The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-15 00:00:00

se-
since the repeal of the eight million:, and a half, the
mi g branches of the revenue have inereavil neatly six
millions ;—an increase, be it observed, ',suiting entirely
from the increased consumption of excisable comintalWe:
AM ►o the imposition of the tine:: tnifinus of tax( sin I.l'+,
it might be shewit, if it were requisite, that the itece.;si..y for
that measure originated in the too great and suad,.l,
re-
duction of the public revenue by the repeal of the prop, rty
tax. The single question, however, for preseat diseussion
is, whether the financial returns for the last quarter roan
that the country is prosperous or the reverse. Ifliett w.
see the revenue rising nearly to its former amount, after a
mint-lion of eight millions and a half in four years, see con-
clude that we have the best evidence of the spy' ad of comfort
and happiness through every class of society. What better
criterion can be established ? Hut, if we arc prosperous, let
us not he too boisterous in our joy ; it offends the ears o,
those to whom no sic is like that of inivery. Then
should be no bounds to our abuse of Alinisters when things
go wrong ; but, when all is right, it is equally dear that
they deserve no praise. This is the creed of faction ; and
it is supporttal by a system of arithmetical logic equallee
only by the good temper and tomcat feeling with which tin
writer on whom we are commenting, assaults those win
differ from him. Ile winds up his ammonia admirably
" If the income," he tells us, " of the nation, sever.
years ago, was two huttared millions, paying sixty million,
of taxes, to-day it would he h.ss than one hundred one
forty millions, !haying fifty millions of taxes." Not con-
tent with thus confounding himself and confusing hi-
readers, he proceeds, with a mock importance that is tnal,
ludicrous, to stultify the whole English nation, as if i
knew not when to complain or to be content, but as they
received the rue from the printing-office in Illackfriana
" In this," says he, " we were not hitherto disposed to tell
the pevie Mat they had any eause.hr complaint."
Indecil! and so the whole kingdom is at last let into the
secret !!! These few lines are really worth the Sybil's page,
for no people can he in a state so pitable as to have a Mist'
for complaint, and not know it!! 'truly thankful ought
we to be for this important disclosure. We should have
been sorely puzzled to guess to what provocative we owed
it that this knowledge is vouchsafed to us; but we art
spared all vain conjecture; the whippers-in of Downing-
street, it seems, have lengthened their lash, and Printing_
house-square will no longer hush up the matter; " now
that these whippers-in of Dowating-street are driving vs,
are do assert, that there is nu ground
.fir gratitude or env,-

Ghost of Mother Red-cap, what a timely discovery !!
How might we, flc people, have rejoiced, and what a fatal
sense miwlit we have had of our supposed blessings, hail it
Dot been thus divulged to us, from such high outherily, that
there was no ground fur us either to exult or be grateul !
What a marvelously wise Journalist, to be thus able to
tell a whole people what they should think, and how they
should fe2l, on all matters of State! T,irice happy people,
to whom it is given to have so much brains under a bob-
wig in Blackfriars ! We doubt not but that the people
will he duly sensible of this inestimable benefit, and will
receive all future dictates with becoming reverence.

" Oh teach us, for we trust in you.
7rll NI. Sl* l'occ.e.woowLe—du."

The French Papers of iVednesilay last Mate that by ar-
rivals from Constantinople of the 11th ult. it is said that
a grvot earthquake has nearly destroyed Jernsalcut—that
the ancient Temple of Solomon and the 111ofralue of Omar
have l c n thrown into ruins and the Holy S:pulchre cast
dian.

We are admonished by an indignant correspondent that
we committed a dreadful blunder yesterday, in stating that
the death of Iturbide was nightly enacted at the Surrey
theatre. It was at the Coburg theatre that the Mexican
Emperor was resuscitated for the Iwnefit of the manager,
and fur a few evenings only the revived adventurer " strutted
and fri Hid his hour upon the stage."
The closing price of the French reales on Tuesday was
1 nit f. So e. for money, and 102 f. 70 c. fur the end of the
mouth. This fall is inteeibed to the Maaitear having an-
nounced that the indemnity ta the emigrants will amount
to eleven l ire-1 millions of francs. calculating the value
of their property at the prices at which it was sold by the
Repoblicans.
The private letters from Spain give the most frightful
picture of the state of that country. At Valentia and tor-
i!ova there had been serious disturbasic,s, and it is even
said, that many French soldiers have been arrested and itn-
pritiontsl by the Royalist volunteers.
Mr. Illaquicre, the agent of the Greek Committee, who
arrived on Monday, in the Amphitrite, which has been
performing quarantine in Stangate Creek, was expected in
town yesterday afternoon. Mr. Blaquiere is accompanied
by • Greek youths, who are cosmic here fur education.
There were ten, but one of them died three weeks ago,
from an imprudence in bathing when hot. Thedespatches
frem the Greek Government, of which Mr. Rlaquiere was
the bearer, were sent to the Greek Deputies on Wed-
nesday.
Extract of a letter dated Buenos Ayres, July al :
"'There is nothing new of any particular interext ; we are
anxioes for intelligetice from Lima. to know what pmgress
Rolivar has made against the old Spaniards • vet it is so
far distant from us that the consequence of the Spaniards
being in Lima is not so great as it may appear, so long as
they rtypeet foreign property, and allow the trade we re-
quire of them. Every one feels confident of Bolivar's early
success in his attack against his adversary ; indeed the root
of patriotism having once began to shout, it will gradually
grow there, in spite of every efilot to eradicate it. Every
thing goes on well here, and we have a firm and honest
Governor, who is very active in the support of all just
laws. There may a rumour get abroad with you, that
we have hail some broils here,_ but they are without foun-
dation, and it origination only from the me • • g of a Colonel
frost a militia corps ; we had no disturbance, tier was there
ever the intention of any."
Considerable anxiety prevaged in the City the whole of
yesterday, respecting the lam of the 17ortes packet, from
New York, which passed Holyhead on the 11th. Brokers
were underwriting her at six guineas, at Lloyd's, where
the books exhibited a great number of losses by the gale of
Tuesday. The followini information was received, in the
course of the day, at des New England f7all'ee-homie :
•• LIIIXINOOL. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11.—WInd N.E. fresh.
The rarket-ship New Turk, has not arrived, but is
ex peeled Os-morrow's :side.
" r report prevails that the Corte has bent
driven on alone."

Letters hare been received (ram same of the offic:rs en-
gaged in the capture of Rangoon. They coovey informa-
tion as to the snly quoit state of affairs in that city. On
the day following the calque... informstion was sent to
!smut-quarters, that a female of rank, called the Queen of
DAN (a town opposite Rangoon). was employed in collect-
ing" force, which amounted at that time to near one thousand
men, and was ercet:ng steckailes. In cons tplenee of this,
piquet' haul been sent out by Sir .1. Varnpl'..ll, but it was
not intended to attack Ihlla until the Queen had 'gam-
bitsl the whole of her force, in ceder that it might he
cmshed at tom.. The next expedition was to he directed
against Proome, the original boundary of th- ancient Bur-
man Emp;re. It is a larger and more populous town than
itingooo, and is only defendtal by a palli-ado, with earth
thrown up before it. From this ammonium., it was ex-
pected that consitit Fable resistance would be made, and the
''rarer to be sent for its reduction was three thousand men.
No further attempts at negociation had Imam made by the
Burmese, although, from one or two natives who had re-
turned to the town, it was understood that great conster-
nation reigned among the petty Chi. is in the neer-
bout hood.