The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1863.

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 30, 1863.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United
with the Corresponding Pe'

Kingdom, in the undermentioned Period, onded Sept. 30, 1863, compared
riods of the Preceding Year.

QiiiiTERS END-E-----D I YEAR
_______
- ' QUARTERS ENDED YEAR I
.A.-_______ .
,-- - , ---, ended I (--
' , bePt. 30, Sept. 30,
-----, ended
June 30 '
Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30, ' Dec. 31, March 3l,
1862
2,180,000
1862 186$ 1863 1863 1863 1 1861 1862 1862 1862
-- - ----, -- -
X X X X X X X X X
8,824,945
£
6,320,000 5,722,000 5,857,008 5,872,000 23,721,000 6,147,000 5,724,0 N 1:,,,7,9_1_,0r 0 6,201,000 23,863,000 CUSTOMS.
STAMPS.
CUSTOMS
EXCISE
J. I ,700,00 E xc I sE.
STAMPS 2,187,000 2,374,00 2,394,000 2,191,000 9,146,000 2,098,000 2,293,945 H?is., t
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX 2,931,000 3,890,000 2,918,000 866,000 10,605,000 2,359,000 4,427,000 2,772,000 974,000 10,582,000 PROPF.RT '
POST OFFICE
68,000 3,560,000 POST OFFICE.
CROWN LANDS 86,000 79,000 68,500 68,000 301,500 82,000 77,521 67,000 296,521 CROWN LANDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
-------- CEL LANEOUS.
TOTALS 18,378,928 19,213,;46 18,490,204 14,411,504 70,494,382 17,068,039 19,606,614 18,409,904 1 14,600,983 69,685,510 TOTALS.

No. ll.—lncrease and Decrease in the Periods ended September 30, 1863, as compared with the Corresponding Periods of
the Preceding Year.

Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863. Half-Year ended Sept. 30, 1863. year ended Sept. 30,1803.
. _ ....._.
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase- Decrease.
X £ £ £ £ £
CUSTOMS 329,000 .. 263,000 .. 92,000 CUSTOMS.
EXCISE
STAMPS ll,OOO .. 152,000 • • 321.,055 ' • • STAMPS.
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX 10.8,000 38,000 •• 734 .. PROPERTY TAX.
,
POST OFFICE
CROWN LANDS
• ' CROWN LANDS.
MISCELLANEOUS 102,479 • • [2.7,679 ; 706,E08 MISCELLANEOUS.
• •
• •
TOTALS 350,000 539,479 344,500 453,679 ! 1,338,8 V 530,000 TOTALS.
...... _...„..--__________, .--.
.---:-.."------ ....___...•

Net Decrease ....X189,479

Net Decrease £109,17D

Net InCrease—. X 808,842

No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863; the Application of the same ; and the Charge
of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended June 30, 1863, viz.:—

Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, in
Deficiency Bills for Quarter ended June 30, 1863
A moutt
redemption applied
of out o f the
Exchequer

1,076,0:5

Great Britain
971,218
Ireland

Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, In the Quarter ended
Sept. 30, 1863 ................................................................ 9,4K121

Permanent Debt hand for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz.:—
Charge of the Consolidated
Interest
ofPermanent the
£5,499,166
Terminable Debt 729,572
Interest of Exchequer Bills
Interest of DeficieucY Bills

Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30,1863, as shown In Account 11,411,501

Amount raised per Act 25---26 Viet., cap. 78, on account of Fortifications, 450,000

Amount received In the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1863, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, &c.

o•consolidated I'.•lu .'
676,842
Tiii-Civil List ..................
Other Charges o
Advances for Pub Works, sce fund 63,378
6juking
Fund
..................... .. ..... . ....... ...••••• 289,816 101,307

£10,170,808

Balance, being the Deficiency on Sept. 30, 1863, upon the charge of the Consoli-
dated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges,
payable in the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1863. and for which Exchequer Bills
(Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter 2,273,640

Surplus Balance beyond the ellarge or the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended Sept. 30, 1863, viz.
Great Britain ..............................................
Ireland .............................................

