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London, England, 1866-08-10 00:00:00

could be known there. Unless the Emperor Maxi'
ruffian had better information than was accessible
to the European public two months ago, he must
have been expecting when he parted with the
Empress to hear soon that Marshal Benedek bad.
chastised Prussian insolence in the neighbourhood
of Berlin. The Empress would probably. re-
ceive intelligence of the battle of SadoWst
though scarcely of its vast political consequences,
on her way to Europe. She finds the Emperor
Napoleon preoccupied with affairs compared With
which the Mexican enterprise was a holiday diver-
sion. No one in France now thinks of the laurels
which Marshals Forey and Bazaine have gathered
the
in the New World, and it is to be feared that
Empress will not be able to dazzle Napoleon with
prospects that will withdraw him from the cares
that now crowd upon him in Europe. The Empress
of Mexico
.is a sensible woman, and will take in
the situation at a glance. She will be able to judge
for herself what are the chances\ of her husband re-
ceiving succour from Europe. The French arrey
and the French treasury have been the reserve on
which the Emperor of Mexico has freely drawn for
these two years. The Empress will perceive the",
this is a crisis in which the Imperial banker at Paris
must in justice to himself draw together all his re-
sources, close outstanding transactions, taking
but on
taking from
his debtors whatever they are able to
no account parting with more. If the Mexican
Empire can stand when the French troops have been
recalled, and supplies of French money have ceasea,
to flow, well ; if not, the Empress will hardly fin'
it worth while to make another voyage across the
Atlantic. The political, military, and financial con-
dition of Mexico have been sketched with a etas'terly hand by the present French Minister 0'
Foreign Affairs in more than one despatch since the
beginning of the year, and the facts constitute a
full justification of the resolution announced by the
French Government to withdraw from its interven-
tion in Mexico. But there are certain results ot,
that intervention which will .remain after the final
settlement of accounts between the two Emperors,:
and which greatly concern the British creditor. At
the beginning of the year Mr. Middleton, Secretary
of the British Legation in Mexico, sent home an
approximate estimate of the amount of the revenue
and expenditure of the Mexican Empire tc, be cal-
culated on for the year 1866. We reprint it :-
REVENUE. Dollars.
Maritime Custom-houses 12,500,000
Internal Custom-houses 5,200,000
Direct taxes upon property in town and country 1,200,000
Ditto upon commercial and industrial estab-
lishments 250,000
Mining duties 650,00A
Stamped paper, post-office, and other miscella-
neous taxes 1,000,000

Total 20,800,000
EXPENDITURE. Dollars.
Imperial House 4740,000
Ministry of the Imperial House 30,000
71 State
77 Foreign Affairs
77 the Interior
3,7007000
77 Justice , 900,000
' 77 Public Instruction
77 War
,1 Public Works 1,626,000
Finance 3,400,000
77
.---
Total 25,434,0°0
Mr. Middleton suggests that the Customs revenue
may produce a million dollars more than the among',.
stated above ; but when he expressed that opinion
he did not know that the French occupation, which
had given such an impulse to consumption aid int;
portation, was 'about to cease. On the other baud,
he points out that the cost of the French contingeou,,
is not included in the estimate. He observes, more'
over, that, " owing tothe little progress being made,
in the pacification of the country," the amount sets
down for military expenditure will not prove suf-
ficient. The charges of the public debt remain to
be added. They are as follows :