The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

“Thia place fills Up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves
wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a
display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting
close to-a day at the Crystal Palace.'
pANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN.
Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine A.quariam—Unri-
Tailed =nary Band.

VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sing
several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties
of the Gardens In succession, concluding with the " Feast of, Lan-
terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by douthby.
-.Admission One ShiMng. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been
erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c.

• A STLE Y'S ROYAL AMP HIT El EAT
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cootie.
The popular reect, the Cossacks, whose career has been most snc-
cessßlL will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production of a
Grand Military Spectacle. embracing many of the principal events
of the present War between R issia and Turkey

Enthusiastic reception of the new Equestrian Ballet &Action, the
poetry of motion
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THIS EVENING, AUGUST 12,

And (Jaen; the week, THE COggACICg ; or, Vive is France.
After which, LES PRET:WES DU GEN" el, or S nes in the Circle,
invented' and arranged by Mr. William Cooke, who, in the course of
the evening, will exhibit (neon his hand) a horse whose height is
Only 15 inches.
HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe.
To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d' Action. by Mrs. S.
G. Healey, called THE KNIGIIr AND THE WATER LILY; or,
Love among the Mermaids.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

gicat WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tow DAT —Morning 26 rnin.after 4 I Evening 48 min.aft. 4
To-Moscow—Morning 8 trou.after 5 i Sveniug 28 tuin.a.ft.

THE WEATHER.-ISuN OFZICS, Aua. 12.
THEEHOIittETER, Pi THE SHADE.
72—highest since noon on Saturday.
61—lowest this morning and during the night.
72—this day, at noon.

SAROMETER, 30'03—steady.
WIND, S.W..—Light, with fine weather.

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the First Lcrd of the Admiralty and the President
of the Board of Control—we cannot but think
that to some extent, at least, we are indebted to
the Emperor NAPOLEON'S individual magnanimity.

Like Mr. GRADGRIND we had been accustomed
to place considerable dependence on " facts and
figures." We had fondly imagined that the evi-
dence contained in the quarterly returns of the
Revenue could not be controverted or denied,
that there could be no " cooking" of the national
accounts, but that implicit confidence might, at
least, be reposed in the important document given
to the community. On each successive quarter day
we have, however, been convinced of our mistake.
Our pet financier has taught us "how dangerous
it is to form a judgment from statements of this
character, which are very partial in their form,
which are perhaps not as happily arranged and
adjusted as they might be, and which he sincerely
trusts he may succeed in improving." We have
learned a painful but salutary lesson, that we are
to trust nothing presented to us by the Govern-
ment, but that we are to regard every matter,
however plausible, as being at the best calculated
to deceive, and to lead astray from the true state
of affairs.
The Right Honourable Gentleman tells us that
the apparent decrease was " entirely fallacious ;"
and that, although the returns showed an apparent
falling off of the ordinary revenue on the quarter
ending sth July, of about 570,0001. (577,1441.),
" yet the revenue of the second quarter of the
financial year, from permanent sources, fairly
estimated, was equal to the second quarter of last
year, notwithstanding the great reduction of taxa-
tion that had taken place 1"
This is a very startling, but, at the same time,
a very satisfactory state of affairs. Unfortunately,
however, we cannot take it entirely on credit,
and must examine for ourselves assertions so
greatly calculated to upset all our previous con-
ceptions, and to induce a state of confirmed
" scepticism" in every public officer and every
public man.

In order to do so fairly and impartially we
must c3nsider the circumstances under which the
statement was made, and the impression which
the Right Hon. Gentleman wished to convey, so
that we may ascertain whether that impression
was justified and confirmed by the real state cf
affairs. The Honourable Baronet the Member for
Evesham had stated that the whole expenditure
of the country would be from 64,000,0001. to
65,000,000/. for the year, and he inquired
whether that enormous sum " would be defrayed
by taxes within the year, or if that were not
possible, and that the principle, which was

laid down at the commencement of the Ses-

sion could not be carried into effect, to what
extent would the Right Hon. Gentleman be
compelled to abandon that principle ?" It was in
answer to this searching interrogatory that the
Financial Minister explained the fallacy of trusting
to the evidence previously supposed to be con-
clusive, and emphatically declared that " with
regard to the whole of the 570,000/., the ap-
parent decrease was entirely fallacious !" The
plain intent and meaning of this was, that there
was no real deficiency or falling off in any of the
leading ordinary branches of revenue, and that
the entire of the additional taxes would be
available to meet the extra expenditure, if not
immediately, or without availing himself of tem-
porary loans, without any permanent addition to
the National Debt. Indeed he declared this
very explicitly in these words :—" The House
provided the Government with a taxing power,
which, when added to the available surplus
revenue, was equal to the expenses of the war, as
they were estimated for the year ; and the money
advance of the present year, when received,
he had no doubt would be fully equal
to these expenses ; so that, if they were happy
enough to have peace proclaimed before the sth
of April next, he should be compTetely enabled to
liquidate these expenses without adding one shilling
to the national debt."

