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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Sympathising deeply with the cause of the
Hungarians, and not willing to believe that the Times
represents the feelings of any considerable number of
Englishmen, however it may succeed in misleading
their judgment, I beg to offer you my hearty thanks for
suggesting a subscription for the Hungarians at Folk-
stone, and enclose 51. as my contribution.
Hoping that the subscriptions may become general
enough to show that the moral sense of England is not
asleep,—l remain, Sir, &c., J. S.
London, July 6.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Hungarian
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and noble Hungarian nation, our sympathy with theta
and their cause, and may the day soon come when they
shall have won with their own right hands the freedom
of their fatherland. That they are the champions of ci
vilization none will deny ; that they have proved them-
selves worthy of the high honour to which they aspire
none will dispute. Justice and truth are with them, and
may they soon succeed in repelling the foreigner who is
attempting to enslave them. Their only crime is the
most exalted of all virtues—the desire of becoming a
nation of freemen—and, having unfurled the flag of
liberty and progress, they are subjected to hordes of
barbarian serfs, under the sanction and control of that
curse of knowledge, truth, and civilization, Nicholas, the
representative of slavery, absolutism, feudal darkness, and
misery. May the cause of Hungary be felt by every lover
of freedom in this land to be his cause, and look upon
the Hungarians as brothers, and may we be actuated by
an active sympathy on behalf of the noble men who have
landed upon our coast, and may they soon return to
their native land, bearing with them proofs of our love
and sympathy; and may they soon join the armies
of their countrymen, and descend to the battle-
field armed with the knowledge that the sym-
pathies and best wishes of England and of
Englishmen are with them in their struggles. May
their arms never tire, nor their bodies faint whilst a-single
invader is left in the land of their birth, or the body of
a foe curses (by his presence) their fair valleys, or
pollutes the pure air of their mountain homes.
I enclose you the sum of 41. 125., collected from a few
friends, for the Hungarian Hussars at Folkstone, and
trust that every town in England will show their sym-
pathy, and through them for their country, and of a
consequence, a hatred of Russian despotism and Austrian
servility in calling for the aid and assistance of the
great monster of the north, the representative of all that
is degrading to the image of God—man, his creature.
I am, Sir, yours most obediently,
EDWARD CLAYTON.
50, West Parade, Huddersfield, July 5, 1849.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I beg to enclose five shillings for the " glorious
men" at Folkstone, which I wish were as many hundreds.
I most sincerely thank you for your notico of them, and
am sure thousands who have neither time nor oppor-
tunity to write have as grateful feelings as myself.
Wishing them speedily in their own country to aid
gallant Kossuth and Bern against the" execrable Cur,"
I am, respectfully,
July 4, 1849. A DEMOCRAT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Your frequent appeals in behalf of freedom,
justice, and humanity, are alike honourable to your
talent, your principles, and your feelings. I am not
rich, and can ill afford to bestow gifts, except to the
poor around me; and my religious principles are against
my taking any part in political contests or worldly wars.
But every mite given to a suffering Hungarian is a voice
in favour of civil and religious liberty; and, as my Lord
and Master denounced spiritual wickedness in high
places, and predicted the final overthrow of all earthly
domination and oppression, I feel justified in lifting my
humble voice against despotism, intolerance, and devil-
ism, whether it be found on our own bench of Bishops,
or in the grasping ambition and cruelties of Continental
despots. Accept, therefore, for the poor Hungarians
the enclosed half-sovereign.—Yours, &c.,
Cheltenham, July 5. DALETH.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
TIMES.—The quarterly statement of the Revenue
published last night may possibly alarm the hasty or
uninformed reader. The chief figures, as compared with
the corresponding quarter last year, exhibit a consider-
able falling off, which, however, admits of a satisfactory
explanation. On the Customs of the quarter there is a
decrease of 319,0551., more than accounted for by the
reduction of duties on sugar and on corn. On the Ex-
cise of the quarter thtre is a decrease of 453,2011., owing
to various causes well known to the public. The post-
ponement of the hop duty accounts for 180,0001. The
inferior quality of the last barley crop for brewing pur-
poses, and the conseqvent falling off in malt duties, may
be set down at 200,0001. To this must be added, that,
in consequence of the warehousing system, spirits now
only pay duty when they enter into consumption. This
may be put at 20,0001. The six minor branches of the
ordinary revenue exhibit an increase on the quarter ;
stamps, 62,0571., denoting a greater amount of mercan-
tile transactions; taxes, 20,5971.; property-tax, 44,8391.;
Post-office, 60,0001.; Crown lands, 30,0001. ; miscella-
neous, 60,9131. Two of these items call for remark.
