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London, England, 1845-10-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1845.

. , THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
The return of the revenue for the quarter ending 1845,
which will be found in extenso in another column, may on
the whole be considered satisfactory. The total amount of
ordinarY revenue for the quarter ending October 10, 1845, is
13,312,9084 for the year ending October 10, 1845, it is
48,774,5044 showing a decrease on the quarter of 560,9731.,
and on the year of 234,7391. Now, when we consider the
number of articles on which the Customs' duties and
the Excise duties have been considerably reduced, or
altogether removed (the glass duties for example), we
certainly had no right to anticipate that the immediate de-
crease in the revenue would have been so small. The Cus-
toms' revenue for the quarter amounts to 4,848,3631; for the
year, to 18,652,5521., showing a decrease on the quarter of
1,154,4921., and on the year of 1,590,953/. The Excise re-
venue for the quarter amounts to 3,955,1061., and for the year
to 12,069,2154 showing a decrease on the quarter of 5,7841.
only, and, notwithstanding the reduction or removal
of many Excise imports, an increase on the year
of 109,273/. This is extremly satisfactory, as indi-
cating the general prosperity of the country, inasmuch as
it proves the increased consumption of these articles which
are the luxuries of life among the poorer classes of the com-
munity. It proves that the working classes have a greater
command of money than they have had for some time past.
The revenue for Stamps for the quarter amounts t 01,780,175/. ;
for the year to 6,961,370/. ; showing an increase on the quar-
ter of 114,4871., and on the year of 427,985/. There is
a decrease on the quarter in the Property-tax of 134,8281., and
on the year of 31,341/., the total amount of the property-tax
received for the quarter being 1,823,8831., and on the
year 5,127,1661. This decrease may, perhaps, in some
measure be accounted for by the returns which have been
made to persons in the receipt of fixed incomes under 150/.,
for whose incomes the property-tax had, in'the first instance,
been deducted until they could make out their claims to ex-
emption. We are rejoiced to and that the Post-office re-
venue goes on steadily increasing. For the quarter it
amounts to 209,0001., for the year to 688,0004 showing an
increase on the quarter of 9,0004 and on the year of
16,000/. The amount received for the quarter from
taxes is 201,279/., for the year 4,228,2811., showing
a decrease on the quarter of 1604 and an increaseon the year
of 23,4261. The Crown Landsj and Miscellaneous both
show an increase, but neither of these sources of revenue
can be considered as indicating anything as to the state of
the country ; and besides, in the Miscellaneous, is reckoned a
sum of 450,0004 the produce of Sycee silver received from
Chine. The total income for the quarter amounts to
13,811,3804 for the year to 50,506,8834 showing a decrease
on the year of 234,7394 and on the quarter of 660,973/. ; and,
considering the great reductions which have taken place, we
certainly should have bad no reason to complain had there
been a considerably large decrease in the revenue. The
total charge for the quarter has been 9,005,7194
leaving a surplus of 4,815,955/. on the quarter. The surplus
on the corresponding quarter of last year was 4,595,6354
so there is an increase of the surplus this quarter as
compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. On
the whole, we repeat, the return of the quarter's revenue
may be considered as satisfactory.

. Another great repeal meeting took place in Ireland on
Monday. The scene was on the banks of the Lake of Kil-
larney, celebrated for its magnificent scenery, and the
assemblage was said to amount to at least fifty thousand
persons. The day was fine. Mr. O'CONNELL met, as usual,
with the warmest reception from his grateful and kind-
hearted countrymen, and, with one exception, the cause
of repeal
,was triumphant. Mr. MAHONEY, a gentleman of
the county of Kerry, of an ancient and honourable family and
independent fortune, came foi ward on the occasion, and,
with a rare boldness, ventured to dispute with the
Liberator the blessings anticipated from a repeal
of the union, and his remarks contained so much truth, good
sense, and sound discretion, that we would willingly give them
at length, but for want of room. The substance, however,
may be briefly stated, for truth requires no circumlocution.
He came to the meeting according to his statement to pay every
respect to the Liberator of his country, because, though differ
ing from him on the subject of repeal, he entertained for him
the highest regard, and believed him fully determined to
promote the welfare of his country. With the exception of
perhaps a few bigoted Orangemen, this is the universal feel-
ing in Ireland, and as a proof that it is merited, Mr. O'CoststELL's
fame is not a thing of yesterday—it has stood the test of
thirty years—from his entrance into public life to the presentmore
mominfi neennete iitn hlar
es
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than
aniiicyr increasing, and
individualand i
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rs
hadno w
in
his
native country. Popularity without some firm base to rest
upon could not have lasted for a tenth part of the period; it
would have been scattered in the breeze, and some new idol
would have sprung up for the worship of the Irish nation.
But the great work of emancipation, the reform of the con-
stituency and the borough corporations, the improvement of
the administration of justice, and, above all, his successful
exertions to rouse Irishmen to a just sense of their rights, and
to place them cn equal terms with Scotchmen and English-
men, are national blessings of inestimable price, and justly
merit for Mr. O'CONNELL the title of Ireland's best friend.
His repeal mania we hare ever denounced not only as hope-
less but mischievous, and we excuse him for his obstinate per-
severance in a wroug course on the ground that he believes
it useful to frighten the Anti-Irish party in Great Britain,
rather than that he has the most remote hope that it would
ever be possible or beneficial to his country. The con-
fusion and the collision between the two countries
which would ensue from separation, have often been
pointed out, but never in more brief or more cogent terms
than those used by Mr. MAHONEY. " The Liberator," said
he, "had often argued that the golden link of the Crown
should be preserved at all times ; but he thought that the
complicated relation which existed between both countries

