The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-20 00:00:00

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riglank wbich Colonel 'lOll4l ENS justly designated
a c,.
"P"Weall system, that would, if persevered in,
aNai
down aristocratical distinctions, and reduce every
itate to the same level of misery." The rental of the
Pa.* of Shipley, said Mr. W. HORTON, was 2,599/.
sad
or Pat 2,314/. We wonder that, under
lien circumstances, the land is cultivated at all.
doubt it is au extreme case ; but there are
rnallY others not much better. Were the pro-
Posed measure likely to . correct so monstrous
twenty, or even fifty millions, would be well
Towed. We might add, that when 2. milieu
I..imen are talked of, we do not see why, all the
an. Catholics should not be permitted to emigrate.
Ingndeed, it seems only an act of common justice to give
ij°,the option of quitting a country where they are re-
sect the rights of citizenship.

Prankfort papers of the 13th inst. have been received
tliii morning. They contain the following extracts
frt.:7lll the Oriental Spectator, of the 22d and 29th
'member,. relative to the affairs of Greece :

' •= EGINA, DEC. 10.
001(24, aisitaki has sent a report, dated Arracova, Dec. 6, to the
liZerinnent, stating that after defeating an Albanian corps at
17brena he had pursued it to Diatenant, and thence to Arracova,
~nere he had succeeded in surrounding it on an eminence. The
71.141na. us' having attempted to open themselves a passage, Ka-
:4Bkaki, according to his own account, killed 300 of them,
b,.._.411°1111 whom were the Kekaya Bey, and three other distinguished
Wu°, s, whose heads he promised to send. He is especially satisfied
,„:", the booty made on this lecasion, consisting of arms, costly ap-
Zei, and.looo horses. The accounts previously received do not
Tee with Karaiskaki's statement. His attack seems to have had
.71,45u1t, and a few killed and some horses taken (the number of
juith is excessively exaggerated), cannot be placed in rompeti-
"tin with the difficulties which Karaiskaki will meet with on his
returo• What he passes over in his account is, that Fabvier did
144 accompany him in this expedition, though he had already
Mme as far as Megara for that purpose. This circumstance
~
~..__"'unhe attributed to the information which he received in that
„Iwo, that the Seraskier, being made acquainted with his
141, would attack him with all his cavalry. He found
rateseary to return precipitately to Methana, and it was well
tsar him that he did so, for a little later he would have
dhis magazines and works in the occupation of Colocotroni
Palicari. This danger was followed by another still greater.
he Tacticos, after their return to the camp on the 12th No-
vertihtr, began to murmur. Fabvier after ordering the troops to
habitation,
their old positions, had scarcely retired into his wretched
when several hundred soldiers with their arms assem-
tlll4 tumultuously round the door, declaring that they would kill
bi,lll_, and he wail only saved by the interposition of the Philhellene',
C_u" appearance awed the mutinous troops. Fabvier shewed
"nelf to them, and desired them to return to their duty,
ri:Pl'elienting to them, that if they killed him, they would
17* b 0 more assistance from abroad. I his argument had an
outset
on the greater number, and all returned to their posts, but
11°1'04 was punished, because severity would have exposed Fab-
VlO and the Philhellenes to certain destruction.
l`abvier, more and more' convinced of the impossibility
'f• acting in concert with the Greek Captains, formed, at
111 q coil of the month of November last, the plan of shut-
!lnt himself up with the few that would follow him,
e citadel of Athens, taking with him as much powder as pos-
-"',41. We every moment expect to hear that he has arrived there
w,th 300 or 400 men. According to all appearance Methane
Fill then be plundered, and Fabvier shut up in the Acropolis, left
to his fate. •_
Captain Hastings on his side has not been more fortunate, after
ntal mutinies among the Greek sailors on hoard his steam
;rt.": he was obliged.to land them on the isle of Syra, and to
44arge all his officers, keeping only eight Englishmen, which
314tober Si absolutely necessary to get back to Napoli. There
4 intends to dismntle his ship entirely till the Greek
~41/troment furnishaes him with the means of paying
h
grew, and purchasing ammunition and provisions.—
NeaPteposed expedition to Scala Nuova could not he undertaken,
lieLft he was refused every kind of assistance. The frigate
11%,":„.has given cause for quarrels even before its arrival. Mau-
T has, with difficulty escaped from Hydra, contends with
4eiti'ji, for the command of the fi igate. The affair is to be
I,av after the election of a President. The Primates of Hydra
til4e sent an their ships to Poros to prevent their being seized by
teirrid):Pbula". Commodore Hamilton goes backwards and for-
.etween this place, Napoli, and Hydra ; he is consulted in
• cOole*
1A.4 of a President, and will probably have some influence

