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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1829.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
Last night the Revenue was made up for the
Quarter finishing the year 1828—and the result
is most gratifying, being an excess over the cor-

responding guarLer of last Year, amounting to
686,2211. The actual increase on the Yea ;has
been 1,660,6471. These are plain
,facts,, pal-
pable to the comprehension of all—and worth

a thousand flourishes of rhodomontade about
the prospects of the country, and the prescient
virtues of the Administration under which all
this prosperous condition has been achieved.
In fact, with certain Papers the present—that is,
the existing, Administration is always the best.
The live df.g with them has always his star in
the ascendant—and the Revenue, good, bad, or
indifferent, invariably presents a better Quarter
than the last, unless perchance some unforeseen
cause occasions a difference—nierely a difference,
which is exultingly placed to the Minister's
credit, on the score of contingencies, as a proof
how little his general anticipations have been
disappointed. We make these remarks as a set
off to the admiring Journals of Ministerial com-
placency. Now for the items of the Quarter.
The only article on which there is a decrease
in the present Quarter is the Customs, amount-
ing to 233,0521., but this deficiency is amply
counterbalanced by an increase in every other
item,—that on Excise, being 794,3951.—0 n
Stamps, 91,0451.—P05t-office, 13,0001.—Taxes,
12,8381.—end on M iscellaneous, 7,995/., making
a total increase of 919,2731.; from which, deduct-
ing the decrease in Customs of 233,0521., a net
balance remains of 686,2211. on the present
Quarter.

The great increase on the Excise is a clear
proof of the improving condition of the people, for
the Excise, like the air we breathe, touches every
consumable commodity. The increase on Stamps
might be made still more conducive to the Revenue
by abating the scale of duty—especially that on
Paper and Advertisements. We are convinced
that if the Stamp-duty on Newspapers and Ad-
vertisements were remitted one-half, it would
produce four-fold, and we strongly recommend
this proposition to the serious consideration of

the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. An
excessive duty defeats its own purpose. Besides,
there has been no remission in the duty on this par-

ticular branch of the Stamp department since the
war. If it be the object of Government to collect
as much Revenue as possible, and that in the
easiest way, why ,persist in a course which only
aggravates a large portion of the community,
while it deprives the remainder, if so disposed,
of a most useful (to many an indispensable)
source of mental enjoyment ? The present
CHANCELLOR., of the EXCHEQUER; though
previously not much used to financial matters, is
'yet a man of a clear and comprehensive mind,
and more likely to take an enlarged view of
matters than those who 'have pored an ex-
istence over masses of figures till they have

lost sight of the master principle in the
labyrinth of wearisome, unintelligible details.
Such minds reverse the fable of the bundle of
sticks—they are strong in the discussion of each
singular item of detail, but sink under the effort
of exhibiting a lucid combination of the whole.
They are familiar with figures, but igrorant of
the governing principle.
But the present CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
citzte.rea has not had the freshness of his mind
rubbed down by incessentapplication to monotous
tables of figures,—its energy is unimpaired, and
the will to perform is all that is wanting. Let
us then hope that he will take an impartial view
of the present system of taxation, and a change for
the benefit of all must be the consequence. Let
him repeal the Assessed Taxes, and impose one on
property, not sparing the Funds, and the ad-
vantages to trade, manufactures, agriculture, &c.
will soon develope themselves.
With respect to the deficiency in the Customs,
it is en!y apparent—for the decrease in the
whole year amounts oily to 266,7201. which the
transfer of 270,0001. from the Customs to the
Excise will more that) cover. Besides it will
be recollected that 620,0001. were received
last year on bonded corn, which will give a sur-
plus to the Customs for this year of $53,280/.
The result of all these details is highly flattering,
as indicative of our improving Revenue in all
its departments. It is to us the more satis-
factory, as proving to demonstration that the
system of free trade, notwithstanding the abuse
of interested parties, works well and promises to
work better. All it wants is fair play—and that
it will be the interest, as it is the duty of the
' Duke's Administration, to give it.
The following is a more detailed account of

the Quarter's Income and Charge than that given
in a preceding column : •

INCOME:

