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London, England, 1820-01-07 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

HAGUE, DECEMBER $O.
The First Chamber of the States General met

again on the Yetb, and gave its assent to the tem-
porary laws, by which all the measures of finance
decreed for 1819, are continued for the first eight
months of 1820, and which was 'missed by the Second
Chamber in its sitting on the same day. By a de-
cree of the same date, his 111ajeSty promulgated
this law, which will be binding from the day of its
in►ertion in the State Gazette. The accounts of
the state of the rivers are most favourable—the
waters are in general falling, anti there is reason to
hope they will continue to do so. Several villages
of Cleves, in the Prussian territory, were inundated
on the 87th, by the breaking of a dike on the
Rhisse.

MUM. DIECEDISKR 19.
Count Calderon is incessantly engaged in esta-
blishing strict discipline among his troops, and in
completing the corps, which were diminished by

LONDON,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, MO.

A Flanders Mail arrived last night, with Papers
from Brussels to the sth instuot.—The temporary
financial measures adopted by the States General
at the ll4gue have received the Royal Assent, and
are now become the law of the land.—The
intelli-
gence from Spain is of so recent a date as the 19th
last. Health is once more beginning to revisit the
districts of the south, so lung a prey to pestilence,
and the preparations for the long-talked-of Cadiz
expedition are resumed, but they proceed with all
their accustomed languor. The Government is
without means, and the soldiers without inclination
for the undertaking. The news from Lima is very
grateful to the friends of freedom. The merchants
had began to abandon that capital, from an rapine.
hension of the immediate invasion of the country by
the army oFChili, acting in concert with the Patriot
fleet under Lord COCHRANE.

We have received the Paris Papers of Monday
lad. Their contents are not of any interest.

A Hamburgh Mnl has arrived. The following
is an eitract

HAMBURGH. DECEMBER 27.
The Elbe is still covered with ice as rat as Al-
tons, and people walk over it to and from liar-
burg; but at and below Altona the ice is broken
up, and besides some smaller vessels, the ship Hi-
bernia, Captain Ma'am, from London, came-up
to Altona yesterday; but the east wind having' sud-
denly returned to-day, the prospect of seeing the
navigation of the Ellie soon opened leas vanished.

The account of the Revenue for the quarter
which closed on Wednesday last IDt+ !,,•rn pub-
hailed, and will be tumid in its official shape in an-
other part of our Paper. The Gentlemen of the
Treasury affect " the greatest saii,faction" in lay-
ing it before the piddle, became there appears an
increase of 70,447/. (by a miscalculation they them-

selves make the increase only 60,447/.), in the pro-
duce of the last quarter, as compared with that of
the corresponding quarter in the raiser year ; but it
is to be remembered that in the quarter just
closed, we must make an allowance for the produce
of the new taxes, which wos calculated at 800,0001.
a quarter. Now, sup ipst Opp pew duties
were producliVi 11. efarille. ski dir•
• trwasissoro • 'rulers! sit.a i .1111 s
1000.14 TE., ..gas atrilflAVV.iriUs 140,3*

fides(' in the quarter no* ended, a. comparr4
the corresponding quarter of the last 'ear, rand.?
be 747,x531. ; but we are tuld that the iwinhi- I' I r
the neo duties during the lout quarter chef ;int
reed 200,000/. an that the actual deficiency or r..
venue in the last quarter, un a fair cninparpron
with the corresponding quarter sof the lest ever. ~

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something less thou 140,0801.
We lament to say, that in this statement thereis
no subject for public corignitulution. Au I7,7eilitr,
I'iper says, that the year 1818 was one of the
largest tearoom ever known ; but this is not I fat.
for although it excluded the years 1816 and 1617,
which were years of great depression, it ftll far 'lan
of the year 1815. The last quarter indeed et.
ceeds the corresponding quarter of the last yeur
the produce of the Excise by 201,5031.; hot it fahr
short by the larger twin of 239.e091. in the Caltorcr,
which are the evidences of the extent of our fureig,,
trade. In the Post-nfEce there is an int-resat, u!'
59,0001. ; but in the Stamps there is • din l i 00000 ion
of 27,2101. Ihe apparent increase in the Exci4-,
however, is hut in the result of the new
and Contritss the combined produce of the last ..1.;
of the preceding quarters. We BIM learn that ti.
sum of .592,000 t Ices ',ern already adVanced
the Bask, upon the credit of the Malt Outies Lr
1820.

