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from the pulpit or obliged to knee it suddenly. Chi g AAP
sequent day, the 23d of March, the Diario of Barcelona
announced, from superior authority, that, on the next day
the same monk would repeat his sermon in' the church of
St. Monica in that city. The preacher accordinglyappeared
and delivered his pious phillipic. But the feelings of the
people of Barcelona may be taken, front the precautions .
adopted for the protection of" Father Joseph Serd." %Phile
sermonizing on the disinterestedness of the Spi ;fish clergy,
a guard of forty soldiers were stationed in die middle of
the church of St. Monica ; at each door two Spziniah gen-
d'artnes were in arms; two more were placed at the loot of'
the pulpit, one of them French and the usher a Spaniard ;
and at the elbow of •• Father Joseph" anodeer genil'armee
also stood. A hotly of cavalry was drawn up outside the
doors, and none admitted within the church after a certain
time. This is freedom of religious sentiment with a ven.
geaniv ! This is one twoconvincing mode of edifying the cities me
of Barcelona from the pulpit, and shews at once the tratiquil
disposition of the Catalotiians, who must be quite calm
when the very churches were filled with soldiers, to repress,
the indignation of the people, and protect the monks fie a
personal violence. The Chamber of Deptnies in Paris,
wks employed on Saturday in debating 'headdress to the
King, in secret committee. That proposed by the Miniae
tens was carried by an overwhelming majority of 295 to
14. On Monday, at one o'clock, the Chounber was to sit
to receive a communication from the French Moisten.
The address was to have been presented is the
King on the same day. An article in a German paper,
the Gazette de Mayeuce, alluding to the present elate/ of
Kneel*, calculates the number of troops maintained by the
different powers, naval and military, at two millions fivS
hundred thousand men, whieh, this Journal amens, ens
annually two milliards' of frame, while the territorial re-
venues of Europe do not exceed one milliard eight hun-
dred millions. It proceeds to add, that nearly the eightieth
part of the whole population Of Europe is still in arm& ;
and that each individual is asansiel to the amount of ten
francs for the maintenance of this armed mass, while all it/
asserted to be profound peace. Some of the assertions of
the Mayence Journal are questionable, but the statement
altogether is a striking one, as to the existing state/ of
things, and skews by how frail a tenure peace now Wee
on the Continent—ihose who maintain such armlet only
wanting a itroetext to set them in dangerous motion again.
Front the Meaisear of Sunday, April I.]
People w are fond of troubles and disordas, see them
where, and spead the report Met nothing is to be seen in by init
rounders and auassinauons. What is certain is, that the ca.
pital and the provinces never enjoyed greater tranqUillity.
Some French solder's were lately wounded in a quarrel in a
tavern, and this event was sufficient to publish that the pub-
lie repose was not secure. If, however, it were true, as the
Liberals of both nations repeat daily, that, the Peninsula was itscombustion, our Government would tale cane not to real the pd.;
amen of war who are in France. They may come : their
cannot alarm us, because measures are taken to check all =X
nuns against our princes and our laws.
[From the EtJde• of Monday, A_pril rj
PARIS, ArRIL 4.
The Chamber of Peers sill meet to-morrow at One o'Clock, to
receive a 111 innterial communication.
The Pdote of DI. Timm has been prohibited from appearing this
evening.
Thelaat Number of the Garnet of Madrid contained • letter in-
dicating the project which had been formal by an English coma
pany to work the mines of Motieci. The operation was to begin by
subscribing a million sterling. We are surprised, says the author
of the letter, that these Brnash speculators have all at once re-
nounced this chimera. Better information has doubtless told than
that the mines of the New lt'orld.have been so neglected since the
revolutionists have reigned there, that individuals whir should it-
tempt to re-open theta would molt certainly bury in them mere
mined silver than they would extract silver ore.
MADRID, MAICa 24.
Yesterday there was a grind draaingenom and kissing of hands
at Court, to celebrate the anniversary of the King's return to his
dominions, after his captivity in Francs
The Minister of War has published two Royal Ordinances • by
the lint, the brevets given to the officers of the army intended tie
serve In the Colonies are declared null and void, the condition en
which they have been received not having been fulfilled. By the
second, all nominations made in the army during the Ccentituumnd
Government being annulled by the D:cree of the Ist October last,
the Captains-General and Military Commandants art ordered is
cause the brevets to be restored to them which were delivered 10
officers of all arms during that time.
