The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-09 00:00:00

THE REVENUE.

In additiou to the satisfactory Statement of he
Revenue for the last Quarter, we are now enabled
to extend the view to the whole Twelvemonth ;
and have thus to lay before our Readers—

An ABSTRACT of the NET PRODUCE of the 'REVENUE
of GREAT BRITAIN, exclusive of the Arrears of War
Duty on Malt and Property, in the Years and Quarters
ended sth Jan. 1818 and 1819 respectively.

Years ending Jan, 5.. . .
Increase, Deerease.
18i8.,- 1819. .
, - -
Customs 9,761.080 9,996,226 234,746
Excise 19,726,`29 .2,894,450 3,168,15..
Stamps
Post Office 1,333,000 1,339,000 •I,ooe
Assessed Taxes .. 6,127,529 6,217,594 . 90,065
Land Taxes .... 1,163,820 1,209,682 . 46,3.62 ,
Miscellaneous 492.,372 368,09: 124,773
.---
44,946;9111 48,416,321 3,594,175 124,773
Deduct Decrease .... 124,774
Increase on the Year.. 3,469,40,2
Quarters end. Jan. 5.'
:Increase. Decrease.
ISIB. 1819..
Cnstoms • 3,017,621 2,464,664
Excise 5,499,672 4;423t5,04e 738,368 ' .
Stamps'
. Post-Office
Assess. d Taxes 2,260,017 2,303,778 43,761
Land lax . 353,604 408,366 54,762
Miscellaneous .. 255,818. 133,397
13,271,764 13,398,777 836,891 709,878
Deduct Decrease .... 709,878
. ,
Increase on Qom ter.. . 127,013
Thus it annears that the improvement on the

Thus it api
whole year 11
HALF Sterling
counts from Ii
up; but we I]

E►ears that the improvemel

is nearly THREE MILLIONS AND A
g, in Great Britain alone. , The ac-
reland cannot yet of course be made
have no doubt but that they will in
on prove equally satisfactory.

their proporti

ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY
AND REDUCTION OF POOR RATES.

It is hoped that the attention of the Le-
gislature Will be attracted to the impolitic duty
of Five Shillings a thousand imposed upon
Draining Bricks. As the duty is paid in air early
stage of the process of making, it is 'levied
equally upon those which are spoilt as upon those
which prove fit for use. This Tax is, therefore,
a greater obstruction to the progress of Agricultu-
ral ImproVement than would be supposed,-if judg-
ing alone from the rate of its assessment ; more-
over, losses must be more frequent if the Bricks
are manufactured. without the usual bui•ldings,
and under the superintendence of an individual
only renting a supply for his own pnrposes, than
if the business is conducted upon an extensive
scale, professedly with a view to sale. But where
Draining Tiles arc not within a reasonable dis-
tance, we wish each Proprietor to turn upon his
own premises as many Draining Bricks as are re-
quired for his estate. kiladopring this method the
ex pence of carriage (a. most material cousidera-,
tiun) will be avoided, and while Poor Rates will
be reduced, and happiness diffused amongst the
lower orders, by employing them in making
Bricks, and.in Land Draining, the value of property
will be weedy augmented by the improvement.
It wonlif also appear to have been an- oversight in
the levying a Doty upon Draining -Bricks, since
Draining Tiles from Duty are equally applicable
to Draining Bricks, and as the making the latter
.requires less skill, and no buildings, the work may
be resorted to as an employment for the Poor in
any part of the country where clay is to be
'found, and therefore is the more entitled to the
exemption.

