The Sun. — 1848-01-06 (London, England)

GUIZOT. The remains of the Princess ADELAIDE were removed from the Tuileries on Tuesday morning to Dreux. The Dukes of NEMOURS and of MONTPEN• SIER accompanied the funeral procession.  The other branches of the Revenue show a slight improvement. Taxes—an increase of 62,153/. on the year, and 4,8841. on the quarter ; the Property-tax, strange to say, an increase of 55,4101. on the year, and of 12,348/. on the quarter. We fear, however, that this branch of the Revenue will present a less favourable aspect on the. next return. The Postoffice, thanks to the energy and zeal of ROWLAND BILL, and the successful results of his system of a cheap and uniform postage is also improved by 48,0001. on the year, and .5,000/. on the quarter ; while Stamps present an increase on the year of 28,1321., but a sad falling off on the quarter of 175,8321., which may be accounted for by the high rate of interest maintained, and the extreme difficulty of obtaining discounts, which led to a great diminution in the amount of bills of exchange in circulation—another proof, if any such were required, of the depressed state of our trade and commerce.  The total income for the year amounts to 48,397,566/., for the quarter to 11,665,3581., to which if the final instalment of the Irish loan, 575,7741., be added, it will appear that the total income for the quarter is 12,250,729/., while the total charge is 7,207,632/., leaving a surplus income fur the quarter of 5,043,0971., to which if the amount of surplus on the 10th of October of 729,195/. be added, it will leave a gross surplus of 5,772,292/. ; from this, however, the sum of 4,889,7441., being the amount issued during the quarter in part of the sums granted by Parliament for Supply Services, must be deducted; the surplus of the Consolidated Fund will therefore amount to 882,548/.  Satisfactory steps are at length being taken to demonstrate whether or not any denunciations have been uttered from the altar steps of the Catholic Chapel of Strokestown, by the Very Reverend MICHAEL APDeessorr, the Venerable Archdeacon of Elphin. A document, subscribed by twenty- eight respectable inhabitants of Strokestown, and published by ourselves in another column, asseverates in the most solemn manner imaginable—distinctly, deliberately, and explicitly asseverates—the innocence of the accused clergyman. " We hereby declare," says this document, " we hereby declare, without fear of contradiction, and hold ourselves in readiness to confirm this our solemn declaration by our sworn affidavits in any court of justice, that we have been invariably in the habit of attending at Mass on ull Sundays and holydays in the year, in the chapel of Strokestown—that we have a distinct recollection of our having heard mass in the chapel of Strokestown, on Monday, the Ist day of November, called All .4aints' Day, being the day before Major Mallory .vas murdered, and that the Very Rev. MICHAEL ‘IDERMOTT, our parish priest, did not open his lips o address one a ord to his flock on that day. We *urther unhesitatingly declare that we never heard he Very Rev. MICHAEL M‘DERMOTT, on Sunday, or mlyday, or saints'-day, or any other day, on which he -ver addressed his flock from the altar, to denounce he late Major MAHON, or to express the words attrieuted to him in the reported speech of Lord FARNHAM, or any such words, or any words of a ,imilar import or meaning." This is precisely the contradiction which has been desired by Lord