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GERMAN PAPERS.

CONSTANTINOPLE. NOVEMBER i 5.

The Porte loss been obliged to pay some attention
to the complaints brought against 'eii Paella, he
lino lost the Government of Livadia, and obtained
in its stead that of Lepanto ; Soliman Paella, of
Lepanto, goes in the time quality to Livadia, sod
*dim Seri Pacha to Saloniche. The troubles in
Diarbekir are appeased; the Pitchy has returned to
the city, and the instigators of the revolt will be
puiliolied with the etmoit rigour. Less favourable
necootits have been received from Aleppo, where
Homed Ashmed Packs, formerly Grand Vizier
awl Stihdar, of Servia, with ditEcnlty escaped the
swords lifted against him. . ... —.
The oppreartour of all kinds laid to his charge
hive 'Netted the greatest indignation among the
J !mime, ie. slid cherifs, who are for
.the moot part
Fimirs. 'They renounced all ohathence-to hit% and
the furious verbiage Miseries of rage
to tie eelece of the eremitical, whore the;!paps
every person they found•to the sword. The Debi
hi well' escaped, and placed himself at the head of
tile troops who remained faithful to him, with whose
aid he lereitolsed to besiege the. city and subdue .
the insurgonta. The fate. of this Armenians who
hest been.eintetrittbd in .the direction of the mint
is not fief decided, bat the plague has penetrated
iota the4...050n.; 'Poe of them is dead, and Abe i
others aroAfootst‘ . .
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LONDON,
SATURDAY, Jl,ll, ART 15. 1 O.

We yesterday presented to our readers ■ com-
parative account of the produce of the Excise Du-
ties in the quarters ended respectively on the ith
of January, 1819, and the sth of .January, 18720,
by which it appeared that in the excise there was
an increase to the amount of 201,504/. in the last
quarter, as compared with the corresponding quar-
ter in the former year. The excise, it will lie re-
membered, was the only head of the general reve-
nue under which there appeared any considerable
increase during the last quarter to cotnpensate,
in part, for the serious deficiency that was expe-
rienced in the customs and various oilier branches ;
but as the amount of the excise duties is usually,
though in many last:ince. erroneously assumed as
an evidence of our domestic condition, their increase
in the account of the last quarter, as compared
with the corresponding quarter of the former year,
was hailed as the harbinger of our wonted prospe-
rity. The account, however. which we published
yesterday, shewing the comparative increase o►
diminution in the several articles comprised under
the general head of excise, will, we fear, prove that
our hopes in this respect were not well founded.
The most productive, and, in every point of
view, the most important articles of the excise, are
beer, malt, British spirits, and sal[ ; and from
these principally ought we to collect evidence to
illustrate the improvement or deterioration of our
domestic circumstances. In all these, however, du
we find a great and alarming decrease. We must
premise. notwithstanding the assertions of the
Treasury Prints, that the year 1818 ought by no
means to be considered as a productive year, frr
although it exceeded 1816 and 1817, it fell far
short of 1815.
In the quarter which ended on the sth of January, r
1819, Beer produced
la the last quarter

Leaving a deficiency of

Malt, sth January, 1819
sth Jastiary,1820

Deficiency

British Spirits, 566 January, 1819
Silt January, 1840

Deficiency

Salt, Sib January, 1819
—.... sth J y,1820

Defieirael f10,844
Besides these, which we regaid as the most
.portent articles of the excise, considered as an
indication of the internal condition of the country,
we find • decrease of not less than 772,7221. iii the
article of wine; and some other instances of decrease
in articles of less importance. Let us now tura
Abe picture, and examine the several articles in
iwhich au increase has taken place. In the article
lot tobacco and snuff we tied a large increase, to
be amount of not less than 216,5137/. An increa.e
ache produce of the excise coos be accounted fur
in only too ways; one an increase of consumption,
the other no increase is the imposition of the duty.
A very considerable increase was made in the
ansouut of the duty .oti snuff and tobacco by the
CHANCIII.I.OR of the EXCHLQUER during the last
Session of Pgliaments and we can understand from
eome.oonfieosed suidretaitera arnoag our acquaint-
ance, the( snuff is it hurtsry from which' no advance of
psictswithio *heir moons mold possibly door them :
gise intinyolon toliove.ntaj be laid of tobacco is its
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• wo tit w, nbt• &Mot 111111.44." • JU1.14 • s• ••• A+.lt9,

