Star.
London, England, 1826-05-02 00:00:00

THE REVENUE.

Notwithstawding the depression under Which corn
merce still labours, we are happy to state that the
Revenue is improving. As more than twelve months
have now elapsed since a large portion of the duties
were transferred from the Excise to the Customs, the
present time can fitly be compared with the corres-
ponding period of last year, and we are enabled to
ascertain correctly the relation which the returns bear to
each other. This transfer of the Who duties commenced
on the sth of 'April,. 1825, and from that day to
the 29th of April, 1825, the Revenue of the Customs
was 720,0001. while from the sth of April, 1826, to the
:Nth of that month, the produce of the customs was
1925,0004 being a Loxikfide increase of 205,0001. in this
'branch of the Revenue in a period of twenty-fonr days:
we are happy to add, that the Returns of the Excise for
the same period are equally gratifying. These state-
ments, on which our Readers may rely, shew how little
reason there is for the gloomy anticipations with respect
to the Revenue, in which.some of our contemporaries
indulge.

, The proceedings in both Houses of Parliament last
night were of considerable importance, relating as they
did to subjects in which every person is interested—the
present state of the manufacturing districts and the
high price of food. With regard to the former, Ministers
entertain the hope that the liberality of the affluent,
seconding the munificent example of his MAJESTY, will
furnish the necessary relief. In order to keep down the
price of corn, it has been resolved to adopt two im-
portant measures ; the first is to allow the bonded corn,
of which there are about 300,000 quarters in the ware.
houses, to come into the mai ket, on paying a duty of 1!s.
, per quarter; the second is to enable his MAJEaTT by
order in Council to admit the importation of foreign
grain whenever it may be deemed necessary. These,
measures, the announcement of which afforded much
gratificatinu to both Houses, will be introduced thi',

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evening in the House of Commons, and they cannot
fail of being of great benefit to the country:

We Are happy to state Ow the accounts from Lan.
cashire are of a more consolatory description than they
have Wen for some days. The weavers are still in a
feveri'h state of excitement, but the prompt and Well.
timed exertions of the military hare subdued the spirit
of insubordination. Le tors from Manchester, written

yesterday morning, state that the town was quiet, but
the manufacturers were antiouslY expecting a rein-
forcement of the military, the appearance of which it
was anticipated would check ew prevent any new
attempt at outrave. I ► another part of out P.apei we
have given some further particulars of the late eiciisei,
and we subjoin a letter from our own Correspondent at
Manchester on the same subject:

" MA/oCinitTsa, Mommy Mouu,., II O'CLocc, MA• 1.

" Since Saturday all has been tranquil here, the military yesterday
occasionally appeared in the streets,bot were net harrassed similar to
the two preceding days. At Tandle.hilt, near Middleton, an assem•
blage of weavers, nearly a thousand in number, took place yester-
day morning. I am informed by two very respectable persons,
long resident in kliddieton, they Afterwards, although Sunday, pro-
(ceded to a power-loom weaving factory. situate at Crompton, near
Reran, and threatened to break epru the door , the proprietor
seeing the danger gave them the keys, and they pinceeded to de-
-1 *troy from twenty-five to thirty power•lonms, and then left the
premises. At Middleton, a very extensive weaving district, all
was perfectly tranquil and quiet : at Stockport it was the same on
Saturday. At Bolton the manufacturers have very properly offered
an advance of-prices for weaving cambric muslin*. If anything
particularly occurs before the departure of the next mall you shall
be informed. The Magistracy have issued a very proper public
notice. This Minister of St. George's Church has also published a
very suitable address to the weavers. Twelve months ago this
vast population was completely employed, at present it is much
the contrary. The damage done in the neighbourhood has been
confined to the destruction of the power-looms."

This forenoon we received Frankfort and other Ger-
man PApers to the 26th ult. 'They contain an article
from Leipsic, which we subjoin, eying a lamentable
account of the state of commerce on the Cintinent :

LEIPSIC, Aram up.

