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London, England, 1830-04-06 00:00:00

who presume to call for inquiry ; and deprecate tho
want of confidence in such a Government.—One glance
at the state of the Revenue—one dispassionate survey
of the " total of the whole" Official Account now pub-
lished, must suffice to vindicate the policy, the wisdom,
the financial capability, foresight and prudence of our ex-
emplary Ministers.--Why the Times should be so chap-
lain on an occasion of such general joy, we are at a loss
to discover : but he who is never silent, when an oppor-
tunity presents itself for extolling the Administration of
his magnanimous Patron, has " not space for any exami-
nation of the items, or for any opinion as to the probable
cause of the increase or decrease." But luckily for those
who do not pin their faith upon " Sir Oracle," the Chro-
nicle has supplied the cause of the decrease; for lie gravely
tells us " The great severity of the winter will account
for the falling off in the Excise." We knew the fault could
only be in the seasons. It could not be otherwise. Did not
the Minister's speech—spoken from the Throne—tell us
so ? And does not the Chronicle reiterate the fact ? " Oh,
'tis a shrewd yo::ng master ". The Herald, however, is
too honest and too uncompromising to exculpate incapa-
ble Ministers by arraigning PROVIDENCE ;—and, there-
fore, he calls upon " the Prosperity Advocates," who
exulted but three months ago, at the appearance• of the
" Treasury Accounts," when extraordinary efforts were
made to swell the Excise account as much as possible at
that particular period, " to account for the extraordinary
difference which three little months have produced in the
same account—namely, £1,681,25•2—0r more than one
half the income of the whole quarter." Well may our
cobtemporary ask, " can any thing more strongly depict
the distressed state of the country than a decrease of one
half of the Revenue without a remission of taxes on them)
articles which supply at once both industry and mainte-
nance to the people ?"

We learn from a paragraph in the Tin:es—the official
ormin of the WLI,LINGTON Administration—that it has
been decided by the empinyels of Government, the people
about the Offices, that " Parliament will this year have
a very brief Session. It is imagined that the prorogation
will take place the second week in June."— Constimed
as the present Parliament has proved itself to be, this
" report about the Offices" should be a source of rejoicing
to the nation ; for, if the only object for which the Re-
presentatives of the People assemble, be to vote away the
money of the people, it matters not how brief—how very
brief—their Sessions may be. For all the good that they
have achieved, from the sth day of February to the sth
day of April, it is almost to be regretted that the rural
tranquillity of Honourable Members should have been
disturbed, or that they were roused from their Utopian
dreams of peace, plenty, and prosperity in the country,
to be annoyed by the ungrateful murmurings of the poor,
the clamours of all classes, and the petitions of the people
of all ranks and orders, to whom they were unable or
unwilling to afford present relief, or even a promise of
future amendment. Well, well ! the time is hastening
rapidly, in which these stewards will have to render an
account of their stewardship. A " brief Session" or two
more, indeed, remains to them ; but then the day of
reckoning must come—and the trust which too many of
these " Patriots by profession, but placenien by princi-
ple," have abused, will revert to the people. May they
profit by the experience—the deep, the bitter, the ruin-
ous experience they have had!

We must content ourselves, this day, with calling at-
tention to the Resolutions adopted at the Common Hall,
which was held yesterday, pursuant to a Requisition, at
Guildhall. We purpose to devote some space to-morrow
to the subject.

CITY, Tw E L 0.0 LOC IC .
We have no arrivals this morning of consequence—not a single
ship letter has come to hand.
The chief topic of conversation in the City this morning is the
debates last night on the emancipation of the Hebrews. The pass-
ing and first reading of the Bill, which they did not expect so soon,
has given great hopes that the British Legislature will ameliorate
their situation,lby doing unto °this; what they would be done unto
themselves.

As we said yesterday, the quarter's Revenue is rather unfavoura-
ble ; but at present it has not had any effect on the Funds. Con.
soh opened at the same price they left off, 921 1, both for money
and time ; and for next Account, 921.93, with nothing doing as
yet. The Foreign Market is void of interest : prices nominal.
Accounts from Nava to the 7th of March, repeat again that a
Congress of Kings and Ministers will be held either at Dresden or
Berlin in the spring. Several officers of distinction have been sent,
by the Emperor of Russia, to various points on the Black-Sea, to
improve the maritime regulations.
Accounts from Paris state that all the infantry forming the ex-
pedition to Algiers are to be armed with pikes ; a great number of
citevaux de frize has been embarked to oppose the Moorish cavalry;
the besieging train will consist of 100 pieces of cannon.
We hear from Toulon that since the expedition to the Mores,
there never has been such a bustle in that part as at the present time.
A large party of artillery has arrived there from the interior with a
considerable number of cannon.

AU the transports are to assemble at Toulon in April, both the
infantry and cavalry are to embark at the above port, being better
adapted there than that of BlarseUes.

HALF.PAST ONE.

The Consol Market has been in a stagnant state during the whole
of the morning, and not a feature worth observation. Consols are
921 I for the Account, and for money 921, 93 for next Account.
In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing. Greek Bonds are
not so good as yesterday ; Russian and Danish have somewhat im.
proved.

The chartering of vessels in the City for the French
Government was suddenly and peremptorily stopped yesterday morn-
ing by orders from our Government.
• The Duke of Watt.' NGTON gave a grand dinner on
Sunday evening, at Apelephouse, to the Earl of CHESTERFIELD,
the. Earl of BOLCAIIIAS, Lord LILIPOID, Lord ROLL!, Lord
Curroari' Lord STOUIVION, Sir W. CLINTON, Mr. R.
can, Mr. R. PHILLIPS, Mr. C. PANE, Mr. CALCEAFT, Mr.
RICE TREVOR, &C.
Arrant or HoNoun.—Two poulterers fought a duel
yesterday about a pair of pigeons. This, we suppose, was to show
that they were not eMcken.hearted. One of them newsr escaped •
shoe% the gitoeard, and the other was winged.—D Morning
Register.
Accounts were received on Sunday and yesterday by
• Mr. fiecrewsy Peel, and the other relatives of Sir Robert Peel, of
the dus illness of Sir 'Robert at his seat, Drayttuhlpark,
Staff. After the receipt of the account of at Rebores
health yesterday morning Mr Peel, accompanied by le dam
'
Mrs. Dimon, left town for the seat of his Either in