The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY. APRIL 6, 1852.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE

The Revenue Returns for the financial year and
quarter, ending the sth April instant, have been
publlebctl iu duo course, and will be found in soother
part of this day's impression. They are of an ex-
ceedingly satisfactory character, and afford additional
proofs of the accuracy of the old financial paradox—
that as in fiscal tddition two and two will not amount
to four, so in fiscal subtraction two being taken
from four will leave a residue exceeding two. They
also show the auspicious results of the free-trade
policy, on which the country is shortly to record its
verdict. We have of ten spoken of the wonderful elas-
ticity of the national resources. We find that a consi-
derable reduction on a particular item is nearly, if not
altogether,compensated by a vastly increased consump-
tion, while even in cases where the charge is alto-
gether abolished, we find that something like an
equivalent springs up in other directions. The most
enthusiastic fiscal reformer may gather additional
courage from the array of figures now presented, as
affording encouragement to the boldest experiments.
Where none have hitherto proved failures, it will re-
quire but little persuasion to induce us to advance in
the same direction.

On the first view, the matters do not ap-
pear to be so perfectly satisfactory as they
will be found on close examination and
an attentive consideration of the circumstances
of the case. It is true that there is an improvement
of 102,540/. on the quarter, but there is a deficiency
on the year of 707,5581. The former shows that
whatever losses there may have been, have already
been recovered, but the latter speaks of such losses,
and we must clearly and distinctly ascertain their
nature before we can express unqualified pleasure
at the results. The first point worthy of notice is,
that although the improvement on the quarter is only
102,5401., the actual increase in the ordinary re-
venue is no less, than 277,164/., which is reduced
by 174,6241. in consequence of the de-
crease of the • casual revenue under the
following heads, viz., imprest and other
monies, 121,3241., and repayments of advances,
53,3001. These are, however, of but little real im-
portance beyond the sums actually coccerned, so that
the improvement of permanent income may be looked
upon as 277,1641., and not 102,5401. only. Again,

in like manner? the actual decrease on the year on
the ordinary items is but 568,708/., there being a de-
ficiency under the head of " imprest and other mo-
nies" of 129,367/., and of repayments of advances of
9,483/. The matter is thus far better than it looks
on a mere common-place inspection, and without, in
any degree, entering into the causes by which it has
been produced. When, however, we look to the sub-

stitution of the house tax for the window tax, and
the reductions in the duties on coffee, sugar,

and timber, that came into operation within the past

year, and also the repeal of the duty on bricks, and
the reductions on stamps and sugar during the pre-
ceding'. ' to
unqualified
nearly
3,400,000
L,ing. express inthe
w.
hooul;
year—amounting`
may justlyamoun t
gratification at the almost' miraculous result.
We shall now look to the particular items. On the
Customs, showing the
,condition of our foreign trade,
f 66,7591. ;
and this, notwithstanding
the quarter 0
alluded to on coffee,"sugar, and
there is an increase on the, yeai of 97,266 L, and on
the reductions above
timber ;
what is money, and
we have thus had I'ar more value for our
has been paid for, not
by the exportation of bullion,
the produce of the labours
but by our manfactures,
of the industrious classes.
Again, in the Excise we find in like manner an
improvement on the ear and quarter, on the former
of 57,6741., on the latter of 89,528 L This,
however,
y
does not show the real extent of the increase in that
which bas been justly considered the index to the
prosperity of the working classes—the labouring
population of the country.
+l,
In Stamps
the deficiency on the year has been
203'99811 had on the quarter 32,0231. We must,
however, bear in mind the reductions—or rather the
modifications—effected in 1850, which were esti-
mated to lead to a loss of more than half a million per
annum. We
cannot, therefore, complain when we
find the actual deficiency less by more than 50113001
than was calculated on.
In the Assessed Taxes there is 'a deficiency on the
year of 659,5051., which may easily
by the abolition of the infaMQUS tax on light and air,
which far exceeded the amount of the inhabited
which was granted in house duty,be accounted for
lieu thereof' Wel

TUESDAY EVENING,

THE S

•isturz:

Railways.