The apparent increase in the Post-office is chiefly ex-
plained by the circumstance that the quarter ending
July 5, 1848, was charged with the payment of some ex-
traordinary arrears. The property-tax, too, of that quar-
ter was affected by the numerous bankruptcies and other
disasters of 1847. We have spoken only of the quarterly
comparison and the ordinary revenue. On running over
the figures in comparison, and deducting from the two
items of decrease the six minor items of increase, the net
decrease on the quarter is found to be 493,8501. Of this
decrease we will once more observe that it is far less
than what might justly have been expected from our late
sweeping remissions, and from the postponements of duty
we have referred to. Passing on from the quarterly to
the yearly comparison, it is obvious that a review of the
last eight quarters can present no features of novelty to
the reader. He is already aware that during the year
ending Lady-day, 1849, as much as 950,0001. was raised
upon the imports of corn, against a nominal duty in the
previous year. He is also aware that the same year ex-
hibited a very large decrease in the stamp duties, owing
to the timely but disastrous collapse of speculation. Both
these facts aro prominently denoted in the table before
us. Under their counteracting influences the ordinary
revenue of the year just past exhibits an increase of
668,551/. For the additional results obtained by taking
into account such extraordinary items as China money,
Imprest and other moneys, and Repayment of Advances,
we must refer our readers to the table itself. They happen
this year to balance one another with unusual exactness,
leaving the increase on the year, as well as the decrease
on the quarter, very much the same as they find it. Half
a million of revenue minus on the quarter, though ex-
plained ever so much to the public satisfaction, is a fact
which demands something more than explanation. We
have sacrificed it deliberately and wisely; but how does
the nation propose to meet the sacrifice? This intro-
duces us to the great financial question which it devolved
upon Government to settle in February, 1848, and which
has been once more obtruded on their notice this year.
Last year Ministers proposed to cover increased ex-
penses, new loans, and free trade, with an additional
income-tax. Beaten out of this, they undertook a re-
duction of expenditure. In virtue of the Parliamentary
understandings entered into last year, a diminished
revenue ought now to be balanced by a diminished ex-
penditure. We are happy to say that it is so in fact.
The expenditure of the year has been less than that
of the preceding by 766,4601., consisting chiefly of
the reductions efft cted in the two last quarters; and
as new economical arrangements are coming into
operation, there is no reasonable doubt that, though
we are surrendering the resources of the Exchequer
for the public relief, we are not doing this at the
expense of posterity. To remit taxes and retain the
expenditure would indeed be " burning the candle at
both ends." We are not doing this, nor is there any
reason why we should, unless we are provoked or en-
trapped into war, when we should probably think some
hundreds of millions a cheap price for national honour.
