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London, England, 1825-03-23 00:00:00

Protector Fire

MISCELL A NEOUS.
WARR. rAlln. PRICK PRIL GUAM&
Atlantic and Pacific - £lOO - £lO -XlOl 1
British Iron Company - 100 - .5 - 81 71
Bristol Ship Canal - - 1 - 1 1
Canal Gas Engine . 50 1 11
Colombian Agricultural Comp.loo 5 18
General Steam Navigation 100 5 - 9
Hibernian Joint Stock Banking - - 2 1
London Brick Company 50 1 11 I
Mexican Company 100 10 151 1 1
Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 ll 1
Pearl Fishery £25 sh. £2 pd. iss. £lO pm. 19
Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 5 - 111 12% 111
Patent Steam Carriage 5 2 10 3/61
Pearl and Coral Fishery 40 4 13 141 14
Royal Stannary - S 31 4
Sea and Inland Coal - !,.0 2 13 s

This forenoon we received the Etude of yesterday, by
Express. It contains, in a Supplement, a very long
expose of the Minister of Finance, nn the Indemnity Law.
The node states, that Piince ESTERISAZY, who on
Sunday set out for London, timing his residence in
Paris, had frequent conferences with the Au.taian and
Russian Ambassadors, and the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
Accounts from Syria state, that great discontent
pervades the Janissaries, who assume an air of indepen.
dente, and commit the most daring outrages, in de.
fiance cf the police.
The Bedouin Arabs intercept provisions, which •cc.
casinos much distress to the population of Bagdad,
Frcnch Ituntes, Monday, 103 fr. 70, 85, 70 C.

We have received a copy of a Memorial on the state
of the public finance of Mexico, which was reasl in the
Chamber of Deputies on the 4th of January, by Den
JOSE IGNACIO EsTEvA, the Minister for that depart.
ment. In this document the subject is divided into
four parts—l. The coalition in which the Treasury
was.-2. That in which it now i!„-3. The condition in
which it is AbaOlUlCly necessary that it shall be placed.
—4. The means of attaining that object.
The Minister then givei a detailed account of the
dititrent brand es of the public ieventr, and expense.
It appears that the gross pr.ceeds of the revenue
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of a Million and a platter were derived from the foreign
loan. The expenditure is estimated at 17,986,674 dol-
lars, leaving a deficiency of 7,296,066 dollars. Of the
expenditure, that of the army forms the principal part,
being 16,011,990 dollars; it is, however, intended to
reduce the ec-inse of this blanch to twelve millions
dollars. The Mexican Minister, in looking to the
means of Meeting the deficiency, expresses Hs disgust
at the decline and abandonment of one of the richest
branches of the revenue; this is the tax on tobacco,
which formerly produced 4,447,000 dollars, and now
only yields about 700,000 dollars.

Ile proposes that the provinces shall altogether give
up their interference in the manufacture and taxing of
Tobacco, as the only mode of assisting the necessities of
the Treasury. He observes, that in the five years from
1795 to 1799, the gross receipts of the Treasury were
20,462,317 dollar—" How fortunate," he observes,
" should we call ourselves, if we could get the net amount
of those receipts, which was 15,325,065 dollars. It ap-
pears to me to be easy to do so, if we abandon unknown
roads to pass oc er those already trodden,sure of reaching
the point to which we direct our steps. In the epoch
of which I spoke, tobacco produced 3,927,898 dollars
net, the coinage of gold and silver 1,258,338. The
duties on both metals, in ingots, 2,111,474 dollars. The
three together amounted to 7,297,710, and it will be'
seen that we can collect, in the year 1825, 6,649,563
dollars, if the revenue of tobacco, the coinage, and the
duty of quintos (a tax on silver), were supported by the
legislative power, at the height at which they might be
maintained, now that the population of consumers is
increased by the entrance of foreigners, and now that
the mines are worked at the expense of the latter."
The Mint of Mexico, which formerly was so prra,
ductive, now scarcely pays the expense of the establish-
ment; and the Minister expresses his regret that " the
tidies, buried in the bowels of the earth, remain there
even after years of protection." Some of our milting
speculators will, however, we doubt not, put the Mexi-
can Minister into the way of deriving revenue from the
Mines of Mexico, which only require to be well worked,
to be very productive.
Although this Memorial does not exhibit a very flat-
tering picture of the Mexican Revenue, yet now that
internal tranquillity is restored, the resources of the Re-
pnblic, with good management, will soon cover the
expenses and enable the Government to tree itself from
all embarrassment.

We have received Canada Papers to the 11th ult.—
From Quebec, we are informed, that the statements of
the Provincial Revenue had been laid before the House
of Assembly. The Revenue during the last year
amounted to about 110,0001. which, deducting the prc.
portion for Upper Canada, left about 83,0001. for the
expenditure of the other Province—a sum consider-
ably above the ordinary expenditure. The value of
imports in 1824 was 1,212,2171. and that of expoits
925,1531. The imports of 1824 exceed those of 1823
by 188,000/. upwards of 6u,0001. of which is on the al.
title of rum alone. The other articles making up the
eiiciea.e are, sugar, coffee, tea, and gocds paying 2i
per cent. As to the exports, the most prominent arti-
cle is ashes: in 1823 the quantity exceeded that of
1824 by 76,0001. but the whole amount of exports ex
ceeds that of the previous year by 3,6251.

By these Papers w•e also learn-that the Hnn. J. Rat!

had been appointed Chief Justice of the Court of
King's Bench, for Montreal, in the room of the Hon.
J. MONCK. N. F. UurAcxx, Esq. was appointed a
Judge of the same Court; and J. STUART, Esq. to be
his MAJESTY'S Attorney-General in the room of the
last named Gentleman.