The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1858.

THE REVENU

FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING DEC. 31, 1857.

No. I,—An Abstract of

she GrOss Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, iu the undermentioned periods, ended Dec. 31, 1857, compared with
the corresponding periods of tho preceding year.

QUARTERS ENDED I YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR
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March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 1 Dec 31, :March 31, June 70, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
1857 1857 1857 1857 I 1857 1856 1856 1856 1856 1856
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' CUSTOMS
EXCISE
STAMPS ...................... • • ..... • 1,905,477 1,350,491 1,752,255 1,761 000 7,269,223 1,801,540 1,858,383 1,770,619 1,838,000 7,264,272 STAMPS.
TAXES.
PROPERTY TAX .
POST-OFFICE
CROWN LANDS
000 64,000 i 61,654 83,000 273,654 67,000 64000 67,857 86,000 284,857 CROWN LANDS.
MISCELLANEOUS 425,569 256,382 269.434 725,707 ' i 1,617,096 294,302 329,419 156,343 195,842 971,10 G MISCELLANEOUS.
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TOTALS - 18,519,149 17,241,762 .18,682,269 ,5,907,162 70,390,342 14,404,075 17,543,003 19,571,429;16,695,481 72,218,968
. TOTALS.
11,-INCREASE and DECREASE in the Quarter Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1857. Nine Ms. ended Sept, 31, 1857. Year ended Dec. 31, 1857. IL-INCREASE and DECREASE in the Quarter,
Nine Months, and Year ended Dec. 31, 1857, A.s
compared with the corresponding periods of the compared with the corresponding periods of the
preceding year. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. berease. Decrease. preceding year.
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X. £ £ • £ £ £
CUSTOMS . •
EXC15E............ • .
STAMPS - •••• 77,009 .... 102,986 951 •• • STAMPS.
TAXES
PROPER ''Y TAX
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POST-OFFICE
CROWN LANDS •• .. 4,000 •••• 11,203 .... . 11,203 CROWN LANDS.
MISCELLANEOUS
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TOTALS ....... ...... ..... •• • • ...• .. 696,866 1,385,184 684,923 • 2,628,643 829,789 2,658,435 I. TOTALS.
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TOTALS.. ..... .. .. • .• • • • • • . • • • •

£788,319
Net Decrease.

£1,943,720
Net Decrease.

£1,828,646
Net Decrease.

111.--,.A.0 Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Won. '3l, 1857; the Application of the same, and the Charge of the
'. h Cons /Meted Punt for the ..id Quarter, togetber
Ulrich the, §iirplua or Deficiency upon such Charge.
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f-0-444.6-__,,,' -,-e-
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended £ Am oun t applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter --,:.• en '''tA 1— IF —4-4 ..,
.oec 31, -)---1 ',
Sept. 30, 1857, viz.:
Great Britain £ 63,386
Ireland
568,040 Interest of the Permanent Debt £6,259,732
Terminable Debt 658,387
Interest of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency)
Income received in the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1857, as shown in Account T. .••• • . 15,907,162 The Civil List
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund ..... 372,971
Advances for Public Works, &c. ... ..... ~........ ....... 322,195
Sinking Fund .. 121,084
Amount received in tke Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1857, in repayment of Advances for
Public Works, &c. .....
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended
Dec. 31, 1857, viz. :
Balance, being the deficiency on the"3lst Dec., 1857, upon the charge of the Consolidated
Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other Charges payable in the Great Britain .... •• •••••• .... •• •• ••..... ... •••••• £ ••••
Quarter to March 31, 1853, and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be Issued Ireland ••••••••••• ••• •
782,168
in that Quarter ...
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15.166,593 18.166,593

THE CALCUTTA MAIL.

there is no change, except through interference from
home. The plan of Government is utterly inade-
quate to meet the losses of the non-official class,
and their losses are the largest of all. Many of
these persons have lost several lacs of rupees, and
if utterly ruined, and unable to set themselves up
in business in any way, they stand a chance of
getting two thousand."

to Madras on the 3d November. The troops per
the Sussex, viz., Rifle Brigade, were transhipped
to H.M.S. Adventure, and sent down to Calcutta.
The Monarch arrived at Bombay, Nov. 3, with the
2d Dragoon Guards. The City of Manchester ar-
rived at Calcutta with let Dragoon Guard,, Nov. 9.

THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.

