The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

THE REVENUE.

An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great
Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the sth of
July, 1847 and 1848, showing the Increase or Decrease
thereof.

YEARS ENDED JULY 5.
1847. 1848. I Incr. { Decr.
£ £ £ £
Customs 18,792,348 17,888,988 903,360
Excise 12,733,998 12,263,233 .... 470,765
Stamps. 7,201,797 6,449,108 .... 752,689
Taxes ... .
Property Tax 5,491,936 5,411,253 .... 80,623
Post Office 854,000 787,000 ... • 67,000
Crown Lans 112,000 71,000 .... 41,000
Miscellaneous
China Money: 227,644 455,021 227,377
Imprest &other
Moneys .
Repayments of
Advances 804,843 422,485 .. 382,358
Total 1nc0me.,51,060,109 48,722,400 227.377 2,815,086

151,060,109 148,722,400
Deduct Increase

Decrel

UARTEItS

,ase on the

tiDED JUL'

1847. 1848. I Incr. Deer.
£ £ £ £
Customs . . 4,519,119 4,447,832 .... 71,287
Exci5e........ 3,291,052 3,473,803 182,751 ....
Stamps.
Taxes
Property Tax 1,036,517 988,401 .... 48,116
Post
Office.'
Crown Lands .... 10,000 10,000..
Miscellaneous 7,461 89,022 81,561 ....
China Money ....
Imprest &other
Moneys
Repayments of
Advances 137,944 86,813 .. 51,131
Total 1nc0me.,13,240,190 112,912,419 274,485 602.226

X 13,240,190112,912,419 274,485 I 602,226
Deduct Increase

Decrease en the Quarter .. £327,741

• The total decrease of ordinary revenue on this quarter,
as compared with the corresponding period last year, is
only £276,783. That is the main fact in the table. The
decrease in the customs has beer_ £71,287. This depart-
ment, however, has been effected by temporary causes of
contrary kinds, and the naked figure tells its tale but im-
perfectly. There have been large receipts on foreign grain,
but, on the other hand, colonial sugar has been extensively
held back for the lower duties expected to come into oper-
ation this day. In the Excise there is an apparent in-
crease to the amount of £182,751, and on several articles,
such as malt, soap, &c.. there has been an actual increase.
As already mentioned, however, there has been a change
of accounts which renders it impossible to draw exact in-
ferences from these figures. The carriage duties, it is
said, have been transferred from the stamps and taxes to
the excise. It is evident, therefore, that there must be a
considerable decrease in some articles of excise, otherwise
the apparent increase in the table would be far greater.
In the stamps there is a decrease to the amount of
£311,824, which is accounted for partly by the above
change of accounts and partly by the abatement of railway
speculation. The taxes exhibit a decrease to the amount
of £40,868, and the property tax to the amount of £48,116.
In the present instance, as the assessment would be pro-
bably the same at the two dates, one cannot help looking
to ruined fortunes and pecuniary embarrassments for the
account of a deficiency which, supposing it to consist of
unpaid half-yearly assessments, represents income to the
amount of £3,000,000 per annum. In the Post-office there
is an apparent decrease of £79,000, which everybody who
knows the great increase of letter writing will at once as-
cribe to some adventitious cause. In fact, it arises not
from any falling off in the correspondence of the country
(though the rate of increase has been seriously checked by
the badness of trade), but from the paythent of arrears,
greatly exceeding the deficiency in question, to one of the
railway companies for the conveyance of mails. Under
" Crown Lands " and " Miscellaneous Items " there has
been an increase respectively of £lO,OOO and £Bl,OOO.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

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The receipts on the Chester and Holyhead Railway for
the week ended Ist July, amounted to £lO5l Gs. Bd.
A jury has awarded to Sir Edward Bulwer £7,533 as
compensation for land in Hertfordshire, taken by the
Great Northern Railway Company.
DIRECTORS AND THEIR SHAREHOLDERS.—The House
of Lords will, it seems, grant Committees of Inquiry into
the proceedings of the North Wales Company, and of
the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Company. Other Companies are likely to be subjected
to the same ordeal.

—LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE RAIL-
WAY.—The adjourned meeting of this company was held
in London on Thursday. Mr. France took the chair, and
stated that the dissolution bill of the company had passed
the House of Commons without alteration, and stood last
evening for.the second reading in the House of Lords, and
would no doubt be passed. Mr. Fisher and Mr. Newton
proposed a resolution, hoping that the Lords would throw
it out ; those gentlemen themselves only voted for the
motion ; there were 16 against it.

