The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-07 00:00:00

mens for Console: Tables, Classes, &c.

PAPER-HANGING and, PAINTING—In the Richest
as well as the PlOnest Style.

FUNERALS—Attended in the most reniectful manner,
and particular regard paid to Economy-.

HOUSE AGENCY—Himses and Estates registered for
Letting or Disposal, without Charge.
SALES, APPRAISEMENTS, and COLLECTION of

RENTS, FURNITURE WAREHOUSED.
H. L. COOPER, 93, Bishopfigate-strert, Within, Lon.
• don, has the h(Mour of being employed and pa-
tronized by some of the first Families in the
Kingdom ; and, for style and price, challenges
competition with any respectable Establishment:,

CERTAIN. INSIDIOUS COM-
A PLAINT is best combated by a recourse to DR.
BOERHAAVE'S REPO PILL, No. '2, which is admira-
bly rcepared-for the spe'dy and effectual Cure of DIS-
EASES of t4at Class. The experience of many years, in
various-414440 r nrope and America, has satisfactorily
established. the reputation of this remedy.
To he had ,*t Gilead. House, near Liverpool; of Mr.
Johnston, Cornhill ; Mr. Sanger (late Bacon and
Co.), 150, Oxford-street ; Mr. Ward, Holborn ; Mr.
Henry- Mac/mill, SB, Whitechapel, London ; and by all the
principal Venders of Patent Medicines throughout the
United Eingdom, in boxes at 4s. 6d. each.

COOPER'S ARTHRITIC LINIMENT.
Vag cIInuMATIc AFFESnOwso &C. &c.
FROM the very 'high esteem in which the:
above Remedy is held in the East, and its tried good'
effects in numberless instances in this Country, it is likely
to be eI the most essential service in removing that pain-
ful afflidtion Rheumatism, which from the changeableness'
of our atmospbcre is so prevalent in this Country. The;
utility 'or the- Arthritic Liniment is not confined to;
Rheumatic Complaints only, but will be found useful in:
aR internal InflarnMations of Joints, and possesses an in
fluence peculiar to !tstlf, in addition to its effects as a
counter-irritant. These characters induce the Proprietor
to be sthiZuine of its proving a valuable application
cases of7White Swelling-, Sic. -
Sold iu.Bottle4 at 25..9d. and 4s. 6d., by Messrs. But-!
ler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London ;;
Princes-street, Edinburgh ; and Saekville-street, Dublin ;i
and by the principal Dealers in Patent Medicines in the
Kingdom.

Of late, the arrivals of grain of all kinds in this
city have been uncommonly large. Almost every grain
store in town is in consequence filled...--Glasgow
Chroni'lc.

A considerable sensation has been excited. at
Quorndon, in consequence of a young woman having been
induced, by her paramour, to take a medicine to procure
abortion. The ultithate recovery of the girl is probable;
but she is yet very ill —Nottingham —Nottingham Review.

The •new Novel called Penelope is a great fa-
vourite with the printers' devils. Indeed, it is said that
the author himself has a very high opinion of it, and thinks
it by far the best that has been written for years.

Sunday a large seal was discovered on the
sands at the New Passages, and was :taken alive.----Bath
Herald.

On the manor of a gentlethan in the neigh
bourhood of Hungerford, has been found a partridge's nest
in a forward state of incubation. We hear of a similar in-
stance near Thatcham. One of those beautiful birds
known in Norfolk as the .Sea Lark, was shot by a gentle-;
man a few days ago, near Thatcham, and is now in the
possession of the bird-stuffer (NlratunT), of Newbury.—
Berks Chronicle.

GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL THIS EVEN-
INC.-Alderman Woon and the rest of the Committee
attended, on Thursday evening, when the effect of the gay
illumination was trit,d, and was highly approved of. All the
arrangements are superibr. Not only the large hall Will
be opened, but the Court of Common Council Chamber
for cards ; the Aldermen's room tin. the Ladies ; and the
Saloon (late the King's Bench Court) for refreshments.
All will be illuminated brilliantly with gas. The floor of
' the Great Hall will be chalked according to a superb pat-
tern, and the walls will be hung With crimson drapery.
At the upper end of the Hall, under a brilliant crown,'
will be an elevated platform, carpeted and furnished with,
sofas, for the Duke of SUSSEX, and the illustrious guests
of the Loan; Mayon who may be spectators Of the enter-i
tainment. The Chartered Gas Company liberally present'
the light. The Cot:lunation have voted 50/. towards the
expellee. WEirelatT will lead the band of twenty per-
formers. More than fifty Members of Parliament have
already taken tickets, and expressed their design. to attend
and front the number and respectability of the contipany,:
the extent and convenience of thebnilding, and the accom-
modations supplied, the whole must transcend the effect of
any similar entertainment in this metropolis.

