The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway 411(sazine the sums re-
ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain
for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandiza :
Week M
Name of Railway. iles
ended Opened.
N 07.19 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48
18 Birmingham and Gloucester 55
I 9 Brandling Junction 25
18 Chester and Birkenhead .. 15
20 Dundee and Arbroath
19 Edinburgh and Glasgow
20 Eastern Counties .. l7i
J 9 Glasgow and Ayr
19 Glasgow, Paisley, &Greenock 2.2&
19 Grand Jima., Chester &Crewe 113
19 Great North of England 45
20 Great Western
Oct. 22 flayle IS
N0v.19 Hull and Selby
Lancaster & Preston Junction 201
18 Liverpool and Manchester 3l
19 London and Birmingham 11:4
24 London and Blackwall ...... 31
19. London and Brighton - 46
Ditto Shoreham Branch
22 London and Croydon lOl
24 London and Greenwich -3
20 London and South Western ... 93
17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10
19 Manchester & Birmingham ... 31
19 Manchester and Leeds
19 Midland Counties s7i
19 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 60i
17 Newcastle and North Shields 7
' 20 Northorn and 'Eastern ... 29
19 North Midland

Total.
.t. s. d.
1,168 8 9
1,640 16 0
870 2 9

335 11 4
186 19 9,1!
1,914 8 7
794 4 7

944 15 8

664 11 1
6,451 13 9
1,237 9 2
10,589 12 6

?32 7 0

963 2 4

3,850 17 11
13,803 18 2

455 0 11
3,167 6 2

208 14 104

692 6 6
5,168 12 1
565 11 6
2,039 15 1
4,102 9 11
2,260 12 3i
1,431 12 6

326 10 4
1,012 13 6
3,635 11 3
81101511

18 North Union ..
Preston and Wyre
19 Sheffield and I:land-test er......
24 South Eastern
19 Tat! Vale ..
20 U►ster 24
19 York and North Midland 2B

22i
..... 19i
7

197 14 8
1,112 12 4
550 6 0
364 3 11
1,465 10 4

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TH.F. EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

✓
GLOBE.—The simultaneous attainment of the
objects for which hostilities had been directed against
China and Cauhul, and the restoration of peace with
those countries, together with a payment of four mil-
lions and a half sterling to Great Britain by the
former Power, constitute a change so gratifying in
our relationi, and secure so large a sum to the reve-
nue, that Sr Robert Peel ig%bound, by his own ad-
missions and engagements, to take the earliest oppor-
tunity- after:the ‘meetin., of Parliament, to announce
his intention of moving7for the repeal of the Income-
tax at the close of the first year of its operation—if;
indeed, the gratifying announcement he not made a
distinct communication in the Royal Speech at the
opening of the session. To prove that the expense of
the Chinese expedition, and the probable protracted
duration of the war, formed the main ground on which
the levying of a tax on income was made to rest, it is
only necessary to quote Sir Robert Peel's own state-
ment ; it is, iiddeed, well worthy of attention
" Estimatod expenditure to April
5, 1843.. .... • .. t
" Estinutted income ..... 48,350,000

" Leaving a deficiency- of
"Tut that deficiency is on the votes of the year, for
the expenditure to be provided for within the year.
To it, thereforC„triust be ficided the charges incurred
en account. of thecChinese war,for which I do not think
it will be necessary to provide within the year. These
charges will amount to about 500,000/. additional, to
be added to the expenditure. But he would form
an inadequate estimate of the expenSes likely to be
incurred in the war with China, who would con-
fidently calculate on their being confined within
the limits. which. I have specified. The expenses
of the Chinese empedition stand thus :—the amouut
due to the East..,lndimCompany up to the Ist April,
.1841, is 708 755/. ..31 grant was made in the session
of 1840, of 17.),-t4q. This leaves arrears of former
vears_ta be provided for to the amount of 535,31:3/.
The estimate of the expenditure to the Ist April, 1842,
• is 6"8,3791.; making the total charge to April, 1842,
nearly 1,1.93692/. There is to be applied to this charge
,a grant of Parliament made in 1841, amounting to
460,0001., and money from the ransom of Canton,
amounting to 618,4301. You have, therefore, to settle
for the cost of 1841 thus :—Against the charge of
1,193,692/., there is to be put an actual payment of
1,016,4301., and the arrears now amount to 175,262/.
If the Ilou.e look to the e,ipenses:of the preparation
which has- been made for Chinese warfare, I do not
think that it can estimate that the expenses which
may be incurred for the year to the sth of April, 1843,
for that puiLpose, can amount to less than 1,400,0001.
or 1,500,0001. But take the ultimate cost of the
Chinese txpedition at 1,200,0001., an estimate as low
as can be taken, there will be a deficiency some time
to be
provided for of 700,0001. Therefore, to my es-
timated deficiency of 2,570,0001., you must not lose
sight of a probable demand of 700,000/. or 800,0001."
Sir Robert Peel's estimated annual account from the
Income=tax was as follows
Schedule A .
Schedule B.
Schedule C
:SChedule I) .
Schednle E.

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£1,600,000
150,000
646,000
1,220,000
155,000

£3,771,000"
This estimate in generally admitted to be far below
. what the tax will realise. We have heard, in
qu4riers likely to be well inff.rmed, a million added
to this estimate. Take, however, the amount at
4,000,000/., which add to the 4,500,000/. to be paid
by China and an aggregate of eight millions
and a-half is exhibited—an amount beyond the
- - --' dOqienc.y for which Sir Robert Peel deplored
,Ihe.ine.4.Kssity which his public duty laid upon
. him ,to provide for, by means of a tax which
nothing but dire necessity would have induced
- propose ; and which; if there be truth in him,
~:
,„4", -''-* him to
orle be desirous of keeping up its counterfeit, in the
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=-2-------_.,r, -I- ,abseacc. of the original, he will hasten to relieve the
nation from the exact ,
ions and annoyances of this j
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