[A portion of the following appeared in our late editibn
of last evening :]—

The Bengal Ilurkaru, of Nov. 24, after refer-
ring to the relief of Lucknow, says :

" The accounts which have reached us of this
event are very meagre, consisting of nothing but
brief Government despatches. The loss is de

scribed as being very heavy, but the number■
have not yet been returned, except as far as the

officers aro ftencerned, and these are not so great
as had been expected. Our force was principally
strong in artillery and infantry, and there must
have been a great deal of close fighting and work
for the bayonet. Since the last message was re-

ceived, telegraphic communication, which was re-
established between CAWD pore and Alumbagh, has
been cut off. Whether the wires have been de-

stroyed or not, we are not aware, but two signal-

ers, who seem strangely enough to have been with-

out an escort, have been found murdered, which
is quite sufficient to account for the absence of

communication. News, howeTer, is hourly ex-
pected, and before the mail leaves, we hope to be

able to communicate to our readers that the ladies

and cbildren of the garrison have been removed.
" The Pachete Rajah has been arrested under
circumstances of strong, suspicion, which seem jus-
tified by the fact that his house at Kossipore,
near Rogoonathpore, was found to be fortified,

surrounded by a trench, and to contain a number

of warlike stores.

" The 32d mutineers have been pursued by
Major English and Captain Rattray, but the
greater part of them have got clear off, and will
probably cause some trouble yet. The Gwalior
mutineers are at Calpee, where they seem to want
an object.
"In Central India there have been various
affairs' with the mutineers. The most seriotts is
the mutiny of the Kotah contingent at Kotah,
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and the murder of Major Burton and his two
sons, as well as Dr. Solder and Mr. Saville.
Major Burton had arrived at the presidency only
a few days previously. He had no great reputa-
tion as a political, but he was much respected by
his friends, by whom his loss will be deeply felt.

" North-West is tolerably quiet ; but our gar-
risons generally are not very strong, and the rein-
forcements which are arriving almost daily in Cal-
cutta will be highly welcome in many places.
Delhi is one of the few places where we have a
giant's strength, and there we are using it like
dwarfs. It is stated upon what we know to be
good authority, that the King is treated with a
degree of consideration and respect which fallen
rascallity—even of Royal rank—never obtained
before, and that he bears his honours with oriental
moderation, merely intimating to British officers,
by playful hints, that they must not keep their
hats on in his presence, and so forth. Further, tiros
hisson, aged 19, who was not shot with his brothers
on account of his youth, rides about the city on
an elephant, with two British officers behind
him, to do him honour. Further, that there are
a number of leaders kept in confinement—it is to
be presumed of a similarly mild character—
against whom no measures have been taken. No-
body seems to know at present who is
to blame for this state of things, but
Mr. Colvin's proclamation is mentioned as the
impediment to justice. We believe, however,

that the Government at Calcutta were unaware of

these proceedings, and were as much surprised ag
the rest of us. How far the possibility of their
being surprised in such a matter adds to their
dignity, is another question.

"Tile Legislative Course 1 have parsed an act
upon the subject of foreigners in India. Fo-
reigners must, for the future, have licenses to re-
main in this country, and to travel stating their
objects, &o. It is supposed that the presence of
persons supposed to be Russians, with the muti-
neers at Delhi and elsewhere, and the intrigues of
General d'Orgoni, otherwise M. Girodon, have
led to this measure, which is no doubt a very
proper one, and by no means disrespectful to
foreigners, since it will not subject them to such
strict surveilance as foreigners are subjected to
nearly all over the Continent.
" The despatch of the Court of Directors in-
definitely postponing the Black Act was brought
before the Legislative Council on Saturday. The
supporters of the act did not say a word in its
favour, and the despatch was quietly referred to
the committee upon the new code. This proceed-
ing has given great satisfaction to the European
community, who look upon it as an indication of
what is to come.
" The Government have published a resolution
detailing the plan of compensation which they
have decided upon for persons who have lost pro-
perty by the mutinies. It is very unsatisfactory,
especially as regards the largest proportion of the
military, and all of the non-official classes. The
largest proportion of officers, are of course subal-
terns, and these are very hardly treated.
Every subaltern, immediately after the mutiny of
his regiment, lost his company allowance—one, or
even more companies, as the case may be—and
this loss extending over several months, is not
taken into account in any way. Officers in civil
employ were permitted to draw their allowances
up to the Ist of October, and many of them were
able to regain their appointment before that time,
and so have suffered no loss at all. This ine-
quality is unjust in the extreme.
" For those out of the service, however, we fear