We understand there has not been at this
season of the year so small a quantity of sugar in the West
India Docks as at present for a great length of time, and
that, the more experienced housekeepers are taking advan-
tage uf the low price of that article, both raw and refined,
by laying in a stock of each, before a rise takes place, which
is generally expected very shortly.

On Saturday morning last, the Telegraph
coach, on its way from Sheffield to Chesterfield, took fire
by the friction of the wheels. 'There were a great many pas-
sengers (with &good deal of luggage,) none of whom sus-
tained any injury, nor was much damage done, owing to
the activity and attention of BLars, the coachman, and
also a proprietor. Another coach was procured from
Sheffield, and the passengers forwarded through Chester-
field, with an additional pair of horses, to Derby, and re-
turned to Sheffield the same night, about four hours later
than usual.—Doncaster Gazette.

The following affair happened last week at
Fulham. A gentleman took a, house there, and acciden-
tally found a key of an uncommon construction. Deter-
mined to find out the place it belonged to, after searching
for some time, he discovered a small door i■ a dark corner
of one of the garrets, which he opened with the key, and
found a place resembling a well. It proved to be a wind-
ing-staircase, 12 feet deep, and no other way of descending
but by going backward. On coming to the bottom, he
discovered a complete set of implements for coining. By
the dyes, it seems, were counterfeited the old broad pieces ;
and as near as can be conjectured, it is now about 200 years
since this curious place was first made.
Chief Constable NASH, assisted by Constable
MALONE, apprehended on Monday last, in Johnson-street,
WILLIAM KELLY and DANIEL RECTA charged with the
murder of a man named KENNEDY, in Nenagh, about 12
months ago.— Tipperary Free Press. •
DEGRADATION OF A CLERGYMAN.—On
last Friday, the Right Rev. Dr. ELEINGTON, as Bishop of
Leighlin and Ferni; attended by several Ecclesiastical Dig-
nitaries of the Diocese, and accompanied by his Aesessor,
A. HAMILTON, preiided at a Court which he held
here. ArtiCleiWere preferred by the Proctor of the Office,
mr. M`Mlifori, against the Rev. RICHARD
PrOteatant Citrate of Moyanna and Stradbally,' for hav-
ing_ at Maiibnieugh, in the year 1824 (February) cele-
brated a clandestine marriage between a Serjeant Ca )(r-
-ata; of the 63d foot, and a woman of the name of MARY-
ANNE zcxx—and the usual formularies of evidence hay-
ing been sitiifictoriTy gone through—the delinquent was
solemnly degraded from his Ecclesiastical office and dignity
for ever.—Carlow Morning Pest.

The following is -a striking instance of the
„influence possessed by Catholic clergymen over their flocks :
The Venus steam-packet, on a voyage from Water-
ford to Dublin, was lately wrecked on the coast of Wex-
ford, and great quantities of the wreck and cargo which
drifted on shore were carried off by the country people, as
is too commonly the case on such occasions. A Catholic
clergyman of the parish, where the wreck occurred, very
properly addressed his flock on the heinous crime they
had been guilty of, and declared that he would refuse
the ceremonials of the church to those who retained any
part of the property, or should in future commit similar
depredation., and ordered the immediate restitution of
what they had taken away. The effects of his harangue
was astonishing, for the agents of the owners of the Venus
were in a short time busily engaged in receiving back
goods, &c. from the plunderers in person, or in taking
away from the different roads quantities left there for them
by parties unknown."
A droll mistake, which was the cause of
considerable uneasiness to a good-hearted miller a few.miles
from this town, took place in the neighbourhood of his re-
sidence lately. He had a field of young grass, and sae/
one day three school lads making across it, to whom he
gave Chace, threatening vengeance upon them as trespassers.
The boys ran, and the miller was gaining fast upon them,
when two cleared a fence and escaped, and the other, in
attempting to leap a brook, fell short of the park, plunged
in, and when the miller came up, had disappeared. The
brook was deep enough to drown the lad, which the miller
believed to be the fad, for, alter shouting to the bor
to come out 'of .the witer; and running hither and
thither to discover him, he at last ran to a blacksmith's
4shragopgedforwitaittitaittstvanerilightande 'bothdey:broToekFribtliiyoroaufrgahidly,
he mounted hie horse, to procu-re a surgeon in case the
body should be found ;'.and : gplepitig
oincited..with wet. The boy
off, lie sees what he
conceived to be the ghost ' walking Pcnce‘bly
along the rsail,-tht trotisers:Oftthe spectre, and a part ef
its
but seemed shy of the miller's ae-
quaintance, who left him; aodinrant.te. afriends house for
a glass of gin and, water to' Ca/Oils .nerves As he w-14:
returning , from thini.e,' bias met hint with the':
W.eleonte.infernittloi"that h4:r4swe wets at an end, the
boy having jumped amongst and
escap‘d
through the enstsen,•and was-drying :his clothee' at the
smith's firewhile the anxious miller was straining every,
nerve or dissever his bedy.--fihroteabsery Chronicle.

