The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

.

a
" W?.M114161.
ingnatirge
4.
•.. ..• :t .6: tr • a • 11.1;
• • t :a . --1 AI
- Atillnei of the Net Remeillioo644
UpoZtAkipitina?' for the yeen 3,16 end
s has, keen published , • , 1
Tlms• st obeenatios whiekntoet occur to seirpee.;
son, on ginning at the account In question, h, that
the Revamp ter 1818 baa fallen short of thetior the
preceding year by the sew of 10,100,0001.; the year
1816 having produced 61,755,0001., and 1817
51,655,0001.—1 t must on the other hand be stated,
that the amount of Property Tea collected in 1816
wav 11,185,0001., end in 1917 only 1,268,0001.,
making a difference of 9,917,0001; which dif-
ference, nevertheless, does not cover the falling of
of the general Revenue of 1817, by the sees of
1,083,0001. Allowing, therefore, for the abolition
of the Property 'fax, there is a diminution of Re-
venue in the last 12 months of above one million

sterling. _ ...
' But there is another view to be taken of this sub-
ject. The abolition of a direct tax ought naturally
to swell the amount of the indirect taxes; or, in
other words, individuals having nearly ten millions in
their pockets, which were taken from them by the
Property Tax in a former year, might be expected to
to lay out a larger sem than formerly in theconsump-
lion of articles which are the objects of indirect tax-
ation. This does not appear to be the case. The
Assessed Two it is true, base increased by about
400,0001. and Starops have risen to eomething short
of the same sem. But the Post-Olice has fallen off
by above 100,0001., and the Excise generally by
3,300,0001. Our foreign commerce, by the heavy
taxes upon it, appears to have beets improved by an
increase in the Customs of above a million and a
halt. This last article constitutes an important item in
the general increase of the Consolidated Fund, which
feud exceeds its amount lo the former year. by about
two millions sterling.
With respect to this fund, the sum et which it is
stated for the year jest elapsed, is 41,170,0001. ;
bet we observe, by the proceedings of the Finance
Committee last Session, that the charges on that
fund for the same year, sere 45,910,0001, leaving
(instead of a snrples) a deficiency in the fund, as
compared with the charge upon it, of 1,770,0001.—
The Committee, however, very justly observe, that
the interest (1,900,0001.) and Sinking Fund
(330,0001.) on the unfunded debt, ought to be added
to the other charges on the Consolidated Fund •
which therefore makes the total charge on that fund
smonet to 48,170,0001, and its total deficit, as com-
pared with the charge, exactly 4,000,0001. sterling.
This is a serious consideration for any provident Mi-
ulster bf Finance.

This, as we have repeatedly affirmed, is the grand
abject to be looked at by the People. of England.—
It matters little comparatively what our income has
been, or what our eapeuces.. have. been, in former
years. Our solemn duty, and our. vital interest, is
to adjust end regulate their future proportions.—
With this deficiency staring us in the face, is it not
'Went that tome solid system of Reform in the na.
tional outgoings ought. to be instantly adopted ?—lt
is not oar business to suggest the specific remedy.—
Spea king broadly oar opinion, we might remark, that if
the Navy be at somewhat too low en ebb, the Army is
in a much greater degree too high. Among the se-
condary heads of extravagance, the Civil List is too
high. Deductions from both would be au accept-
able offering to the nation.

The will of Lord WAL/INGHAII has been proved by
GEORGIC Lord WAIAINGHAM, the son, and EDWARD
BOODLI, Esq. the executors. on the 19th inst. and
the personslty sworn under 2(0,0001. the stamp duty
on which is 2,7001. The will is principally confined
to family connexions, with the exception of same
pecuniary legacies to his friends, including one of
100 /elopes to his very intimate friend, Lord Ecoott.
Ile lo)s a strict injunction upon his sons, or into
orange hands the same may fall, Rot to publish any
of hie manuscripts, memoranda, or papers of office
whatever.

Yesterday morning the servant of Mr. Alexander,
of Swan-street, Mahone., driving a young horse in
break up Long-lane, Bermondsey, the reins and
tackle got entangled, be got off the box to put them
in order, while in the art his apparel became entangled
in the wing, the horse took fright, and dragged him
more than a quarter of a mile, by which his skull was
fractured. He was carried to Guy's Hospital in a
dying. state.
One would have imagined that the numerous tales
which are at present circulating with so much Wu*.
try in every circle, woold have withdrawn the atten.
tion of the Public from the merits of the present
Lottery, did we net knew that a Scheme, which at
the same time possesses Three Prices of k 30,00
One Hundred Capitals--and Twelve Pipes of fine
Old Port, is a novelty not often presented to the
Public, but which they know so well how to appro.
mete. The only question to be determined, there-
fore, is, :there shall we make oar purchases ?—The
answer ia,
,at Csettotea, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Os-1
lord-street, because he Sold the last Prise of £lO,OOO
ever drawn, and because be also Sold, in the Last 1
Lottery, SIX Capital Prises, including Two or
226,000.
A gentleman of the name of Brooke was hustled in
St. James's-street yesterday, and robbed of 261. the
contents of his pocket-book, with which the thieves
got off. _ _

A Gentleman, well known to the writer of this
paragraph, met the other day with a circumstance,
as novel in its commencement as it proved fortunate
in the sequel. He applied to his friend at the Ssock
Exchange, and desired him to purchase some Stock ;
his friend replied, " Yes, I will, but you' have not,
as usual, had a Ticket of es—the Lottery begins in
half an hoer, and here is a pretty number (indis-
posed of." The Gentleman, on the whim of the mo-
ment, purchased it, and within half an hoer be was
Ten Thousand and Fifty Pounds the richer for his
call at the Stock Exchange. The number was 4,674.
—The fortunate individual (very well known in the
City) lives not a hundred miles from Gracecherch-
street,-and the firm that sold it him was MARTIN
and Co., 8, Corohill, and 19.0, Oxford-street, who
are again proud to acknowledge the distinguished
preference shown to their Offices, and solicit a con-
tineance for the present Lottery, which begins NEIT
WEDNESDAY.