undried stele. Upon these articles,. therefore, the
(71tancr.1.1;OR of the Exceitetypt may safely im-
pose au additional duty, end it is probable Alit the
increase made during the last Session of Parliament
was productive in the last Au:titer 'nearly to the
amount contemplated. But a the produce of the
duty in- this instance were improved teen by so
increased stowitimptioo of the' article, it is evident
that such au improvement in the revenue of tiie
excise could not fairly he considered au indication
of the increasing prosperity of Greet Britain. se
tobacco is the produce of foreign cotintries or of the
Colonies.

The same might be said of coffee aid cocoa,
upon which also an additional duty was imposed,
mud of ter, in which, however, notwithstanding the
summit of the duty imposed, and the necessity of
the article for all classes of society, *e find an in-
crease in the produce of not more than i 3,275/.
11l fcreign spirits we find •n increase of 49,1311.
but this certainly affords no greater proof of the
increasing prosperity of the country than did the
increase in the produce of tea, tobacco, or coffee.
There is, however, one article chewing an increase
which we notice with sincere pleasure. We find au
improvement under the head of " Printed Goods"
to the amount or 139,197/. This holds forth the
promise of n reviving trade in an important branch
of our manufacturing system which we hope may
not prove fallacious. It cannot but be thought
singular that so extensive an improvement should
have taken place iii the trade of printed goods dur-
ing a period within which the town+ of Manchester
and Glasgow were repimented as beit.g a prey to
angry th,conteist and violent commotion*: nor will
the hingul nity of the circumstance be diminished
when we remember that during the last quarter
the cry of distress has been universal g all
the cotton-manufacturers, as well mister. as la-
bourers.

In the general increase of the quarter is included
a sum of '20,0001. for peppt r. This is the entire
amount of the produce of this article for the last
(wailer, for the return wider the same bead in the
corresponding quarter of the preceding year I• nil.
In 1.01111 there is an increase of 14,366/. and al•o 1111
improvement iii some oth:r articles oh. 'Moor import-
WWI., from which the result is, 714 we b. fore stated,
an increase in the excise duties in the whole quarter,
as continued with the corresponding (patter of the
last year, of '201,5041. lf, however, from this in-
crease we deduct the avowed receipt of 200,0004
in the excise, as the produce of the new duties, hut
which is 600,000/. less its the quarter than the esti-
mate niatle I,t• the CtiaNcEt.t.nit of the Excnx-
QUER, we reduce the aggregate amount of the
excise for the last q wirter to nearly an ,quality with
the aggregate produce for the corresponding quarter
of 18tH, hut with this essential 1111
alarming decrease has taken place in those articles
of domestic Frothier, such es bee►, mull, and
British spit its, front which principally evidence
ought to he collected for estimating the actual in-
ternal condition of the country.

We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last,
from %Omit we have made some extract.. The con•
nutted illoeps of %I. DECAZES rio.l NI. DR SEIIIIE
lids castiserl an interruption iu the luesine,s of the
Legislative Chainlors, it was not thought that
the Chamber of Deputies would meet before
Thursday or Friday, when 4 Report was to be
made front the Committee of Petitions.