1628 Ifb.9
GREAT BRITAIN. s. d.. 1 8. *l-
- Consolidated, &o
Duty on Huger .. ....
Excise Consolidated 4,928,98118 45,a-41,923 12 Ilf
Stamps ditto .. 1,527,06 11 1 1,618,f3J 12 4
Letter Money ..... 321,00 d 0 0 341,000 0 0
Assessed Taxes, 1828 . —.. 1,512,M9 11 * 1,618,471 10 bif
Lind Taxes . .. . 601,508 0 of 501,119 15 le
Annual Land Taxes on Per.
sons! Estates, :Offiees, and -
Pensions 3333.«— . 8,116 113 5 1,257100 if
Surplus Dialed onPrope.rty.—... 17 5
Monies Repaid, Bm. ....—......... 15%611 6 101 84,913 8
Incidents 36,741 304 x 9,66313
Brought from Civil Ust, as Rs-
paymen ttoConsolidatedFund
of an hints made theroaut
the Clerk of the Hanaper...—
Tontine Money 11,262 7si 11.98211 Of
Money received as produce of
Irish Tokens recoined pur.
suantly to. Act 6 G eo. IV. e. 113 90,000 0 0 94,000 0 0
11,188,562 910 11,935,585 13 If
Brought from the Public Sup.
plies to the Income of the
Consolidated Fund In this
Q...arter, pursuantly to Act
57 Geo.lll. cap. 48, being the
amount issued out of the
Growing Produce of the Con-
selidated Fund in Ireland to-
wards the Public Suppl es in
the precoling Qua/ter
11,065,826 10 9 i 11,568,25.2 16
CHARGE.
Hos
GREAT BRITAIN. A. a. d. 41. s. d.•
EXchequer, South Sea, and •
Bank of England Annuities 168,730 7at 188,914 892
Bank Dividends.. . 1,464%035, 74 8,435,872 Bbf
Reduction of National ..... 1,110,000 • 0 507,965 4 2
Civil List .. 818,501 0 21%500 0 0
• • ••••••• ..........
Pensions by Aet of ?ornament 95,481 244 94,256 17 '7.4
Salaries and Allowancoe-. 17,130 19 9 18,330 19 I
Russian Dutch Lcfan 63,921 410 91,154 3 8
Interest oti Exchequer 21115 for
Deficieney of Consolidated
Fund ..—.... 14,588 810 - 12,010 2 8
Aliosellaueous Charges 93,0G2 19 2 90,870 4 at
10,9131,93816 If 9,1210,000 0 0
Total 'lncome ........»3333 ll 085,825 10 2 12,50E053 16
Total Charge ...... . ....... 10,286,95816 If 9,680,000 0 0
Bsurp'us
Amount issued in the Quarter
ending sth January, 1820, in
full of 4,000,0001. granted out
of the Consolidated Fund for
the year 1992
Ditto, in part of 6,100,0001
granted as above, for the year
1828
4,012,87418 7f
•
2,880,1..53 16 2
Deficiency to be made good at sth January. 1999,
by an issue of Exchequer 1,124,0131 2 611
1%73 1829
Duty on Inger, granted to pay A. a. d. A. a. d.
of 3,000,0001. of Exchequer 1,118,1103 19 1,028,117 9 9
Bills charged thereon ...—.—..
South Sea Company's Fund .... 1,4/7E3 11 11 621 14
Reserved out of Assces,d Taxes.
for payment to Receivers, he.
Ditto, out of Canal and Dock
Duty --....—..... ..........

NOTE—Amount of Exchequer
suant to Act 57tH Geo. HI., c
good the Deficiency of the Co
at 10th October, 1853
Deficiency at sth January. 1819

tills issued per- S. s. d.
:sp. 48, to make
,nsoliitated Fund

4,943,37 f 9 11
1144,041 2 51

Total, at sthf.lanuary, 15'29, to be provided for by
Exchequer Bills, charged on the growing Pro-
duce of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarter
ended sth April, 1829 5,897,400 12 31
Exchequer, Jan. 3, 1829.

