The Press. — London, England, 1858-10-02 00:00:00

11.11111 11 . 111 THE PRESS, OCTOBMR 2, 1858. THE REVENUE. your the strut from I.—THE NET REVENUE. duty and Quarter end ed I Year ended then ~..—.----., ----'---- has Sept. 30, Sept. 30, I Sept. 30, Sept. .0, t h e 1857. j 1858. 1 1857. 1459. bacl A I A I A j 2 dee , 5,48085 I 6,115,422 j 23,108,50') 23.472,831 it, t CUSTOMS 17, , 519,000 17,731,000 fled EXCISE 1.752 255 1,831,000 7,340,223 I 7,728,343 SIAMPS to t 159,000 141,000 I 8,099,020 I 3,136,033 ,„,.,;, TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 730,000 745,000 1 3,930,000 i 3,025,000 hot CROWN LANDS 60,654 60,940 I 277,654 276,940 the MISCELLANEOUS 269,408 531,690 1,117,231 j 1,93 4 ,727 a b dot TOTAL ree lI.—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. chi hei .........--... It l i Quarter ended Half Year ended • Year ended lift Sept. 30, 1858. Sept. 30, 1838. Sept. 30, 1858. yoi it. Increase. Decrease. Increase. ( Decrease . I Increase. Decrease. be .----- ---- ha i I A & A 2 I A , go CUSTOMS EXCISE STAMPS 7147411 • 312,824 TAXES 18,000 PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 15,00u , CROWN LANDS MISCELLAN EOUS 28'2,252 1 TOTAL 1,90,320 1,708,537 1,123,4 7 7 , 3,843,490 1,883,951 7,901,113 wc an _, 11,718,217 .2 4%0,013 16,017,163 Li Net Decrease. Net Decrease. Net Decrease. ea Quarter ended 1 1 Year ended Sept. 30, Sept. 30, 1 Sept. 30, Sept.3o, 1857. 1 1853. 1 1857. 1859. 2 I A Il 2 1 2 5,481,385 I 6,115,422 j:23,106,501 23.472,831 CUSTOMS EXCISE STA MPS 159,000 141,000 18,099,020 I 3,136,033 TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFICE 60,654 60,940 I 277,654 276,940 CROWN LANDS 269,458 531,69 0 1 1,117,231 1,938,727 MISCELLANEOUS TOTAL lII.—EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. (From all Sources.) Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter end June 30. 185 e, iz.:— Britain Ireland Z116,054 g 416,054 Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, as shown in Account 1 16,964,052 Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30,185 e, in repayment of advances for Public Works, Jac 427,042 17,807,148 Balance, being the deficiency on the 30th of Sept., 1858, upon the charge of the Consolidated Fund In Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other Charges payable in the Quarter to Let. 31, 185 e, and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY'S HARVEST- 519,002,006 HOME. DURING the last two or three years the Earl of Shaftesbury has given a series of harvest-homes upon different parts of his extensive estates in the neighbourhood of Wimbotne St. Giles, Dorsetshire ; and that for the parishes of Horton, Chalbury, Woodlands, and Hinton Martel was held upon Chalbury -bill, on Saturday last. The day was beautifully fine, and a more appropriate spot could not have been desired for such a gathering, affording, as it does, a magnificent prospect of the surrounding country. After attending Divine service, the labourers, both male and female, to the number of about 430, assembled in a large marquee, on the top of the hill, where a bountiful good old English dinner was spread with much taste for their entertainment. His lordship presided at one of the tables, and several ladies and gentlemen assisted in dispensing the good things provided. On the repast being concluded and thanks offered up, the health of the noble earl was proposed by Mr. John Newman, and drunk amid enthusiastic cheers. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, after impressing upon his hearers the duty of thanking God tor the bounties of the harvest and for the good things they had received that day, said : My good friends, having you here, I must take this opportunity of offering to you one or two words of counsel —sound and good counsel—the result of experience, and stimulated by the great desire I have for yoar welfare. Now, you men, I address you first. I do implore you to turn to good accoant the advantages you now enjoy. It is within your power greatly to improve your own conditon. You are, I am happy to say, now placed in far better cir cumstances than you used to be • you have more indulgent and mere kindly disposed employers, you have a greater amount of occupation offered to you, and if you will but go zealously into the work before vou—more particularly into those large works of drainage I am carrying on now and shall continue to carry on for the benefit of the estate--it is in your power to realize such wages u may place you and your families in a far superior condition than hitherto. But Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1854, to redemption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended June 30, E 1,735,696 185 c. Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 185 n Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter elided Sept. 30, 11 , 48, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt .. 5,524,049 Terminable Debt 1,430,325 Interest of Exchequer Bills (De ticiency) The Civil List Other Charges on Consolid Fund Advances for Public Works, dc... Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 18(d, viz.:— Great Britain Ireland nil. 101,259 37'2,799 2,•5,818 7,097,245 i19,002,G05 when you make these wages, recollect they are not to be expended in idleness and indulgence. Above all things, beware of the pothonse ; above all things, beware of drink. It is the great, the besetting curse of the working population of these realms. I have told you before, and I will tell pa again, lest you forget the fact, that the working people of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland expend upon beer, ardent spirits, and tobacco—l am almost ashamed and regret to say it—no less than 65,000,0001. every year of their lives. Why, only conceive what such a sum of money would be in the pockets of the working men, —only conceive what such a sum of money would be expended in the imrrovement of their homes, in the education of their children, for the general benefit of them selves, to be laid up in savings banks for an evil day, or the period of old age ! Yet all this you have within your own reach ; and that enormous sum of money—which if the Queen were to endeavour to take out of your pockets in the shape of taxation would cause a revolution—you spend yourselves, to your own misery, the misery of your families, and those who come after you. Lord Shaftesbury having urged his hearers to avail themselves of the system of evening classes, which he was desirous of extending, proceeded to say : Now, my good women, I wish to say a few words on the responsibilities whioh rest upon you. I wish to impress