The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-09 00:00:00

BONN, ON THE RHINE, SEPT. 2.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
In my letter of yesterday I expressed a hope that,
in a subsequent communication, I should be enabled
to inform you of the manner in which the military
were received at Cologne. That hope, however, I
must, in the most literal sense of the term, post-
pone ; but the events which have since occurred
here are not without interest. They show abun-
dantly the activity of the Prussian Government,
but they 'how also, that for the preservation a her
Rhenish territory, extraordinary exertions are re-
quired. No man, indeed, now denies that a spirit
of revolution pervades these provinces, except, per-
haps, a stipeediary of the Government, or a straight-
waistcoated inhabitant of Siebnrg. The Burgo-
master of the town may doubt its existence, and
the salaried Professor of the University may disbe-
lieve it, but the Government feel and know that it
is abroad, and that promptitude and firmness are re-
quired for its suppression. The movements of which
proceed to speak form the best commentary upon
apprehension in high places.
had despatched my letter when I observed the',
approach of a second steam-bout, to which also
there were two boats attached, and all tilled with
soldiers. .The band of the regiment occupied the
steam-boat, and while the, soldiers cheered, the
music Came gratefully to the listener on the bank,
but no salutation----not a solitary cheer froin the
people. They seemed to regard the whole affair, if
not sullenly, at least with indifference. In my for-
mer letter 1 mentioned that the vacation had des
ivpd Bonn of the most joyous portion of its pope.
lation,the University students. Had they oecu4
pied the banks of the Rhine, under the circumstances
t have described, I um inclined to believe that they
would have received the soldiers with nu " faint
.praise." The sullenness of the people Would have
been the signal for the students' enthusiasm, since,
between the inhabitants of Bonn and these sojourners
there is no.-
very friendly feeling. The students' su
perciliotis treatment of the townsmen may priginate
in caprice, and you would suppose that a Bonn shop;
keeper knew his own interest, and bowed before hint
in whom" lie lived, and moved, and bad his being."
is not so. A few nights since four or five student`
attempted to make their way into a public
room, where a party of mechanics and some women
were dancing. It was late ; the police interfered,
and the mechanics, in number more than a hundred,
fell upon the fire students, and treated them in the
most brutal manner. The following evening several
houses suffered from the violence of the academicians,
and amongst others the windows of that of Augustus
Schlegel, a name familiar in England to all lovers of
German literature, were broken. This, however, was
accidental, and a declaration to that effect, eompli.
menttiry in a high degree to his character and deport-
ment, was on the following morning forwarded by
the students to that distinguished individual.
The rteum-boat had scarcely passed when the ar-
rival of the 26th Regiment of Lancers, which io
usually quartered in this town, was announced.
This corps, amounting in number to one thousand,
had, with the other troops statioeed in the Rhenish
territory, been summoned to Coblentz, and, in
tho midst of preparation for the intended re-
view,they were yesterday morning ordered to march
to Aix-la-Chapelle, and in their way thither they
last night reached this town, having that day
marched more than 36 English miles. This morn-
ing shortly zfter'eleven, they assembled in frent of
the horse barracks, and proceeded for their present
destination. I have never seen under arms a finer,
Or, as far as could be judged, a more effective body
of men. It is stated here, but I can ;trece the ru;-
moue to no authentid source, and I only:mention it
as it has on its side probability, that a force of
10,000 men is for the future to be stationed at Aix-
la-Chapelle, in order effectually to suppress any dis-
position to revolt that may hereafter exhibit itself,
for all there at present is, I understand, quiet, nor
is any immediate disturbance apprehended.
During this day 13 couriers have passed through
Bonn, bearing communications from Coblentz to
Cologne, and a regiment of infantry passed to-day,
at -the other side of the Rhine, having marched
from Coblentz at two o'clock this morning., Their
intended station I could not ascertain. The' English
tire deserting Wiabaden, and struggling for their own
country ; so that these changes must diminish ab-
rienteeiSm, and subject English " prOprielOrs" to
the beevy condemnation of expending their money
in their own country.