The C..mmittee to whom the project of law fir
more effectually securing the purchasers of time
national property WWI referred, have held their fiat
They assembled on Monday, and de-
voted the day to the consideration of the subject.
The PitEstnENT's Memiage to the Congress of
the United States of A inerira, is, of course, insert-
ed to the Paris Papers, but the Journal des De-
buts is the only French Journal that mikes any re-
inui k, upon the coutelits of this State document.
Its comments, lionever; are not iii the shape of a
connected article, but ure appended to the Message
in the firm of mites. Upon the passage in the
Message which relates to the losses sustained by
American citizens from Spanish cruisers, the Edi-
tor of the Journal rtes Debuts remarks, that " if
the Treaty of 1803 twas not ratified by the Cabi-
Het of Madrid, it follows that the estimate of
the losses sustained by the Americans was never
recognised by the Spanish Cover iiiii ent. This
debt, then, has, been cmertently iu dispute, rod
no obligation has as yet been acknowledged on the
pert of Spain, as the PRESIDENT would il3l.
Hittite." The Menage alludes to It cession of ter-
eitory to Spain by the United States as being of
considerable value to Spain, and an equivalent for
Florida; upon this the Editor says, "It is the pro.
wince of Texas of which the PRESIDENT speaks;
het this territory claimed by the United Stites, as
far g a part of Louisiana, was never possessed by
Fiatice, and was not included in the cession of
Louisiana. The United States therefore seers. to
cede to Spain what never belonged to them."—The
Editor declare', that the tion of the Pant DENT,
" that Spain had lost all authority in Florida," is
totally false" (de tense /muscle.) " There are
in Florida only two fortified towns, Pensacola slid
Send Augustin, and bath were occupied by Spanish
garrisons. The United States aurprised Pensacola,
but dared not attack Saint Augustin. The coun-
try then was far, from being abandoned." The
PIisIDBMT sane., that the tienliuseuts of Ragland "

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and France were favourable to the United State
urimithe subject of Spain's tatifying the Treaty.
'll The Pnaitosat,"4.isys the Rditor, no doubt
spealih the truth, but not the Miole truth.. 'We
have 'reasons to bolivie that Rossini France, ind
England, did not advise Spain to ratify the Treaty
of the Fhoidas,•except on the supposition that the
United States would faithfully execute it, by pre-
venting every hostility on the part of the Americans
against the faithful Colonies of Spain. But not
'poly has the Texas been attacked, but a convoy
charged with munitions of war has been sent from
New York to Admiral COCHRA NE, to assist him in
his attack upon Limo. The European Courts have
not forgotten what they owe to Spain as a Member
of the Alliance."

1;pon this last note we may remark, that the
PitEstnENT deniee in the moot satisfactory mitnnet
any participation oss the part of the Government of
the United Ststmin the acts of individuals :mucking
the territories of Spain.

The Five pvr Cents. are 72 f. 50 c. Bank Stock
1,425 1.

