The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-05 00:00:00

QUARTER'S REVENUE.

As the Accounts of the Revenue of Gi-eat
Britain for the Quarter and Year ending this
day, will not be made up till a late hour this
evening, we shall not have it in our power to lay
before our readers the actual results till our
next Paper. In the mean time, we have reason
to believe that the reports which have been
circulated as to the amount of the deficiency,
of the present Quarter, as compared with
the atnount of the corresponding Quarter
of last Year, has been exaggerated, and
that it will prove that the actual diminution will
not exceed between 300,000/. and 100,000/.—
This, we understand, arises from a falling off in the
produce of the Excise Duties, which is not entirely
counterbalanced by the ir.creaze which has taken
place in the produce of the Customs and
Stamps. If the deficiency in the present
Quarter's Receipt should not be more than
we have reason to suppose, the total amount
of the Revenue of Great Britain for the
Year ending this day, will not exhibit a
greater diminution than from. 150,0001. to
200,0001., as compared with the total receipts
for Great Britain in the Year ending the sth
January, 1827; there having been a surplus of
172,000/. on the Receipts of the three first
Quarters of the Year now expired, compared with
the Receipts of the three corresponding Quarters
of the preceding Year.
On Monday, however, we shall give the whole
details.

In the course of the night two expresses
arrived from Paris ; the first bringing us the
French Papers of Wednesday, and the second
the Papers of Thursday, with the Gazette de
France of yesterday morning, and a note accom-
panying the express, announcing that a very
unexpected rise in the Funds had taken place on
Thursday afternoon, in consequence of a general
report that a change of Ministry was on the eve
of taking place. The Three per Cents. had de-
clined on Wednesday to 67f. 10c., and opened
on Thursday morning at 66f. 80c., but on the
circulation of a rumour of the resignation of M.
VILLELE they rose to 68f. 25c., and at a quarter
before four o'clock were 68f. 15c. to 20c. The
note adds that the Royal Ordinance, though not
then signed, was expected to appear as yester-
day or to-day, but that at that moment one im-
portant event appeared certain, namely, the resigna-

tion of M. DE VILLELE. It was also stated that
117. CHABRAL had been charged by the KING
to form a Ministry, and the following persons
were spoken of as likely to be Members of it :
For the Interior M. MARTIGNAC
Foreign Affairs
Finances ROY
War

Marine

TVAM BR1•
GEAU
CIIABRAL
c
RAVES
PORTALIS
PASTORLT.

Justice

The resignation of I\l. VILLELE has been so
long inevitable that this intelligence does not
surprise us ; but it seems extraordinary that it
should have occasioned a rise in the French
Funds, for VILLELE, besides being the prince
of Stock Jobbers, has invariably evinced an
anxiety for the preservation of peace. His
policy has been to maintain it under all cir-
cumstances, and it is hardly possible that any
change of Ministry should leave this principle so
strongly ingrafted on the Government of France
as it is at this moment. We may, however,
consider the rise of the Funds on M. VILLELE's
resignation another proof of his great unpopu-
larity with the French nation) for it cannot be

accounted for on any other principle than that
persons consider the security of the Government
of France will be rendered greater by the removal
of a man who has wholly lost the confidence of
the nation, and whose acts, if persisted in, might
have roused the whole nation to avenge their

wrongs.

The Gazette de France of yesterday's date
contains intelligence from Constantinople to the
Bth. It appears that the final refusal of the
PORTE to accept the Intervention of the Powers
was repeated to the Ambassadors after an Ex-
traordinary meeting of the Divan. Passports
to the Ambassadors were, it is said, refused, but
they were allowed to depart without molestation.
Every preparation for war was making by the
PORTE ; and TAIIER PACHA, who commanded
the Turkish fleet at Navarin, had been appointed
Capitan Pacha.
The PORTE would not acknowledge the pro-
tection of the Ambassador of the Netherlands
for the subjects of the three Allied Courts; but
undertook to protect them. Nearly all had re-
solved to remain at Constantinople, where every
thing was perfectly tranquil.
Alsnsieur DE RIBEAUPIERRE had given to
his colleagues full powers to arrange with the
Commanders of the Allied Squadrons the mea-
sures to be taken in opposition to the PORTE.
It was thought that one-of these measures would
be the establishment of a station at the entrance
of the Dardanelles, for, the purpose of preventing
the transport of men, arms, ammunition, and
provisions, which might be forwarded on account
of the Turks.

