Star.
London, England, 1830-09-11 00:00:00

THE REVENUE OF THE CURRENT QUARTER.

We have received* letter from a gentleman who says that he has IA
a enbseribrs to the STA& for the last thirty-fire years; and, that dun
all that time, he never, either in its original articles, oc reuse,* fr,
its easitemporaries, was so astounded as on the perwal of two artic,
which were published in the Sven of l'hunday, on the •• &venue qj
Current eitorger“—thefirsi being extracted from the Times. and the
rend supplied by our City Correspondent. Before proceeding to give a p.:
sage from our friend's letter, which is too long for insertion to.duy, we I,
called upon to premise, that such were our own doubts of the Amur..
of the statements in question, both of the Then and of our City Corr,
pendent, that in giving them insertion, we qualified them by stuff.
that we wished `• sincerely all they contained might prove true"—by
moans vouching for the oxrectnees of either. Our Corresponds
says

" I cannot forbear expressing my astonishment at two °racks in ye.,
Jaunts' of Thursday, wherein yon inform the public that the deficit 4
the entire quarter, expiring on the 10th October, will probably amour •
to one edition sdeliag! that this deficiency is cox, lued to the articles .
Beer, Matt, Hope, Ti., and Foreign Corn—and that all
can be satisfactorily accounted for, • without giving any re .
sun for gloomy esseicipottorst !' This most extraindim,
statement you acknowledge to hare extracted from
i laws ; but you support it, by a note from some person, apparently :
your confuksce in the City, who lays it down, that the statement
question is " nearly accurate:" and be proceeds in a very jesunit
manner, to inform you that there is no occasion " to take an dumb
view of the deficiency of this quarter's revenue !" Now, 81r, I s.
one who, guided only by common sense, and a good deal of experiene.
fed bound " to take alarm at this defidatey," and more particularly as
perceive that it arises solely on those snide; which are essential to t!
actual existence of the people.—namely, " tea. ores, beer, malt, at .
hops." Had it arisen on stamp.duties, post.efflee revenue, or any
the innumerable classes of taxes with which the people are afflicted, at.
which are not necessary for supporting animal life—seen I could find
in my heart to congratulate my countrymen and myself ; but as it is,
see in it, the dearest indications of the utter destitution in which we n
in common plunged. No twisting—no stock or corn jobbing—no pal..
fur.paragraph--io power even of the all-powerful despotic-press,
London an' get rid of the stubborn fact, that a deficiency in the r,
venue on articles of eonsampdon for the maintennrice of lite pincer.;
from any other cause than the wretchedness of the people-26dr tut.
inability to purchase these necessary commodities.
As a friend, I would advise you nut to be led away by such inform..
Lion ; nor to attempt, by the dissemination of such palpable mis.ntatt
menu, to throw dust into the eyes of a public, SUMO becoming t,
discerning, now beginning to know how to appreciate the informati,
conveyed through the press—particularly when that information is ;
direct variance with their feelings and their wants. Before
is possible for you, or the lines, or your city correspondent "act;
factorily to account' —as you all call it—for a deficit in the revetment.
pointed at, you :must prove that either our population is considerab:
lessened, or that the people have refined so far, as to choose to live on le:
!owl than heretofore. Both these positions, you will find, I suspect, Mt
cult of attainment ; and most persons are now beginning to fear that du •
are to be limited " to a straw a day"—and thereby bangs a tale, whit
you must well know. I care not ter what you tell us of the reductiot
alaut to take place: the first argument of your oontemporary and yo.
correspondent is totally unfounded ; and this necessarily casts
en all the rest. What is it to the public that Lord This, or 11r. They
topreside at the investigation of this and that department ; and that red.
dons are contemplated 9 Is this a time for contemplation ? when the rev, .
nue has fallen ofonemillion—oriten there is every probability of a tinier,
sal shaking of nations—when all commercial transactions on the Coat
rent are on the eve of a general chock—and when we are about to 1,
shut out from all the granaries of Europe? Contemplation, indeed ! -
—Tell your countrymen, if you can, why has the neaten
investigation into the state of the country, which has been from yt
to year. from session to session, for the last five parliaments, urgt
and soliched—why hes that investigation been postponed, and C.
country coaxed and temporised with ? And now, when it is past t. .
eleventh hour, you tell us that there is to be a wonderful accession '4;
talent in thei administration of affaire—that all is likely t,.
go On smooth again.—that we are not going to meddle in t,•
affairs of the confused and confounded Continental Powers—s,
you add that a deficiency in the revenue on tea, malt, corn, beer, se
hops, to the amount of ewe million, is to be announced on the Web •
October ! And all this "isto be satisfactorily accounted fee, withte:-
giving any reason for gloomy anticipations I" Be ir so—seeing Ist b .
Heving ; and until I see it, I would advise a little mow amnion
your jobbing dogmas. You% 11.
GASPARD lIA USSR.
The following particulars respecting Gaspard Hauser, the Numeale - •
youth, appear in the Armee& Revue an and are said
have been furnished by M. Hicsig. the Editoe .of the Amok*
Andes Criesinelle. liaq dreammencen.sombies.to fit:. vs,
the belief that young Rosser Is connected with a distinguish•
family, and that, when a child, he received the OOMOICDOLIIIet.
of a classical education. Hs recollects, among other things, el.
two first verses of the Ode of Horace, beginning with " Diffult, :
Mess." The Journals have mentioned a Dame Bonsai, or Valb, .
' residing at Path, in Hungary, who, they suspect, has sow
knowledge of Hauser's birth. H. de Pitch, who understsat;
a little tithe Hungarian language, determined on uttering a few rem'
of it to him, in older that he might see whether be retained arty me
lefties of it. He found Hausa engaged In writing • Latin theme, 11
ha wen-made youth, robust, although of small statue. He has ta.•
hair, curling naturally, a very fair complexion, an acqulline nose, ic
blue and pensive eyes. I rarely, said IL de Pitch, saw a countereae
change so rapidly its expression of lively satisfacdon and of tonfidem
to that of fear the most unequivocal, and meditation the pl.
profound. I addressed scene questions to him respecting
studios ; I asked him whether he bad as yet teamed arithmet:,
and then, as if by chance, I pronounced the Hungarian word.-
" Ody, koldo, harms," (one, two, three). He Instantly '.
into a deep reverie. I was continuing to speak, but his guard:.
told me that when In this state Hauser understood nothing. At !mg • •
after some minutes, be raised his bead mid said to me, " I have bet.
heard these words, will yds repeat some err them again ?" I introdu.
among others the ward sax (one hundred). " Oh, that is a great n.
ber," said he, and began to reflect. I next uttered, but in a card.
tone, the Hungarian oath Bossoonaterestete. He trembled, and
great terror said, " That's the word which the man spoke during .
voyage, every time he struck me. It is a villainous word, and wit::
ought not to be uttered."
When H. de Firth used, as it were accidentally, the Polish wt.
Madre (mother), the countenance of Gaspard brightened up..." I. •
mother I" exclaimed this wretched orphan with she most animated
pressioo. lie was similarly affected by the Hungarian word signify,
father • and 'when H. de Pitch said to him, in the same langemA •
"Comte, my dear—come, m child," Gaspard remembered that k • •
thus he was spoken to by hisy female servant, of whom, until this e, . •
venation with lil.de Pitch, be had lost.the recollection.
His present guardian, Counsellor Biberrach, treats him as hisses, re ..
since the late attempt made on him, two armed persons are stedestd
the ante-chamber, and one accompanies him wherever he gees Onesi.— •
Walking fatigues him ; but he rides admirably. His sense of cal..
ing, and more particularly during the first year that he was at
remberg, was more acute than is 'VET found in human beings ,
For a long time he had no ides of distances, and would rt. •••
out his hands to touch objects which were very fax • ruck. ,t
from Mm. His smelling, however, was semorkably awn.
One day he was suddenly seised with pain, perspiration find ipr
forehead, and he trembled in every limb. The came alma esjt tine
vered ; it was a dead mouse that lay at some diseases' liar Mar
another day, when approaching a cemetery, he was moolbly al4tc .
the smell, although at such a distance, that it must haw hoes
tible to ordinary men. Polish wade strike him as familly-ilex emu.. .
Hungarian expression.. He immediately understood mop itrebsew (1,
dear.) The writer of this notice earnestly hopes that the ilagisiben
Nuremberg, who have so generously adopted this, youth. willweare th..l
selves to remove the veil which covers his earlier history.