We rejoice to find that Mr. HICKS'S plan for the
relief of the houseless nightly wanderers in this
great metropolis succeeds to the extent of his most
sanguine wishes. The LORD MAYOR, immediately
after the meeting at Mr. Fltcks's warehouse, in
London-wall, sou Thursday, dispatched a letter to
Lord Sinwoung, stating, th it he had been given
to understand, that, at a late inclement season,
Government had supplied the poor with covering
from a quatstity of old stores; that a meeting
hail taken place in the City, for the purpose
of relieving the existing distresses of the poor;
and that if the present Committee were assist-
ed by the same powerful and benevolent hand
which was extended upon the occasion alluded
to, a moat important service would be ren-
dered to those unfortunate persona, who seemed
destitute of every thing in life. To this applies-
film Lord SIONIOUTII answered, he was not aware
that there were soy old stores in the bands of
Government, bolt if it were found upon inquiry
that there were soy, they should certainly be
applied to the commendable purpose. In the
early pint of yesterday, the Secretary of the Sea.
men's Committee, so well known for its extraor-
dioary exertion's since the establishment of peace,
waved upon the LORD NIATOR, ■nd informed him
that he was instructed by the Committee to assure
his Lordship, that their exertions should not be
wanting at this time of pressing exigesicy. Of late
the Committee fool to attend merely to the appli-
cations of tie sick ; those who were able to work
having, until within a very short time, been supplied
wills ships. The Secretary ohserved, that in conse-
quence of the severity of the season numbers of sea-
men were out of employment, the frost having effec-
tually prevented vessels from working out of dock,
and the Committee had come to a determination to
depart from their plan until those difficulties were
removed, and co-operate with the efli►rts just com-
menced for the benefit of those who were without
the means of sustai ii iJJ g life. It was observed upon
the pert of the LORD MAYOR, that the co-operation
would tend to no crease the public confidence In the
ro‘etsinns of the Coy for the relief of the necessitous;
the great activity of the benevolent at the east end
would no doubt lead to a generous competition
amongst the most fashionable and exalted ranks of
society its the opposite direction ; and the general
apprehension entertained with respect to the bound-
less extent of pauperism would soon disappear. It
was stated by Mr. Wowris Ea, the City Marshal, that
four-fifths of those who were now in the Asylum for
the Ilouseless were seaniets, mid that massy of them
were under orders, but the severity of the season,
which had checked that, amongst other occupations,
left them withoot the means or opportunity of sap-
portiog themselves. It was at once admitted by the
Secretory of the Seamen's Committee, that this was
the case, and the Loon MATok was assured by
him, that very few ins►ances of deception or lazi-
ness had been discovered lately amongst the appli-
coots. Indeed, for the last six months it had been
found unnecessary to make complaints to the Ma-
gistrates with respect to those who claimed upon
the Committer. The Committee considered the
warehouse fur the protection of wanderers as
particularly favourable to the laborious class of
his MAJESTY'S subjects, the ship in the river for
the accommodation of poor sailors bring completely
full, and nothing having presented itself until
Mr. Macs's extensive premise. were offered.
It was with no small slegree of pleasure that the
LORD MAYOR received the intelligence that this
excellent Committee were to co-operate with that
of which he was appointed President. The valu-
able addition would, in his Lordship's opirsion, in
conijnisction with those other benevolent societies
which were always heard of in times of distress, be
acknowledged by the newly-formed institution with
every mark of approbation.

A letter from Venn■. dated December 29. says:
" All the deliberations of the Congress of Ministers
are covered with an impenetrable veil. which will
not be removed till they separate. All that hss
bees. published, or *loch may he published by
foreign JOllllllll4 011 this subject. is jtist as authentic
as the Arabian Aights. The meassues adopted ire
such, that it is impossible to learn any thing. This
is the truth, and it is proper that people at a dies
twice should he unformed of it. that they nay be
ou their gamed against false pews and these be
circulate Iladh":

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[From " The Sae Evening Paper.;

BRITISH BENEVOLENCE.
WRITTEN BY JOON TAYLOR, L$Q.

The loog historic track of Tinge puree,
Far as Tradition sheds a duhrous ►ay,
Still Britain was hells-LI, with patriot pride,
In her lov'd Isle the Charities reside.
Let but Distress, whalr'er the cause, appear.
lap! Pity yields the sympathising tear,
And at her side Benevolence is found,
To raise the helpless mourner from the groom!,
Still, as of old, the Polls of Britain feel,
And her fair daughters share the gen'rous zeal ,
Oue only contest in their breasts can glow,
The noble rivalry to succour woe.
Tho'G eeeee sod Rome their ancient worth pros
And Godlike Heroes of immortal fame,
The deeds of valour which our annals grace,
Attest that Britain boasts an equal race ;
An equal race in rack heroic part,
Willi gentler virtues that refine the heart,
Virtues that tower shore their proudest plan,
That cheer, embellish, and ennoble Man.
Doty Envy doubt ?—belsold the smiling 'ant
Ou ev'ry side the Domes of Feeling stand ;
Where Sickness finds a balm to 'moth its pain,
And Age and Want a ready shelter gain.
Nur leas the bounteous aim to spread relief
Where Merit lingers in sequester'd grief ;
Enough they Lear Affliction's faintest sigh,
All Volunteers where Sorrow's ensigns fly.

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