The principal articles in the Paris papers still relate to the
disasters in Africa. The Opposition journals continue
the fire against M. GUIZOT and the English Govern-
ment, and again repeat that all the mischief has
arisen from base complaisance ;to England. We find
really nothing new in these angry and unfair discussions-
England could in no way be to blame for the treaty of Tan-
giers. The French Government and the Emperor of Mo-
ROCCO had a quarrel about the line of boundary—the affair
was settled, and what more could the Opposition journals
require ? They could not compel MULEY ABDERRHAMAN to
perform an impossibility, or expect that he would go to war
with ABP-EL-KADER, for the sake of the French. He has
no wish to harbour him in his dominions, but
there are certain districts near the frontier, which are still
reckoned byABD-EL-KAnzn debateable ground; they are not
completely, nor anything like it, under the control of Morocco,
and what blame then can be attached to the EMPEROR ? We
have already given a specimen of the arguments used by the
Republican and Radical journals, and we now furnish one
from a different quarter, the organ of the Bourbon dynasty,
which joins heartily with its sworn enemies in attacking the
Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE. "If the plan of the
Journal des Debats," iays the Quotidienne, "be executed
MARSHAL BUGEAUD will not have to make a simple expedi-
tion, but a campaign, and perhaps more than one. No pru-
dent man would undertake to promise that ABD-EL-KADER
can be attacked in the mountains of the Rif before the rainy
season. According to all appearances it will be necessary to
recommence next spring, and perhaps with new reinforce-
ments, what if about. to ,be tried• this autumn. It is
besidds petmitted to us to predict that the war
will be complicated by a revolution in Morocco.
The mountaineers of the eastern parts of the em-
pire do not love ABDERRHAMAN, neither do they fear him,
and they revere ABD-EL-KADER as a saint. 11re say this
merely for the purpose of describing the real position of affairs.
The enterprise in which, according to the Debuts, the Mi-
nistry is about to plunge is precisely that which was inter-
rupted after the victory of Isly by the treaty of Tangiers.
Thus are verified the predictions of all the writers of the in-
dependent press, and of all the sensible speakers in Parlia-
ment during the last session. They said to M. GUIZOT,
What you have not accomplished this year you will be
forced to do next year. Your treaty is only a procrastination
without dignity, fur it leaves things just as they were.' And
was not this the truth ? Are not this sudden invasion of the
territory of Algeria by ABD-EL-KADER, this deplorable mas-
sacre of Djema Ghazaouat, this insurrection of the Flittas,
this hasty embarkation of 12,000 troops for the province of
Oran, a positive condemnationof the treaty of Tangiers ? It
is now pretty evident that the treaty was imposed by exac-
tions, and accepted upon calculations the responsibility of
which the country indignantly repudiates. We do not ac-
cuse the Ministry of ignorance, but of cowardice ; of its base
complaisance for the English, and its insolent contempt of the
honour and interests of France."
Some of the papers publish a long letter, dated Oran, Sept.
29, but it relates chiefly to the position of
stowutmfmoramdndiawbhle.ichlt is stated in the
of Morocco was organising an
ABccodpriEn; iKADto theirE Ra
regular troops, with the intention of marching to the
frontier, in order to subdue the adherents of ABD-EL-FADER
a ra andl
ectmct oeyutr h,noet ,ft fhoaarrteee
the
haunanydtehri
Emperornhgi
in that quarter.
We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers:—
Louis Philippe reviewed on Wednesday morning, in the Cour
des Tuileries, several regiments of the line that were leaving Paris
for other garrisons.
"The Empress of %Ulla arrived at Milan on the.let inst., on her
way from the Lake of Como to Genoa.
" M. Ronge performed divine service in thechurch of the Ger-
man Catholic Dissenters at Frankfort, on the 4th. The day be-
fore he preached in the open air, at Offenbach, to a congregation
of more than 15,000 persons.
" The consumption of butchers' meat in Paris, in September last,
was 5,939 oxen, 2,253 cows. 6,658 calves, and 37,303 sheep. As
compared with the consumption during the corresponding month
of 1844, there was an increase in 1845 of 180 oxen, 676 cows,
897 calves, and 2,596 sheep.
" A lighthouse is to be raised on the coast of Fatouville, near
the mouth of the Seine, in place of the wooden one now existing.
It is to be 96 metres above the highest equinoctial tides. The cost
will be 145,000 f.
" It is stated in a letter from Berlin, that the King and Queen
of Prussia will be the sponsors of the son of the Prince Royal of