The fair turns out to be worse than was at first expected. Not
to speak of the unfavourable weather, there is a want of per.
chasers, of money, and of credit. Goods of almost every kind
hate fallen in price, and when sales are made, it is generally with
a loss. Leather has fallen 10 per cent., coarse woollen cloths 15
per cent. There are not so many Poles, Russians, and Jews ..t
the fair as we expected, and as Leipsic loses about 309,000 dollars
by a Swiss house in Berdieyew which has stopped payment, they
can hardly obtain any goods on credit; even the best bills of ex-
change are not taken without hesitation. Swiss, who are used to
make every fair large purchases of coarse woollen cloths to the
amount of 4 or 500,000 dollars, brought as usual ►ills a exchange
with them, but they have net been taken, because it is impossible to
say what may be the situation of the drawers, before they become
due. At the beginning, some purchases were made in coarse and
middling woollen cloths, and in cotton goods ; but this was soon at
an end, because the foreign dealers still delay buying, in the opinion
that goods must become even cheaper than t►ey already are.
The book fair also sines not seem likely to turn that well ; the
quantity of returns is very greet. Many bookeellerakrvesent back
from 70 to 100 cwt. Many booksellers have not come stall to the
fair, and many have stopped payment. Last year;aireiciy, many
were very dilatory in making their payments. The estate of the
house of fleickenbach becomes worse and worse, in.consequence of
the continued bankruptcies and the bad times; and its paper is
now sold at a loss of 50 per cent. We are therefore very uneasy
with respect to the future, and there is a great stagnation in all
kinds of trade, which gives rise to the bitterest complaints.
The disagteeable news has been received Isere that the town of
Jenny and Pertitscheff, in Poland, has stopped payment ; it is not
yet known what is the amount, but some of our dealers in cotton

manufactures and silks are said to be deeply interested. To-day
we have received another piece of bad news—namely, that of the
insoliency of the house of M. Satarover, in Brody, which was con-
sidered to be quite safe, and in which we are likewise much Wu.
rested. The fall of this house has had an effect—the more unfa-
vourable, because some of the Polish Jews kali, brought bills of
this house to pay for their purchases.

The French Papers of Saturday and Sunday have
reached us. The opposition Journals bitterly inveigh
against the appointment of the Bishop of Svnasaufto
to be preceptor of the young Duke of Bouttoaaux, on
Account of his being a Jesuit, and having written a
work in defence of that proscribed order. The city of
Nistrses, which in the year 1815 was the fteneof much
persecution against the Protestants, has lately been
agitated by a tumult of a similar character. It appears
that a young Catholic girl was on the nd ult. about to
be married to a Protestant, and though' the ceremony
was frequent in the country, yet the house of the gill
was surrounded early in the morning by a considerable
crowd, whir uttered all sorts of reproaches against her.
The wedding party, which had to go to the Protestant
chapel, to receive the benediction, durst not go out.
The efforts of the Commissaries the police to dissipate
'the populace were in vain. The Mayor went to the
place, and his injunctions being equally useless, he
resolved to demand a piquet of gendarmes and a com-
pany of the Swiss regiment. The soldiers formed so
as to enclose the party, and it was in this way that the
bride and bridegroom, who lived near the barracks,
were conducted to the little chapel, 'and afterwards re•
conducted to the bridegroom's house, continually fol-
lowed by a very numerous and-irritated mob, who
uttered the most ferocious threats and pelted them with
stones. The crowd continued round the house, me-
nacing in the same way, till a late hour in the evening.
On the same day a slight commotion took place is the
Rue des Boucherie, at Douai, in consequence of tile
refusal of the Confessor of the daughter of a butcher
to admit her to communicate, because she had beef:
once or twice to the theatre with her mother.
The French Budget has passed the Chamber of Dem*, by I
majority of 199 to 77.—The Intelligence frees Greece senninees to
be faro treble. 444, 4

The .T•aerstal des Deets gives the following letter from Corfu,
dated April 7th. " Cassius Pante has died.of Isis wounj: the
siege of blisso!ongbi Is raised, and the troops WI Cionua4.lPsnvics,
and COSTA! B•1111A au, have entered that town, halting grist Tan.
titles of ammunition and provisions. I(aseiladi and, alLaataillio have
been evacuated by the Barbarians, who have Saito refuge in par: at
Lepanto, and the rest at I'atras, and the Greet fleet is arrived is
strike ;he LA blow on the Mus,ulmen."

