Star.
London, England, 1826-07-10 00:00:00

ROMAN CATHOLIC INTOLERANCE.

The Journal of Antwerp announces, that the body of M: Estan-
celin,an actor, who was accidentally drowned while bathing in the
Schelde, was found on the 4th, in the morning, and buried in the
evening at half past seven o'clock. It would have been interred
immediately, and hopes were entertained that it might have re-
ceived Christian burial; but the Priest of the parish would not

venture to take upon himself to grant the rights of religion to a
person belonging to a profession condemned by the Church. This
circumstance, which always gives gccasion to a seandal generally
injurious to morality and religion, is the more deplorable, as there
can be no doubt that the deceased, who was a Catholic and a
worthy man, would have required the aid of religion if he had had
it in his power. However, his funeral was performed with great
decency, with the intervention of the Magistrates, and attended by
a great number of respectable inhabitants of the City.

THE TEA DUTY.

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FROM Till TIMIZ.

The Times asserts that tea duties to the amount of
700,0001. have been paid into the Exchequer this quar-
ter, which were not paid into the Exchequer in the cor-
responding quarter, 1825.
The sum received on account of tea duties in the

quarter ending July 5, 1825, was 880.0001, out of
which 500,0001. was not paid into the Eichequer, being
retained in the hands of the Receiver General to repay
the wine duties.

The sum received for tea duties in the quarter ending
the sth of July, 1826, and paid into the Exchequer,
has been 780,0001. There has, therefore, been a falling
off of the tea duty from the fall in the prices.
• But, to make a fair comparison between the quarters,
we must gije the quarter ending the sth of July, 1846,
credit for the 500 COOL detained in the hands of the
Receiver General for the purpose of repaying the wine
duties ; but, on the other hand, to institute the corn-
parison between the'quarters, we must deduct a sum
-received in the quarter ending the sth of July, 1825,
being the residue of port duties (transferred to Customs)
which were received in that quarter, and for which
there is, of course, no corresponding receipt in the
,cptatter ending the sth of July 1826. This sum
111112011110 to 470,0001. The comparison would, therefore,
td.frectigAtand thus I

ilidsaitaftquer persons tot the Inner ending the
l'- Oh 4.114. teed 45,915,910
Aida the peed= of tea duties detained is the Nedra
Osnstars hands • doc,ooo

44,415,1150
Dodoes residue of part dudes receive 4 in dot gutter 470,304

43,905,656
&et* Exchequer payment for the quarter *adios the
kb of July, ISS6 5,1170,091

Davies* . . 475,565
In making the eAlculation more tougbly, the detained
tea duties and the residue of port duties in t 1 e quarter
ending the sth of July, 1825, have been regarded as
balancing each other; and the actual payments into the
Exchequer; taken as the fair sums, to compare thus :
For quartet ending sth of July, this . 43,915,959
For ditto ditto 1826 . 3.1170.091
Decrease £45,559
In no view of the subject, therefore, has The 'limes
any grounds for its allegation respecting the Excise
, Exchequer payments.

The CINANCiLLOR of the EXCHEQUAR, on receiving
the ball-year's rents of his Lincolnshire tenantry, due at
Lady-day last, has made them a return of 10 per cent.
on their respective payments, in consequence of the de.
pression ageicultnral produce, and the injury sus-
tained from the excessive drought.
Friday evening the Hon. EDWARD PITA* gave a
Ball and Supper. at the Castle, at Richmond, in a style of splendour,
taste, and liberality, for which Mg former fete was ternarkable. All
the neighbouring Nobility and Gentry were invited and attended.
Wednesday last, REAUSIUR'S thermometer coast in
Patis, at half-past twelve o'clock, at 25 degrees 5-10 tbs, and at half-
. past two at 15 degrees, a fall of upwards of slit deg. in two hours
About eleven o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke
out in the house of Mr. Johnston, tailor and draper,
Haymarket, which in a very shalt time destroyed the
whole of the house, the valuable stock and furniture, as
well as considerably damaging the back premises of two
or three of the adjoining houses. It has not been ascer-
tained by what means the fire originated. The fire was
got under before three o'clock yesterday morning.
Two fields of barley, between Doncaster and Shef-
field, were sold, last week, as they standafor 11.1 s. an acre.

GOLD BANKS.—Mr. HUNT has announced his inten-
tion to establish banks through the county of Somerset
for paying off all the country bankers 11. notes in so-
vereigns. At Wincanton, during the election, he ad-
dressed the freeholders, informing them of his project.
He stated that he was determined to put the good in-
tentions of Mr. CA-NNINO into effect as soon as possible.
That Gentleman had resolved, that within tW o years all
the 1/. notes should be 'paid of, and as another run
might affect the country bankers if somebody did not
begin to pay them off at once, be (Mr. HUNT) would,
with the blessing of Gm), endeavour to prevent such a
consequence. The peat majority of pour people who
took the country notes were afraid to demand gold fix
them, in the apprehension that the preference would
subject them to some disagreeable chastisement. HP
would guard against this by having two doors to each
of his banks, and the moment he should receive a bun-
dle of notes, the amount in sovereigns would imme-
diately handed over without danger of detection.—
He had already taken a house in lilas.onbury, and had
painted over the do.a " Gold Bank." 1t was opposite
to the paper +ilk, the owt,er or which had been civil
•ever sink, ani their tail:R.:urn would WWI COM:IMM