£18,441,448

MAGAZINE DAY,

7,414,682

BLACKWOOD.—A new tale is commenced in this
number, called " Tony Butler." It promises to illus-
trate some peculiar shades of character with great
nicety and exactness. We have a variety of diffe-
rent personages introduced. There is, first of all,
the widow Butler, who is rather a stern dame, for
all her seclusion and apparent unwillingness to obtrude on
the society of her then superiors in society. Tony, the hero'
is nothing very wonderful as yet ; but he at least appears
conscious of his defects, for he often bitterly laments his
ignorance and the inability he feels to repair his want of
knowledge and cultivation. Thero is "a very fine gentle-
man, indeed," who comes down to overwhelm the rustics
with his town impertinence and insufferable assumption,
and his infatuated adorer, a younger son of the great house
he visits, who copies his airs at second-hand, and com-
mences on poor Tony, who wisely beats a retreat. This
narrative will probably introduce us to some curious
sketches of life and manners in its continuous course.
" Caxtoniana" is concluded in this month's instalment. It
has now been going on for some time, and has furnished in
its course ample opportunity for the speculation of the philo-
sophic mind in its abstruse subjects, while its lighter pic-
tures have represented society under many brilliant aspects.
Altogether, this series of essays will doubtless prove a popu-
lar one, and be taken up to beguile the leisure hour, or to
occupy the studious 'laments of the general reader, who
wishes to have something between deep reading and ro-
mance. " Sheridan Knowles" is the title of a paper that
presents us with a very fair sketch of the peculiarities of
that well-known dramatic writer. It is truly stated that
not the partiality of a friend, or the partisanship of a bio-
grapher, can induce one to represent the "dramatic works
of Sheridan Knowles as having any title to a permanent
place in the literature of England." This is very correct
criticism, and so also is the judgment presently expressed
regarding the plays, which at all events have made his
name famous in this generation. A plain, unvarnished
testimony to a man's merits is of more worth and weight
than a whole tissue of fulsome adulation, that disgusts
friends, and makes foes doubly intolerant. Amongst
his good qualities are ranked Sheridan Knowles's
industry and perseverance; and most fittingly does
his critic take leave of him in these words:—
"Peace be with him; earnestly, vigorously, not altogether
unsuccessfully did our dramatist work at his calling. If we
cannot crown him with immortal laurel, we part from him
with kindly thoughts and honest respect for his memory."
" The Perpetual Curate," is not so interesting as usual in
this number, the fortunes of Frank are dropped for the
time to take up the course of the brilliant but erratic Gerald.
On the principle that one trouble drives another out of our
heads, this precipitate journey of the Curate may be of ser-
vice to him, for he finds his brother's household even more
perplexed and unhappy than his own solitary existence had
of late become. One of the most interesting articles is that
entitled Harrow School." It is a most interesting
paper, and may furnish information to many readers, with
which they were doubtless before unacquainted. John
Lyon, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, set up a grammar
school in his native parish. The intentions of this honest
yeoman were that a liberal education should be imparted
to the scholars of his institution, but it is said here his most
sanguine hopes could hardly have foreshadowed the day when
it should be thronged by the young aristocracy of England.
Then follows a long account of the changes that have taken
Place in the school as to size and arrangements since those
early days when it was first planned. The account winds
up with the just remark that if a boy is not happy at Har-
row it must be his own fault. A very impressive pas-
sage refers to the erection of the " Crimean Aisle as the
tribute of old schoolfellows and friends, to the memory of
those who fell in the Russian war." The six stained win-
dows bear underneath the names and rank of those 22 Har-
row men, who fought their last fight there. Of them it
was said in Dr. Vaughan's address, when the first stone
was laid by Sir F. Williams, of Kars, "Their bodies are
buried in a far land, but their names live in their old school
for evermore." We meet with some verses on the sugges-
tive subject of "Amen, in the -Cathedral, St. Andrews."
They are appropriately written, and breathe throughout a
spirit of melancholy and an earnest faith that are fitted to
the subject. A long article on " Gold, and Social Politics,"
concludes this number. It enters at length into the ques-
tion in its various bearings, and expresses a conviction that
the " Gold Discoveries" have conferred a boon upon the
world, and specially mitigated the effects of the cotton
famine.