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MEETING AT ram CITY or LONDON TAVERN

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This day a most nuinevents and highly-respectable meeting took
place at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of considering
the best means of affording relief to the many working manufac-
turers now suffering distress through want of employment. The
meeting was hied to take place at two o'clock, but long before
that time the room was crowded in every part. At twenty minutes
'past two o'clock, the Loan Marna arrived, ad took the Chair,
supported by the Archbishop of Canzaaavar, the Bishops of Los-
ions and Course, and the Aldermen and Merchants who signed the.
requisition for convening the Meeting.
The Loan Maros, in a short speech, stated the object of the
'Aleeting. and expressed a confident hope that his appeal to the welt.
known liberality of the public in behalf of their suffering country-
:nen would not be made in vain. His Lordship apologized for
leaving kept the Chair vacant, but he had been engaged in the
"leasing task of receiving subscriptions, a list of which was then read.

The following is a list of some of the principal subscriptions :
A donation of £2,000 from the Km, in addition to the sums pre-
viously subscribed by his Miami.; the Earl of bet RPOOL, 2001.
the F.arl of lIMMOWIIT, 1501. Mr. Secretary CAMINO, 1001. AL.
Secretary Pest., 1001. the CNA/CELLO& of the Xxcnerivin.lool.
Sir )(never PeaL, Bart. 5001. the Bishop of LONDON, 1001. the
Bishop of Otter's, 501. and several donations of VOL 501. and 254
The Archbishop of CANTIRBURT proposed the Resolutions, de-
claratory of the pain and regret with which the Meeting viewed
'the distressed state of the manufacturers, but deprecating, in the
strongest terms, the outrages which had been committed. These
Resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and a Committee was
...Appointed for furthering the object of the Meeting in the raising
of subscriptions.

A letter from Hambutgh of the 21st alt. repeats the
story of a conspiracy to awnsinate the Grand Duke Conseawma,
at Warsaw ; what object there could he in the death of a Prince

who renounced a throne to live in retirement, we know not.

We big to call the attention o► our treaders to an in-
*cresting narrative in our fourth page. of the loss of the Ftovat.

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throucia Indianian, with which we have been favoured by a Gen-
Orman ou board that ill-fated vesseL

Yesterday mot ning. at eight o'clock, Mr. Secretary
Pam. received an express from Lancashire, and immediately sent
their contents circular to all the Cabinet Ministers. A Cabinet

Council assembled at the Foreign Office at two o'clock, at which it
was understood the communications received by Mr. Secretary
Pau., from Lancashire, were taken into consideration. but the
Council was ant summoned for that purpose as the summonses
were issued on Friday night last. The Council was attended by
all the Cabinet Ministers with the exception of the Loan CHAu.
•stau.oa. They continued in deliberation till about half past four.

Mr. S crctary Pen. was in constant communication
with the Duke of You during the day, except while he was engaged
at the Cabinet Council, milting the arrangements that are necessary
for the marching of the different troops.
The Duke YORK was at the Secretary of State's
Once for the Home Department in the evening for some time,
transacting business with Mr. Secretary Pam..
Ye,terday the LORD Nisynn received a letter firm
the Earl of I.tvserocit., expressive of his concern at the severe
distresses of the manufacturing classes in Lancashire, and enclosing
404/1. in aid of the subscription set on foot, which is the object of
the Meeting at which the Lotto hiaroa presided to-day.
The Bavarian Minister transacted business on Sun-
day, at the Foreign Once, Downing-street.
Sunday night, Mr. LITTLEWOOD, the King's Mes-
senger, -arrived at the Foreign Once, in Downing street, with
despatches from the Hague.
Sunday afternt,on, between nne and two o'clock, a
lbecting of Cabinet Ministers wa; held at the-Earl of I.rrseroot's

Mine, in Whitehall, which was under.tood to be upon the subject
of the communicatioos received in the morning, at bite o'clock, by
pc. Secretary from Lancashire. At the breaking up of the
meeting, the Earl of tivaaroot. went to the King.
StinJay eveninz, Mr. Tnyt.on. the KING'S Messen-
ger, was sent off from the Secretary of State's Office for the Home
DeErtment to blanebelter.
Yesterday morstioq,, Lord GRANTHAM, the linn.
wuxusst La•cri.sas, the son of the Earl of asaswoon, and the
Hon. Pares, who belong to the Yorkshire Hussars, left
London for Yorkshire.
Yesterday, Sir WATKIN WlLLinsts WYNN, Mr.
Wynn, and General Sir Outman Ross, transacted business at the
Home Office.