The report of the burning of the Greek Fleet
at Scio proves to be, as we had supposed, without
foundation. Letters received on the 3d, in
Paris, from Admiral DE RIGNY, make no men-
tion of such an event. We have given in another
column extracts from the Papers.

We have inserted in another column the note
published by the Austrian Observer, as one
which had been presented by the Austrian In-
ternuncio to the PORTE, in March 1827.
We have only space to observe, that if this
be a genuine document, the subsequent
conduct of Baron OTTENFELS, at Constanti-
nople, is more inexplicable even than it appeared
before the publication of this note. The real
policy of the Austrian Government, however,
must now speedily show itself.

We subjoin from the Allgemeine Zeitung of
the '29th ult. some remarks upon this subject :

VIENNA, DEC. 21.
The article in the Austrian Observer of to-day, which,
on account of its important contents, excites a great sensa-
tion, gives a faithful picture of the policy of our Cabinet
with respect to the unfortunate question of the Greek re-
volution. All the questions which agitated the world for
these forty years, have been constantly discussed by our
Ministry in the most solid manner, without any reserve,
but never with such frankness as the present, the solution
of which may be of such importance to Europe. Our
Court has neglected nothing to point out the consequences
of the Convention of 6th July, 1627; and as the revolu-
tionary hydra, which seemed to have in vain waited for
years for the present moment, at length fincies itself at the
goal, we arc consoled by the thought that a time must
come when a steady maintenance of sovereign and legiti-
mate rights will baffle the dangerous plans that appear in
the hack ground. Every thing that guarantees the present
state of-society in Europe is connected with the question of
the East ; and, viewed in this li!:ht, it seems to be the duty
of Austria to proceed, without hesitation, in its consistent
course. This is required by the spirit of our policy, which,
upon this occasion, chews itself more openly than ever.

At a late hour this afternoon we have received
the Allgcmeinc Zeitung of the 30th December.
It contains intelligence from Bucharest to the
16th ult., but mentioning only the departure of
the Ambassadors on the Bth. The Austrian
Funds had declined considerably on the 26th,
when the Bank Shares, which had closed on the
25th at 1,033, fell to 1,016.

By private communications received from
Paris this morning the resignation of M. VIL-
LELE is confirmed. The following letter, dated
at Paris on Thursday night, gives some further
information relative to the new Ministry, which
is said to be very weak, and will have to contend
against an opposition almost as powerful as that
which has overthrown their predecessors.
Intelligence of the crossing of the Pruth by the
Russian army is said to be daily expected in
Paris;—
" A great change has taken place here since I wrote you
last. Villele will resign. M. Roy will be at the head of
the Finances again, l%lartignac at the Home Department,
Count Chabral at the Navy, the other nominations are not
as yet positive, up to this hour. The above names trill be
in the Afonitcur to-morrow. At present I cannot give
you my opinion, but it appears to me that such a Ministry
is far from being solid, and will not give satisfaction to the
Ultra Royalist Opposition. We have uafavourable news
from the East, where they are making great preparations
for war. Since the departure of the Ambassadors from
Constantinople, it appears to me, that war will be unavoid-
able, and we are daily expecting the crossing of the Pruth
by the Russians. Yesterday very heavy sales were made
on the arrival of bad news from Vienna, where the Bank
shares had fallen to 1016."

Quebec Papers, to the 6th December, have been
received at the North and South American Coffee-
house:--« We have devoted (says the Gazette) a
large portion this day to the insertion of three
interesting letters on the subject of the Boundary
Line, which have appeared in the St. John's
City Gazette . the writer has evidently con-
sidered the question most attentively, and he
strengthens his positions by facts, arguments, and
historical and documentary evidence, which strike
us as incontrovertible.

