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THE I.OI%IDpN, JOURNALS.
DAILY 'EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.

JULY 7, 1826.

[Tut Tiatus.],
The return of :revenue for the two last years, and
last quarters Of each, are presented as usual ; and, as
we pmlieted, and as ~,we shall :crow shotv,
adroitneiti has he en Used to blink the real deficiency,
However, the accounts'
preSent. on the face of them
a falling off in the:Year of, above two millions and
a quarter ; and in the last three-months of nearly half
a million. „Before we.proCced to .how that the, last
is a somewhat' fidlacious account, and that matters
would stand 'hike ateuratclyas we have previously-de-
scribed them, we would -,repel a foOlish insinuation
that we have a wish to cleciY the financial resources of
the country ! Alnilghty lnttis, God Of Gain ! as
if we could phase any interest in deceivilia the city Of
London, and out many, commercial. friends, in so im-
portant a subject ;----as if our -beSt, policy, and that
whiehaa,moSti*ere of its
. reward; were not by every
means to find out and lay open the truth. If in.. this
attempt we err;we'are not only open to conviction, but
shall be most prom it and for Ward in correcting onr
error ; the day in which it was committed would be oue
of great atigietV it was rectified ; and we require to
he .belieyed,no-farther than as otriestatements.appeitit to
be conSentaneints truth, and carry couvietiou.n
entering.upOn a, 'brief examination .Of Treasury
account,- it becomes,„disirable,, to reconeile...eertain
discrepancies with it, which existed only, a few days'
before, and which got into :eiretilation from quarters
so respectable that it was impossible Wholly to doubt
their authenticity. It wits.naiierted, for instance, in
this paper, only:on Wednesday last, that the defici-
ency on-the quarter's revenue wis 1,200,0001.; but the
actualdefieleney,. Stated the Official i.iceoutit, is
nn1i,00.;2051. We can affirm, however, . that since
the Ism 'instant there has been paid to Cievernment, by
the East India Company, 700,0001. in one sum, On
account of the duties on tea';, and this' alone will ex-
plain the sudden Manner in which the deficiency; has
been reduced, and justify in. the main the accuracy of
the statement which we published. Whether that
large sum belcings fairly or not to the last quarter, it is
of course impossible'tO akertain, but the peculiar time
at which it was paid in,,...andits,..enormous amount,
will create the sitspichan that it doeS not t and that it
hag been called for,' though an anticipation of future
resources, to prevent the alarm which ‘vutild be felt
by the putilic 4 so seriouaa defalcation in the revenue
as would 'otherwise have appeared. Referring to the
official account Its published, The Most remarkable/por-
tion of ;t is the, deficiency of the' duty on stamps,
which along amounts to 20;,14-§i.
But the Chancellor of. the Ex.' cheqtAeri ii, :14 speech
on the lath of:March last, eatimated Ate. falling-of in
that: department atnliculmore 47,0001. for the
,whole year 1826. Thtfallirif.f.olf in stamps for the
quarter ending thr6tlt'Of April:last, wa5:127,807/. ;
is
so that the ideficiency on 'inX"ilriontli- prtiv4 fry b
eight times as great as , ,been k calculated
.oit for
, . ,
the whole year ; and, wnat .par malis 'more dis-•
couraging, the deficiency is twice as much this
quarter as it was in the last. Under the head' of
" a large sum ought to be sepa-
rated flout the, total anwout, which e.annot, with
prop, iety, leckoited revetio ;
in fact mervly ilisbursement iu part, 61: expemdi.-
titre previously ba lured, alid the whole 511111 will he
received within the pief;cut year. When the. relbriu
tools:' lace it 'the lei ii eniteney,; silver coin to the
vahle.off, 500,q011/, Was aibijiped ..10.11 retail ci by the order
of 'afiverillilent, thetokens;l4merly werecalled, in to he
,eNchanged it. 01 the "
mis-
cellaneons" item, about 130,000/. it; the produce of
the Irish tokens thus called in. The decrease under
the head of CUstOms anti be termed hiding, When it
is “insidercd heif tra4 bast fallen 01; and the
crippled situation, of class. Thili de,
partment, we think, is nut likely to experience much
further rdecrefthe in the efe;uiug eimitter—lfit, because '
iarrit lnantitics or goods of various kindk Piave
m re-
ain% in howl through unwillingness of the
holders to pay tie duties, which, aS stocks are getting
low, :lutist soon be i)) cell into consumption ; and 2d,
on account of the ,iihni;,ion fOreieu silks, which
tat place? übder Act, ott mule Cub
in4,6,4o4.'whicb mua large sum in duties,,pro-
bably not less in the present plitrter than 200,000/.
The stOC'ks in the Warehouses Orate India -cOni-
party alone will produce, according to, the estimate of
the brokers', more titan hall' that stun. In the .ILieise
the deerease-ia .50,9a01.; but that, it is bliviouvwbuid
havelteen,rauch greater but Tor, the excess over regu-
lar consumption produced by the general election.
The 'Post-horae duty
,s.nd the revenue of; the. Post-
office, during the .suspension of the plivilege of
franking,, `would he 'increased from the saute cause,
but he expected produce, very differently
when , minters retyrn ti,. their ordinary state, :
cacoo,oo of ON agoo4c4 tastes was ,expected to show
a >much. greater' decrease, than the sum stated, viz.
l 6 h;000/.' It pisis well known that in *the spring of
1895; exertions were' made' to tiring op the cob
leilion wide( bead to us high an amount us poa-
sible,; and in tuns prt:awt,*year, out of consideration. for,
the distress of individuals engaged in traade, instructions
were given to, the collectors to use ;ill possible for-
bearance, and to grant time Whenevvr it appeared to
be necessary,- The return mider this head, therefore,
may, he classed fairly 'finiong the ra,Vourable points of
the 1( (Unit.. Another fOrtunate cirentriStatiee has
been, ,the falling in of the duty on bonded corn. To
secure the introduction of a large portion,of 'it in the
current touter, rut order was issued from. the:Trea-
sury, slitatly before the elOse of the SeaSion, that
unless one-half of the Corn in bond tiirvi released and
paid dot y previonaly to the' ist of (NV,. the 'owners
would . Airfeit tuts privilege altogether. At least one-
half,' theieforc, of to duty, but probably n. nitteh
greater portion, would, find 04 way , most opportunely
to the Treasury.: Taking a review, then, of time whole
document of the.quarter s return, so as to distinguish
fairly that whieh'is,permanent:frorn -what may be' term-
ed accidental orternporaryreVenite, the acianint would
stand thus :
9thir. ter by the Tretniury
Alhnrea. det•rease un ate
4193,295
return -
700,000
Paid is „Nance by the Eitit Indii:9irnpany
130;000
sirinshoSaug,TEl,43.o, art! Post-office,
caused by the electoop
Bonded earn duty

