nem. con_.; and the
lords adopted it unanimously, one or two peers only censuring ministers,
as Pitt had done in, the lower house, for not producing it sooner. This
scheme, however, was not generally acceptable to the nation at large,
nor was the danger so great as to justify its adoption. Nevertheless a
large body of volunteers started up in every part of the realm, and a
force of 400,000 men wore soon collected on the coasts to defend their
beloved country. The whole population of England, under the impression
that their altars and firesides were endangered by the menace of the
first consul of France, rose

"Like one man, to combat in the sight
Of a just God, for liberty and right."

FINANCIAL MEASURES.

In discussing the military estimates during this session, an addition of
30,000 men was proposed and agreed to. Supplies were demanded in June
to the amount of L33,730,000, but the whole granted during the year
exceeded L41,000,000. In order to raise this sum, the custom and excise
duties were increased, and the income-tax was renewed, though not to its
former extent; a duty of one shilling in the pound was imposed on land,
to be paid by the landlord, and nine-pence by the tenant. The war taxes
were estimated at L12,700,000 annually, but they were to cease at the
end of six months after the return of peace, Some of the new taxes
imposed were extended to Ireland, and the lord-lieutenant of that
country was authorised to raise L1,000,000, by loan.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

This session closed on the 12th of August, by a speech from the throne.
In his speech, his majesty expressed his reliance that, under the
continuance of the Divine protection, the exertions of his brave and
loyal subjects would prove to the enemy and to the world, that an
attempt to subvert the independence of the United Kingdom would
terminate in the ruin of that people by whom it was sought. He assured
his parliament that economy in the public expenditure should be carried
as far as was consistent with the necessary exertions to frustrate the
designs of the enemy.

INSURRECTION IN IRELAND.

During this summer an insurrection, headed by one Robert Emmett, a
brother to the barrister of that name who took part in the recent
rebellion, broke out in Ireland. Emmett had been expelled from the
university of Dublin, and had resided abroad so long as the _Habeas
Corpus_ act was suspended, but on the removal of that obs