Since the conviction of THOMAS IRONS, who
is to be executed this morning at the county gaol, Horse-
"monger-lane, for the murder of ANNE FROCUATT, the un-
fortunate man has been tolerably composed in his mind.
He has declared to the chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. Mr.
Masai, who has been constant in his attendance with hint
since sentence.was passed upon him, that he has no recol-
lection of the dreadful circumstances attending the death of
ANN FROGGATT until he heard the evidence on his trial.
He has evinced_ great penitence for the crime, and when
asked what could have induced him to stain his hands with
the blood of a fellow-creature, he replied, God forsook me,
and the devil took possession of my mind at the time." The
friends of the unfortunate man are said to be respectable,
and reside in Northamptonshire.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—On Thurs-
day night last, during a heavy gale from the N.E., ac-
companied with a heavy storm of sleet, a vessel, belonging
to Mr. RICKARD, of Howth, unfortunately struck on part
of the iron-bound shore of Lambay, and, we regret to add,
that she soon went to pieces, and her entire crew, namely,
two ROGANS, father and son, Mnarny, LARKIN, and
CASHEL, in all five persons, unfortunately perished, ere
any assittance could be rendered, or, indeed, before the
people on shore were aware of their dismal situation.._
There has been only one of the bodies recovered—one of
the ROGANS. When discovered on Friday morning, it
was found that the poor sufferer had reached a buoy, to the
iron ring of which he had lashed his arm with a piece of
rope; but, for. the length of time he had to remain more
than half immersed in the sea, life bad entirely forsaken
him before the party of the water guards, by whom he was
found, reached where he lay.--Dublin Mot ning Register.
" Before noon, the sea-breeze, the greatest imaginable
edstbreira:
luxury in the Tierra Caliente, set very. strongly up the
SCENERY ON TriEbutßwivicEl:uPprilheNt;odcnioptp."-ienigr
river, and we sailed delightfully before rt;diticovering as
The varieties of new and, magnificent: trees, covered with
ni., anLdimcaeuasintdigstrong
the most luxuriant 'and brilliant:Par" l
we advanced .fresh beautiesrooatteevdertyintbiiternleyfintgliegrsoturenadui.
their branches: in the current ;- withering trunks clothed
hooting.taanflyere we saw the hinging-nets of the calan-
iin
decay withth verdure e rasdahudora
let
ebnren notpartsm their
then
,oewunps
bright-plumed eddies-amongst their shattered brauchea—gave a character
to the scene around, which to me was altogether new and
dria, and
lemon-
trees, bearing at the same time fruit and flowers, hung
most invitingly
_over the water, and afforded us abundance
of refreshing lemonade. In some places immense willotrs
threw their cool shade over smooth banks, resembling very
closely the park scenery on the borders of the Thames';
while groups ofcattle grazing or Bleeping beneath thin spread:-
ing branches, rendered these particular views so like home.
that it was fortunate we had some other objects to rewind
us how far we were removed from it. Here an enormous
alligator would plunge into the river from his broken sleep
on the sunny bank ; or a delicate white heron would rise
alarmed
.on the wing, and soar above our beads, when
affrighted from her retreat among,the rushes. IVe saw
also on this day a manati, or sea-cow, but it was out of
the reach of our shot ; and I killed a water-snake as thick
as my 'wrist, while it lay steeping in the sun on the branck
of a decayed tree.
As the night closed in, we passed several Indian huts sur-
rounded by mane. We sailed slowly on with a ligbt
breeze, near banks quite illuminated by the .fire-flies, and
the wailing and cries of the sKitary night-birds gave a
peculiar solemnity to the evening; when our. ears were
suddenly enlivened by the merry sounds of a fiddle and a
guitat,preceSiling from a small canoe, which glided swiftly
past us, and wax carrying this little band to a fandango
about to be,given at one of the Ralookorie Cep.
Lyerd Mai*