Yesterday the dispatches for China, by the ship Or-
well, Captain 11ftwan Russ* EIiIMES, were closed at the East
India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship.
The ATLAS, with Lord CHURL'S SOMKR/IRT on board,
sailed from St. Helena on the 19th of March.
Monne* I.? Till LATI MR. W00A9.--The wife of
Kelly was yesterday examined by Mr. GAIIIETK for upwards of
three hours; nothing, however, was elicited from her to throw any
light on this mysterious business; the gave her information in a
clear and collected manner, and when informed by the Magistrate
that he would be under the necessity of sending her to trial, she
observed, " Oh, Lord, certainly, Sir, I only think it but right."
She and her husband, who has been for the last three days in New.
gate, were accordingly fully committed for trial. The prevailing
opinion is, that there may have been a quarrel between Kelly and
the deceased, and that mutual blows passed, when Mr. Wogan re-
ceived the wound of which be bled to death in the course of the
night.—Dublin Marais, Roesler of Friday.
About three months since a poor man, named William Wilson.
residing at loan Green. a member of the religious persuasion called
Ranters, Mewed evident symptoms of ailiseedered intellect. Early
in February last, one Saturday rrelling, he broke oat into the
meet violent paroxysm of religions frenzy. He told his wife
that it was his intention to sit up, as he expected some religious
company from Heaven ; that it was the day of his nativity, and that
at a certain hour be expected the ILIDICZKER en earth to visit him.
His wife, observing the unhappy state he was in, wished to sit up
with him • this appeared to make the miserable man quite out-
rageous; he prayed in the most fervent manner, and, being disap.
pointed of his heavenly visitor, declared that the wrath of heaven
was about to descend upon the place, and that be must leave it.
lie imihediately ran nut, without his hat, and ptoceeded to Not-
tingham, when, passing the shop of Mr. Sensual Fox. be went ia
and uttered the most furious denunciations, declaring that Divine
vengeance would shortly visit the town of Nottingham, and warning
every person to leave it. He then proceeded towards the Trent
Bridge, and finding also the shop of Alderman Barber open, called
there, and repeated his warning for every person to quit the town.
One evening, about five weeks after this period, he left Nottingham,
and was no more beat d of. His friends supposed either that he had
perished accidentally, or that be had destroyed himself in a fit of
insanity; and so certain were his family that be was dead, that his
wife had gone into mourning. In this persuasion the family re-
mained until a few days since, when to their great surprise, they
received a letter, written in his by the gaoler of Northampton,
dated the 17th ult. stating, that the unfortunate being bad been
takes up on a charge of horse-etealinf, bad been tried at the last
Assizes for Northampton, found guilty of the offence in question
and that sentence of death had actually been recorded bhn.
In consequence of this letter some of his friends proceeded to North-
ampton, where they found him in prison, still labouring under the
religious delusion, but appearing perfectly resigned to his fate.
and declaring that it was the will of GOD. The account

of the circumstances attending his apprehension for the crime
mputted to him, and which had also been stated by the prisoner in
his defence, was as follows :—After leaving this neighbourhood, be
5.11.!, he walked on towards London, and his feet becoming sore
%V I h walking, be fell on his knees and prayed to GOO to send him a
horse ; to this supplication be states he thought he received an an-
ewer directing him to take possession of the first white horse he
should see. On going we his journey towards Northampton, he
okterved a person riding a white or grey horse ; he followed
him to an inn, where the horse was put into a stable, and as soon
as the owner had left it, the unfortunate fanatic walked into
the stable and wok out the horse. He was riding of with it when
deader followed, and asked him by what authority be took the
bowl to which question his answer was, that "the Loan had
comosanded biro." Durk% the whole term of his imprisonment,
he had never stated where his lionneetions resided, or whether he
had a wife and family. He was, before this aberration of mind,
always considered a good and harmleis character. Measures have
hero taken to lay the particulars of the case before the Secretary
°I --164tt; who, e make no doubt, will consider tbe poor man
entitle) to the trlief his unfortunate malady requires.—Nottingham
jf,ruld.