he was satisfied it would be found that no attempt had been made by an individual to deceive himself, as alluded to by a the noble lord, or still less to deceive the country.—The motions were agreed to.