• FOREIGN INTIIILLIOrtNCE. I number of citizens to subMit to their improvident THE REVENUE.
-
and passionate deliberations the most weighty sub-
PRENCII PAPERS. jects of internal and external policy ? No. I.
(Frets the Ga--,titede France, of Saturday.) ' lar,TEm
It is remarked, that the Meeting which gives oe- Ar,
noihtv; vs rimdmosApril,
igranastaTh,
CoNsTaNTlNosist.E, MARCH 3.—The commission . casion to these observations was composed only of 182 S, distinguishing the Quarters. P
which set ou*.,
. on the 29th of February fromthi; electors, and that it treated only of questions relative
•4'e to Li e: §
capital far the Morea, consisting of the First Vicar Ito the titles of candidates. ..,.. -g t r g h'i il3. § g Egl°
of tlso Patriarchate, the two Bishops of Chalcedon But were not these questions themselves natu- Y.l es 4 gfir-: . i'3l 'al c'33 R§ .2 k § g
us t g es o:s
..ss
,'41.3s Dellis, and a civil officer of the Porte, is to in- rally connected with all questions of legislation and 5.'t."....cr ' 4-.7 -,... .e.
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'rite the insurgents to submit, and to offer them Policy ? •
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peace ; a complete amnesty, and several considerable To praise or blame a candidate for his conduct on s; go 14.,.. et
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advantages ; and at the same time a suspension of occasion of such or such a project of law, or act of .- i.,:0 m.A- -R. k q 7.. •,-.
c., . .; ~..
hostilities by sea and land for three months. The the Government, is not this necessarily subjecting `i-`4.- -
--s
' erders relative to the execution of this latter point those projects or those acts to the approbation or
a ~. gQR §474 '§ '--.i'i - the censure of the meeting ? And without going t :II ~---- ss• -f.'s'. I:-^ f' - ,ss ss - '.
(hid Pacha, by special messengers. beyond what passed at the late meeting, did not the n 4:— bit —.).—gi • ..;i.-, 55- - :
.5 3 q „, .
This step has produced the most favourable effect speakers express themselves with warmth on some ;2! , -.°
__
in the capital. People connect it with several other acts of superior administration or measures adopted r., 6 5..2§2 4§Br:' R siss - I,oi is
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measures lately taken, and particularly the recent rati- by the Chambers in the conduct of the Electoral il -.L3 :','-55....- t----:%; I I ..; ',...d1 21 f‘r ~,-
fication of the treaties of commerce concluded with Colleges ? Have they possessed principles, ex- c' r- &;.--:--- ‘4,------ el N,, t. % ..t„, Fr
gs.s...
Spain, Denmark, and Naples; and hence they infer, pressed opinions, contested rights, established du- ....._
that the Porte never can have intended to withdraw ties ?
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itself from the obligations stipulated by the cons-cn, All this passed, it is true, without any 'outward
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tion of Akermann.
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disorder; but it was the first time that this meeting k,si'-' .rte 6.4'1 ""' 41 ''-
- The delivery of &mans to vessels bound to the was convoked—public curiosity had not yet been
Black Sea, though in truth the delay which they excited; who would answer that another meeting
27 figg 2E474 kßig§lg g k 7
may have experienced has been the less prejudicial would not produce a different result ? 1.-Fit's; gg;-4 -ca-i:. , 4 ,4,1- ig '
, ;
to them as the season rendered their departure im- This time they were bearable men, who had no ;"' Est- m-61;"- '-"r-
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s? 4cs ss i;oasible, is also considered as a proof that the pas- desire to disturb public tranquillity ; but this was
sage had only been suapenied by temporary circum- only a beginning : besides, it was only an example er ;:?.i'i g g :A:1 g F.-: F. Ft
stances, am •not definitively closed. All these consi. given, and eneouragements to follow it are already reSO3 lits" .
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deratiots's give many chances to the hopes of peace. addressed to all the electors. - d :QCs seer I :.6 ss ss
A irS Irian Observer. \ What sensible man, what upright citizen, will „„....,
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CONATANTINoPLE, MARCH 3.—The Divan, affirm, will promise himself, that the meetings will a '-'s'; ;1.1.'5,..„..e
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warned perhaps by the general discontent, and con- any where be peaCeable, the opinions without ; It Os 8i ?".8 ' -P
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c., s., c, ~-; oi•
ceiving new hopes from the change of Ministry in violent-contradiction, the debates without'animosity, ', '-' '''''': '''
England, returns, at length, as after, the battle of the doctrines and examples -without danger, that the :
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Navarin, to concessions; and the change of Inca- spark -emitted by. this animated discussion will not : "E'. ,A. 5".. - ".e -.-- . t's ,-cs ,'-- Is's t sl. „r 5
sures, which were spoken of on the 22d of February, go from them and spread fire and disorder ? If the at 4 14Ags :Fre.; - - zs" ii
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begins to produce its effects. electors have thus the right to assemble at the invi- - tation of one of them what means would there be
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bably a private understanding to escape-this etribar- to hinder all the citizeriS who are not electors in their ssa 6'-`" - ..7.,--.sess-7: I sss' --'- * , ".. I's
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rassing intervention, received the hatti-seheriff of turn from meeting to` deliberate on matters that 4- I--„-,,_s Lg.:,
--. a, c\i" cr, " Isi
.... the 'Sultan, which offered to the Greek insurgents, interest them ? .... -

