The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-06 00:00:00

LONDON!
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1842.

The revenue last quarter and the revenue last
year were not flourishing. Because it did not in-
crease, Sir R. PEEL has had recourse to an Income-
tax. The revenue accounts for the present quarter,
therefore, which will be found in another part of
our paper, are not calculated to give satisfaction to
the Government and the public.

The decrease in the Customs on the quarter is
426,3951.; the increase. on the Excise is 94,7881.;
on Stamps, 17,558/. ; on Taxes, 28,543/. ; on the Post-
office, 35,000/. ; and on Miscellaneous, 195,522/. ;
Total, 371,4111. This total, however, is 54,9841. less
than the decrease of the Customs, and this
sum shows the total decrease of the ordi-
nary revenuefor the quarter. The extraordinary re-
venue has increased 28,5571., showing a total decrease
of the income in the quarter of 26,4271. The total
income for the year, including ordinary and extraor-
dinary revenue, is 45,337,4081., and 665,1751. more
than last year. ' But it. includes a large sum paid in
last quarter of Sycee silver, and we presume that the
increase in the miscellaneous revenue for this quarter,
195,5221., comes from a similar source. The sugar
duties appear to have yielded this year upwards of
900,0001. more than last year. Remembering these
circumstances, and remembering that last year the
revenue was deficient, and had not answered the ex-
pectations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, we
conclude that the increase in this year is no proof that
the revenue is, as it ought to be with an increasing
population, in a state of progressive augmentation.
It would be wrong, however, not to notice that the
great decrease in the Customs this quarter, is pro-
bably owing to the uncertainty and change introduced
by the tariff, which have prevented business, to a con-
siderable extent, while it was in progress. We may
expect, therefore, that the next quarter, notwithstand-
ing the diminished duties on some articles then in
operation, will show an increase in the Customs almost
equalling the decrease in the present quarter. On
the whole, certainly the revenue has not suffered so
much as we might have expected from the distress which
prevails among the people. A remark was made at the
late meeting at Leeds, which may serve to explain
this. It was said that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer must not assume an increase in the revenue
to be a sign of prosperity, because a great number of
the people had been obliged to give up the consump-
tion of meat, a non-exciseable article, and substitute
for it tea, coffee, and sugar, which pay Customs and
Excise duties. Such a circumstance, probably, serves
to explain the present state of the revenue, in conjunc-
tion with the distressed condition of the people.

The Executive Government has taken up the con-
duct of Colonel DUNDAS in a proper spirit. Sir 11.
HARDINGE stated last night in the House of Com-
mons that the Colonel had failed to absolve himself of
the charge of having spoken disrespectfully of her
MAJESTY, that he had been dismissed from the situa-
tion of one of her MAJESTY'S Aides-de-Camp, removed
from the command of the 83d Regiment, and placed
on half-pay. That seems perfectly proper. A servant
of her MAJESTY spoke disrespectfully of her, and his
superiors have punished him for his offence. Colo-
nel Dinums, may, we presume, demand to be
tried by a Court Martial if he deems himself
unjustly treated; and as it is a good general
rule not to dismiss, and certainly not to punish, an
officer without such an investigation, unless he ac-
quiesce in the punishment as a merciful proceeding,
we will cheerfully back the Colonel's demand, if he
make it. At present, the matter reflects no credit on
him, whatever it mu do to the Horse Guards.

The decision of the Government does not alter our
opinion as to the impropriety of the Legislature med-
dling with the suhect. If an officer complain to the
House of Commons of the conduct of the Hcrie
Guards, or if that authority refuse to do justice
to an individual if it notoriously display a

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