Aberdeen
Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. ct.
Caledonian 101. • • • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Dund. Per. & Aber. June.
East.Ang. (3/.100 6 P. c
Do., (51.) 7 per cent. • •
Eastern Counties Exton.,
per cent. No. 1 ..
Do. No. 2 • • ..
Do. Now 6 p. cent. Steck
Eastern Union, scrip
gnaran. 6 per cent. . •
Do., 101. Deben. Shars.
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares ..
E. & W. York. June. sths
Edin. Per. & Dun. 51 p. ct.
Glasgow & n.- W. Constol.
Gt. Northam. 5 yer sent.
Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip
• Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths
Gt. western ( Barks and
multi Ex., 5 per Cent.)
Cit. West., fixed p. ct.
Do. do. . • • • • •
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201. .. • • • •
Do. 6 por ct. Stock
Leeds Northern, 6 per

cent., No. 1.• ••
Do., do. .. No. 2
Do., do • • No. 3
Do. quarters, Dielt
London, Brighton, and
S: Coast, guar. b per et.
De. pref., 6 p et. 5k,1851,
Do., Cony. 5 p. ct. 1852
De. new guar.. 4 per et.
Lon. & N. West. (Cov. &
Nuneat.) 5 per cent. • •
London &S.-W., uew • •
London- & Ennis., )4 Sha
blanch., Sheffield. and
Line., guar. &hrs., No. 1
Do. now, 101. .. • •
Do., 61. • • • • • • • •
Midland Con. 6 p. e. stock,
Do. Consel. Bristol &,
Binning.. 6 per cent.. •
Erewash Valley.
Do., Leic. & Swanning.,
8 per cent. guar.
Do., Preference ..
Norfolk Extenisioi ••

Do. guar. b% per cent.
Do., Wayeney YelleY,;
North British .•
OzL Wor. &W 01.151.6 p.c
Shrews. & Bit., new guar.,
Eihrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent.
South Devon • • • • • •
South-Eastern, p. ct.
South Yorks., 4 p. et.
Stock. & llart., guar. 5
p. ct. until 1 July, 1856
Waterford and Kilkenny,'
6 per cent, .. • • • •
York, News., and Berw.,
Gt. N of E. Par. .•
York and North Midland
H. and B. Parch. ••
Nor

Boulogne and Amiens :i
Central of France.(o.,V.)
Demerara •• •• • -
Dutch Rhenish -. ..
East Indian •• .. • .

Do. do. de. • .
Great Indian Peninsula..
Ditto ditto • • ..
Louvain a la lizamro
Luxembourg • • • • ••
Ditto (Railway) ..

Ditto (Canal) •• .•
Maria Antonia • • ..
Ditto, New
Namur and Liege
Northern of France ..
Orleans and Bordeaux ..
Paris and Lyons ..
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .•
Paris and Strasboing
Rouen and Barre ..
Sambre and Meuse ..
St. Andrew's & Quebe. (A)
Tours and Names ..
outlay, Jarbise, Lan,
den, and ilasseit
West Flanders .... ..)
Charles
Wester

APRIL

,KETS.

ZIRITISR RAILWAYS.