200,000

10'0,00C

‘l9
tie
car

The real detioiency in thu quarter's auottnt• would,
thou appeitr to X1,6'23,214
In the return of the income and charge on the con-
solidated fund, which We have not space to-day to
examine in detail, it is most extraordinary that no
notice is taken of tlic money received for the last. loan,debt
acid that no diminution has been effected of the

aue, tom Government to the Bank, the amount of
the ieficiency bill being something greater than that.
announced in the return for the preceding Outer.

, .
[THE MORNING CIIRONICI.E.J . .. .
qui readers will :,find - under, the head MiddleSei
Adjourned Sessions," an account of a curious,seene,
in vhich the Jury, the IYlint Solicitor, the Clerk of
the reitee,- and the Chairman of 'the Sessions lore a
pare, It figs been a custom, it seems, that jurors
1 .
oho hi receive a shilling 4-piece for each verdict, and
the litry in this arse hid.; i'dying on the honour and
goo I,,latth of his Majesty's Mint, , done verdict-work
to i o!less,an amount than seven shillingS for each, no
it. 13iit the Lords of the Treasury had made ini
r against paying fees to- Jurore, and Mr. Powell„
solicitor,' would iibt, of course,-violate a 'treasury .i;
r forfthrWoild,' What was'. to 'be done?, ,The
, expres:tea'theinsolvis ii the ' strongest ,terms of
II gnation at: this most unreasonable demand on the
ofstbe Mint, that tbcy'sy,:tid'gively convictions
.ii;Alting , and 3 tistice, sacred Justice, wa about
e paralysed, when, the genius, of Ptglish liny, ever
y to befriend her sons in. the,hourof peed, with
y fictions, inspired Mr. Powell with an idea; which
allied every difficulty. The; •ThasurY Order• was
to be violated—he•would therefore pay no tees to
'.)t-!j; hut he was ready to pay additional,COMWees
he Officers of 'Court to enable theirs to p ty the
ors. This arrangement was satisfitctm'y to all par-
and the. Jury set inunediately to wOrk and soon
[led another shilling a-piece.

