The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

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State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
i'oots—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Portirsmotrrit—W ind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
anicurron—Wind E., calm—partially cloudy.
fissruiGs-,-Wind E.S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SOOTRAMPZON—Wind S. strong breeze—cloudless.
Foranerrona Calm—cloudless.
runimmon--Wind E., gentle breeze cloudless.
GREEN wica—wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
STlooD—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless
Comma:ant—Wind S. E., gentle breeze cloudless.
Temmotrrn—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
be wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine
o'clock
PLYMOUTII..-Willd S., calm—partially cloudy.
Swmpon—W ind S. W., light breeze--cloudlcss.
grnatlliGHAX-. W ind S.W.. calm—partially cloudy.
cloudy.
HoLyEtzAD--Wind S., strong breeze—loggy.
Lincaarnn—Wind S. calm--overcast.
Dknur„,,,,„_\vrind S., gentle breeze—partially

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LONDON TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1852.

THE QUARTEK's REVENUE.
The
Revenue returns for the financial year and
quarter ending the sth July instant, are of a very
satisfactory character, affording the most conclusive
evidence of the general welfare and prosperity. It is
' true that there ie a falling off in the ordinary sources
of revenue, both on the year and quarter, but these
are immediately explained by the reductions that
have already taken place in the stamp duties and the
light and air, while the alterations in those
on sugar and timber have produced no perceptible
effect,taxes on
ee at least have not led to any diminution in
the Customs' receipts. We may reasonably anticipate,
too that these favourable indications will be continued
for some time. Thanks to the gold discoveries in
California and Australio, we have at length a circu-
lating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies
0f the
country. The industrial machine is therefore
continued in motion. Men able and willing to work
are tolerably certain of obtaining employment at fair
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wages, and being through it enabled to provide for
them ad families the humble comforts which
should always
always be within their reach. And as, after
all, the
working man is the chief contributor to the
national exchequer, whenever he is well off and in
constant remunerative occupation, the effects become
speedily perceptible in the increased produce of the
national taxation.

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and on the latter of 1,83,9461., and this
In the Customs we find that there is an
notwithstandingimprove-
ment'
the reductions on the sugar and tina-
supplied referred to .
the
on the year and quarter—on the former of
There has also been a smaller quantity of corn im-
ported,
markets with
ported, in consequence of the abundant harvest of last
the home produce. The improvement on the other
items is, therefore, the more remarkable, and a new
illustration is afforded of the almost miraculous elas-
ticity of the national resources.
In the Excise there is a diminution on the year of
13 2051., but an increase on the quarter of 23,7061.
The former may partly be accounted for by the fact
that large arrears of hop duties were collected in the
former year which could not fairly be considered as
parts of the ordinary annual revenue. There is,
however, nothing to abate the gratification which
arises at the improvement on the quarter, of what
has been most justly termed " the index to the
prosperity of the working classes,"—an improvement
the more remarkable when we consider that the cor-
responding quarter of last year included the two first
months of the Exhibition, and the month preceding
that event, when the greatest activity was required for
the necessary preparations.
In Stamps there has been a decrease on the year of
37,3891., but an increase on the quarter of 101,334/.
It must be borne in mind that after the Stamp Act of
1850 received the Royal assent, the several distri•
butors suffered their stocks to run very low in order
to take full advantage of the remission. The conse-
quence was that the quarters ending the 10th October,
1850, and the sth January, 1851, were exceedingly
productive. There must have been great activity in
trade and commerce to account fur the very large
improvement on the last quarter.
In the Assessed Taxes there is of course a large
falling off on both periods. It was estimated that
the substitution of the house-duty fur the window-
tax would occasion a loss to the revenue of two-
thirds of the receipts, or, in round numbers, about
1,200,000/. This estimate proved more than usually
accurate, as we find the falling off on the year to be
1,172,9791., while that on the quarter—which, how-
ever, in this instance, may be regarded as the half-
year—is 541,5241. It will thus be seen that the
compensating principle is already in operation, and
we have no doubt that when the houses now building
are assessed to the duty, the loss will be very consi-
siderably reduced,
In the Property-tax, there is an improvement on
the year of 10,4851. This is the more satisfactory, as
for some time past we have bad to notice A steady