The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

GERMANY

♦ND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
The debate in the Diet in Kremsier on the demand
of the Austrian Minister for the additional credit of
80,000,000 florins, which was Toted by a small
majority, presents a melancholy picture of the financial
state of Austria. BAKousxr, in opposing the grant,
presented a table of the receipt 3 and expenditures of
the last few years, to demonstrate the diminution of
the former and the graduated increase of the latter.
Florins.
In 1846 the receipts were 193,307,639
In 1847 ... ••• ••• 144,872,466
For 1i49 they are estimated at ... 101,269,403
Being a diminution in the space of three
years of •.. ... 92,038,236
In 1846 the expenditures were ... 169,099996
In 1347 ,
••• ••• ..• ... 176,325,993
That is to say, in two years an increase of 7,225,197
In 1146 the deficit was 22,577,727
In 1847 ... ••• ••• .•• ... 31,453,527
In 1849 it will amount, perhaps, to
60,000,000.
The extraordinary expenses amounted in
1846 to ...
In 1847 to ...
In 1810 th

15,2045,48
17,212,892

.ey are estimated at 51,000,000
He declared that the national debt of Austria, com-
pared with the revenue, was greater than that of any
other country, and that it almost amounted to half
the value of the monarchy. The national credit was
vacillating; paper money had almost a forced circu-
lation ; gold and silver had disappeared; and it might
happen that, one fine morning, a national bankruptcy
would ensue. Such an event was not yet unavoid-
able; but it must be guarded against. The future
Finance Minister would have to exclaim, " My pre-
decessors ought to have acted economically, and
avoided useless wars." He concluded by moving that
the Government be empowered to raise a loan of half
a million of florins in the course of the year 1849, and
to stop the interest of the national debt in case the
receipts of the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 were not
sufficient to cover the expenditure. Another Polish
speaker gave a melancholy account of the present
condition of Gallicia, taking care to refer to the
atrocious conduct of Government in exciting animo-
sity between the Polish and Ruthenian races.
Amongst the Czech members (who were unani-
mously in favour of the full grant), JONAK distin-
guished himself by his warm support of Ministers.
Another Ministerial speaker (Mayen) observed that
the threatening aspect of affairs in France rendered it
doubly necessary for Austria to show itself as a great
nation. The Finance Minister remarked, towards the
conclusion of the debate, that there must be money
procured in one shape or the other for making pre-
parations for war, and possibly for a European war.
There must be either taxes or loans. A just system
of taxation in Hungary would throw on that country
an equitable portion of the debt. He further stated
that contributions would be levied in the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, the junction of which with Aus-
tria was advantageous for both. The Diet, after
voting the eighty millions, adjourned till the 3d of
January next.
The EMPEROR received a deputation from In-
spruck on the 17th, who presented a loyal address, to
which his MAJESTY returned a gracious answer.
No further intelligence has been received in Vienna
from the army of Hungary.
Letters from th• Hungarian frontiers of the 20th
state that the victory of the Magyars over the Ser-
vians on the 9th was complete. The Servian army
was annihilated, and the whole Waiwody of Servia,
created Rt 011mtitz On the sth of this moth, is now

Aberdeen .. •• • • ...• ••••• • • • • • ••• • •
24 Amiens and Boulogne. ••••• • • • •• ••
23 Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •••• • • ••
24 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
23 Ca1ed0nian............. ............
23 Chester and Holyhead. ..........
23 Cockermouth and Workington........
21 Dublin and Drogheda.... • • •• • ••
Dublin and Kingstown • ..• ••.• • • ••
23 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen •••• • • • .
24 East Anglian—. •..... •••• ••
23 Edinburgh and Glasgow . .. ••• • • •
23 Ediubnrgh and Northern ••
24 Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
23 East Lancashire •. • • ..... ••
23 Eastern Union ......
23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
23 Glasgow and Green0ck.........
Great Southern and Western ........

1,270

850
8,728
1,372
75
670

Great Western, Brc •• • .
23 Kendal and Windermere • • .... •• •
23 Lancashire arid Yorkshire • .....
22 Lancaster and Carlisle ..............
24 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport....
23 Londonderry and t nniskillen•...,...
24 London and North Western, &c.
London and 81ackwa11..............
23 London and Brighton
24 London and South Western
23 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle
23 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
24 Midland Great Western (Irish) ......
23 Menklands .• • •
Newcastle and. Carlisle •
23 North British
23 Paris and Rouen :•• .. •
23 Rouen and Havre •• • •
23 Scottish Central •.....
24 Shrewsbury and Chester
25 South Eastern and Branches ........
22 South Devon.... .•.. . ..............
16 Waterford and Limerick...
- Whitehaven Junction
Wishaw and Coltness
23 York and Newcastle . •••.••• • • • • ••
23 York and North Midland . •••• • • ..

724
3,080
1,666
15,748
1,750
1,210
2,326

128
11,134
2,015

116
45,741

830
1,203
2,005
922
1,990
21,367
100
8,832
1,129

8,679
[0,213
2,782

23,636
1,157
856

2,394
5,348
2,353
623
1,505
8.139
1,330

40,396
722
7,707
8,606
1,998

22,976
754

2,090
5,875
2,296

,4,155
7,955

527
7,754
767
1,646
652

185

12021
7,90 cf,

THE BRITISH TARIFF, BY EDWIN BR DILL, or
THE OFFICE OF EXAMINER AND PRINCIPAL CON..
TROLLER OF ACCOUNTS, CUSTOU-HOUSE, LONDON.
—This new edition of Beedell's British Tariff has
been considerably extended and improved by the
addition of the Customs Warehousing Act, list of the
principal officers of Customs
kingdom,
at every port, sub-port,
and creek, in the United list of the
names and stations of the receivers of Admiralty
droits, likewise the recently passed Act for ware-
housing British spirits, the North Am erican Passen-
gers' Act, and a practical and comprehensive exposi-
tion of the regulations affecting the export branch of
the Customs business. Mr. Beedell's book should be in
the hands of every person who has Customs business
to transact.

WEBSTER'S ROYAL RED BOOK FOR 1849,—This
useful compendium of fashionable information, which
is to the fashionable and professional world what
the " Directory " is to the mercantile and trading
world, still maintains its high character for accuracy
of information and facility of reference. Com-
bining as it does a comprehensive street-
guide with an alphabetical list of the nobility
and gentry, of the Members of both Houses
of Parliament, of the Baronets of the United King-
dom, of the ambassadors, consuls, bankers, army and
navy agents, hotels, and clubs, it may be truly styled
a microcosm of the metropolis. The seeker after in-
, formation with regard to the Court or fashionable
life will be certain of finding what he seeks in the
pages of Webster's "Royal Red Book."
LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER.
HALL.—Handel's oratorio of Judas Maccabaus was
performed here last evening, by the London Seer, d
Harmonic Society, under the able direction of Mr. Sur-
man. The principal vocalists were—Miss Birch, the
Misses Williams, :Mr. ;Sims Reeves, Mr. H. Phillips,
and Mr. Benson. Sims Reeves was in superb voice,
and sang magnificently. He was enthusiastically en-
cored in " Sound an Alarm." The performance as a
whole was most creditable to the society. The hall was
crowded.