Considered, therefore, merely in comparison soh
the produce of the corresponding quarter in tie
last year, there seems to be too great cause tot
" satisfaction" or " congratulation," bill if we ex-
amine the produce of the revenue with relation to
the expenditure it is to meet, we shall find such•
cient cause for dismay and alarm.
The charge on the Consolidated Fund for tier
quarter ended we Wednesday, is
,c 13,160,640
The produce of the Revenue for Ilse sante
quarter, is only 11469,244

Leaving • difference of . X1P9,2:3
Which sum of 109414/. la to make g.i.d the dr.
ficiency already felt durtng the year IN 1!) 04111011,V.
ing to upwards of 8,000,000 i. end to (tetra', i't
necessary charges of the military and naval Fok -
blis h metito. the ordnance, & &c.
We acknowledge that we did feel some sorpri.e
when Mr. VANSITTART • short time since, in 0
Housed Commons, held forth the tsprctationih-t
the produce of the revenue would neash--e
project of finance which he had sot—.
liainent in the last Session, but wh'
our doubts upon the correctness
thought it but fair to suspend r
the official accounts of the e
public. They are now giv.
we look in vain not merely
ing • sinking fund of five
lions, but even fur reeeiprs
ordinary expenses of Goverinneri,
dim will be no sinking fund r
the plan of the last Session be
ther repeat, that if'the present ru
ibis scale of expenditure be c . .
cntoa of the EXCHEQUER m. • 1 • .ciats

to a considerable amount, not • , pay
millions to the Bank of Er :and, but even to meet
the current charges of the year. On a former ovt•S -
lion we conjectured that for these joint purpos
ten millions would be required, but so disheart• n.
ing are the accounts from the Treasury of • the
receipt of revenue for the last quarter, that we k Ave
na hevitation in saying, that even slier appropi tat.
ing the sinking fund to the service of the year , a
loan will be required to the amount of 15,000,E 001.

Yesterday, at five o'clock, his Royal Richness
the PRINCE REGENT arrived at Callao Clouse
from Brighton.
Yesterday the Lords of the Cour ril assembled at
the Council-office, Whitehall, to investigate cllarly.
preferred against five of the inhabitants of the !•!,.
of France, who have been in curtodv for sin 1 i ~:t.
00 charges under the Act of Pariiiimewt for tile
abolition of the Slave Trade; when, after • minute
and full teat ii iii ono' of the taittitNaes, t*ta 1,1 the
Privoners were committed for trial, and three were
discharged.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the piphany,
or the Mainfestation of our Saviour to 'het-kettles,
the same was observed iu the Insulter at t1:-
Chapel Royal, St. James's the Chur.:l
Service was performed by the Rev. Mr. HoLsit.i.
the Sub-Dean, assisted by two minor Caissons. Tot'
ceremony of !presenting a gold box offriattkitteeii.e
and myrrh, in imitation of the wise Ines of the Eat,.
was performed by Colonel BROWN,. tsccoineatiiril
by two Gentlemen Ushers ; after Whitt an-oppro-
priate autheto was sung.
On Friday a detachment of the 41.1 s veteran tat-
lithos' arrived in Edinburgh from this : south.
La ekopotre frigate, connalandei I by M. MAL-
LET, which recently left Rochefort , and eta
in the Roads of Port Lotus, said sd on the rith
ultimo for Guadeloupe. with 400. troops an hoard.
We undsrstaitil that Sir Wtt.t.to Y CONGREVE is
:,bout to take out n patent for gun? s, which lire t..
discharge a calicol shot with unprecedented
precision.
COURT OF JUSTIcia.RT.-04 Wonder, the %I
the Louts A nvot.sex add, eased the Court at
citosiderahle length, relative to t 11 article which ap-
peared in a ;periodical Paper, pt, blished in Clesgot.,
(the Spirit of the flolotsj, izonstuentnig nit iI r
proceedings al the Court iu the ease of Mr.
Luca. of Kinkel'. the article was in a number
dated the 23th of Dee. last, tend he submitted that
it contained a gross contempt of this High Court.
Our time cannot allow us tri.day to gq into further
particulars. but the issue was, that three intim-
duals la Glasgow. who, his Lordship .stated,
had good reason to believe were the- proprietors of
the Paper alluded to. were ordered toappeer at the
bar of the Court on Saute. hay riest.-,-(Caleionian
Mercury.) •
mon wawa r• i 111 cs adiaarmar
.4.40 vet -`o4sia •,7 •