No tidings yet of STEPHENSON, but the opi-

nion gains ground that now he has no chance of
escape. Even the elements are in arms against
him.

Gibraltar Chronicles have been received this
morning, which were wanting to complete the
regular file of those received by the Duke of
York steamer. The Paper of the 14th of
December contains an advertisement for a meet-
ing of the friende of the late JOHN HEWNIN,
Esq., M. D. F. R. S. E., Principal Medical In-
spector of Hospitals, to consider the propriety of
opening a subscription for the purpose of erecting
a I:!onument to his memory. It will be recollected
that this gentleman fell a sacrifice to the fever in
the arduous prosecution of his public duty, and
this measure is intended to mark the high esti-
mation in which he was held both by his private
and military friends. •

The Harnburgh Reporter of the 30th Dec.
contains the following news the Prussian
States' Gazette. It is merely a confirmation of
reports touching the defeat of the Turks in their
attempt upon Varna :

lIIMBERGIII, DEC. 30.
The Prussian Stale Gazette of yesterday eon
tains the following :

Several letters from the Turkish frontiers eontain
the intelligence that the Turks have failed in an at-
tempt upon Varna. The lea is said to have been
considerable to both armies, and the Seraskier, who
commanded the Turks, is said to be severely wounded.
Letters from Odessa, of the 12th Dec. say that
Omer Vrione had made a movement from Shumla
upon Bazardjik, General Roth having admiced
against 'him froin Varna.

The following is from the Joicrnal Sl
Petersburgit of the 20th December

err. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 19.

Yesterday the Saint's day of his Majesty the Em-
peror was kept with the usual solemnity. Te Deum
Ives performed in all the churches of the capital, and
the city was illuminated.

(The St. Petersburgh Journal, from 16th to 20th
December, has no news whatever from the army.)

German and Dutch Papers to a late date
have been received ; the following are extracts

ROTTERDAII, JAN. 2.

The number of ships that have arrived in the
Meese during the year 1828 was 2,085. Among
them were, 334 from London, 113 from Harwich,
161 from Hull, and 29 from Newcastle. Sailed
2,097. The arrivals at Amsterdam were 2,132,
and at Antwerp 955.

VAGUE, JAN. 1

The first chamber of the States-General adopted,
by a majority of 34 to 2, the project of law for a
loan of 15 millions of florins for the East India Co

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Monitenr, Jan. S.)

PARIS, JAN. 2.—Two expresses have just brought
fresh despatches from General Matson, dated the
6th, Sth, and 10th of December.
The health of the divisions continue to improve,
especially with respect to the number of men receives'
into the hospitals. A complete list shows, in the most
accurate manner, the lessee which the division had
sustained since its departure from France : these
losses amounted up to the let of December to 581
men, including 22 officers.
The same despatches announce that several chiefs
of Western Greece, supported by the troops of
General Church, and a part of those of Prince Ypsi-
lanti, have taken arras, and have attacked the Otto-
man troops in the positions which they occupy.
Redschid Pacha has advanced towards Arta with
4,000 men ; but a courier has hroaght him orders to
repair to Constantinople, and he immediately set out
for that capital, advising the Turks in those pro-
vinces to unite their efforts to repel the attacks made
against them.

(From the Gazette de France of Jan. 4.)
FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, DEC. 17.--It has been
reported for some days that the Peat's of Orsowa,
Widdin, and Silistria, have united to operate together
in the line of communications of the Russians, from
Varna to. Isaktcha. It is said that Hussein Pacha is
to take part in this movement, and that Omer Vrione
appeared before Bazardjik, when Generals Roth and
Rudiger had a very severe action with him. If this
news should be confirmed, it would appear certain
that the Turks intend to have
_a winter campaign."
—.Aug:burgh Gazette. -
-Fazticn Ft:ans.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 60e.; irk
per Cents., '74f. 204. Bank Stock, I,Boof. ; Naples
Stook, 78f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 715 if.; Spanish Reate
Perpetselle, 451 F. ; Ilaytian Loan, 460 f. Exchange en
London, one month, 251. 20e. ; three mouths, 29f. 100.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CIT Y, TrrsLrn s' Guar.

