The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-06 00:00:00

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THE STADESMAN.

LONDON:
111oNDAT, Arils, 6, tit S.
—.do—
The Treasury Prints, in their *Xi al: 'spearing
style, treat us with another 66 rill satisfactory
stitensent" of the Ravager, in e compasstive view of
theguteent o( the quarters ending sth Aril 1817,
sad IN& , tie matter,however severely felt the efa
. - tailetbe private comfort may I!, or how.
:*We , P ea& Wieldy they may again be ex-
)( WI Sisk of4h ope
• e ration of leviing them
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614 the epposressee.ol the slightest maiden to the
gem total,it Is always 66a highly satisfactory improve.
*sent," sod a proof of the increasing prosperity of
the country. It seems always a matter of wonder to
these scribes, that our situation should admit of being
bettered a single degree. We should hail the
escape of the country from misery, though slow
and gradual, with as mach' pleasure as the
triumphant publishers of these statements ; bet there'
is always too much anticipation in the inferences
drawn from these quarterly returns, and too little at.'
gentian paid to the state of the remaining amounts
from which the soma are taken, for us to venture on,
joining its She congratulation upon these Improve.
aisle. We are carefully informed that the total
amount of the Custom payments in the quarter just'
'ended, exceeds that of the corresponding quarter of,
1817 by 91,0001. and that had not (unfortunately we
suppose) the anticipation taken place of the large ewe
of nearly 500,0001. on the Sugar Duties, at the close
of the Christmas quarter, this amount would have
been to add to the present quarter. This would have'
shown an improvement of 000,0001. On looking
beck to the manner in which various branches of the
emcee bare been anticipated, a very common falser
would discover many sums that, had they been to re.'
eeivenow, might have been added to the listof receipts.
But these are unluckily" gone like the years beyond
the flood," and we shall see them no more. In the Ex-
cise (the ruinous operation of which has been seen in
many instances) we are preseated with an improve-
vomit of 480,0001., and we understand (as the Mi-
oliteriel oracles say) there is reason to expect a
-eilli greater improvement in the present quarter, when
the Malt Duties (still charged tw.the.highest amount)
shall bate been paid into the Exchequer. In the
Stamps there Is an improvement of 95,0001. but in
the Assessed Taxes there is only 49,0001., while in
the Post'se there is a diminution; .i-, ppm, a dif.
faience the congratulators tell us 4 pip inconsiderable
as probably to arise from causes purely accidental."
The resell, however, of this dimioution in the corre-
spondence may not ibe quite so inconsiderable,
and this, at least, is no pm? of the increase of
trade. 'The whole of the " clear improvement"'
thus proved to have taken place in the permanent
Revenue is from 9,510,0001. to 10,249,0001., or rather
only 739,0001., whilst the permanent demands of the
State exceed its actual income as many millions. Is
this a proof of permanent and increasing prosperity?
It his been admitted in the House of Commons, that
the additional Leather Tax has thrown out of em.
ploy apwards of 70,000 poor persons. This, how.
ever. is not adduced in the statements of our improve-
ments as an instance of the " augmenting wealth and
indestry of the country."
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French Papers to the 3d inst. have arrived, shwa
ler lest. The Dake of WILLINGTON still ressaimai

In Paris. Great preparations were making at the
Hotel de le Repliers: for a ball which his Grace is to
give there on Thursday nest, at which, it is said, the
Princes end Princesses of the Royal Family, with
the Ambassadors and other personages of Court and
City, are expected to be present. This entertainment
is probably intended as his Grace's adieu to the—
French capital. The Chamber of Deputies was
busily oceepied with the Badget. The tone and
character of all the speeches indicate much uneasi-
ness upon the financial interests of France. M. DE
LA BOURDONNATE, in the discussion of the 31st, ex-
pressed his astonishment at the utter disparity be-
tween the Estimates and the application of former
Bmdgets. The Estimate of 1815 bad turned out to be
Wholly fallacious; inasmuch as the espenditure of that
year had been three times since presented to the
consideration of the Chamber, to have its excesses
above the Estimate supplied by Votes of Credit.—
N. DE LA BOURDONNATEI after reprehending many
acts of the Government, proposed the revision of the
laws on the responsibility of Ministers ; until this
was done, be could not support their measures. M.
LAIITTIE, the banker, spoke with his usual know:
ledge of finance, and with eminent ability, on the
details of the Budget, and on the magnitude of the
existing and contingent defalcations to be provided
for.Re MINI broadly the total impossibility of

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