The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-07 00:00:00

COVENT.G.4RDEN THEATRE.

This Brining, SATI; ti hA Y. Jan 7. VIII be performed the Comedy*:
A 1101.1) STROKE FOR A IV IFR.

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Colonel regimen, ►ir. C. Kemblet Peeriwinkle, Mr. W. Fermi;
nbadinh Prim, Mr. Fawcett; Freeman, Mr. Cooper; Shnor. Pure,
Mr. Meadows. Ann Lovely. Mies Jones.
After which the Pauteminte of
■ABLEyUIN AND THE M.WICK ROSE;
t.2y, MAC I V D THE BrAST.

Mar Wools, Mr. Char, Pantaloon. Mr. Sarum; Clown, Mr. J. S.
Grimaldi; Columbine, Wee Romer.
On Monday, Macbeth; and the Pantomime. '

ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND.

Thia Ereulug, SATURDAY, Jan. 7, will be presented the Nautical
hlelo-Drsmatle Burletta of
THE PILOT:
Or, A TA I.E OF TILE SEA.
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The principal fiiii.l7nieg, T. P. Cooke, and
J. Reeve; awl Mn. Fitzwilllain.
After ,e bieb the Barletta
SILTCESS; ur, A HIT, IF LIKE IT.
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The principal Chains iers 17.1!I Yates. J. Reeve, and T. P. Cooke

anc(Mrs.Fitzwilliam. •
To eooelude with the Comic Pantomime 4.1 f
THE THREE GOLDEN LAMPS:
.Or...HARLI.St2IN AND THE WIZARD DWARF.

Militlaqu!n. Mr. W. Kirby I Pantaloon. Mr. Elliott; Clown. Signor
Paolo: Columbine. Miss ritmott.

The BRITISH Passe commenced publishing yssterday sner
ing at five o'clock.

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, DM.

The Paris Papers received yesterday bring some very in-
teresting intelligence from St. Petersburg!' relative to the
succession to the Russian throne. It appears that when
CONVT A NTINX married his present wife, the late Ehfesaoa
exacted from him a renunciation of his hereditary right in
favour of his next brother, NICHOLAS. A document to
this effect was secretly executed in triplicate. On she
death of the Emperor At.rx A Nbr It, according to his orders,
it was opened and read; but NicuoLas immediately de-
prived it of all efficacy by himself taking the oath of fide-
lity to the Emperor CONSTANTINE ; a COW/16 which was
followed by the Senate, the great dignitaries of the em-
pire, and the soldiers. Meanwhile CONSTANTINZ re-
mained at Warsaw, waiting the orders of the Emperor
NI cif 01 es. It was not until be was perfectly satisfied of
the adhesion of the Imperial Family and the Great
OiH-
cers of State that he resolved to travel to St. Pete's-
, burgh. The conduct of the brothers has been highly honour•
able to each : to NI cnotas, for refusing to avail himself of
what he knew to be an involuntary renunciation in his

favour, and to Cossr.sivrttic, for the sincere disposition
he manifested to leeii his engagements, under whatever
circumstances made. The whole family was evidently
happy and affectionate. The letters of the Dowager Ex-
ratss reflect the greatest honour upon her virtue and
piety.
It is announced in a Ministerial Journal that Adniiral
DCP r PRE, who is appointed to the command of the French
squadron in the West Indies, is furnished with powers to
complete the commercial arrangements between France and
the Mexican and Colombian Governments. The Quoli-
(benne, the organ of the factious Royalists, hopes that this
may not be the case, as the tendency of wick a policy could
be—that Paper asserts—only beneficial to England, and
certainly injurious to France. M. de VITA. EL t, however,
knows how to appreciate advice from that quarter: he has
made up his mind to promote the commercial interests of
his country, and the outcries of a few disappointed emi-
grants will not drive him from his path.
(From the Journal de Purl: of Wednesday, Jan. 41

PARIS, JAR. 3.
il'e find the following details in a journal, the connexions of
whit': ars chiefly commercial:—