The Greek Patriarch, with .whom there was pro-
bably a private understanding to esca?e this embar-
rassing Intervention, received the hatti-seheriff of
the Sultan, which offered to the Greek insurgents,
I:Tadon, oblivion of the past, moderation in the taxes
--in short, all the advantages offered by the Reis
Effendi in the conference of the 23t1 c.Novernber ;
and, besides, a delay ofthree mo: the during which
hostilities should be susperfiled.
At the same time it is annouht d, that orders
Lave been sent to Ibrahim Pacha observe this
kind of armistice. To-day four Commissioners are
gone to Smyrna with this hatti scherif. This con-
cession litas tranquillised all minds, and gives great
reason to hope for peace if the views of the allies
are still unanimous.—Aligabarg,h Gazrttc.

Where, then, Nvi 11 be the text of the law which
shall have protected the meeting of the electors, and
which shall refuse its support to the other citizens ?
What will be the limit at which this tumultuous
faculty shall stop ? What security shall public
order find in the midst of such irregularities. The
Government desires to ensure to all the plenitude of
their rights, and to oppose dangerous excesses in de-
priving the enemies of liberty of all such grounds of
complaint and blame. The meeting held on the 31st
March, in the coffee-house called le Salon de Marc,
in the Champs-Elysees, and which adjourned to
Sunday, the Gth of this month, is not authorized,
and cannot be tolerated. The Government has
made known the want of authorization to the ma-
gistrates of the judicial order, that in ease of another
meeting the provisions of the law may be carried
into execution.

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ABSTRACT of
BRITAIN, in I
18727 and 1828,
thereof.

No. 11.
the NET PRODUCE of the REVENUE of GREAT
the YEARS and QUARTERS ended sth April,
sheaving the Increase or Decrease on each head

It has given orders that this measure should be
made known beforehand, convinced, on the one hand,
that it will he approved by peaceable men; on the
other, that this salutary warning will suffice to pre-
veat the return of an abuse whieh might soon become
the source of disorders. •
FRENCH FuNns.—Five per Cents. 02f. :30c. ; Three
per Cents., 69f. ; Bank Stock, 1,895 f. ; Naples Stock,
75f. 25c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73f. ; Haytian Loan,
667 f. 50c.—Exchange on. London—one month, 25t
25c. ; three months, 25f. 10c.