457,580

£18,444,418

blind, his disenchantment is painfully rapid. An article
on'' England and her Colonies," follows almost too closely
upon the essay on " England and America," but it is
worth reading, although scarcely doing justice to the
loyalty of our Canadian kinsmen to the mother country.
The scientific reader will be attracted by a paper by Pro-
fessor William King on certain phenomena of the Atlantic,
and his instructions are not without a practical end, as he
especially considers the proposed telegraphic communica-
tion betweengreland and Newfoundland. The " Sketcher
in the Ardennes and Moselle land" is the title of a plea-
sant paper describing the wanderings of a party of tourists
iu the forest consecrated to poetic memories. The London
gecluse continues his "recreations," or rather reflections,
and while an essay on the second part of " Goethe's Faust"
supplies the wants of the literary reader, an essay on the
present state of Russia addresses itself to the politician,
who has certainly the lion's share in the current number of
Fraser.

FRASER.—The existing relations between Eng-
land and America are the subject of a lengthened
and thoughtful paper. The writer goes thoroughly
into the merits of the case, and examines the argu-
ments brought forward on behalf of each side,
arriving at last at the conclusion that we :should
" be perfectly neutral, be civil to each party, and sympa-
thise fully with neither." To this state of mind he appears
to have brought himself, and there is much truth and sense
in what he says, though we cannot coincide in all his opi-
nions. For instance, he says, that if we admit the prin-
ciple that whenever a large body of men chose to withdraw
themselves from the control of a given Government they
have a right to do so, we not only give the South a right to
repudiate the North, but we give New York city a right to
secede from the State of New York, or Westminster from
London. The cases are entirely distinct, and the United
States by their very name are a band of equal Confederates
not governed and governors. It is certainly consistent
with reason and justice that an association so formed can
be disbanded at the will of the contracting parties. The
North, he says, stands on solid ground when fighting for
the enforcement of the Constitution, and there is an end of
.dl transactions between man and man if express agreements
are not to be enforced. On
,such reasoning we might as
well say that every proposal to dissolve a civil partnership
should be resisted by law I The case is more truly stated
in a sentence quoted by the writer himself from a speech
made by a member of the American Senate 20 years ago
—" The Constitution is a contract in which the States
appeared as sovereigns. Now, whenever a contract is made
between parties who have no common superior, each re-
tains the right of deciding for itself on the extent of its
obligations." Nevertheless, the author, although decidedly
not Southern in his sympathies, points out very clearly
the errors and mistakes of the Federals, and he certainly
aims at impartiality and equity in this essay. The inte-
resting story of " Late Laurels" is continued, and shows
us the romance of the honeymoon swiftly waning. The
young bride's most noticeable qualities are a love of ad-
-1 miration and a passion for dress, and, as her husband has
I INVOT reacho4 tbat otage Of cIOVOtIO32 whicb, love iO

