The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-22
The Revenue OF Great Britain.

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The quarterly returns of the revenue will be made
up to- morrow night. the 5th inst. Although
there still weeks receipts to be taken into 40
count, the general results are sufoiently ksown to
warrant Q 0se calculation of the amount to be
reckoned upon, as well as comparison between the
quarter and the yearjus ended, and the correspond
ing quar- er and year ending January 5, 1851.
There will probably be falling off Of something
like 800 900 lin the present quarter, as compared
with the quarter ending January 5, 1851, and the
falling of upon the year will exceed by little that
amount The relative comparison of the year and
of the quarter are nearer TO each other in amount
than they generally are This coincidence is ac-
counted for by the same cause to which tho redu,-
tion is to DO generally atrib ated The reduction
In the receipts is entirely owing to the remission OF
taxation The window tax is no longer collected
and the house tax, which substituted in part,
has not yet been received into the Exchequer The
window.tax was collected half yearly, commencing
IN April and in October, consequently the half
years amount of the repealed tax is to be set of
against the deficiency apparen 10 the returns of the
present quarter. For much of IL as is CO nprsed
in the inhabited house-tay, which was imposed as
substitute in part for the abolished impost is not
yet In course of collection IL is not lost, however
: it is only postponed The window tax yielded
about I'll 100000 a year. II that were still in
course of collection it woud have produ in this
quarter something like 990O 0O0-a sum more than
enough to cover the present deficiency of itself
When the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave up the
window tax and substituted the INHABITED house
duty, he did not calculate upon losing than
$1,000 600. and it is likely he will not lose so much
But for the present quarter it is not this difference
only that Is to be accounted for, bat the whole sun
is to be taken into account, for the house tax is
scarcely yet in course Of collection. In some dis
tricts the amount is not yet assessed and in the
most forward quarters the collections have not got
Beyond the appeals against the new assessment. IL
will be seen that the ealing items of tho ordinary
revenues are not merely in q sound, but in a mos
prosperous condition, IN spite OF the reductions
effected in each.
In the customs. the amount collected in this
quarter will be about equal 10 the amour. raised
in the corresponding quarter of last year, which
was 94,596,700
In the excise, there will probably be falling
OF in the amount collected in this quarter, com.
pared with that Of lS505, OF no less than Gi50000
This falling off occurs in the following heads
collection, viz malt, hops, and soap. la the cor
responding period OF last year, two instalments of
hop duty were collected, viz, the instalment pay
able in the ordinary course, and the nstalment of
the duty on the growth OF The preceding year
In stamps, there will be reduction of 100000
10 100000 which may be attributed to the re-
ceipts of the preceding year having been augment
ed by the number CT legal Instruments yhich had
been deferred beyond the l0h of October, 1885, for
the purpose of obtaining the advantage of the re.
duced rate of stamp duty granted by the act IL and
IA Victoria, cap. 81.
in taxes, there ill probably be a decrease of
about ,OOO, owing to the repeal of the window
duty and the collection of the house tax no having
yet been received
There will also be small falling of in the pro-
perty tax of from Gl0,0 600 G20 900, which arises
ter being more bac edward than in the corresponding
quarter of last year.
In the post Office, the increase will be consider
able Tho revenue derived from this head in tho
quarter ending JAM 5, 1851, was Gl52, 900, whilst
it is probable that in the present quarter that
amount will be exceeded by more than el00, 0oO.
There will be also an increase in the item of mis-
cellaneous receipts.
Such are the leading features of the forthcoming
accounts Of the quarters revenue and ofthe conpa-
rative state otthe quarter and Of the year. as COM
pared with the corresponding accounts Of the or
binary revenue in the year and the quarter ending
January s, 1851.
Often as we have had ground for congra. ulation
during the last four or Eve years, there never was
the present In spite Of reductions oftaxation year
after year, the receipts keep up to almost the
highest amount which they had ever reached.
But more gratifying picture. still Is the dim-
judcious reductions, as well as by the constant fall
ing in of the expensive legacies left upon the
tfy by previous misgovernment. as to leave us q
surplus upon the year, of income over expenditure
Of moro than three millions and half pounds
sterlipg-the greatest amount ever yet known or
available, in the days of the abandoned sinking
fund. II is not to be- the refore, taken for granted
that the Chancellor Of the Exchequer will take that
sum as the GROUNDWORK OF his estimation for the
bulge; of 1852. The estimate is made, not OF what
was the actual balance of the first day Of the year.
but of the estimate balance for the ensuing year,
from the 9th ofApril. The surplus last session was
estimated al near two millions, which was partly
applied in the reduction of taxation. and partly in
liquidation of the debt-a principle which was
enuncated the basis OF future operations by the
First Minister of the Crown and by the Chancellor
of the Excheouer, and the soundness Of which was
very generally allowed. In this year We shall, in
oil probability, have million moro to dispose Of in
reduction of present and future burdens-a
amount, in fact, greater than was available in
any one year since the days ofsound odern finance
Germany.
The &c anic Diet, in its sittings of the 3st ult
decided the suppression and sale Of the federal
aeet. On this occasion Austria proposed to form
the German navy In three divisions, to be COM
manded respectively by Austrians, Prussians. and
Germans of other States Prussia opposed this ar
rapgement. when the above final resolution was
adopted. Prussia has declared her readiness to un-
dertake the support of the fleet FOR one month
Trouble with the Birmese.
The last India mail informs US that squadron
consisting of frigate, sloop of war, and steam
or has sailed from Calcutta to demand satisfaction
FROM the Birmese for spolia.ion and oppression
towards merchants and mariners, in violation
oftreaty. The squadron is to take possession OF
the town Of Rangoon, and hold it until full repara
ton be made. Rapgoon is about twenty miles
from the mouth Of of the greatest rivers of In
dia, the lrawadi navigable here for vessels of the
larges. burhen, aud for four hundred miles of its
for those of small sze, especially steamers.
The place itself rises from the river side to con-
siderable elevation, and the locality, in fact being
island, is not only defensible against an Asatc
enemy, but commands the whole navigation of the
irawadi up to the capital, which is the Same thing
as saying that it co nmands the kingdom Of the
Birmese
Miscellaneous Items.
The ARCHBISHOP PARIS AKp THE PRESIDENT.
When it was almost certain death to appear on
the Boulevarcs 5. the Archbishop of Paris called
upon the President at the Elysee. and requested
permission to 90 and offer the consultations Of reli-
yion in their last moments to the insurgents NOR
tally wounded behind the barrie AIDES. His petition
was met by positive refusal on the part Of Louis
Napoleon. Nevertheless after long expostula-
bishop resolved, without permission, to exercise
the fuactions OF his holy Office, and expressed bis
determination 10 the President to that effect. The
President, however, unmoved by the courage and
religious zeal Of the reverend father, said, !" You
ehal not 90, Mopsegneur, and to prevent you will
order deachmentof so diers toiDvest your house.
Whereupon the arch bishop was conducted back to