Star.
London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

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The following h an estimate of the Revenue for the
last five years, taking it in each year at the October
QuAtter, and wholly excluding the Austrian Repayment:
1820 ae50,683,475
1121 ••• .. • 50,5584440
1822 ... 60,519,970
1823 49 216,032

irks 47,900,002
/PRODUCE of the CUSTOMS during the same period. •.
1820 .. 8,748,105 '

1821 ... •• • 8,765,865
1829 . . ... 9,470,769
2823 9,959,323
2824 ... ... 10,278,243
PRODUCE of the EXCISE during the same period.
• 1820 £26,488,500
1 ... .. 26,471,363
1882 • .. 25,846,322
18221 ... 24,401,243
1824 • 24r519,859
Hiving taken this comparative view, we ought now
to consider the extent of the late repeals of taxation, in
order clearly to understand the progress :he country is
orging. These have been al follow:
1821—Agricultural Horse Duty ... af 480,000
1822—0 n Malt ... ... 1.500,000
On salt .. .. 1,300,000'
On Leather ... 300,000
On Tonnage 180,000
On Irish Windows, dce. 280,000
1823—Assessed Taxes ... 2,300,000
Irish ditto ... 100,000

Spirits, Ireland ... 360,000
Ditto, Scotland 340,000
1824—0 u Foreign Wool ••• 350,000
On Silk ... 460,000

On Coals ..
On Rom ..,

200,000
150,000

On Law Sumps 200,000

£8,520,000
Let us then, for a moment, suppose that there bad
been no increase of Revenue on the Taxes still subsist-
ing, what would have beet! the result?
Revenue In 1829 ... X 50,683,47.5
Taxes reduced since .. 8,5%1,000.
Leaving ... £42,165,475
which would be the Revenue for the year just ended
in the case we have supposed. But the accounts which
we yesterday publishe.l shew the receipts of the last
twelve months to have been £17,900,092
from which if we deduct 42363,475
we find the real increase to be E.5,736,6 1 7
upon the unrepealed Taxes ; and we repeat, that in this
calculation the Austrian Repayment is left entirely out
of the question.
If it be objected that the reductions of taxation made
in the last Session have not yet produced their full
effect, ive reply, that the repayment of the Silk Duties
more than compensates for that, circumstance.
REVENUE for the October Quarter during the last Five Years.
1820 £13,184,648
1821 14,022,912
1822 13,217.314
18:Z5 15,061,550
1824 13,049,050
As taxes to the amount of Eight Millions annually have
been repealed since 1820, it might have been reasonably
expected that the Quarter just concluded would have
fallen short of the same Quarter in 1820 by Two Mil
lions ; instead of which the difference is £135,000 only.
CUSTOMS for the October Quarter of the last Five Years.
1820 £2,670,665
-1821 2,844,251
,1825 2,941,887
1823 ... 3,5411,257
11324 ... 5,240,272
131CCISE foe the; October Quarter of the last Five Years.
1820 ... £7,552,021
1821 ... 8,149,226
1822 7,329,997
1823 ... 6,834,1 } 8
1824 ... 7,115,117

The Excise has lost, since 1820, duties which pro.
duced £3,820,000.per Annum, or £950,000 per Quar-
ter. Its produce might, therefore, have been calculated
at £6,600,000 for the present Quarter ; instead of hich
we find it exceeding-this amount by Five Hundred and
Thirteen Thousand Pounds, which is an advance of
more than Two Millions per AnnuM, after allowing for
the loss by Repeal of Duties.
So much for the Quarterly Accounts—But the details
of the Excise will afford matter for further and equally
gratifying observation. Omitting Hides, Malt, Salt,
and British Spirits, because the Duties on these have
been in part repealed—and' also °bitting Hops, on ac-
count of the failure of the late harvest—let us compare
the produce` of the othet articles for the years ending
10th of October

1840 and 1824.
Auctions . . £242,358 . £265,990
Beer . 2,599,155 2,951,114

. .
Bricks and Tiles . 363,583 . 419,511
Candles . . • 513,123 . 388,292
Coffee and Cocoa . 380,599 . 406,77.5
Cider, Perry, &c. . . 61,514 . 40,580
Glass . . 449,738 . 525,253
Lieenmes . . 704,817 • 723,469
Paper . . 478,211 . 575,884
Pepper . . 119,595 . 153,647
Printed Goods . 589,798 • 553,946
Soap . 947,540 . lios6,e9u
Spirits, Foreign . 2,383,680 • 2,603,310
Starch . . 50,933 69,464
Tea . 5,067,274 3,380,877
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Tobacco and Snuff . 2,475,995 2,494,10:1
•
• • Vinegar .
-... • 59,995
- _ 44,649