THE UNITED- BRETHRRN, commonly called Mo.
RAVIANS, are comparatively little ii.noWn in this
Country. Their Missions .among the Heathens,
botrevcr, bate recently attracted much 'attention,
not only as • Models of what such Establishments
should be, but as proofs'hoW effectually the rudeSt
Barbarians may be civilized by being Christianized.
Wherever the Brethren have preached the Gospel
among'Savages,. they bitve introduced the arts of
social life ; .and wherever the Gospel has beels
received, those Savages have undergone a won-
derfolyenovation in moral and religious sentiment;
in personal conduct, appearance, and intellect.—
The commendation due to the Moravians on these
accounts has been liberally awarded, not only by
enlightened Travellers *, who have 'occasionally
visited their remote settlements, and been struck
with wonder on beholding the comfortable habi-
tations, the. happy circumstances,. the humble
-demeanour, and the fervent piety of the 'converts
from Paganism, whether Greenlanders, Esqui
maux, North American Indians, Negroes, or
Hottentots, but by the Governments of the Colo-
nies where their MiSsionitries have been stationed,'
who have borne the most favourable testimony to'
the benign influence of their labours upon the
state of, society in the neighbourhood of their Con-
gregations, and have extended to them the most
indulgent protection.
lhe ancestors of the Moravian Brethren bad
been a Church of Martyrs for many ages before
theAleformation. Originally descended from the
Selavonian branch of the Greek Church, they
never implicitly submitted to the authority of the
Pope, though their Princes from the year 967 ad-
hered to the Roman Communion ; but they reso-
lutely retained the Bible in their bands, and per•
formed their Church Service according to the
ritual of their Fathers, and in their mother
tongue.

Fur these heresies, as they were deemed, they
were persecuted without mercy, and almost with-
out intermission; many were puniilied with death,
more with the spoiling of their goods, and mul-
titudes with imprisoument and exile. Among
these Confessors and Martyrs in the 14th century, -
appeared John Ihiss, who was condemned to tl.e
flames as an heretic.. During the war that en-
sued atter his death, the Church of the United
Brethren, under its present name, was formed by
.those who chose rather to suffer as witnesses
of the • truth, than to defend the truth• by
weapons of worldly warfare. A bloody de•
cree was issued against them, at the Diet
in
.1468, and commanded to be read from
all the pulpits in the land. The prisons in Bo-
hemia were crowded with the members of their
Church, and their first Bishop, Michael, remain-
ed in close confinement until the death of thsk
King Podiebrad. Many perished in deep dun-
geons with hunger ; others were inhumaaly tor-
tured. The remainder fled to the thickest forests,
where, tearing to be betrayed in the day-time,
they kindled their fires at night, round which
they spent their hours in reading the Scriptures
and in devotion. When they afterwards obtain-
ed some respite from persecution, they were the
first people who employed the newly invented art
of printing for the publication of the Bible in a
living tongue, and three Editions of the Bohemian
Scriptures were issued by them before the Refor-
motion.
When Luther, Melanethon, Bucer, and, Cal-
vin, at length' arose to testify more successfully
than they had been able to do, against die errors
and usurpations of the Church of Rome, to each
of these illustrious men, tile Brethren submitted
their doctrinal tenets, their Church discipline, and
file Records of their affairs, and from each in
theiruirn-ihey received assurances of cordial ap-
probation, and the kindest encouragement. But
as the Retormation did not penetrate into the te-
cesses of Bohemia and Moravia, they had to'sul-
fer renewed and aggravated persecution ; till, to-
wards the close 01 the 17(11 Century, they were so
broken up, hunted down,. and scattered abroad,
that they ceased to be known. publicly as an
existing Church. Their devotions, at the peril
of life and liberty, were perforMed by stealth its
private dwellings, in deep forest's, and in lonely
caverns, a few only daring to assemble in one
place and at one time. Pievious to this disper-
sion, their Bishop, Antos Comenius, one of the
most distinguished scholars, of that age, publish-
ed a history of 'the Brethren, with a dedication
(~t Mich lie called his Last Will and TestaMent)
to the Church of England, bequeathing to it the
memorials of his people, in the following affect..
imt ternis:—" If, by the Grace of God, there

4* Vide Barrow's. Travels in Southern Africa, vol. 1, pp.
SOS, 372 ; also, Lichtenstein's Travels in the same Country.
Printed Evidence taken before the Privy Council (»I the Aboli-
tion of the glace Trade in t;B9. ..Bryan Edward'; Histerg
of the arilish beet Pieties,