" The United States contend, according to the
Treaty, fur a Boundary Line drawn due north
from the source of the St. Croix to the High-
lankk, which divide the waters which run into the
St. Lawrence. This cannot mean that, at the
very spot where this due North Line strikes
the Highlands, the waters shall be found w

running ; it is a ridge of Highlands which,
in their course, makes the division of the
waters. This remark is made, because it is said
the British contend that, at the spot arrived at, the
southern waters run into the Bay of Fundy,
and not into the Atlantic. This division
could not have been intended by the original
treaty. The Bay of Fundy itself is tributary to
the Atlantic.

" The Mercury, a Quebec Paper, friendly to
the Executive and British Government, disap-
proves of the meeting in Canada, on the subject
of this Boundary. The question should not be
prejudged, nor the Government embarrassed by
popular excitement, but the authorities should
be left to adjust the difficulty in an harmonious
manner, with the hope of having such an arrange-
ment acquiesced in as may be effected."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from Lon-
don the John, Munro, for Berbice , the Kingston,
Jackson, for Jamaica ; the J. Lawson, --, for
New South Wales; the Harriet, Kinsman, for
Sierra Leone ; the "William, Young, for Berbice ; and
the Acasta, Smith, for Brazil.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind W. S.W.—Arri ved
the Rover, Gough, from Antwerp.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived
the Reynolds, Roberts, from London for Jamaica.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 3.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—
Arrived the Prince Eugene, —, from Gallipoli.

THE FUNDS-(TMIS DAY).

CITY, TrrEarr, •'Cr,ecs.

The news of a probable change in the French
Ministry has caused considerable conversation among
our City politicians this morning, and the advance of
the Rentes from 661. 80c. to 68f. 40e. has been at-
tributed to the expectation entertained of the ap-
pointment of a Ministry on more liberal principles ;
the Rentes, after reaching the above price, appear
to have retrograded, and closed at 67f. 75c. ; whether
this, if it takes place, will be favourable to the good
understanding that exists with this country, which
it is well known formed a prominent point in M.
Villele's policy, has yet to be seen. Our own Funds
have not been much affected by the prospect of a
change in our neighbours' Councils ; Consols opened
at 84,-i 4, with little business, and the only change
has been a trivial decline to 84 The approach
of the payment of the dividends has caused a rise in
Exchequer Bills to 57 9 pm. ; India Bonds, 84 6.
The Foreign Market remains without activity, and
no transactions of importance have taken place ;
Mexican are 46 ; Colombian, 261 7 ; a small ad-
vance has taken place in Greek to 17/ I; Danish,
59,4; and Russian, 904
In Shares there is nothing new to communicate,
and prices are nearly nominal at the rate of yesterday.
Three per Cent. Consols, shut, will open Jaa. 22; ditto
for the Account, 84 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 831 ;
Four per Cent. Reduced, 1856, 101; India Bonds, 84 6
pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 57 9 pm.
FORElGN.—Braailian, 59} 60; Buenes Ayres, 44 6
25 ; Colombian, 26i 7; Danish, 59 i ; Greek,
171 14-1, ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 46 ; Peruvian, 25 6 ;
Portuguese, 711 2 ; Russian, 901 1; Spanish, 10i 11.
MtNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 60 65 die. ; Brazilian, 70
72 pm. ; Colombian, 21i 2 I per share ; Real del Monte, 40
50 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 100 90 dis. ; United Mexican, 20
19 dis.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Some heavy sales of time Stock have caused
Consols to decline to 93N : the nearest price is
now 83j. No business in the Foreign Funds, or
any alteration in prices.

THREE 0' CL 0 GK.
Consols for the 22d Jan. 83, 'buyers.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols Danish Bonds
Do. for Ac. 8n Greek Do. 1825, 171
Brazilian Bonds 60 Mexican Do. 1825, 461
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. Russian Do. 9N
Columbian, 1821, Spanish Do. 10,-.!

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.