A religious ceremony is celebrated to-day for the removal of the
remains of the Canon Vinuessa„ the martyr of his loyalty, whisks
will be deposited in the church or the Jesuits' Collage. All tee
constituted authorities, the troops, and the staff of the awry, at- .
tended. His Majesty will have the obsequies of this vita( eratienea
aificent as those which will be celebrated in honour ado Wow of
the 2d May, lent
The number of persons arrested for the assassin:diet et that
ecclesiastic is said to be 13.
His Majesty will set out far Arsenio the day after toenerrow.
Ile will take with him only one Minister and a head clerk of each
department.
Fbe regulations for the royal volunteers, which displeased all
those in this capital, is to be modified, as we learn.

The detailed statement of the quarter's revenue, which
will be found in our columns this looming, is cheering
and satisfactory ; it gives jibe tweet eonvineing proofs of
the increasing prosperity of the country ; and sheers a'so
that reduction of taxauon, wisely applied, far from re-
ducing, has, on the contrary, added to the public income
of the empire, and, by increasing consumption, has raised
the public revenue. This Is and will be the great
triumph of Ministers. It is on such a basis as this
their character and their popularity will permanently
rest. With the vast resources Great Britain possesses,
enormous taxation might, as in past years, at the close of
the late war, wring from her landholders, her manufac-
turers, and her merchants, monstrous contributions, un-
willingly paid, impoverishing the entire community, and
bringing with it a pressure, the forerunner of general ruin.
Such was the situation of this country within the last
seven years. From that state of temporary distress the
country gradually has risen through the energy of her peo-
ple, the industry of her merchants, and the wisdom of her
Government, to her present enviable and still riair.g
situation of prosperity, wealth, and power. For this
great consummation we are mainly indebted to the
uninterrupted peace that for nearly nine years has
dawned over this country—a tranquillity it has been
the policy of Ministers to maintain, and in which
they have succeeded, without sacrificing an atom of the
influence of England ; and we are every day now expe-
riencing the invaluable benefits of that wise policy. Ihe
accounts of the last quarter sinew an increase of the Cus-
toms, flowing from the foreitm trade of the countr),
of more than 78,0001. while the increase in the year
amounts to near a million and eighty thousand pounds ster-
ling. In the Excise it was natural to look for a serious do-
crease,from the many reductions made; and, accordingly, a
deficit of near 263,0001. appears on the face of the quarter s
accounts in this item, while that for the year exceeds
i,t4.10,0001. We doubt whether Ministers, in justice to
themselves, should place the account in this way before the
public, contrasting the receipts of a year when a number
of articles were heavily taxed, with that in which the Ex-
-lie was taken off altogether, and calling the non-m.
luction of repealed imposts decrease of revenue. -But
the prosperity of the country and the state of our re-
sources speak for themselves, and the public accounts need
no artificial preparation whatever. There is also an
in-
crease of more than 90,0001. in the single item of Staler
Duties for the quarter, amounting to upwards of 2.14,0e01.
for the year. The revenue coi. the Post Office, this quarter,
also exceeds that of MS by 26,0001. and 'tumults in the
year to the large sum of 414,0001. The loss of revenue
created by past reductions, and felt principally in ex-
cisable articles, is thus in a considerable de;.:ree made
up, and that in a way that speaks incontestably to the
rising resources, trade, and prosperity of the country.
l'he net produce of the revenue for the year closing ou the
.Ith of April 12423, was 49042,5071. and that for the pre-
tent year, ending at the same period, is 50,812,67:::.
leaving, with the introduction of the Austrian loan, ati
increase in the present year, of more than 9;o,tionl.
sterling. In the exciseable articles we find a sensible
increase on auction duties, on bricks and tiles, on candles,
on glass, on paper, tea, tobacco and muff ; all artickx of
of general consumption, and bespeaking increased re-
sources and comforts among the people at large. The area t
decrease in the excise is in the articles of silt, spirit ,
printed goods, malt, and other duties, oil which the reduc-
tion has been very great, Such a decrease must have het u
anticipated as a matter of necessity. In every view we can
take of it, the present state of the country, as to its situ-
ation and resources, is most gratifying, while her prospe-
rity, far from diminishing, is every day on the increase.—
We wish we could see Ireland participating is these great
results, and, in place of imposing a heavy burden o t Great
Brifain, sharing in her prosperity, and enjoying that tran-
quillity and happiness which the general diffu.ion of com-
forts and industry among her people, would be -
bring in their train.

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