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representative ; but. that Colonel SilAltorp, tl.e
ldust..ring, and brainless partis.m of Tory profl4acy, should
come forward to pr, pose a reduction of the public burdens,
,oust at first sight naturillv excite astonishment ; thcugn,
wht'n the cause is explained, the wonder must cease. The
gallant Colonel has directed his opposition egainst the
grant of an increase of some eight thou:and pou:-:ds to
' the annuity or the Duchess of Kent, because, forsooth,
that illustrious personage had the noble hardillood to

educate her Royal dau;litcr aloof from the corrupt
associations of Toryism. A greater offence could !lot
be committed against the oil propensities of faction,
and therefore, as it has ever been the custom of the

Tories to make grants of the public meney to those whose
conduct has been for the most part detrimental to the pub-
lic interests, it is not surprising that they should endeavour
to curtal a grant proposed in return for a service so im-
portant as that of preserving the mind of the youthful So-
vt reign uncontaminated by Tory predilections. Colonel
S.btborp lu.s, therefore, acted consistently with the tactics
Of ►:is allies, hoaever they may disclaim participation in a
course of conduct which, though in perfect accordance
with their principles, places their motives i❑ a light of
such umnitigated iniquity, that even to themselves they
cannot reconcile the atrocity of the intention. Far dif-
, ftrent, however, is that reducti;,n proposed by Mr.
to which we more . immediltely refer. This
truly patriotic cccnomist has :given notice of a motion
for the rescinding of the pension-20,0001.—0 f his

Msjesty of Hanover. What services this Royal personage
reidereti to the country which blushes to cektiowleage hire,

it would be difficult to detail. But, whatever these ser-
vicz..s, Colonel Sibthorp is bound to support the motion of
Mr. Hume, as his Grace of Gamberiand has, by the rule
proposed in reference to the Duchess of Kent—resid:ng out
of tlit country—independently of far more weighty consi-
. .