INCREASE OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The traffic re-
turns on the railways in the United Kingdom during the
first half of the present year amounted to £4,477,000, and
the number of miles open at the end of that period was
3,830, giving an average return of £1,169 per mile. For
the corresponding period of last year the traffic returns
returns amounted to £1,002,740, and at the end of :that
time 3,150 miles were open, giving an average of £1,270 per
mile. It shows that while • the mileage was increased
nearly 22 per cent., the traffic only increased 11.9 per
cent. _

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DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, an accident
of a frightful character, and attended with the loss of three
lives, happened on the Manchester and Sheffield Railway,
about a mile and a half from Ashton-under-Lyne. A
number of workmen being engaged to take down a tunnel
at North-bridge, a short distance from Guide-bridge, were
at work, when a workman of the name of Bromley fell in
with the top of the tunnel. The barrow he was wheeling
was smashed to atoms, but he remained unhurt. In a
short time after, he was engaged with two other persons
of the names of Law and Jackson, in excavating, when a
large lump of earth, with stones, bricks, &c., fell upon
them, and completely buried them alive. The rest of the
men set to work immediately to clear away the rubbish.
The poor fellows were dead when found, and presented a
sad mutilated spectacle.
GUNPOWDER CONVEYED BY RAILWAY.—It may not be
generally known that large quantities of gunpowder are
frequently and safely conveyed by railway, as much as 11
tons in one day ; and in the course of a few months above
100 tons of gunpowder have been carried on the London
and North-Western line to Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds,
and other places. The waggons in which the gunpowder.
is conveyed are made expressly for the purpose. There
are eight of these waggons on the London and North-
Western Railway, constructed in accordance with the
patent of Mr. Henson. The body of the waggon is formed
with sheet iron on the outside ; the inside is lined with
two-inch plank, between which and the iron outside a
thickness of felt is carefully placed. These are screwed
together from the outside, so that there is nothing but
wood inside ; except on the floor which is covered with
sheet-lead. The door fits close with a double rabbit, so
that it is almost air-tight, and it is therefore impossible for
for any fire to get to the powder inside the waggon. The
axles are cased with wood. The comparative absence of
the usual noise and vibration in the movement of these
powder-waggons is very remarkable.—Herapath's Jrnl.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET MEETING.

TUESDAY.—Tamarind won a Handicap Sweepstakes of
20 sovs each, beating Eothen and ten others.—St. Rosalia
won a Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, beating Banshee and
Chawryddes.—The Flying Dutchman won the July Stakes
of 50 sovs each, beating Sister to lodine and six others.
—Radulphus wen a Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, beating
lapis and Tophana.—Matches : Festus received forfeit
from Maiden's Blush, and Querida from Harkaway.
WEDNESDAY.—The Flying Dutchman won a Sweep-
stakes of 100 sovs each, beating Cracow and Chicot.—St.
Antonio won a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, beating Passion
Flower and two others.—Epirus won a Sweepstakes of 10
soya each, beating Caesar and six others.—Sotterley won
the Town Plate of 50 sovs, beating Swordplayer and two
others.—Tufthunter walked over for 50 sovs.—Match :
Miniver received forfeit from Francesca.
THURSDAY.—Vanguard won the Grosvenor Stakes of
100 sovs each, beating a colt by Cotherstone.—St. Ann
won a Handicap Stakes of 15 soya each, beating Carrissima
and five others.—Farthingale won the Chesterfield Stakes
of 30 sovs each, beating Czarina and eight others.--,Match :
Circassian Maid beat Touchy.—Kangaroo won a Sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs each, beating Coronet and other.—
Match : St. Rosalia beat Jereed.

LIVERPOOL RACES.—The number of acceptances for
the Liverpool Cup amount to twenty-one.
Lord Stanley is the new steward of the Jockey Club in
the place of Lord George Bentinck.
THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT V. THE GENTLEMEN OF
ENGLAND.—This grand cricket match took place on Mon-
day and Tuesday, at Lord's, the result of which was that
England won by five wickets.
GREAT FEAT OF LEAPING 1000 HURDLES IN THREE
.HOURS AND A HALF.—The above extraordinary feat, un-
dertaken by Robert Coates, of London, came off at the
Red Lion, Knowle, near Bristol, on Monday. The hur-
dles were of the usual height, and placed at ten yards
apart. Ile started at five minutes to five, and jumped the
first 300 in fifty minutes. The fourth hundred was done
in 161- minutes ; the fifth hundred in 20 minutes ; the
sixth hundred in 241 minutes ; and the seventh hundred
in 22 minutes. At the 752 d leap he was again obliged to
rest, showing evident marks of distress ; but having taken
a cup of strong tea, he again started, saying he felt con-
fident of winning. The eighth hundred was done in 37
minutes. During the ninth hundred, which was finished
within the third hour, he shewed such evident signs of
weakness that many thought he could not finish his task
within the time, but having again refreshed himself with
strong tea, he accomplished this, the greatest of modern
feats, in 3 hours, 19 minutes, and 20 seconds.
A few days since, a boy about fourteen years of age,
who was fly-fishing in the river Greta, near Bowes, caught
104 trout during his day's sport.
Two fine young golden eagles were lately captured near
Tongue, Sutherland, and have been sent alive to a gentle-
man in the neighbourhood of London.