Years ended April 5.
1827 1828 Increase. Decrease.
,
Customs 15,864,598 16,569,021 704,431
Excise - 115,062
Stamps
Post Office 1,4121,000 1,389,000 - 77,000
Taxes 4,714,842 4,785,683 70,841
Miscellaneous 538,030 734,9C3 176,876
48,181,124 X 47,182,816 1,193,954 I 192,262
Deduct Decrease 192,262
Increase on the Year 1,001,692
I Quarters ended April 5.
; „.—..........---,—..........-..,
1827 1828 Increase. Decrease.
Customs
Excise 3,444,025 3,698,779 251,751.
Stianps 1,547,995 1,652,73 104,740
Post Office
Taxes
'Miscellaneous 121,663 101,709 - 19,954
,
1 9,360,220 9,898,361 538,095 19,954
Deduct Decrease 19,954

on the Quarter

508,141

No. 111.
NCOME and (.BARGE on the CONSOLIDATED FUND in the

QUARTERS ended sth April, 182.7 and 1829.

Quarters ended April 5.

1827 1828

3,537,551
3,4-14,025
1,517,991
3535(100
350,0313
121,665

9,335,220

3,298,1 M
3,M8,779
1,652,732
357,000
, 369,383
101,709

0,477.187

216,417

212,759

19,601,ti37 ( 9,729,946

Quarters ended April 5.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 128.

TWE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
'
As we stated on Saturday, there is a decided
1: and gratifying improvement in the Revenue for
the Quarter just ended, an abstract of which will
be found in another part of our Paper. The
increase on the Quarter has been five hundred
and thirty eight thousand, one hundred and
Vorty-one4pounds, and that on the year up-
wards of one million. This cheering improve-
ment has been greatest in those articles more
generally affecting Cie public comfort—being
exciseable commodities on which, compared
with the corresponding Quarter of last year, there
has been an increase of 254,754/. The next
article in importance is the Customs on which
there has been an increase of 177,1911., while
that on Stamps amounts to 104,7401. The return
for Taxes presents an increase of 17,410/.,
and the Post-office 4,0001. On Miscellaneous
articles there has been a decrease of 19,9541.,
leaving an increase on the whole Quarter of more
than half a million. As facts speak for them-
selves, it would be idle for us to enter into any
lengthened boast as to the great resources
of the country, which are now beginning to
devolope themselves so satisfactorily tc, the
expectations of those who delight in the pros-
perity of the Nation. The Finance Com-
mittee will see by the returns of the Quar-
ter just ended, that the state of the country was
not so deplorable as those who see nothing but
evil, endeavoured to make out. At the same
time it cannot be denied that much more re-
mains to be achieved in the way of re-
trenchment than has yet been accomplished,
and Government would perhaps do wisely
to remit some taxes, or at least to modify them, in
order that others might become more productive.
An excessive taxation always defeats its purpose.
While on this subject, it may not be amiss to
caution the public against the sayings as well as
doings of an Evening Cotemporary, which, in
its laudable zeal for early and exclusive intelli-
gence, generally gives news of events that are
probable a day er two before they occur. This is
being before-hand with the public in good earnest.
If we are to judge of the number of its corres-
pondents by the accounts they furnish, we should
guess that it has at least half a dozen on the Banks
of the Pruth, for we have witnessed the passage of
that great river full six times in its veracious
columns—and that in good broad letters—the
passage having been effected on some occa-
sions as late as half-past two o'clock, and at
other times as early as a quarter past one. But
this diligence is praiseworthy, and will, no doubt,
obtain its proper reward. On all great ques-
tions the " Oracle"•is sure to anticipate public
curiosity much in, the same way it deceived the
landholders by giving a make believe table of
Corn Duties which passed off for official till the
real tables made their appearance. On Satur-
day last our cotemporary was again awake,
by giving the Stock Exchangemen a glimpse
at the glories of the Quarter's Revenue,
every item of which had improved in a
manner which " would probably be found
correct"--but behold the result ! - As our
cotemporary has a natural horror of bad names,
we have in charity abstained from mentioning it,
but those who run may read.

Extracts from the French Papers will be found
in another column, by which it will be seen
that the account which we gave a few days ago,
respecting the proffered armistice to the Greeks by
the SULTAN, is confirmed. But the public need
expect little benefit to result from this measure,
which is either the result of fear or deep policy,
and neither is likely, at present, to be of
much avail to the Turks, unless they
yield at once, and so avert the attack of the
Russians.

The alarm manifested by the French Govern-
ment at the late political meeting in Paris speaks
little for their stability, and less for their confi-
dence in the laws.

The Allgcnzeine Zeitung of the 31st ult. con-
tsins an article from Berlin, stating that many
of the reports current, respecting the march of
troops and warlike operations, arc not altoge-
ther-entitled to much credit. The good people