'Wine

. 959;175 1,0411,957

X16,237r1G1

£17,718,912

The real lover of his country will observe with tin-
mingled satisfaction, that the increased• consumption
which this comparison exhibits, is chiefly found among
those items which are connected with the domestic com-
fort and permanent prosperity of the people. In five
Tears the consumption of coffee and cocoa has increased
7 per cent. wine 9, foreign spirits 9, tea 10, beer 14,
soap 15, bricks 15, glass 16, paper 20, starch 22, can-
dles 27, and pepper 28 ; and if peace be continued to
us, as we have every reason to hope and believe it will,
the same causes may be expected to produce the same
effects, and our progress in public wealth and private
comforts to be if possible accelerated.
The following statement shews the probable surplus
Revenue for the current year, in reference to the Esti-
mates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer :

Revenue for Four Quarters, ending 10th Oct. 1824,
for Great Britain . . . .150,400,092
Deduct, as not belonging to the Year 1824, the
Quarter ending sth January 1824 s
Ordinary Revenue (a) . 12,638,388
Austrian Repayment . . 766,567
—..,--... 13,485,053

Actually received itt first Three Quarters 1824 36,975,031
Add, to complete the Year 1824 :--
For the cam nt Quarter, ending 3th Janiary 1825,
estimated the sante as the ordinary Review fur
the Quarter eadlocsth January 1824 (a) . 19.856,388

For Great Oritain,_ • . .. 49.05444i:5
Add—For Revenu*. of Ireland, reported to have .
produced an increase of 500,0001., but estimated , .
only at the same as last year - . . . 5,.'i08,543
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7 533,14,'.'..970
To To be received of the Trustees of Pensions, &c. 4,62.0,0U0

Probable Receipts. fur 1824 for the United Mug-..
dons, ste)ject only to the contingencies of the Re-
venue fOr Great Britain in the current Quarter,
being equal to that of the last Jan. Quarter' and
of the Revent! for Ireland in the current Year
being equal to that of last Year . . . 57,7132,970
Estimate of Revenue for 1324 (See the
Speech of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Feb. 25,1884) . . 57,383,600
Less—Duties repealed on Rum, Coals,
Wood, and Silk, whereby an annual
loss was estimated of . . 1,062,000

.56,323,000

Probable surplus for 1824, beyond the amount con-
templated required according to the views and
plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer .- 1,C:9,970
which MiU ascend to about two millions, if the reported increase of
Irish Revenue should be realised.

FOREIGN LOANS RAISED IN .ENGLAND.

Colombian . . 1822 . . .02,000,000
Ditto . . . 1824 . . 4,730,000
Chili . . . 1822 . . 1,000,000
Buenos Ayres . 1824 • , 1,000,000
Peruvian . . 1822 and 1824 1,200,000
Brazilian . . 1824 . . 3,900,000
Spanish . . 1821 . . 1,500,000
I)itto . . 1823 . . 1,500,000
Portuguese . 1823 . . 1,500,000
Alexi-an . . 1824 . . 3,200,000
Danish . _ 1822 . . 3,000,000

Austrian . . 1823 . . 2,500,000
Prussian . . 1818 . . 5,000,e00
Ditto . . 1822 . . 3,500,003
Roman . . 182 L. 3,500,000
.
Neapolitan . . 1827 sand. 1822 6,165,000
Ditto . . 1824 . . 2,500,000
Greek . . 1824 . . 800,000

Total . X 47,815,000
Independent of very large sums Invested in the French Funds.

Pirate letters from Gibraltar, to the 25th ultimo,
state that the SERINGAPATAM frigate arrived at that
port on the 22d of last month. and proceeded on with-
out anchoring : reportedfor Naples, with the appoint-
ment of the Mari:pis of HASTINGS to the Ambassador-
ship of Naples. It was further stated, that he was to
retain the Government of Malta also.

