The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-04-06 00:00:00

THE LATE M. PELLETIER.

M. Pelletier, author of some political pamphlets, has
'int died, at .S 3 years of age. Although he at first enter-
tained revolutionary principles, as he himself has owned in
Knee writings published in England, yet he soon joined
Champcenez and Rivarol, and in concert with them he
published The Acts of the Apostles, a periodical work,
principally directed against the measures of the Constitu-
tional Assembly. Being obliged to quit France after the
memorable 10th of August, in which he asserted he had an
active share, he took refuge in England. where he edited,
along with some French emigrants, several papers against
France, and among others a pamphlet called the Ambigu.
In the abort interval of the peace of Amiens, M. Pelletier,
instead of relaxing the hostile tone he had assumed against
the different governments whiei had sprung up, one after
the other, in his native soil, redoubled his attacks against
Bonaparte personally, at that time First Consul. Napoleon
was weak enough to be ()Wended at it, and the imprudence
to call upon the English Cabinet for the repression of the
libels against him. He was answered that the business was
altogether independent of the Government, but that the
Courts of Justice were open:to whoever had reason to com-
plain of the license of the press. Napoleon did not dis-
dain to have recourse to those means, and M. Pelletier was
cited before the Court of King'. )3esseh. Item Mr.
Mackintosh, at present one of the stosedielingiliarijkai-
ben of the Opposition, Who nadertoo& defLitce; but
he could not, with all his eloquent, prevent his client
being found guilty of libel; but the rupture of the Treaty
of Amiens caused the execution of the judgment to be an-
nulled. Notwithstanding the number of writings M. Pel-
letier has published, he has not left a single work that is
remembered; he had 'more spleen than talent. His death
is but a light loss to the republic of letters, and perhaps it
saves the Royal Treasury the payment of a heavy pension.
—Courrier Francois.
M. Pelletier, well known for his devotedness to the
Royal cause, for which he wrote, and exposed himself so
courageously from the beginning of the Revolution, has just
died at Paris. lie was the chief editor of a collection
which was much in vogue in 1789, and the two following
years, The Acts of the Apostles. After the 10th of
As rust, 1792, he withdrew to England, where he never
ceased to write against the Governments which took the
place fora time of the legitimate Monarchy. Ilaving returned
to Francs in lb 4, he constantly professed the purest and
most disinterested zeal for the Monarchy and the Bour-
bons. He was 62 yells old.—Journal des Debate.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
The Returns of the Quarter's Revenue will not be made
up until a late hour this evening, so that we shall not be
(Raided to give the official details until to-morrow. We
have, however, great pleasure in stating, that they will
exhibit new proofs of the flourishing state of our finances,
the extension of commerce, and the increasing prosperity of
• the country.
Notwithstanding- the repeal of Taxes on Wool, Coals,
Ste. and the repeal of the Silk Duties alone, to the amount
of nearly half a million of money, all since April, 1824,
v. t the Customs Revenhe for the Quarter which ends to-
aay, exhibit an increase over the corresponding Quarter of
last year of between fifty askal sixty thousand pounds. The
amount of the Customs for' the Quarter ending the Sth of
April, 1924, was 2,191,000/. ; that of the Quarter whi:h
. ends to-day, will be nearly 2330,000/.
r) This increase, though apparently small, is very extraor-
&nil!, since it is evident that the Revenue even outgrows
and covers all the reductions that have been made in the
taut which, in the course of the last twelve months, can-
not he estimated at less than a million and a half.
6 • in the returns for the Quarter ending the Sth of April
last year, the produce of the high duties on Wool, Silk,
Sit, &c. were included, for they continued up to that time;
these, however, form no part of the amount of the Return
fa the present quarter, which more than makes up the de-
ficiency. The increase would have been still greater, had
ip. Wt. agjarge reduction on Foreign Miles taken place im-
teediatery OR the resolutions to that effect having passed
the House of Commons, which is some weeks ago.
In comparing the Customs Revenue for the year ending
I to-day with that which terminated on the Sth of April,
1824, there is an apparent deficiency of about a quarter of
a million ; but if we consider it in reference to the million
and a half of taxes repealed, then will there be proved a
virtual increase in the Customs of a million and a quarter
in the year, and of two millions and a quarter as compared
with the year ending the 6th of April, 1823; and this in
one single branch of the Revenue.
The amount of the Customs for the year ending the .sth
of April, 1823, was 9,406,642/. • that for the year 1824,
10,484,578/.; and the Customs Revenue for the year ending
to-clay will be about 10313,000/.
It is highly gratifying thus to find, that while the public
burthens are alleviated by an extensive reduction of taxa-
r tilt), the Revenue continues to improve, and that in a branch
of it which is so certain a criterion of the commercial pros-
perity of the country as the Customs.
In the Excise, we believe, the returns will be found
equally cheering and satisfactory.—Star.