L THE. MOTtNING HERALD., , - -: 1
After all that has
.114e14 said for some time, about
- - - -• .
Lord ,Cochrane, s departure for Greece, -fiiime asserting
thi to be the fact, and ,others, :as firmly denying it,
there cannot be a doubt; now that he 11a actually sailed
fort, that country, and 'we should think, atyall. events,
that the expedition has been, undertaken, with a ills.,
titn,t nnderstanding on the part of the Greek Govern,"
inent,;:in' conjunction with the Greek Committee in
Lc ndOn;: of which we believe' Mr. Hume is PreSidenti
that.
.his Lordship shall have .the
,chief ethrimand, at
lest, of all the naval force~, 1-le did not sail in a
stekun-vessel, a;; It been repOrted, though opeLajecom- a
'Relied him out some distance, and two or three eon-,
j sulerable force will. form: part; of the squadron. We
shOuld not.be surpriSed it' his plat' would he to imitate
(l'Airtliage; when she attacked Rome on her own .terri-
tory--a mode Of attack which the Romans under
S 1 ipio retaliated with st.ich effect afterwards on the
C I:tbageniatts themselves. NOthing alarms au enemy
m ch re than su a species of warfare. BLit in isthat,
light the Turks and Bashas with whinn England is in
Ariake, and in profound peace, may view such 4 mode
or attackj on, the part of the Englitilt:(;:aptain, it is ha-
pssibleid say. The Turks will .most ',probably re-
in nstrate'itith our GtwernmentJ or take more
ae ice inbasines and thereby plitee. the,.Ptiglish CIO-
v nrirritt
:in itu awkward poSition. There are two po.i7
Si h,v,virst,s, that the liberation of Greece might have orti
thoti4erestpsOlthis country: Should Greece obtain a coin-
prioindependence,atodpin postiession of, all the islands
o the Archipelago,. she might form a sort of,hitirier in
ft
that quarter against the attempts of Russia on ohr Eabt
Itiditurpotsemions. So far it would' he the policy of
England a favour her power and independence. If,
on the .other hand, the in of Greece should weaken
the:rill4, atic(poable the It ie,sians to obtain' tAttes
,non 'of any eonsiderable pat ,ir their territOrien.- we
should be deprived of ail ancient and faithful ally, anti
,ilioubl, by bwoutipg the cause of Greeks, pave the
wily for the march of the Russians to ou.r...4rit. India
tti•ritories-a march which, we ,arc %lite convinced,
dley have often had in J view. It :seems a strange po-,
• it ion, in'which England, a Christian: country; ikplaced
wide regard to Turkey and Creece, Wijind it'otir
interest to continue the :illie.''i Of the uths, and to
uphold' the dotaittic4i ofitpeopkliAnn we call infidels,
in .who retaliate on us by codling us Christian dogs--:
it people whom We are taught from infancy:to regard as
barbarians. Antivstliy tti the Turks is, as the Judges
say, part and 'VARA of cane education, and, we eVO4I
cent to imbibe a hatted' of. the name from the
1.44' nunnentii of our existence. The ,`Parka, on
the other hand, allow, Ito love to be lost, for they
ha:,; cordially hold Christiani in abliortence". They
seldom eat or drink with tei----they :eldottt or
never invite. us into their houses-7,0r associate
with U', Olt art equal footing. Consequently we know
little or nothing of them as a moral or immoral people,
in a social point of view. . Almost all we know of them
is learned at their coffee-houses; where they pass intuit
' ortheir time in ii. half-torpid. state.' ..in smoking or in-
dulging in the, light drinks of the country. Such
knowledge of a nation can only be very Superficial.
What, for instance, would be thought, of a foreigner
who sltould came to England, and draw the character
of the people from the scenes he might witness, n.eof-
fee-romns or pot-honaea? and yet we have little better
means of knowing 'the real character .6f ilie:rtirks.
In the few instances, however, in whieli •we can fairly
judge of them, their character is quite unexceptiouable..
As merchants, they are said to be, highly htmourable,
'and not excelled iii that : respect by any people in the
world. The Greeks, on. the contrary, are it e.tibbillg,
deceithil, disagreeable people, in, all their corniner-
ciai dealings.'('his
.certandy forms a singular ,eon-
trail between the two nations, and the pees with
which we regard them is no,less singular. ' From
education and religion. we are taught to hate the
Turks, look :upon them as slaves ',and. barbarians,
and hardly allow them the ' feeling*. of humanity.
The. Greeks we , are taught' •to hold in utmost
veneration.. But such strange creatures does education
make of mankind. . A better-. acquaintance with. the
Turks may make on the :minds of. the English, perhaps,
a change ; and we should be happy to find ,that more
frequent intercourse should lead us to form 'a mdre'fa-
vourable opinion of - the Greeks. Their bravery is
beyond all question ; their patriotism,is More .doubtful.
Their Chiefs have Constantly been i quarrelling about
petty distinctions, while they ought to have beerrfiqht;
'mg as one man for the liberty of the country.. 1 hey
have . been scrambling for shares of the'maney sent from
England, rather. to Serve their, own = private interests
than to furthet the cause. in which they are engaged.'
Lord 43yron's last moments-were embittered by their
Sordid 'and contentious behaviour. . Lord: Cochrane
will most likely have. similar difficulties :to- -contend
Leith, but we trust that
htfialtitdttrihe:ysiltarn:lit iii4liest will
ch'tet °t
piji;?rsts eec
liberty' ,rlll' ei
riltdnicliulea:Yinvjlii6:3iivri ttehligii:°-:11' :ihkgieheeell:r.'
can expect to receive the reward.°fjG
rjeece before :they

