The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-11 00:00:00

terday has reached 50,400,092/. Notwithstand-
ing the great and continued decrease of taxes
which has taken place within the last twelve
moots, the Revenue 'has 'therefore' augmented
1,184,0401. In the last. Quarter the increase is
most visible in the produce of the Excise, which
exceeds the corresponding' Quarter in 1823 by
278,899/. In the Customs the increase would
beeh equally considerable,'.had there not been
during the quarter a . diminution of duties
to the amount of 372,5001., consisting of
eue-fourth of the remitted
,Dqties on _ silk,
112,5001., and _duties repealed since July,
at the rate of 20,0001. per week,. for three
months, 260,0001. In this branch, therefore,
there is an apparent decrease ; but had not
those remissions occurred and those duties ceased
to operate, the produce of the Customs during
the last quarter would haVe been 3,612,772/. in.

stead of 3,2:40,2721. In fact, although in addi-
tion to• the Duties repealed since July to the
amount of 260,0004 upwards of 450,000/. have
been repaid to merchants in remitted duties on
the stock of-raw and manufactured silk on hand,
the amount of the last Quarter falls short of the
corresponding Quarter ending in 1823 only by
12,5001., whereas, had there been no increase of
produce to make up the reduction, the regular
proportion of the falling off for the Quarter would
have been 177,5004—0 n all these grounds it is
evident that there has been a great augmentation
of Revenue. And what is still more gratifying,
there is in that augmentation a manifest stability
and gradual progress, indicative not only of high
but of permanent prosperity, of which it is a much
surer sign than a sudden and extreme advance in

any branch of our national resources would be.

[PUBLIC LEDGER.]
Last night we received The Smyrnean to the
3d ult. This Paper, which is published, as many
of ourßeaders are aware, in a Turkish city, and
under the very nose of a Turkish Pacha, has
hitherto distinguished itself •by the ardour of its
zeal in favour of the Greeks. Therefore it has
often madeitsel f liable to charges of exaggeration
and inaccuracy ; and, the numbef before us,
it suppOrti; we find, this character. In The Smyr.-
necortlattTAugust 2;1, there is a long and de-
•theAdestruction of the. greater
part o Ish fleet, and of the dispersion of
'the troops'ivho had essemliled at Scala•Nuova
for the purpose of taking part in the expedition
agairist,:Samos:•' 'En the next number, which is
dated ge.' Ot.c2rit contradicts the greater part of the
former statement, 'arid reduces the loss of the
TUrks tt a ;single frigate ,and two brigs,' de-
stroyed .by_the fire-ships of the Gyßeks.... Even
this IOsS,• weir occasioned by 'the insitibordination
of'ffielurlite;;Who, seeing a Greek squadron, to
the nurabet,ogf SCI vessels, in the:narrow channel
between Samos and the opposite. coast of Asia,
seliciited, amidst demonstrationsOf 'the- most I)ois-
terons jo,yi•Ao be led inimediately,against 'tire
enethY. TI Pe Captain lincha attempted •in vain
to point nut to them the extreme danger orat-.
tacking the. Greeks in so udiaotageous
tion'fig„keeing that •further opposition would
produce a mutiny, he gaeo orders. that one'divi.
io sn,•of,his•lieet should 'rri4lte the.attack. The
l'urp trail iii, Sooner entered the narrow strait lit,
than the t4-eeeks made use. of 'their fire-ships ;
anti friote,.as we' said .before, and two .brigs,.
:Were ..prizes to their courage and skill, or 'werelt
at. "least, :lest 'to the enauTtl. The ~colObrated.
Cimstaniine Caneris, who had before repeatedly
signaira&ilithself in .t as bold specieS'of .warfarei
plieart*titti to have' been the hero of this eXPloit ;
thilUgh it Is riot so splendid as some of his
former, achievements, its consequences, with re.:
spect to the .fate of the campaign, are likely to be
as; decisive. Though the. Capt'.•Pacha foresaw the
danger, and.may reserVehis presence of mind,
yet. .4 Will find tt diffiCUlt to inspire his crew
with tizier:..ferrner confidence ; .and• though their
lo.!si is comparatively 'trifling; it will probably de-
tvf, •titift
'from attempting any neW adi+enture'
thialtfet.. •Wei therefore look upon the campaign,
at: !cast 'by sea, as ended, particularly 'as the
;:r4mkilytt`•*quattrcin • manifests, great backward
ness o-operate with the•Torks.

EMOiiNING • CHRONTCLE:3
The Courier, or Round•house Gazelle, and The
Chronicle, are quiet at issue on the subject Of
Pollee outrages. We think it a matter of some
.Little importance that his' Majesty's subjects
should walk the.Atteets at, night without having
tibeirhettas broken by the watchmen. The organ
*of, the round-house, on the other band, seems to
regard such affairs as utterly unworthy of notice.
Wl• have Itteeeeil en Opinion that Mr,Peel would
; do well to cofl(tVe some check on the conduct
cif., m. loWer functionaries of the Police. The
Odiortet'' thlis simpers .at the suggestion :
" When a former Secretary of State for
OW Jima Department (Mr. Ryder), Tro-
posed on 'inquiry into' the subject, the Whigs
laughed at it, and Mr. Sheridan suggested
that it would be equally wide and Statesman-
like,- to set on foot an inquiry into the state of
the parish nurses t This, perhaeS, The Chronicle
wilt next recommend." The Courier misunder-i
stands Sheridan's jest, he, clearly meant to put the j
watchmen and parish nurses on the same footing,
Bud undoubtedly there is a close resemblance he.
tween the 'two bodies. The watchmen or parish
nurses, if Th,e Courier likes so to cull them, in
the wit's day were probably merely. Sleepy old
Women, but now they have taken to beating and
otherwise mal-treating their charges, and it is of
that we. complain.. if The 'Courier, however,
likes the notion of being cudgelled by the guar.
diens of, the, night, there is no reason why he
should be deprived of that pleasure,:,ond let it,'
therefore, be uuderstood alopglkhe,Strand, that'
lbe Etlitor of that Journal'finds nothing amiss in
the assaults or extortions of yatchmen..."some
inen tray, indeed, like these thiugs,,as they may,
funiciclof their youth, and as, they remind them
9f their dancingi.or prancing' days when they
icere bad dogs.

'1 [MORNING HERALD.]
Thlltfßl,AyiS aml Fritlay'9 Papers arrived since
guy. last. There are even in the Journals sym-
ptoms of the instability of the Administration.—
tvery eulogy of the fitng is coupled with g