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The recent' proceedings Franca, and the
signal defeat which our Ministers have sustained in the
elections just ended,
have determined them, in order te
strengthen the Treasury Benefice, to bring forward, in the
early part of the ensuing Session, one or two measures of
popular nature. The nest object contemplated is to
neutralize the sticklers for radical reform, and at the same
title to secure the support of the moderates. ,This, it is
calculated, will be effectuelly done by presenting a member,
perhaps two each, to Manchester, Sheffield, and Binning.
ham ; probably one or two other populous twee (why
riot Brighton ?) may also he included. This sup for
caber" will, doubtless, have its due weight with 'some;
with us, knowing the motives which compel Minister;
to take this step, It will be viewed' as . the shadow' of
honest feeling, not its reality. The next temporizing step
will be to countenanre a Bill, which Mr. Buovanast has
been for same time preparing, to regulate Church property,
It is a motive of conciliation, which induces Ministers to
aid Mr. Ditoyau,,,j4 in this, important measure, and may
certainly be considered as no silent, acknowledgment of
their own weakness. We feel it right to add, that we
receive this, information from a correspondent, to whom
we have, been, on many occasions, indebted for communi.
cations, the authenticity of which has proved him to.
possess'the means of obtaining accurate intelligence. Our
own knowledge on the subject reaches no farther, but it is
extremely probable that such &sips as we have stated in
our correspondent's own words, are in reality entertained
by the Government... Brighton Gazelle.

REV EN UE OP THE CURRENT QUA.RTER.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.),

In the portion of the current quarter that has elapsed,
there is, compared with the corresponding period of the
year 1829, a very considerable deficit, and there seems to
he good reason to suppose that deficit will go on increas-
ing to the end of the current quarter, which will be on
the 10th of October. The present deficit amounts to ra-
ther more than 700,000 t., and the deficit on the entire
quarter will probably amount to 1,000 000!.

The decrease has been principally confined to the three
heads of Beer, Malt, and Hops, and can, in each of the
three articles specified, be satisfactorily accounted for,
without giving any reason for gloomy anticipations. On
the contrary, we have every indication of a sound and
prosperous state of the great and leading brioches of na-
tional and commercial industry.
Ist, BEER.—By the Act which repeats the Beer Tax,
the brewer is permitted to make beer without payment
of duty, provided it is warehoused under the Excise
lock, and not sold for consumption until after the 10th
of October. The brewers have of course availed them-
selves of this privilege, and in point of fact there is not at
this moment any revenue derived from the manufacture
Of hoer.

2d, MALT.—The revenue from malt is payable urn
Manufacture, and not upon consumption. Now the barley
harvest of the last year was notoriously deficient, and the
whole produce' was manufactured into malt before the com-
mencement of the current quarter; and the produce of the
present hurvest.(whith is a late harvest) bas not yet been
manufactured by the inaltaters. The brewers, therefore,
are using out the stock of malt on hand, on which duty.
had been previously paid. The obvious and necessary in-
ference, therefore, is, that there must be a considerable
deficit in the present quarter under the head of malt duty.
SD. Hoes.—The duty on Hops depends entirely on the
productiveness of the hop-gathering. This is defective,
and the amount of duty of course thews a corresponding
deficiency.
There are two other heads in which there is a falling
off—Tea and Foreign Corn. It will be sufficient to re-
mark that the first (Tea) is an ad valorem ointy, and that
in the present yew the consumption has increased, but
the prices at the India sales (which prices regulate the
amount of duty) were lower. In Corn the comparative
prices of this year and the last, and the consequent diffe-
ranee in the duty, explain the deficit.
The revenue of the current quarter exhibits an increase
under the important heads of—Soap, candles, starch,
printed cottons, and spirits.
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It wind* obvious that each of these articles is one of
general consumption, and (unless, perhaps, in the case of
spirits) of prime necessity. The increwe, therefore, shows
an augmentation in the general diffusion of comforts in
society at large.
It is important to remark, that the Customs generally
exhibit a slow, gradual, and therefore probably permanent
tendency to improvement—not a violent overflow upon
any, particular mercantile commodity, which only indi-
cates an unsafe and unnatural burst of ill-judged specula-
tion, but too commonly followed by a disastrous re-action.