" We have letters from London, which induce us to hope that
Admiral Duperr, 5.10 is going to take the command of the naval
force in the •Antilles, is furnished with powers on • the part of
France to effect something useful, both in Mexico and Bogota.
We have reason to believe that the chief object of his mission is to
carry into execution the arrangements which we announced two
months ago as having been concluded between France and Mexico,
according to which the Governments of the two countries were reel-
proc illy to appoint agents in each other's dominiona, to protect their
commercial interests, and that it would be to make the choice for
France, and to give to the agents it should have designated the
necessary instructions, that the Admiral would carry to Vera
Cruz a general agent, who would reside at Mexico; where he would
probably open negotiations to attain a definitive convention, within
a year froin this time; for we have reason to believe that this
arrangement with 31exin is
not agreed upon foe a longer time.
" In line. it teems that the great affairs of America, to which
we had always directed our chief attention, being convinced of its
immense importance to our foreign and domestic
assume a certain form.
" Ilayti will always he a good thing well done, and necessarily
produce the moot fertile consequences. policy, begin to
" The Commissioners of that Republic have quitted Paris, after

THE, ,BRITISH PRESS.

having completed a loan and a real treaty of commerce, the great
event which brought them hi.ber.

" We are jug aysured that those honourable negotiators dirt
not leave the capital without receiving from the highest source a
pledge of the value that France attaches to the result of their mit-
siont. This it the road that leads a State to prosperity and power."
IFroto the qmolidieune of Wedneadsy.l

Admiral 1/upenc is going to sail from Brest with a numerous
aquadron to A oliics on a mission which is evidently of great Irm.
portant, ; the liberal party hopes it is to establish relations between
France and the 31exican and Colombian Republics. We hope they
will be disappointed in their expectatiors. All persons versed In
political rcmunny. and without party epirit, know that whatever
our Government might do to secure the existence of the New States.
wouW, at the most, benefit Englind, and infallibly injure France.
FRE/IC:It Ft:Nos.—Pants, JAN. 4.—Five per (.e, Is. opened at
Kr.; closed it 901. 95e.; Three per Cents. 80c.; Neapolitan
Rentea 791. ;..fipanish Lost, 48f.; Harlan ditto 7901. Exchange
on London, one month, 23f. 10c. ; three months 241. 80c.—Cours

The official returns of the Revenue which we lay before
our readers this morning are by no means calculated to
warrant the apprehensions that have been expressed by
some of our contemporaries. On the year which has
just terminated, there is, compared with the preceding
one, a decrease of e 35,9401. This is unquestionably much
less than was expected, considering the injurious effects

that must have resulted lately from the stagnation of busi-
ness and financial distress of the commercial world. The
reduction of Hove has also necessarily reduced the produc-
tiveness of the revenue. The loss sustained by the draw-
back on wine is estimated at upwards of 1,000,000 V., and
the discontinuance of a portion of the tobacco duty does not
amount to less than 550,000!.• When to these we add what
would have been yielded by the duties remitted by various
Acts of the last Session, it will be apparent that the present
account is highly satisfactory, and justifies in the fullest
manner the expactations that were formed respecting it.
In consequence of the transfer of duties from the Excise to

the Customs, we cannot accurately distinguish the relative
increase or decrease of those two great branches of the
revenue. In every inferior source of income there was an
increase during the last year. The excess of the Stamp
duties, as compared with the previous year, was 243,137/. ;
in the Post-office, it was 73,000/. ; and in the Tax de-
partment 68,068/. The total revenue for the year ending
the Sth of Janis" 1875, was 48,812,759/. ; that for the
yeas _qt on same day 1826, was 48,573,819/.
The return for the quarter is at first sight less favourable

than that for the year: The apparent decrease is 1,159,9661.

But Otis is easily explained by the untoward circum-
stances to which have already referred. An of them
have operated with peculiar force during the late quar-
ter. In the corresponding season of last year there
were large importations of silk, on account of which
heavy payments were made into the Treasury, while lat-
terly, for many months, the purchases have been few and
inconsiderable. The distilleries, also, have not been
worked with a view to availing themselves as fully as
possible, when they can, of the repealed duties on malt.
From this alone the Excise has sustained a material dimi-
nution of its usual receipts. The pressure in the Money-
market has unavoidably induced the postponement of many
other payments, which, in the ordinary course of things,
would have been included in the accounts of the late quar-
ter. In some cases, for the present, it is impossible that
these payments can be made without utter ruin to the in-
dividuals from whom they are due; and in such instances
his MAJESTY'S Government have considerately refrained
from aggravating the then existing embarrassments. The
same causes have disinclined merchants from taking goods
out of the warehouses beyond the actual demand of the
moment.