Here, then, there can be no mistake or mis-
apprehension. The statement is perfectly distinct
and intelligible, and nothing can be more satis-
factory, if it be perfectly accurate, and sustained
by the actual facts. The Right Honourable
Gentleman establishes his case in the following

manner :-
Ist. By the deficiency in Crown Lands,
amounting in round terms to 140,000/.
2dly. By 233,0001. having been paid on the
sth of April as duty on teas that were not taken
out until the following day, and which were
credited in the former quarter, although of right
belonging to that ending the sth July.

3dly. Because the returns did not include that
of the entire Kingdom ; and if the receipts from
Ireland had been noticed an increase would have
been found, which would have disposed of the
whole of the remaining 200,000/.
Now, on the first point, it is only right to
give the Chancellor of the Exchequer credit for
the full amount claimed, 140,0001. It was an
exceptional payment, which came to hand in the
second quarter of last year, and which enhanced
the receipts for that quarter to 200,8881., and
for the year to 392,8881. The estimate for the
present year contained in the first budget was
but 259,0001., or a reduction of 133,1121., and
the actual deficiency on the quarter was 135,8881.
This, although not quite 140,0001., is sufficiently
near to justify the assertion, and we therefore
admit that portion of the statement to be com-
pletely verified.

We are not, however, quite so clear on the
second part thereof, as to the 233,0001. received
for duties on tea, not delivered until the 6th of
April, and which, therefore, it is said, should have
been credited to the last quarter. The actual de-
ficiency on the quarter was 367,494/. If the
233,0001. were taken from that, it would reduce
it to 134,4941., but it would increase that of the
Preceding quarter from 106,891/. to 339,8911.
The fact remains unexplaited.(save by the reduc-
tions in taxation), that on the half-year the reduc-

tion in the Customs' Duties has been no less than
474,3851., or nearly 50,0001., (49,3851.) m re
than the Right Hon. Gentleman estimated as the
falling off for the entire year. We cannot, there-
fore, consider the credit thus claimed as fairly
established on the statement in reference thereto
as by any means either creditable or satisfactory.
The third part of the assertion, in reference to
the Irish Revenue, has even less foundation. Can
the Right Hon. Gentleman for a moment assert
that the Irish Returns were included in those of
the second quarter of 1853? Certainly not.
Why, then, should they be inserted in the pre-
sent one in order to institute a. fair comparison
between the two ? There can be no possible
ground for so doing. Besides, the increase in
Ireland may be ascribed to " the new taxing power
with which the House provided the Government,"
to the development of the Income Tax so recently
extended to Ireland, and to its duplication, and to
the additional charges on spirits, malt, dm They
do not, therefore, show that " the apparent de-
crease was entirely fallacious." Inasmuch as they
have nothing to do one way or the other with
that decrease, we fear that we cannot accept the
satisfaction which the Chancellor of the Exchequer
deigned to bestow, but that we must still acknow-
ledge that there has been a deplorable deficiency
on the last quarter when compared with the cor-
g period of last year.
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DEATH Or VISCOUNT JOCELYN, M.P.
deeply

a deeply regret to have to announce the sudden
death of Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., Colonel of the Essex
Rifles, from cholera. We are informed his lordship,
while on duty with the Essex Rifles at the Tower yester-
day (Friday) afternoon, was seized suddenly with the
most serious symptoms of cholera. At his request, his
lordship was removed to Viscount Palmerston's town
residence in Carlton-gardens, where the most eminent
medical skill was soon in attendance, but, we grieve to
say, all to no avail : his lordship expired at two o'clock
this (Satnrday) morning.

The Earl of Roden (father of the deceased viscount),
who was staying in town, was, with other members of
the family; present at the time of hie dissolution, and
immediately afterwards a telegraphic message" was for-
warded to the Countess of Roden, in Irelands—Morning
°Aron fee,