It is to be hoped that the vacant office of Post..
inaster:-General will be bestowed upon, some person
pf intelligent mind and active' habitsf on one who .will
not • bit 7-contented with reeeiving': the- Witty' d
an_ exer»
rising the, patronageitut who will make hiinself mab,*,
of the de4iis, listen with patfenceto any stiggestea
.inproveitieht, and talkive all, wh6 will novanow/ttlti

personal interests and
iirejudices to stand in the way
0.3 .11nderinc, pn !estith4 ens , already...lo. arm', Ter-
i
lea, completely so. e-are-t Old; fir instance, that
'there is at presencnelesst han frenfs,oool. to 10,0001.
a, year paid by the public for 4 partial carly deli Very of
letters ; and that it, ii,r'in sa great meastiretherekietance
otit to part with this !is which'inevents the adoption of
sonic plan for a more early delivery all over the town.
It .is 'both absurd and distressing during,this sultry
weather, for intanee, to see the postmen toiling ;and,
losing time, by trudging ott foot all the way from Lom-;
bard-street tO-Piceadilly, When, by sending them in a
cheap and light ,conveyttnee, the delivery would be ex
pedited to every body more than in hour `upon the,
aVeke, and full the two bows Sooner in many places.
The Iteggarly way, too,:indkhich the, two-penny post is
conducted, is quite a disgrace Lo the country. Every
soul ,engaged iii this departmetit carries meanness and
stdyation upon his ,aspect,; %%hilt the wretched tosi-
nantee which carry the ,bags.tieein'as if' they wanted
Ahetfostering care both of Martin and the Corn
I;itivki. Why have not the letter carriers competent
payl -'and a decent costume? This establishment.
Should not he looked to Merely as a Source ntrevenue,
but asone of,those general 'and:undeniable advantages
which people receive in return for living' iu a country
so highly taxed in. other respects. We trust that. the
new Postmaster-General will not be above attending to
these hints, but that the public will have to thank him
for; these and many other valuable' improvements in a
department in the conduct of which every one. is more
or less interested.—Mid.