upon the women, especially the daughters of toil, how great are your responsibilities, how vast your power, and what a wonderful influence you can eiert over those committed to your care. Why, you women, are you aware of this, that more depends upon you, upon your conduct. upon your principles, upon the mode in which you treat and bring up your children,—more depends upon you than all the men in the world put together? You have the children under your care, and you have almost absolute command over them until eight or nine years of age; and during that time what is there you may not implant in their minds? What is there you may not teach them to do and believe? Do you discharge this duty, or do you neglect the obligation imposed upon you? Oh! let me impress upon ynt that your own happiness, the happiness of your husbands, the happiness of your children—more, the dignity and happiness of the country to which you belong, depend upon the way in which you perform your duties. What makes a great nation ? What are lords and ladies—what are all the great folks without a moral and happy people living in the realms ? You it is who constitute the strength of a nation; and you it is who will constitute the weakness of a nation if you do not bestow yourselves, by the blessing of Almighty God, to giving to• the children committed to your care the advice and in struction you may learn from the lips of your pastors and from the open Bible. God has committed to every one a duty ; and bear in mind your first duty to your children and your husbands imposes upon you the necessity of giving them a cleanly, cheerful, happy home. Many a husband has been driven to the pothonse by indifference to this and the conduct of the wife, and many a husband may be won back by the attractions of a comfortable home and the decent and cheerful demeanour of the wife. Depend upon it, there is nothing more honourable, nothing more digni fied, nothing more captivating, nothing more attractive to the heart, nothing that can more deeply impress the mind of a thinking mar. than to see the decent, happy home of one of the working classes. Let me remind you that there sits on the throne of these realms one who is a bright example to every one, even the poorest in her dominions. There can be nothing more beautiful or more simple than her domestic life—nothing more respectful to her husband—nothing more tender to her children ; but cf this I am sure, that nothing would give her more delight than that we might he able to say— " After all, good as you are, happy and honourable as your life may be, your Majesty is no better than the rest of your subjects." Would to God we might he able to say it. Do you labour to obtain that happy end? I shall not be wanting, by God's blessing, to aid you in the work. have done what 1 can; and by the blessing of God I will go on to improve your dwellings and to take care that every peasant on the estate shall have a dwelling with everything that decency and comfort require. But then if 1 do these things at considerable expense and labour you must join with me end strengthen my hands, and show the work 1 undertake is not altogether fruitless. My good men, my good women, can I trust and believe that from this day fors ard you will labour with me in this happy work, for the honour of the estate, for your own comfbrt, and for the good of all? Lord Shaftesbury concluded with a few words of earnest exhortation, reminding them of the blessings they enjoyed, that they were a free people, a British people, and that it was their own fault if they were not a Christian people. The observations of the noble earl were listened to with profound attention throughout. After drinking the healths of the Countess of Shaftesbury and Lord Ashley, the party rose to join in the dance or participate in the rural sports which had been provided for their aniusement, thus spending a most pleasant and happy day. AGRICULTURE IN EVESHAM. AT the annual meeting of the Vale of Evesham Agricultural Society, under the presidency of the Hon. Frederick Lygon, M.P., Mr. FOLEY, M.P., in responding for " The Health of the County Members," spoke of the advance in agriculture of late years, and especially in machinery. He believed we should in the end have produced a steam•plough, which for simplicity and economy would be adapted for the purposes intended. He thought that, considering the rapid communi.lation which they were now enabled to have between dif ferent parts of the country, considering the facilities of communication which had been established, and the various disasters to which trade and commerce were liable, the panics and the strikes which they had occasionally to endure, the price of land would rise ; and he believed that to hold or to occupy land would be the best investment that a man could have for his capital. A large purchase of land bad lately been made in that neighbourhood by a distinguished foreigner—the Due d'Aurnale—who, he thought, had made a good choice in the selection of land, where he would find some of the best specimens of English agriculture. The duke had also entered kindly into the objects of the Vale of Evesham Agricultural Society, by offering a premium for the encourage ment of the growth of mangold-wurtzel. Subsequently, " The Health of the Borough Members" being given, Mr. HOLLAND alluded to the threatened Reform Bill, observing that, whatever its effects might be upon that borough, ha was sure it would he found that the people of Evesham would support the prin ciples of liberty and political freedom, and that they would be ready to do what was necessary for the welfare of the county generally. Mr. RANDELL proposed the health of the chairman. The Hon. F. LYOON replied, his remarks being entirely non-political. Numerous other toasts were given and responded to, and various agricultural topics were discussed with much gusto. A 'TAUNTED HOUSE is the object of superstitious awe at Greenock. The occupant is the wife of a seaman, who is alleged to have been first disturbed by certain mysterious moanings. The poor woman has actually been frightened both out of her composure and her house, going at night to sleep with a friend in another part of the town, leaving the ghosts in undisturbed possession of the house. nit; DURING t Shaftesbu upon dift neighbour and that Woodlan Chalbury beautiful] not have as it does country. labourer( about 431 of the hi was spre His lord ladies a] things p thanks c propose( euthusii The I his hear of the received My g opportur —sound stimulat Now, yl turn to within y You are minnow' and nu, amount aealousl those la shall co in your your fai 959