Hanover.
" The Government of the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland, has
just decreed the dissolution of the Communist Societies which have
been formed at Lausanne."
The French Funds improved considerably on Wednesday,
the anxiety respecting the bad news from Africa having
completely passed away.
The Three per Cents. closed at 831. 70c.; the New Loan,
83f. 75c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 25c. ; the Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,252 f. 50c.; Rouen, I,oBof ; Great Northern,
840 f. ; Havre, 887 f. 50e. ; Avignon, 1,045 f. ; Vierzon, 77-sf. ;
Bordeaux, 705 f.: Boulogne, 6401.; Troyes and Montereau,
525 f.; Basle, 283 f. 75c.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 30f. premium ;
ditto (Calon), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), llf. ; ditto (La-
pinsonniere), 6f. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 85f. ; ditto
(Rosamel), 42f. 50c.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 341. 50c.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 32f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron),
16f. 50c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 141.; ditto (Bechet), 6f. 50c.;
ditto (Aymard), 12f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 18f. ;
ditto (Drouillard), 4f. ; ditto (O'Neill), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Le-
feyre), 7f. 50c.; Lyons and AvignonaTalabot), 32f. 50c. •
ditto (Lecointe), 15f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 31:
50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 2f. 50c.; ditto (Es-
peleta), 141. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), Bf. 50c.; ditto
(Colbert), lf. 75c.; Charleroi (Kysaens), 451. ' • Dijon and
Mulhausen (O'Neill), sf. 50c.; ditto (Allegry), 12f. 500.:
Dieppe (Sellieres), 50f. ; Caen (Delamarre), 6f.
LYONS, Our. 4.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,022 f„ for the
15th; Paris and Orleans, 1,2351., end of October; Paris and
Rouen, 1,0721., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 760 f, ditto;
Northern, 8001., cash.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 9.
Anglo-Belgian - )Luxembourg
id L;-'e 5%
11/

BoUlogne and Amiens k3,A,,
Bordeaux &Mediterran
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espeleta)
Do. ( Mackenzie's) 2 IA
Central of Spain
Demerara ...
Dendre Valley ...... 2
Dutch Rhenish ...
Dieppe & Paris Junct —
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laflitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's) 31,(2
Do. (Le Boetif)
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons —
Great Western Bengal I%
Jamaica Junction 64
Do. North hlidland
Do. Extension
Jersey .... 2
Louvain and Jemeppe 4l/2
Lyons and Avignon 2%

Namur an ,ieg_
North Jamaica
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel ............
Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 3
Ditto (Ganneron's).
Ditto (Calon's)..• —
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 42
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
2%
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre —
Royal North of Spain —
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt
Tours and Nantes
(M ackenzie's) 234
Do. (Lefebvre's) 2l
Verona and Ancona 314:
Vest Flanders 7

GREAT WELSH CENTRAL RAILWAY.—(From a COT-
respondent.)—The Committee continue daily to receive from
their engineers and surveyors the most encouraging commu-
nications. It appears that there will scarcely be a deviation
from the direct course, nor any necessity for tunnels, that no
part of the line will pass through parks or pleasure-grounds;
that very little expense will be incurred in the purchr se of
land ; and that the undertaking will possess every advantage
which can possibly result from a line of country found on
examination to be peculiarly adapted for the formation of a
railway. It will further he satisfactory
.to the shareholders,
whether resident in the Principality or in England, to learn
that every arrangement for carrying out the undertaking is
in a state of perfect forwardness; arid there exists riot
shadow of doubt that every preliminary step required by
statute, or by standing order, will be taken in due time, so
as that the Company shall obtain their Bill at the earliest
potteible period of the next session,