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London, England, 1827-05-16 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1827.

The French Papers of Sunday, and the Etoile
of Monday morning, were received last night.
It appears by a statement published in the
non-official part of the Moniteur, that there has
been a very considerable falling off of the public
Revenue of France, in the first five months of
the present year. Its amount foi this period is
less than the amount of Revenue of the five first
months of 1826, by nearly six millions of francs.
Upwards of three millions and an half of this
diminution has taken place in the " Customs,

Navigation, &c."
The Constitutionel asserts that the Spanish
Government has ordered 280,000 muskets in
France, and that 'the French Government has
guaranteed payment to the manufacturers ; but
the Etoile contradicts this statement, as one of
the " Lies of the Day."
Intelligence from Constantinople, to the 17th
ult., has been received, via Odessa, but nothing
had transpired since the refusal of the REIS
EFFENDI to the proposals made on behalf of
the Greeks.

(From the Moniteur of Sunday.)
The non-official part contains, under the head of Ministry
of the Finances, a comparative table of the produce of the
indirect taxes during the first five months of the year 1827,
with the produce of the same taxes during the correspond-
ing period of 1825 and 1526, from which it appears that
there is a decrease of 5,997,000 francs as compared with
1826, and of 2,563,000 franca as compared with that of
1825, which was taken as the basis of the Budget of 1827.
the items on which the diminution is the greatest (com-
pared with 1826) are—
The Stamp Duties fr. 1,840,000
Customs, Navigation, &c 3,515,000
Duties on Liquors.
Tobacco 377,000
Various indirect Taxes 633,000
The only articles on which there has been an increase are—
On the consumption of Salt fr. 969,000
Sale of Gunpowder 16,000
Post Office lB,OOO
Being an increase of 993,000
With a decrease of 6,990,000
Leaving the total dimininution, as
aforesaid, of 5,997,000
Compared with the produce of 1825,
there is a total diminution of 4,687,000
And an increase of 2,124,000
Leaving a deficiency of 2,563,000
(From the Etoile dated Monday.)
ODESSA, APRIL 24.—We have news from Constantinople
of the 17th. Nothing new has passed since the negative
answer of the Reis Effendi to the proposals in favour of
the Greeks. We learn from Smyrna that the citadel
of Athens still holds out, and that several sanguinary
actions have been fought for the deliverance of that fortress.
Some Greek vessels have appeared in the vicinity of the
Dardanelles, probably to observe the Ottoman fleet. Lord
Cochrane, according to some accounts, is gone on an ex-
pedition against Oropo and Negropont, but according to
others he was off Cadiz, waiting for the Egyptian fleet
which is to come to the Merea.

PARIS, MAY 13.—M. Eynard has arrived at Paris.
The Lyons Gazette says, " It is not the Marquis but
Sir Arthur Wellesley who arrived, on the 7th of May, in
our city, accompanied by Sir Robert Ferguson ; they both
came from Malta.

Accounts from Trieste say that letters from Corfu, of
the 18th of April, announce that Karaiskaki, with the aid
of the Moreots, has succeeded•in defeating the Turks, and
delivering Athens. The Turkish magazines at Oropo are
stated to have fallen at the same time into the hands of
Colonel Heidegger.