Bustles, done
Railways, Paid. I Nominal Prices. to.day.
ram/MINMENI •••••••••••••0•...............
Aberdeen.. all 13% to 14% 13% % %
Ambergate, Nottingham, .
Boston, &E. Junction $34 6 .. 634. •6%
firming., Wolverhamp., . 1
and Stow Valley an 0% 10% 1
Birkenh., Lan., & Cheek 1
June., late 331.65. 84.. 26 1234 —1134 d. •
Do. Chest. & Birkenbsi.,
501. &281. Consolidated all 1634 17%
Do., d0.,201. . 17 dia.
Bristol and Exeter.. , 100 90 —9l 90 91
Caledonian •• •• •• 50 184 —lB% 18% 34 %
Chester and Holyhead 2 % 22 21%
Dublin and Belfast.Tunct. 45 16 —l4 d. 30
Dundalk and Enniskillen all
Dundee, Perth, and Aber-
leen Junction .. all 6 7
Do.. New .. . all • • —• •
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) •• all 4% 4% 4% 34
Do, (181. E. & H.) .. all 334 —3%
Eastern Counties .. 20 • 9 —9% 9% 9
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares .• all 74 —r 7%
Do. do. do. .. 6 •• -
Do. de., B& C shares all —5% 534
East Lancashire .. all 16% —l7 % •
Do. Now quarters all ' •• ••
East & West Ind la Docks
and Birm, June. .. all 50 —52
East & West York. June. all -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 273, 28%
Edin., Perth, and Dundee 25 5% 534
Glasgow and South-West 100 • •
Great Northern • • all 19% -- 20- 20 19% 20
Go. halves, A, deferred an 6% —6%
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. all 14% 14%
Great Southern and
Western, Ireland • • all 37% al%
Great Western .. 100 88 Ba% 88% 86 34
Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 77 ' 60'
Do. thirds 11 13 4 6% —934 p. fs
Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 71 . 71)4 . 71% 434
Do. quarter sl.eres .. all ••
Do. fifths .. • .. • 14 6% —7% %
Do. West Biding Union 114 -- 4 d.
LOWS Northern all 1634 17% 17%.
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport•
••
London and Blackwell .. an 7% , 77 . [9934
London, Brighton, nesd
South Coast .. 100 98% 99% 9934 99 98 yr,
London and N.-Western 100 122% —123% 123 34 34
Do. do. quarters 22 4% —4% p..
De. fifths . 12 334
Do. 101. sh.,if. /0'1314 1 2 •-2 Vl' P. 3• •
London and 8.-Western . 100 $8 7-- 89 aa% .89
Do. new 51111. 4234 4
Do. new 401. .. .• 34 5 4 Ms,
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock all 2% —2%
heer Sheffield •
Manchester.. " 34 3334
Lincolnshirest . ;.. .. 100 31 • .
I Do. Manchester and
. Lincoln Union • • 41 - 0 314,—• 2%, dis.
Midland -•• •• •• 100 6354 —64 643( 63% 6434
Do. firming & Derby 100 33 • 35
r Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 .. • • •
B Newcastle and Carlisle.• all -- • • . .
De. quarter shares .. all
f Newmarket •• an 934 934 9
e Newport, Aborgaveany, ,
and Hereford' 10 54 454' dis.
t. Norfolk • . •• 100 32 -- 34 33
Go. New 201. shares.. 15 11 • 10 dig. • •
1. Northern Counties Ualen 334 •34 ,•••• 3 die.
North British.. . 25 84 814 34
North Devon .. .. • . 11 8 7 dia.
✓ North Staffordshire • . 17% fp% —7% dig . 9%
• North-Western 19•
it North &Sth.-West.Jane. 6 % 1% 0 • 734
Oxford, Woroester and
Wolverhampton.. .. all 1734 —lB --
i. - •
Sedttish Central .. 25 15% %
&sottish Midland 10 —lO % % 10
g Do. new .. all
u Do. Clan 11.„
e• ar ws. &firm., Class A ' 7% —7%
• ,„u $56 594. 5% •
[v Shrews. & Hereford, Old • - 7 4 3 dla.
'" Shrewsbury and Chester
8- , (Nor. W. Min.) .. .. all 14 —l6
' Do. Halves 7
'LL De. Oswestry . ell' 10% • 11%
lilt Shropshire Union .. •• 634 334 —3 d. z.d X.
Do., A, B; C, & D, fully •
paid up at per cent
South Devon all , 15 1634
, South-Eastern ... .. 30 9134 21% ix . • x•
he South Wales.. .. ' ' all 32% 32%
1,1 South Yorksh. and River
3" Dna ••• ••• • lb 1% % Oil
Shoff., Roth., and Goole,
South,Division .. 6 • —.. •
0- Stirling andDanfermline all
Stockton and Hartlepool 16. 2.3 ,
us Taff Vale .. • • • • 126 150 151 •
er Thames HIV= Doak and
its Valle of Neath • 17 , :5 --. 4 dls. •
4 . Waterford and Kilkenny, . all 534
"' Waterford and Limerick an 17 —lB
tj- Waterford. Wex., Wick.' - • • •
and Dublin 3 • --.- •
e- West Cornwall .. -13 5 434 dig.
West London .. all, -- •
ve York, Newc., Berwick 25 18% 18% .18% %
to Ditto and Newcastle
Extension .. 20 7 634 d„
13Z Ditto G.N.E. purchase 9 3% 3 d. • 47,
ry York and North Midland, 50' 24 —.2434. 243 34 %
snarls LEASED AT rizzu) 11.11111 Pr axis.

