The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-07 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

DUTCH. MAIL.
VWTres plintlell frliusllTteltS,laltcll 20.
We leant from dials l the Felix hiss been WsCaroni
that several persons who left France lowa awry are more or
less conceroed its dm attempt ire the Duke of Weihaulms.
11 is positively aimed that the Preach Clovernmesit has re-
quired that these payees should he gives up. •
Every stun is wads le mama the brindled is of prohi-
bited goody. The triple lime of Dousaiere perform their
duty wish extreme vigils's,. There was lately a sharp ae.
tbu „rarßeakiage, hareem nate Coilfron-lionse officers awl
a part, of smuggkrs, is which tile former were victorious.
lillUssria. Aram 1.
The 'Wiliam:is ihai have been taigas here, within these feir
clays, have excited the pithlie al(esititue is a high degree.
Neveral French fogitivi• are, pet tato dose tailnernent. Two
hare heels perm) by_the Judge is the 'simile so arresi, whale
they .re not perniated to see any body ; others ire still de-
tained till further vapor's respecting them have heel; col-
kfted. The wife of Mr. Capt. who came fforti Autweip
to be examined, is at liberty. Auoilter perms. IMO hills ar.
rested at soil brought hither. Is is pretendirl that
all these twosome are relative to the attempt on the puke of
IVelliiipAnia, and will tend to Clear up that affair. We leans
that an this rrspeet a prefect wridemanding prevails between
the riciichesuirenseuent aid ours.
A iliasiun of troupe fa arrived at Wolin In eashark na
1.0,rd the awrrhani vessel Diana, which *HI sail wish the
And fait •isml haw. Ostend far Batavia.
We tetra front the Fraseh froistiersy that the soldiers of
Oceiipai ion have again re.
the right wing the
cried penniMun to midst the homer, is their libuung

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List night.' in the House of Commons, the Bill
for the repeal of the Leather Tax was rejected, no
the 'retina reading.by..a majority of six ; the num-
bers bei►►g. for the second reading. ISO—Against it,
136. From thiii division it appears that there was a
rull,attendairee, a►d the result presents, under the
circumstance of Members necessarily absent in
consequence of the Circuits, a fair trial of strength.
lf, the►►, Ministers with all their influence only
succeeded by a majority of six, the public unity
consider. their defeat a victory. In a cue of so
much importance, and which has excited so much
expectation, the Minister, we should hope, will de-
cline all further opposition.

The accounts for the quarter which closed on the
silo iguana hartheen made. up at the Treasury,
and the followiug is given as the statement of the
net Revenue, compared with the' produce of the
corresponding quarter in the last year :--
vionuce OF THE REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN,
IN THE QUARTERS ENDING, THE STH OF APRIL,
1817 AND 1818.
1817. 11118.•
Cestonie £1,911.296 £2,003,884
Racine..... 4.841,005
Stamps
Pust-011101 341,000
Assessed Taxes
Lead Taxes ..... 1e 14,560
'isaelhosesas
£9,510,111 £10,149,107

Arrears of Property Tax 1,0113,71 e

Total reeelpt £10,533,929 £10,503,197
Tow occoment embromo the 1444 of tie Alit Re-
venue, bat by the following stataelueeen
the comparative receipts in the principal items
farming the Cousolidatpd Fund
1817. 1818.
Coolosas.... 1.795,467
Radies 3,609,218
1,492,011 1,553,769
Piid-Mko .. 342,000 336,000
41.11" ed
Taxeo,.lsoll 8417,104
incidents .... 86,360 67,771
The total Income of the Coueolldated Fite.t,
in the Quartrr ending the sth April,
1617, was - £9,518,103 0 0
Ditto, 1818 . 9,714,00 4 3

Making • 4iB'treace is favour of the Qear-
ter uow reeled, of - flail* 4 11
The charge upon the Consolidated Fund for the
flouter now ended amounts to 8,830,0001., which,
deducted from the income, leaves a enmity, of
894,941/. 4s. 3d.
From these statement* it cannot be doubted
titat there has been a considerable improvement in
our revenue during the last quarter, but the gross
amount of the net receipts is still far from covering
all the expenses of oar establishments. it matters,
therefore; little to the cOuntry, whether by the great
industry and unwearied exertions of the people the
taxes are reirdeved productive, if eeery proof of
their etrength he only rendered sub,er4ieut to the
schemes of their Hulett for continuing or increas-
ing their bintlene. It appears that there his been
au increase in the permanent and untruel dutieir in
the last quarter, as compared with the correspond-
ing quarter of the bat year, to the amount of
138,996/. hut including the receipti wider the ar-
rears of the Property Tax, the actual sums paid
into the Treasury are lees this quarter than in
the former. We are much gratified at seeing the
increase in the Eames, amounting to 480,000/.
Dopes are entertained that the improvement Ise this
important brauth of the Revenue is not of a tem-
porary nature, but will be followed in the present
quarter by one still snore decisive, when the Malt
Duties will have been paid into the Exchequer.
In the Stamps and the Assessed Taxes there
is • considerable increase, but there is a dimi-
nution of 6,000/.
siaidee the lirita of Postage.
It is remarkable, that in time statement or the
quarter's Reveniie ended the 3th of Tammy. 1818,
as computed with the corresponding (pewter of
the prOeeding year, there shoilld have been
decrease in the Postage elm, le the compara-
tive secoinits fur the two yeura, the diminution
ill the receipts of the Post. Office, for the year
1817, was (amid to be abiut 100,000/. This circum-
stance might possibly induce the CliaNces.toi of
the EXCIIMIUSIt to reflect whether he Inlett not net

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