Upon the whole, therefore, we feel ourselves entitled to
congratulate the public that the net produce of the revenue
of Great Britain has so well maintained itself under the
extraordinary and unparalleled pressure it has endured.
We ahal) conclude with a piece of intelligence of the most
gratifying nature, both as regards the revenue itself and the
country, whose progress in wealth and commerce it de-
monstratively indicates. We understand that the receipts
in Ireland, during the last year, have exceeded those of the
preceding twelve monthr.

CITY, FRIDAY EYENING.

The Money-market was heavy to-clay, with the natural
consequence of declining prices. Several large sales of
.Stock were made early in the day, and there was not suffi-
dent firmness afterwards to reduce a reaction. Many re•
ports were in circulation. '1 hat which hail the most exten-
sive and injurious effect was relative to the deficiency of
the Revenue. Consols were by this means lowered for the
settling on the 19th to 82if • and for the February account
to 8241. The other British Stocks were not much affected.
Exchequer Bills and India Bonds maintained the premium
of yesterday. This being a holiday at the Bank, the trans-
actions in Reduced were for to-morrow, but they were not
numerous. The dividends will be paid on Monday.
The Foreign Market was considerably depressed, espe-
cially as respects South American Securities. At one pe-
riod the fall was fully 2 per cent. but towards the close of
the day there was an improvement to nearly half that ex-
tent. Colombian Bonds, which opened at 671, had de-
clined to 6:4, but they finally rose again to 66k. Mexican
6 per cents. closed at 70. Brazil Scrip 13 clic. There was
no material variation in the Continental Stocks. Russian
fluctuated from blf to 84; the final quotation was 811.
Danish 621. Spanish 12.
The Share Market has not so good an appearance as yes-
terday, and but little business was doing in any a the
Companies. Anglo-Mexican, 10 12f pm. ; United ditto,
14 11 pm.; Potosi, about 1f die.

Extract of a private letterfroni Paris, dated Wednes-
day evening :—" There have been some heavy failures to-
day on the Stock-Exchange, but without affecting the
Funds. No lees than twelve defaulters are declared; one
for Bor 9,000 francs. At four o'clock the Rentes were
63 75, since when no operation has taken place. Ex-
change, paper cash—One month, 515 10 ; three months,
24. KO
We hear from Carlsruhe that the son of Colonel Gus-
tafsen (Ex-King of Sweden) has lately quitted that city to
go straight to Milan, where he is to fill the rank of Lieut.-
Colonel of a regiment of Austrian cavalry, in garrison
there. _ _ _

His Majesty's ship Pyramus, with Sir R. K. Porter, Mr.
Morier, and their suites, arrived at Barbatloes on the 17th
November, and sailed again with Mr. Morier and his suite
on the 211 of November, for Vera Cruz • and his Ma-
jesty's ship Primrose, on the same day, sailed with Sir IL
K. Porter red suite, for La Guayra.
From the Mexican Papers we And that daring robberies
have been frequent in the capital. Property to the amount
of 2,300 dollars, belonging to English merchants, bad
IL:en stolen. These occurrences had called attention to
the state of the police, which was the subject of discussion
in both Chambers.

]n a moment of public excitement, every thing which
tends to increase the alarm is greedily swallowed. A report
has been industriously circulated, that four sail of the line
and some smaller v( ssels are to be sent immediately to
the Mediterranean, to guard against the supposed war-
like projects of Constantine, the new Emperor of Russia.
Nothing has occurred here to warrant such a rumour. Both
at our dock-yard and in the harbour, every thing proceeds
in the usual course, and there does not appear the least in-
timation of any extra naval armament being about to be
equipped. At Portsmouth there are flvewtil of the line'
which might be fitted for active service at a short notice,
but in that port the same tranquillity is observed, and no
credence is attached to the report.—llytnoatilJoy'nol