We understand that it is the intention of the King of
FRANCE, at his Coronation, to carry into execution ano-
ther measure of grace and conciliation. Previous to
that solemnity, it is said, he will promote to the rank of
Marshals of France, and attach to his person as Aides-
de-Camp, some distinguished Generals belonging to
the Opposition.—/Horning Paper.
At the last September Old Bailey Sessions thete were
17 prisoners for trial committed by unpaid Middlesex
Magistrates; they were disposed of in the following re-
markable manner :—Convicted, six; bills ignored, and
no prosecution, eight; acquitted, three.
Yesterday morning an eagle and a vulture, which'
were kept in Mr. Brooks's yard, near the School of
Anatomy, in Blenheim-street, got loose from the chain
that is fastened to their legs, and flew on the top of the
wall. Their appearance excited some curiosity. The.
vulture was, secured, but the eagle flew into the street.
A carman who was passing, cut the bird trith his whip,
when it mounted into the air; but unable • to maintaiin
its elevation, it soon descended, and alighted in Mad-
borough-street. Several persons endeavoured to secure
it, when it again took Hight along Marlborobgh-street
and Poland-street, and was secured in the latter with
some difficulty, and taken to the Doctor's house.
A fire broke out on Tuesday, at the house of Mr. Wc-
verton, llomerton, between the hours of three and four
o'clock of the day, and no water could be obtained for
more than three-quarters of an hour, after the arrival
of the engines,-the consequence was the house was burnt
down, which might otherwise have been saved. •
Yesterday an Inquest was held on the body of Mary
Redman, of whose drowning, whilst sleeping on board
a barge in the Thames, on Sunday morning, an ac-
count has already been given. No fresh evidence of
importance came our. William Sams, a waterman,
deposed that he picked up Atwood, who was the
male companion of the deceased, when the barge was
sinking; and the Jury, under all the circumstances, re-
turnecia verdict of Accidentally Drowned.
Tuesday morning, as John Maynard, a Custom-
house waterman, passed under London-bridge, a barge,
which was passing through the centre arch at the same
time, run down the wherry in which Maynard was, and
upset her. Before any assistance could be rendered to
the unfortunate man, he fell a victim to a watery grave.
Such is the increased value of landed property in
good situations near the Metropolis, that 21,0001. has
been refnsed for eight acres of the Pope Estate, in Cam-
berwell Grove! A few years since either Pope or Car-
dinal would have stared at such an offer, but in the
present state of the Funds it is understood that the
family deem it prudent to realize and cover the land
with their own buildings. With the exception of one
or two trifling plots this is the only open frontage land
between London and Dulwich. How far London will
extend in the course of another generation it i 3 not easy
to conjecture.
Thursday night, a little before eight o'clock, the shop
window belonging to Mr. Sommerville, lapidary and
jeweller, West Register-street, Edinburgh, was skot
through, apparently with.an air-gun. The shot was a
three inch nail, which only broke as much of the glass
as would let it through. On the same evening, about
seven o'clock, the window of Mr. Athertod, glass and
china warehouse, on the North Bridge, was broken in a
similar manner. Though a number of valuable articles
were in the window at the time, fortunately none of
them were damaged.
The population of Madrid has fluctuated in a most
extraordinary manner wi:hin twenty years. Under
Charles IV. it was estimated at 150,000 Spaniards, and
10,000 foreigners, who exercised there every kind of
profession. During the short reign of Joseph B:maparte
the number of inhabitants diminished one-tenth ; but
under the Cortes it augmented. As things go at pre-
sent, if the plan of expelling all the suspects be persisted
in, that superb city will soon present the silence of the
tombs. At this moment, according to the latest inteM-
pnce, it is said that Madrid has not more than I 00,000
inhabitants; but as the expulsion continues with an ac.
tivity that continually increases, it is impossible to say
where the evil will stop. Whilst the capital of Spain is
depopulated, in consequence of private persecution and
vengeance, the population of Brussels increases daily ;
and within ten years the augmentation has been consi-
derable. Such is the difference between a Constitutional
Government and absolute power.—Brussels Paper.

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TILE AfitllY4
Detachments belonging to the lolltheing Corr, •iz. the s,lth
(Sussex), the 40th (2al Sumersetsbire), the 49th (Princess Charlotte
of W.:lea's or IlettiOrdshire),the East Lulls Company's Artillery,
the'Past India Company's Wong, the 20th (East Devonskire),
the 27th (Enniskillen); the 41st, the 47th (Lancashire), the 51st
(2d York West Riding), and the 59d (Oxfordshire Light Infantry),
embarked at Cork. on the 91st u1t.44 Bristol. •
Detachments, belonging to the undermentioned Regiments of
Infantry, •iz. the 57th (West Wliddlesei). the 60th (Duke 'of
York's own* Rile Corps), the 64th (9d Staffordshire), 67th
(South Hampshire), the 69th (South Lincolnshire), the 97th, and
the East India Company's Infantry, embarked at Dublin on the
Ist inst. fur Bristol.
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