• THE BRITISH PRESS.]
That taxation must increase distress is a fact which
cannot be donbted, artut that it haS increased the dis-
tress of this country during the late crisis is equally,
'beyond dispute. Some persons argue . that the coun-
try is not impoverished by taxation, because all the
money raised .by taxes is spent within the country, and,
retnrns,•by the purchase of luxuries, to the industrious
closes, from whom it was 'levied. This view isialla-
ciousl it is precisely sintilarto the vulgar error, Which
frequently been dressed up in a philosophical
shape, that the 'erection of useless public works, and
extiavagarit private expen*O., are beneikial to the body
beciftise they circulate money,,, nd,aregpod,
as it is said, for trade. It is of very great importance
to the public, not only, that money should be spent, if
possible, in the country, but that it Should be spent in
the most useful manner; and, every' shilling that goes
to the' support Of mere luxury,whether derived frOm the
national or private revenue, Is doubly detrimental e) the
country, by wasting the indney'itsell in the first place,
and in the second place, by wasting the labour em-
ployed in consequenceof it.. To raise money by taxes,
therelbre, and ,afterwards to spemi it., in: maintaining
warS•or iother expences.- of. Government, except in so
tar as;theae are, indispensable, is ariiabsolute loss at
(nice of the amounrof taxes, of the 'usual labour to
which the lintiney would'have"given rise, and of the
prothictiye labour'of many of. those who are supported
,
on the revenue of' the S.tate. I, It consequently 'of
the utmost inipOrtance that' Itu greater. sum should he.
raised in taXes than is absolutely neee4ary,l4 defray,_
jua the.. ,unavoidable expellees 0f,., the ,Govarnment.,
!J Jose who aim at a reduction of taxes, however, fake
too narikiw'a, view of stile subject, and hi their tinXiety
to reduce; are sometimes led into worse evils than those.
.frtmi which they wish to escape... It sometimes hap-
pens in the affairs of natimw:Asin 'how of
dual:;,that ati over-ailxicLy3f*Ci la ithe stire.t way to
produce loss 1441 *MO anxious to find faults
in every thing, and,, who eXaniiiic accounts only to
object to thorn, may easilyrditteet many instances in
,Onch. a ,different of-iexpetiditure might have,
caused less waste oldie public money; but if the
they pointed Out had been pima tech' are they Aire
'Oat no greater inconvenienceswpuld have arisen than
even this w;iste, admitting it to be a waste ? It is, not
in politics only that we find OurSelyes reduced: to a,
4oice,of evils ; fig there:l.s -flu eourse of action in any
department oflife to which Rome objection may nothe
rinide, :and we:should never' act all:Ili:Uwe did not .re-,
cOncile ourselves to.NOIIIO. evils. It ;making these re-
inarkit, we do not allude to any instailee of inisnia-
nagement With 'which GoVernment.. has lately ;been
charged.,'lVlr. iiine'S conduct,' in visiting the siiiS of
all their piredecemors on the heads Of the pre:lieut Mi-
nistry, was Igo gross' an in ustice to inipoie upon ally
one, The Chancellor of the_ Exchequer certainly did
leave that point unanswered, as the 'Mites basasserted ;
and if he were bound to answer fOr things Which
passed so long before he had any confront , over the
expenditure, he might be called upon next to account
{Or the secret service money of Sir Robert , Wal-
pole. Mr. Hume is a very useful and a very pains,
taking man. is, an inimitable check upon , the.
,mbordillnic clerks in public offices. Ile superintends
Most admirably the processes of addition and.subtrac-
tion. His talents are useful in so far ; but we do
not thinkthese' are the talents which enable 'a man to
conduct the affairs, of a nation. Ile is an admirable
regulator of the political machine, hut he would be
miserable as a printout_ 'mobile. In listening to his
arguments, ,we must he cautious lest by toe:near an
lecolOmy should be led into Measures Which wdrild,
soon convince us of the inipplicy of such parsimony.
On the occasion of the Quarter ,Revenue, we shall
probably hear of the deductions to be made from the
I'avOurable:side.of,the account, and of the. additions
be made
.to the expenditure. But we are :satisfied that
thegeod sense of the public will not be led astray by
the gloomy prospects which the 'Opposition journals
may:present to them, and will avoid rendering our
calamities greater by the despair which would neces-
sarily arise front the UM dismal view of the subject,
Which is, in fact, a matter of comparativecongratrilation.