Star.
London, England, 1827-07-02 00:00:00

PROM THE MALACCA OBSERVER.

From the Peking Gazette, it appears that the Iloopoo,
or Board of Revenue, have had protracted deliberations
on the state of the finances. By them it is declared that
the income of Government is not adequate to the ex-
pendino e. Tne deficit arises from the eve:lse incurred
by repairing the banks'of the Yellow River, by insure ,
rection of the Meaou-tsze mountaineers, but the great
source of expense arises from the movements of the
grand army to oppose the Mahommedan rebels.
To meet the expenditure, the Board recommends his
Majesty to abandon his resolution not to make any new
Revenue Laws. They suggested an increase of the
charges paid by those who purchase nominal rank; and
also to revive the usage, laid aside by the present Em-
peror on his accession to the throne, which allowed
those who had been implicated and deprived of office,
to purchase eligibility to the same office.
Now, in the time of financial embarrassment, say the
Board, it should be remembered that China has been
preserved in a state of social order and tranquillity, by
the reigning family, upwards of ore hundred and
eighty yeas. And there is not a subject living who
eats the herbs and treads the soil of China, who has not
been born and bred under the auspices o' the Dynasty.
It is, therefore, ex ected that both the literary class and
the common people will not regret a trifling addition
to the taxes, but sill rejoice, and leap for very glad-
ness, to come forward and assist on the present occasion.
Appended to the suggestions of the Board there is a
list of the items of increased taxes, and the regulations to
b: observed by those who purchase official situations.

The bulletin of the slaws, No. 171, which was pub-
lished the day before yesterday, contains the law on the
budget for 1828, as voted by the Chambers, and sanc-
tioned by the King on the 24th of June. According to
the tables annexed to the law, the presumed receipts are
924,410,361 francs ; the expenditure 922,711,602;
leaving a surplus of 1,698,759 francs. The land tax
for the Department of the Seine for 1828, is 8,994,690
francs ;. the tax on furniture, and the personal tax,
5,471,394 f. that on doors and windows 1,471,685 f.
A Frenchman residing at Algiers writes so us from
that city under the date of the 15th of June, as follows:
* Within these few days, a great' change has taken place in our
situation, and the insults which the Dey bas ventured to offer to
oar Consul-General are going to be ged.
" Oti the 11th of this mouth we saw La Torche schooner arrive,
and the following day a division, consisting of a ship of the line, two
frigates, and a corvette came and took itp its station . before the
port. Energetic representations have been made to the Dey by
Captain Collett, who commands this division, and they were seen
foVowed by a declaration of war, the first rank of which will be,
that nothing caa enter or leave the port of Algiers without the per-
mission of the French commander. Our Consul-General is on
bond the ship of the line, withthe connuaader, and all are eau.
barbed on board a brig of Marseilles, which is going to convey us
to France.

" A fortunate circumstance for our commerce. Is that eighteen
Algerine slips of war which were ready to put to sea to exercise
their usual system of piracy in the Mediterranean were in the
port, which they cannot now leave. Only two ships• of the Re-
gency,' frigate and a corvette are at sea, but it is known whither
they are gone : they will be pursued by his Majesty's ships, and
it is highly probable that they will soon be unable to undertake
any thing against the ships that have sailed front the ports
of France." _ _