Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE,

The Revenue Returns for the quarter and the year
terminating on the 30th September, will give fair
ground for a renewal of those. congratulations in which
it has been our unvarying duty to indulge on each
similar-occasion for some years past. The figures them-
selves are highly satisfactory, and an investigation of
the causes which bring them about will serve to demon-
strate still further the soundness' of the national pros-
perity.. _

Looking to the accounts for the quarter, as - compared
with the corresponding period of 1858, we shall fiad
under the important head of Customc, an increase of
about £150,000. This increase is spread pretty gene-
rally, through all the articles forming the subject of
import duties, with.the exception of sugar, which shows
a diminution of about £200,000, arising from the' fact
that large sums were paid at the end of last quarter, in
anticipation of an additional duty on sugar, which
should, under ordinary circumstances, come into the
present quarter. Notwithstanding this exceptional
circumstance, however, the increase under the head of
Customs will be, as we have said, about £150,000.
The Excise will exhibit an increase on almost every
article except hops, amounting altogether to an excess of
£456,000, as compared with the quarter terminating
this time last year. . _

—ln Stamps we may anticipate an increase of about
£105,000, principally arisingc, from the progressive deve-
lopment of the Legacy and Succession Duties.
Under. the head of Taxes there is a small increase—
about £s,ooo—in itself of little importance, but not
unworthy of remark, from the fact that it is entirely
attributable to the progress of the House tax.
The Property and Income-Tax will, of course, show a
large decrease, arising solely from the reduction of the
rate of taxation. , The decrease under this head will be
about £580,000.

In the Post-office department we may look for an
increase of about £35,000.
The returns arising from Crown Lands will show no
variation, and under the head of Miscellaneous there
will be a, decrease of about £200,000.

The net results of the quarter's revenue will thus be
a decrease of about £30,000.

Upon the year we shall find, in the Customs an in-
crease amounting to £1,300,000, pervading almost every

article except corn.
The Excise will show an increase of about £940,000,
likewise spread over the whole list of excisable ,com-

modities,

Stamps will yield about £260,000 more than last
year, owing, as in the case of the quarter, t© the pro-
gress of the Legacy and Succession Duties,-and also
slightly to the stamp on bankers' cheques.
The increase in Taxes on the year will be about
5.42,000.

Under the head of Income-tax, the reduction of the
duty will again cause a large decrease, amounting to
about £2,100,000 in the year.

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The Post-office returns for the year will .be about
1230,000 in excess of those for the preceding one.
The Crown Lands return, as in the quarter, exhibits
no variation of consequence, and under the head of
Miscellaneous we must anticipate a decrease of about
C 150,000.
The year',6 accounts will show a total net increase of
about £530,000 upon the corresponding period of .1857
and 1858.
It will be seen from this that the returns Are in every
respect satisfactory. The increases proceed from the
most wholesome causes, unmistakeably indicating the
general prosperity. Thus the Customs an Excise returns
are swollen by the increased consumption of articles of
luxury and domestic comfort, and the additional yield
of the Post-office is due to the increased business of
the department. While of the two heads under which
a decrease occurs, the larger arises simrily from the

he ,income-

abandonment of a great portion of
while the smaller, that of "Miscellaneous,'' occurs in a
manner arising from incidental circumstances of them-
selves of no importance. To appreciate t,he character
of these -returns, it will be sufficient to dwell only
pn the fact that the quarter shows but a nominal

lecrease in the face of a reduction of taxation, amount-
nto £580,000 ; and that the year, notwithstanding

the abandonment of income amounting to over two mil:
lions, will yet yield an increase of more than half a

million

THE LATEST NEWS.

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FRANCE.

MARSEILLE, Sept. 30.
The King of the Belgians will remain two day

in Marseilles. Advices from Naples to the 27th
state that 15,000 soldiers had been sent to the
frontiers, and-the number was expected to be in-
creased to 25,000. The King, who had been to
Gaeta, had returned to Naples.

MEN-OF-WAR AT GIBRALTAR.
PARIS, Sept. 30

Letters from Gibraltar of the Toth inst. state
that eight English ships had arrived in port
the previous day, six from the Mediterranean
squadron and two from England.

THE FRENCH FU
ARINDS.
PS, Sept. 30

12.10 P.M.—The Bourse still presents a very
quiet appearance. Bentes opened at 69.10.
3.30 P.M. —Rentes have 'improved 15c., the
closing prices being 69.25. The quotations for
the October Account are 69.421.