From the last returns of the Board of Trade, of which
we yesterday gave an analysis in our "City Intelligence,"
our exports and imports show a steady and equal im-
provement; and although that improvement is by com-
parison with a period of unexampled depression, yet
even the present circumstances of this country and of
an in
Europe arelcBnr4oet:e o, sot favourable as we hope they will soon
exportsbo.hT thathe exports of the month ending last June 5 exhi-
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we purchase imports, and as soon or late
there must be a balance between the two, it is unneces-
sary to say that, in the present healthy and rte
iiform
state of commerce, imports are also increasing.
turns of corn -and flour, provisions, the raw materialsreof
manufacture, comforts and luxuries, indicate an increased
demand, a revival of trade, and a rising exchequer. Re-
cent experience has given us just reason to suspect any
sudden excess either of imports or of exports as apt to
eni in bankruptcy here or elsewhere. We are now going
on safely enough, and we see no reason to doubt the
Chancellor of the Exchequer's hope of a progressive re-
venue sufficient to fill up the temporary chasms made by
our recent legislation.
CHRONICLE.—We this morning lay before our
readers the official abstract of the Revenue Returns for
the year and quarter ending the sth instant ; and we
proceed to offer a brief summary of the leading results
afforded by the usual tabular comparison between the
year and quarter just expired and those which termi-
nated on the sth July, 1848. The Return of the past
year's revenue exhibits, as compared with that of the
preceding one, an increase of 726,4831.—the whole of
which, with the exception of somewhat less than
60,0001., has accrued, it will be seen, independeatly of
extraordinary sources of income, such as China money
and repayments of advances. This aggregate increase of
726,483/. being 668,5511. on the '1 otal Ordinary
Revenue of the year—is made up of the following items:
—On the one hand, there is an increase in the Customs
(notwithstanding the expiration of the corn duties on
the 31st of January), of 921,7861.; in the Taxes, of
32,7971.; in the Post-office, of 62,0001.; and under the
heads, " Crown Lands" and " Miscellaneous,"
of 59,0001. and 54,1581. respectively. On the
other hand, the year's Excise shows a de-
crease of 66,3201. while the Stamps have
fallen off to the amount of 345,7001., and the Property-
tax has declined 49,1701. The quarterly comparison
yields a less satisfactory result. For the quarter ending
the sth instant, as compared with that ending the sth
July, 1848, we find an aggregate decrease of 468,5461.
—which, if we lay out of view an accidental increase
of about 25,0001. arising from extraordinary sources,
swell to a loss, for the three months, on the Total Or-
dinary Revenue, of no less than 493,850/. The follow-
ing are the particular items of this portion of the return
before us. Under the head of Customs we find a decline
of 319,0551.—whi1e the Excise has diminished to the
extent of 453,2011. It will, however, be recollected that,
as regards the first of these important branches of reve-
nue, the expiration of the corn duties completely falsifies
any discouraging inference that may be drawn from a
superficial comparison between the two quarters; and with
respect to the Excise, the postponement of the collection of
the hop duties will alone account for a large part of the
apparent diminution. To set against these two heads of
decrease, we have an increase for the quarter in every
branch of the Ordinary Revenue. The particulars of this
increase are as follow :—Stamps, 62,0571.; Taxes, 20,5971 ;
Property-tax, 44,8391. ; Post-office, 60,0001.; Crown
Lands, 30,0001.; and Miscellaneous, 60,913/. We need
scarcely remark that two at least of the preceding items
—viz., Stamps and Post-office—are only inferior to im-
portance to the Customs and Excise, as indicative of
the activity of trade and the general condition of the
people. We may take a future occasion for endeavour-
lug to elucidate more fully the practical import of the
above facts and figures. For the present we leave them
to be pondered over by the reader—merely remarking
that, while the less agreeable portions of the preceding,
disclosures are obviously referable, in the main, to spe-
cial or temporary causes, the leading items on the " in-
crease, ' side of the account will admit of no such expla-
nation, but evidently indicate permanent and normal
tendencies towards a progressive development of our
industrial energies and financial resources.
HERALD.—The Quarterly Abstract of the Public
Revenue has scarcely ever been a pleasing or satisfactory
document since the introduction of free-trade principles.
In the present instance, while the large sums received as
duty on corn, in the last six months of 1848, make the
whole year wear a prosperous aspect—the appareu in-