The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-01 00:00:00

No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1862 ; 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, 1862, viz.:—
Great Britain .......................................... £.. ..
Ireland ................................................ 746,183

746,183

Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1862, as shown in Account I. • . 14,600,983
Amount raised per Act 23-24 Viet., cap. 109, on account of Fortifications, Sic • 300,000
Amount received iu the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1862, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, &c.

388,195

£16,035,361

Balance, being the Deficiency, on 30th Sept., 1862, upon the charge of the Conso-
lidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, pay-
able in the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1862, and for which Exchequer' De-
ficiency Bills will be issued in that Quarter

£19,465,263

service shall be painted or lacquered in the same
manner as smooth-bore guns.

On the occasion of the half-yearly inspection of
the 26th Company of Royal Engineers at Chatham,
previous to its removal from that garrison to Ports-
mouth, Col. Harness, C. 8., addressing the officers
and men, expressed the high gratification he ex-
perienced at receiving such a favourable report of
their general good conduct, more especially during
the time they were absent from head-quarters un-
dergoing their annual course of musketry instruc-
tion. A letter was at the same time read from the
Deputy-Adjt.-Gen., expressive of the satisfaction
of the Duke of Cambridge with the good conduct
of the company.
Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., com-
manding at Woolwich, yesterday made his second
half-yearly inspection of the veterinary departments
of the garrison, the stables, and hospitals. After
inspecting the other portions of the garrison in
detail he will proceed to Warley for a similar
purpose.

A monster gun-carriage, intended for transport-
ing the huge 600-pounder gun now being manu-
factured in the Royal gun factories of Woolwich
arsenal, under Mr. Lynall Thomas's system, is in
course of construction in the Royal carriage depart-
ment. The iron composing the weapon will weigh
about 36 tons, and the wheels of the transporting
carriage will be 11 feet high. Special care has
been taken to select and thoroughly test the timbers
employed in its construction, which are the largest
of the kind known to have been used.

CI_RCASSIAN ADDRESS 70 THE QUEEN.

The following address to the Queen, brought by
the hands of two chiefs of the Circassian nation,
has been delivered at the Foreign-office :
As your Majesty is aware, since the world existed
no nation has attempted to conquer our country.
Russia only, some time ago, under the pretence
that she got our country by treaty from the Otto-
man government, invaded us with an overwhelm-
ing force, and began against us a war of extermina-
tion, which she has waged for 40 years, and which
she is still waging, at the cost of many thousand
human lives.

The Ottoman government never having possessed
our country had no right whatever to give us over
to the Russians; there is no other affinity between us
and the Ottomans than the similarity of creed and
faith, which makes us look upon the Sultan as the
successor of our prophet.
While we were quietly dwelling in our homes,
which we inherited from our ancestors, and anxious
to keep the integrity of our territory, Russia over-
stepped our boundaries with overwhelming force,
and actually tried to subdue our country, 1 his
statement needs no proof, as this system of encroach-
ment has been Russia's policy towards many other
nations weaker than herself. During the Crimean
war we were accused by the allied powers of want
of sincerity, not having participated with them
against our common foe. This is true ; bat it was
not the fault of our nation, as it proceeded from
want of union and energy between our leaders.
Russia, in order to deceive the world, conceals
the very object of her continual warfare against us
and ours. She diffuses the report amongst the civi-
lised world that she is fighting the Circassians
simply because they ate a savage, uneducated, and
unruly people, that if left alone would destroy the
property belonging to her subjects in our imme-
diate neighbourhood.
It is now to show that these allegations are un-
true, and to implore your Majesty's protection, that
we come to this country. About two years ago,
desiring to enter into the family of constituted na-
tions, the Circassians and Abasians elected a kind
of Parliament, which is now ruling our joint nation,
numbering about a million souls.
In consequence of this arrangement not only is
there a kind of constitutional government in our
country, but all the surrounding nations, as well as
those who come to us for trading purposes, are not
submitted to any kind of vexation.
Shoud any dishonest person attempt any wrong
the injured receives redress, restitution of property,
and the malefactor is severely and lawfully
punished ; if the property is lost, in that case com-
pensation is given from the public money.
To increase the security as well as the well-being
of the inhabitants we lately framed many well-cal-
culated laws, which are put into execution by the
constituted authorities in each province.
Russia, being invidious of all the reforms which
we introduced into our country, made a
great effort to crush our improvements. She
invaded us, as before stated, with an over-
whelming force, destroyed some of our townships,
burnt our dwellings and temples, confiscated
all our goods, butchered our men, and captured
our women and children ; in fine,
she began that
work of destruction against us, to enumerate the
atrocity of which would baffle description. Our
elected chiefs, foreseeing the dreadful consequences
of this onset, and the misery which
was threaten-
ing both the invader and the invaded, adopted those
well-calculated means to prevent the bloodshed
among both parties. They selected some plenipo-
tentiaries, whom they sent to Tiflis to come to an
understanding with Russia. Our claims consisted
as follows :—" This territory is ours; we have in-
herited it from our ancestors, and to keep it in our

Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1862, in
redemption of Exchequer Deficiency Bills, for the Quarter ended March 31,
1862

Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended Sept
30,186•4 10,743,995

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1862, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,519,782
Terminable Debt 671,526
Interest on Exchequer Bills ... 102,546
Interest of Deficiency Bills
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund
Advances for Public Works, &c.

Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ire-
land, for the Quarter ended Sept, 30, 1802

7,050,497

122,448