SLAYENCE, FEB. 11.
21* Rhine is now frozen over here, and the communication
-'ween the two banks is re-established.

eur
,1_,..' W o
e 'have n more than one occasion stated
Pq "tleraiination not to follow the example. of our cotein-
,, the ew
rtries N Times and Courier, in either
iftillY misrepresenting, or ignorantly (if we can
-toiti it) mystifying the Finance statements sub -
141v;_teerl to Parliament, but that we should endeavour to
17;'" the subject with perfect impartiality and to sub.
al -I,`tiour observations upon it in so' clear and intelli-
-ja;;' 4 manner that this important branch of our
it -Kii°,oa,l affairs might become better understood than
on p hitherto been. Acting upon this principle, we
Friday last laid before our Readers what we con-
ceived to be the
draw c general results and deductions to be
,thpublished by
erae;'o4rc'tnlhe the return that morning,
income and
18e26 : and we
year
"Petaitu II ?Use of Commons, o
had t, re of the country
h of
the cue satisfaction to find,
in the
fromthespoenec
Fri.
dav .411.11etLr oR of the EXCHEQUER
' -Vent") that we had not
error ;,,
~,,.
had ade. «e now
... the observations we m .
fallen into any
resume the 1-•
more neces-
led,,, , , subject, being convinced that a right know-
-6, oi if L .
'" by the public at large, is not
sary for ' Ma.ethem to possess, than it is the
The present
wish of his
c,..) stY's Ministers should be afforded.
materially
_!4cxl.l,oß of the EXCHEQUER has so
:niPlified the accounts, that a person paying
laps,ttention to the subject, can unravel them (wl*',l)
ordinaryiper-
)s,
before his time was impossible), and the Right_
the Financial
Gentleman so far from wishing to conceal e rinancial State of. the country, has with a manli-
ness and candour which reflects the highest honour
ueupion. him, acknowledged any inaccuracies in his ca
i
x a.tion which
tions whi have arisen, and has afforded all the
eellelad"a.ch he could give when unexpectedly
~_stu., .1)(:11
hew to speak on this subject.
.sir
penditure r we‘ shall look at the Income and Ex-
-18250, the county
• t. • /
and 1896
p7oyspceocntpco a zte 11, as between
and 1827, - , and
1826
on the subj tive/y, as between and shall then offer some general remarks
subject.
1* We find the total Ordinary Revenue of 1825,
was
.. _
While -that of 1826 - -
- - £52,065,389 16 2
The Re•ve-nu d 49,625,485 11 6
repayment of-acivthees-
e derive from other sources, including
In 1825 -- - was
And in 1826 .. .
M
aking the Total Income for
1825

- £5,208,479 5 11i
5,269,503 18 9

57,273,869 2 lit
And for 1826 - - - - 4,894,989 10 3
1825 - - w
The total Expenditure including advances, was in
And in 1826 .- £51,620027 16 If
- - - - 53,885,541 2 2f
Thus leaving a surplus of Income over Expenditure,
in 1825,
nis - - - - - £5,653,841 6 Of
And in 1826 of - - - - 1,009,448 8 Of
Here we must remark, that the Income of both
years, includes the sums advanced by. the Bank of
England for the Half-pay Annuities, viz
In 1825 --- •
-
And in 1826- -
1,580,000
While the Expenditure.
of neither year includ es the

II
Sum applieu towards the AsaeMption of funded A Die

which was in 1825

And in 1826

£G,093,475 7 8

5,621,231 16 2

In 1825, there was paid off of the Unfunded
Debt
There was raised by the creation of

- 28,784,050

Unfunded Debt - - - - -
In 1826, there was raised by the Con-
tributions towards Funding Exche-
quer Bills, and by the creation of
Unfunded Debt
And there va -Fasl off of Unfunded Debt 26,278,000
The balances on the Exchequer were on the
sth January, 1825 - - - £9,552,522 13 6/
On sth Jan. 1826 - - - 5,305,638 11 11