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Contrary to the usual custom of executing criminate i.•
front of the county gaol, it was deemed expedient by the High SI. , e
thlt the thieecriMinals who wereamdetuned at the late Wells
setting fire to several mows of wheat, should suffer the melee sipu t
of the law near the spot where the mime was osonnitted ; accomli jf t,
at four o'clock yesterday Whig,'they left licheeter, amounp .•
by Mr. Hardy and his • assistants, In the pot van. At Att:
bridge they were met by the javelin men, who gnerdid
to Kent Moor, where they arrived about ten•o'cletit. lb •
been previously erected, and the immense concourse of 1 Width
persons had assembled to witness this horrid some. TbepOrionenbp,
'tibia from the van, appeared much dejected, but isametW the
with a firm step. After spending a short time in devoden with stmi. •-.
Mr. Valentine, the prisoner William Wall, came forward astablib..
that the crime for which he eras about ti suihe was his ontrentilks:: 4
that his wife, who was now iu prison, was innocent; and be *pi.
tha home assistance might be rendered be,. Rowley nestalisemit:
hh kin might be dated from the eseedstieste whit* be had met at cf...
shops, and that he was slaty of men/farce for whickhe wmabuut tout'
Rd. Clarke, who was i yrudi'apperatly'abetat 111 years of age,
no' oberiviltions. • IMinediately abet this die ismnpnan ;maim ..•
by laic Mace on diem, and they were launched into simony.
has left seven children, bur Rooky sat Ciotti* we arauvii fl. idea I
'titeileakeitistrible dme in the premansee beharvitk the High bin
where, it h saidt. be a full coofeedis km grip. A tramp •
vary ana awhblreft numilienti. The whetters were C► a
in thestyk altimeters. •During the day, no eke tree, en -which a; I •
mugsr of present had amended, fell from the prenstleisting • . • .
-tint •on chi top, forturllleira scalene seeivrod. The gr. a•
was kept during the day, :eoeseqeence of the excellent ariangt
I of dm High Sheriff and Ids amieten.a..-4111**Imse Guireite.