The arrival of several Mails has occasioned con-
siderable delay in the delivery of the letters from the
Foreign Post-office this morning. The advices
re-
ceived by the French Mails from Valencia, of the
17th Dec., represent the aspect of affairs in Catalonia,
particularly in the vicinity of Barcelona, as in an ex-
tremely disordered state; and such was the force of
the disaffected. that it had been necessary to order
several corps to be ready to proceed for the purpose
of quelling the insurrection.

The letters from Rio are to the 24th November,
and bring the Exchange on Loudon 28id. 29d. per
milrea. This considerable fill is understood to
arise from the Emperor Don Pedro having been en-
deavouring to raise money for the payment of the
dividends in England, and also to assist the Portu-
guese Refugees in this country. This had indeed
been accomplished; but the extension of the quan-
tity of paper, by these frequent demands for-money,
had the above unfavourable effect en the Exchange.
Another cause given for the fall in the Exchange
was, that many persons had, prior to the peace,
drawn on England, in hopes of a more favourable
exchange, and this caused a demand for bills on the
market to discount.

Consols opened this morning at 871, buyers,
with but little business doing; the only alteration
that has taken place is, they have become sellers.—
The Commissioners made no purchases, in conse-
quence of this being a Bank holiday. India Bonds
are 78 75, and Exchequer Bills 70 prem.
In the Foreign Funds a rather considerable fall has
taken place in Brazilian Bonds, from 64 to 62+;
Russian have declined nearly a half per cent., and are
now 94i ; and it seems that a still greater decline
has taken place at Hamburgh in the stock of this
power. Buenos Ayres Bonds are also lower, 46 7;
Portuguese remain 53} f.
In Shares there is nothing to note ; no pries is
quoted for Imperial Brazilian Mince. This may,
however, arise from a desire to ascertain the news by
the Rio packet.
_ _ .

Three per Cent. Console, shut ; Ditto, for Account,
871 ; India Stock, shut; India Bonds, 73 5
.par.;
Excliequer Bills, 70 pm.
Fonmon,—Brazilian, 62 1; Buenos Ayres, 46 7 ;
Chilian, 221 31 ; Culorubian, 23/ ; Danish, 68 1;
Greek, 16 17; Mexican, Five per Cent.. 251 61 ; Ditto,
Six per Cent., 321 3 ; Peruvian, 17 18 ; Portuguese,
bSi ; Russian. 941 t ; Spanish, 10 1.

HALF-PAST TWEL rE.

The Cousol Market seems to have become very
flat, and they are at this moment, in consequence of
some sales, 87i I.

TWO 0' CL 0 CK.
Consols, 87i ; rather more business has been
doing than for the last few days.
A report of the apprehension of Stephenson exists,
and that he was secured in the neighbourhood of
Bristol ; at the Bank nothing is, however, known.
TH HIS E 01 CL 0 (K.

Consols, VI.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICER
Consols !Danish 63
Do. for Ac. 87i Greek, 1825 16
Brazilian Bonds 62i Mexican, 1825
Buenos Ayres Peruvian
Chilian Do. 'Russian .95
Columbian, 1824, 23i Spanish

ST. JAMES'S eAßK.—Netwithstanding the
inclealency of the weather on Sunday, the announcement
that, by the order of his Majesty, the inclosure in St.
Janeus's-park would be open to the public every day, from
nine o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, it
it calculated that upwards of 20,000 persons visited the
improvement' and walked round the grounds and, per.
haps, such a fashionable display of elegantly-are:m(l females
never graced the former pasturage of,St. James's-park as it
did on Sunday last. Yesterday a wooden building at the
gate opposite the Worse Guards was erected for the accom-
modation of the men appointed to preserve order, and pre-
vent the intrusion of improper characters.