Aerations, forfeited all elaim to a pension from the revenue
of England. It is even inconsistent with his position as an
independent Sovereign to be a pensioner on the bounty of
another state. We shall not at present enter upon the
numerous other reasons which might be adduced against
the con.inuance of this pension, though, if need be, %re shall
press them forcibly on public attention ; but on the grounds
chosen by the doughty champion of Toryism himself, we
call upon his coadjutors to second Mr. Hume's proposition
to relieve the King of Hanover from the degradation of
being a pensioner of England—of a nation that abhors him.
—.ll.lornii.g Advertiser.
The official returns of the revenue for the year and quar-
ter ended last night, have been received, and will be found
in detail in another part of this paper. Upon the feee of
these tables it will be seen that the public receipts for the
last 12 months have fallen short of those of the correspond-
ing period of the preceding year by no less than 1,900,3331.
This is a remarkable difference, but it is to be recollected
that the returns for the last quarter of 1836, showed
an ex less over those of the antecedent year of no less
than two millions and a half, so that the contrast
with so ususually favourable an account as that of
last year is unfortunate for the present. Upon the
quarter there appears an increase of 213,173/. The loss
of public income is chiefly observable under the head
of the " Excise," which has fallen off, upon a compari-
son of the year, to the amount of 949,836/., and
upon the quarter, to 212,9001. The " Customs" pre-
sent an increase upon the quarter amounting to 453,3401.,
but a deficiency upon the year of 890,1561. The revenue
for stamps has declined upon the year and quarter to the
amount of 318,2681., and 29,1291. respectively. In the
produce from assessed taxes the falling off is uniform upon
the year and quarter, the first being less by 12,015/., and
the latter by 15,6321., than on the corresponding periods
of last year. Under the miscellaneous taxes there is a de-
ficiency of 5,894/. upon the year, and 9,6991. upon the
quarter. But the " repayments" of pub'ie money have in-
creased upon the year by 248,0711., and the quarter 1931,
upon the preceding accounts. The Post-effice returns
show au improved revenue of 27,7431. for the year, arid of
27,000/. for the quarter. The amount to be raised by Ex-
chequer Bills for the service of the current quarter is esti-
mated at 5,878,545/.—Moreierg Herald.
The intelligence received by the Oxford packet-ship
from New York, the most important features of which we
yesterday laid before our readers, is chiefly interesting on
account of the proof it affords of the loyalty of the inha
bitants of Lipprr Canada, and of the indications it presan's
of the disposition and prob:ible conduct of the Government
and people of the United States in reference to the strug-
gle between lawful authority and treasonable violence in the
Lower Province. The further extracts from the American
Journals to which we this day give insertion will be found
to shed additional light upon both of these important sub-
jects. Tho reckless and frentic enterprise of Mr. MtKen-
zie and the desperadoes wham he had contrived to gather
around him at Torunto would have been altogether unmoor
thy of notice, but that it has furnished an opportuulte to
the people of Upper Canada to demonstrate their fidelity
and attachment to Great Britain in a manner equally ho-
nourable to themselves, and gratifying to every loyal
subject of the Parent State, whatever region of the
globe he may inhabit. If ray thing more than their
own ttickedness and folly had been required, to draw
down the general reprobation and contempt of mankind
upon the shallow declairners of the Crown and Anchor
Tavern, the noble and overwhelming reply to their sense-
less and unprincipled misrepreseetations which the loyal
subjects of the British Crown leid already given, by antici-
pation, at Toronto, would have sunk them into deeper in-
famy, and exposed them to more boundless indignation and
scorn. It is gratifying to lease that the Governnant of
the United States has publicly adopted on this occasion
the language, and taken the official steps, which its rela-
tions with the Government of Great Britain and the re-
cogni:ed principles of international law imperatively pro-
scribed. The President has declared his determination to
maintain, a strict and honest neutrality, and has issued
orders the most distinct and explicit to the pubic officers in
the States nearest in geographical position to the Canaries
to enforce the laws which have been wisely enacted
to present individual subjects, or any combination of them,
from thwarting and defeating the policy and justice of the
State.. It would be ungracious and unjust, with the evi-
dence now before us, to doubt the sincerity of the American
Government in its declared resolution to remain neutral
in this unfortunate contest. If we feel any remaining
anxiety upon this subject it arises solely from the appre-
hension that, in the event of popular enthusiasm being
strernely eacited among that part of the people of the United
Statss aho are the immediate neighbours of the insurgent
Canadians, the wishes and the policy of the federal Govern-
ment may, to a considerable and very mischievous extent,
be disre warded. Some estimate may be formed of this
danger 'feasts the proceedings and resolutions of a public
meeting et Buffalo, which was very numerously attended,
and at which much warmth of feeling on behalf of the
rebels was exhibited. We have extracted an account of
:hese proceedings from a New York paper, and if the
temper they displ cy be an accurate criterion of ti e general
fee ing in that pert of the Union, it will cst-tainly be a trou-
blesome and difficu't, if not an impracticable, task for the
Federal Government, giving it full credit for the imait sin-
cere and anxious desire for the maintenance of neutrality, to
restrain the r nterpriser, iudividual or combiled, of its ac-
thre, energetic, but not remarkably sulenissixe or obedient,
stihjects. We observe that Mr. M'Keneie, the hero
of Toronto, war invited to be present at the m,,e.ing to
which we have just alluded. lie excused himself from
personal atteadance, but, in compensation, intimated to
the Butir..!o advocates rind abetters of Canadian insurrcc-
Con, that they might find a guide to deliberation and action
through the speeches of certain American orators on the
iudependence of Greece. The same appropriate illusion,
ievolv:eg, the idea of considerable resemblance between the
Govsramints of Greet 13,itain and of Turkey, was
zarderl, we recollect, by one of the orators at the Croen
and Anchor Tavern-.... 41 proof that men of kindred nutria
however dissimilar their position and circumstances, are apt
to fall hito the same treins of thought and moles of ex-
pression. The parallel between the Erallish and the Turk-
ish Governments would probably have been pu sued fur-
ther, but that the Hon. Member for Kilsney ans in the
Chair, to ahem, since the exposure of the affair of the
' Bonds, all mention of Greece is understood to be particu-
' Lrly (Isagreeible.—Moning post.
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Colonel Burdett awl Major Bro.idliertd arrived in
town ytaterday from a tour of visit;, comtne.,eing kith Rook.
inghatu Castla and ending r.ith Wortley HAIL the latter the
noble V at of Lcrd Wharnelitre,

ABSTRACT OF THE CATHOLIC SER3,---.From
the Ce.flicte Directory aid Annual Register fur (838.1
IrOar,tl
Patriarchates
France
S,,ain
Spanish America and the Philippine Islan.lA
•
Portugal
Portuguese Foreign Dorninio:,s
Br,:zils 4
Northern Italy
Tuscany
Pontifical States 6B
Navies
Sicily
Sardinia
Austrian Dominions, exelutive of Italy
G raicny • 25
Dclgium
SwitrA.l.lnd 6
Russia l4
European Turkey
Asiatic Turkey
China
United States of America • • 12
Sees in. Partibus....
Total --788
Note—ln this list arc included the Sees of the Vicars Apos-
tolic of Gr, at Britain and the British Colonies.