18% %
47
24% 4 % % 25
WT ASA.

Leasing
Railways. rata. ' imam' Priem linaineft
Companies. ••done to-day.
•••••••••••
Medi; & Blotch-
ley Lon. & N.W. all
& Ox-
ford Junction,
guaranteed • Gt. Western all 2934 30%
Do., without a
guarantee .. De , •• all 28 —29
ern., Wolver.,
& Dudley, gua-
ranteed .. Do .. all 2934 3034
Do., without a
guarantee .• Do • . 28 —29
Buckinghtunsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 —lB
Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47
E. Lin., Guar. 6
Der Cent. •• 0. Northern all 3434 —35 x.d 35 34% x.d
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 3 4 p
Hartlepl Dock Yrk, New, .11
and Railway 1. and Bor. • •
Hull and Selby Yk. IG 26. M. all 107 109 10834
Do. 34 share. Do an 5314 6434
Do. 34 Shares Do .. au 25 -- 27
Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 102 103 103 102%
Lon. and Green. 3. Eastern .. all 12% 12%
Do., Pref. .. Do all 25 —36 x.d.
Lowestoft, Gd. 4 •
per Cent. • • Norfellt .. all 1634 1734
De.. 6 per cent De all .• -""
Middlesbro' and
Redcar, 6p. ct stoekt.s.Dar an • • —••
N. & Vast, 6
per Cent. •• E. Counties • all .•
Do., 5 per cent. Do. „, all 59 —6l •60
Do. New Do all • • —••
Preston and SL.&N. W. -1 an 44 —46
WYre •• •• 1, &La.& Y...)
Do. 34 SharesA Do .. •• it 9 ..- 10 p
Read, Guild.,
and Reigate ..8. Eastern ••al; 2134 -7- 33 x.d 21% 54 x.d
Roy. & Hitchln G. Northern 634 - Sy‘
Do. Shop. Ex.. Do .. • • all 8%
Skef., Roth. and '•
Goole, S per ct. Lanc. &York 16 11 6 ..
South Stafford". Mr. M'Cledut 934 1% —l% di&
Wear VaL 6 par
Cent. pm. stockls Dar. all • •
Do. do. •• Do •• 25 29 —3O ,
Do. do. .. Do • • •" all
• 95 94%
Wlll4l &Somers. Gt. Western 109 94

raid.

all

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100

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all
10
20
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to-day.

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$ -334 P•
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12% - 13 ,
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ley,

36 dia.
18% 1954
b
1 —154
5 —SSE z.d
51 eta par
0% 10%
16 1654 z.d
1334 14%
154

Staffol
POR:

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15% 16%
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shire, 22 U.
13% 13%
22% 22%

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