. _
THE YOUNG QUEEN OP PORTUGAL.-A
superb diamond necklace is said to have been ordered for
her Majesty, and is tn.derstocal to be actually in hand at
the manufactory of Weser,. Rundell, Bridge, and Co.,
jewellers, Ludgate-hill. Report says the design is most
tastefully contrived, consisting of brilliant hearts-ease, sur-
rounded, with other flowers, and leaf. work of various hues
and celottrs. It is expected to be finished in the course of
the present week, and intended to be presented to her Ma-
jesty by some great personage, whese name has not tran-
spired. In short, it is asserted that nothing more elegant,
rich, and beautiful, has been set since the celebrated
stomacher commanded for a Noble Marchioness.

It has been remarked that the parties of his
Majesty are principally composed of Whigs. Thus, for
instance, at the Royal entertainment, on the last day of the
year, were the Dukes of Devonshire, and Dorset, Lord and
Lady Cowper, Lord Me'bourn, Mr. Agar Ellis and Lady
Virginia Ellis, Mr. Frederick Lamb, Lord and Lady Gran-
ville, &r. It will thus appear that his Majesty is not
without the tact serviceable to Royalty. His Majesty, ac
doubt, dislikes the fatigue of making Cabinets; but he likes
to have adherents in path camps. A little jealousy is the
one, and hope in the other, may egable him to obtain a
larger store of ►he high patronage.

The Umpire Liverpool coach was overturned
on Tbursdly last at the Crescent, Salford, in consequence
of the linch-pin clipping out from one of the hind-wheels..
The coach was fully loaded, and came down with. is dread-
ful crash; luckily, however, no one was injured but the
coachman, and he not severely. He was considerably
shaken, but a' surgeon being sent for bled him, and he was
speedily better. The passengers were very hospitably ac-
commodated in the neighbouring houses, until the arrival
of another coach, in which they were conveyed into the
town. There are three coaches running betwixt this town
and Liverpool named the Umpire, but the one in question
ran from the Star Inn.—Maachester Guardiwn,

SHIPPING INTIILLIGENCS-(TLIIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind E.N.E.—The whole of
last night it blew excessively hard in squalls. About
30 sail came through fl om Ramsgate.
PORTiMOLTH, Jar. s.—Wind N.E.--Suiled the
Lord Melville, Brown, for New South Wales; An-
dromache, Laws, for Calcutta; General Palmer,
Thomas, for Madras; an 4 Columbia, Wilson for
Tobago. Put back the Reynolds, Roberts, for Ja-
maica, wide bowsprit sprang. •
PLYMoUTH, J. 4.—Wind
the Baltic, Seaburg, from New York.
Fautoutrn, W.N.W. to. N.N.W.
Arrived the Marchioness of Queensberry packet,
from Brasil, sailed from Pernambuco Sept. 29,
Bahia Oct. 3, and Rio Janeiro Oct. ls.
Dovutt, Dsc. s.—Arrived the Maraboo, Deck,
from Gambia.

LIVEIWOOL, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Good Intent,
111‘Donald, from Terceira.
This morning we had a severe g4le from the west,
with thunder and heavy rain. A brig is onshore
on the Rock Channel, with a pilot signal flying.
Telegraphic communications are made to Mr.
Hussy, Lloyo agent.

The Ark, Morris, from Newcastle to London was
driven on shore on the Gunfleet Sand during a gala
on Sunday, and was full of water.
The William Pettegrew, from St. Petersburgh to
London' was (Liven on the Caister Beach on Sunday,
and had six feet water in. her boldr. ~Cargo dis-
charged.
The Perseverance, Caigelo,from Aberdeen, vraa
totally wrecked, near Blythe, on. Saturday.,
The Anglem, Bell, of Maryport, and Sally, of
Irvine, were driven on shore npar. Holyhead, on
Sunday.