THE UNITED SERVICE.—In the United Service
we have an interesting account of the meeting of
the British Association which was recently held at
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Of course this report is only
an outline of the proceedings, but great care and
discrimination have been exercised in selecting the
chief topics discussed. Foremost among these may be con-
sidered Sir 'William Armstrong's exposure of the trade
frauds (for such they really are) of the coal owners, who,
be avers, cause millions of tons of small coal to be burned
annually at the pit's mouth, in order to keep up the price of
screened coals. Duo attention is paid to his remarks on
gunnery and projectiles, but on this subject the public have
already heard much, and are likely to hear much more.
mt.. Palmer's remarks on the progress of iron ship-building
on the Tyne and Tees from 1842, show how rapidly the
science of iron shipbuilding has advanced, and prove, in spite
of evil prognostications, that water carriage can still com-
pete successfully with railroads in the conveyance of coals
from the north to London. Since the first introduction of
steam colliers great improvements have taken place in their
construction. The screw collier James Dixon frequently
receives 1,200 tons of coals in four hours, makes her passage i
to London n 32 hours—there, by means of the hydraulic
machinery, she discharges her cargo in 10 hours, returns
in 32 hours, and thus completes ber voyage in 78 hours.
This screw collier made 57 voyages to London in one year,
and in that year delivered 62,842 tons of coal, with a crew
of only 21 persons. To accomplish this work on the old
system, with sailing colliers, would have required 16 ships
and 144 hands to man them." Mr. Seott Russell
very sensibly deprecates anything like a feeling
of rivalry between the Admiralty and private
yards. Ile maintains that the private yards and the Ad-
miralty dockyards ought alike to be considered the property
of the country, and that, therefore, Government should
keep all the private yards employed to a small but regular
extent, so that, in cases of emergency, they would possess
an enormous shipbuilding power. Tho extracts from Mr.
Glaisher's and Captain Grant's papers are highly interest-
ing. In the first part of a memoir of General Wolfe, we
aro carried back to a period in the history of our army,
which, for the credit of the service, we would gladly have
buried in oblivion. We refer to the atrocities of the Duke
of Cumberland at Culloden ; and the fact that the hero of
Quebec
participated in these butcheries, or at least was pre-
sent at them, detracts much from the romance with which
name bas always
his been clothed. But the state of the
British army during the reign of the first and second
Georges was most deplorable; and Chevalier Wogen charac-
terised it as a body " where the least pretensions to learn-
ing, to piety, or to common morals, would endanger the
owner of being cashiered." Under the head of " Curiosities
of Naval Literature," we have a sketch of English charac-
ter in ancient times, the origin of the broad arrow to desig-
nate Government property, and other antiquarian
matters. A chapter on our "Active Admirals" fur-
nishes a history of the British navy from the early
days of Queen Bess down to the present iron
age. In a paper on the proposed American fortifications
and their influence on our colonies in North America, the
forts already erected, and about to bo constructed on the
northern boundary of the United States, are duly described.
After showing how they will bear upon Canada, the writer
concludes with a piece of advice which is too souna to be
acted upon by a /Vhig Administration or to be heeded by
our present Foreign Secretary. He urges that before winter
sets in we should send out all the gunboats that can be
spared, so that they may be ready to occupy the lakes at
the breaking up`of the ice next spring, for it is well known
that whoetyr has conzoland of the lakes commas Canada.
This is perfectly correct, but our Government is breaking
up gunboats which would do well enough to protect the
lakes until others could replace them. " Greenwich Cha-
racters" are continued in the usual style, and the first in-
stalment of a paper on "Gambia Colony and the Civil
War" and another on "The relish Question" conclude
the number.
CORNIIILL..--" The Small House at Allington" is
more exciting than usual in this number. First of
all, Crosbie's lugubrious wedding is about to come
off, and he is proportionately wretched. Lily Dale
is already avenged in the position of her wretched
suitor. Lily's bedside is p prophetic picture of
happier dayS for the unfortunate little household. Mrs
Lupex creates another disturbance in Burton-crescent, and “
of course Cradeil is as ridiculous as ever. Sea Fights,
Ancient and Modern," is a very appropriate article at this
present juncture. Its object is to "give a popular account
of the chief forms that fighting at sea has assumed amongst
the most important nations of the world." The writer
gives us a consolatory idea that change has always existed
in naval things, "but that the genius of the sea races has
never been affected by it." This is very true, but the
intelligence thus imparted is rendered doubly welcome from
the fact that it is often the fashion to decry the prowess of
our country at the present day, and to augur sinister
events as likely to occur if war is declared. This is the
right way of treating the question. "Is steam a more
potent source in nature than genius, or iron harder than
the pluck of the British tar." "The House of Commons
from the Ladies' Gallery" is an amusing sketch. The
effect of the narration is a little marred by the extravagant
style of some of the remarks. Mr. Gladstone, who was the
hero of the night's debate, is extolled to the echo, and
indeed, when he was heard, it appeared to the listeners
that no one else should speak after him. Apart from this
extraordinary style of encomium, the rest of the sketch is
amusing and will please many. " Out of the World" con-
cludes in a most melancholy manner. The story furnishes
moral to those who, like Horatio, make misery by their
Iwretched conduct. Too late she finds out the irreine7
diable mistake that she has made, but mortals may !lot,
WOO the past yr condone with Providence for the ono tile 3.