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Mutton, 2». 4d. to 4«.— Veal, 3s. 4d. to — London price of best bread, 4lb. foir|</. 

 5s. 8(i.— Pork, 2s, 4d. to 4s. 8d.— Raw —Hay, 5:^s. to 84s;— Clover, do. 65«. to 

 fat, 2s. S\d. 86s — Straw, 31s. 6d. to 45s. 



Cum £.tcAang-«: — Wheat, 24s. to 56s. Coals in the pool, 41s. 6d. to 51s. 3d. 

 —Barley, 22s. to 34s Oats, 16s. to 28s. Middlesex; Jan. 20, 1823. 



POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN JANUARY. 



, FRANCE. 



AS the eyes of all Europe will soon 

 be directed to the proceedings of 

 THE French Chamber of Deputif.s, 

 we have procured from Paris an orig:i- 

 nal drawing of its interior, during the 

 sitting, with a speaker in the rostrum, 

 and another awaiting his conclusion. 

 In other respects, it fully speaks for 

 itself. More cannot be expected from 

 it than from our House of Commons, 

 both being under such careful ministe- 

 rial management, that a majority in 

 either is liever likely to appear on any 

 vital question. Such assemblies serve, 

 however, to enlighten the public, and 

 to bring before the world any enor- 

 mous abuses of power which no degree 

 of profligacy could justify ; but, on the 

 other hand, they confer a disgustful 

 plausibility on the acts of a governsi.ent 

 which lull the multitude into false 

 security. 



Great events appear to be pending. 

 Hostilities with t'.ie insulted Spanish 

 patriots seem to be inevitable, 'i'he 

 blow may perhaps be stnu;k before 

 our Number is puhlished; but, when- 

 ever struck, it will commence the mille- 

 nium of libcrtij, and all usurpations of 

 undue power will totter like houses 

 during an earthquake. Happily, too, 

 the insolent asseverations of legiti- 

 macy have been self-destroyed, and 

 for intermediate sacrifices, the good 

 cause of liberty has notliing to answer. 

 In our Supplement, we have treated 

 on this subject more at large, at the 

 conclusion of our extracts from Mr. 

 Blaquiere's excellent book on Spain. 



great BRITAIN. 



The following is the official state- 

 ment of the revenue !"( r 1822, by 

 which it appears that the tenantry of 

 the kingdom have been able to pay the 

 tax-gatherer and fundholder, whatever 

 be tiie condition of the proprietary. 

 In truth, the ])ayments into the public 

 Exchequer seem to increase, in spite 

 of the eomplaints which fill the king- 

 dom ; and hence the utility of the tax- 

 gatherer he'm% first satisfied, whoever 

 comes in second best. 



AVf Produce of the Revenue of Great Ihi- 

 tain, in the Years and Qiiarlcrs ended blh 

 January, ISfi, and W2S. 



Years snded Jan. !>. 



1822 



Customs ^9,13.^102 



Excise 26,546,41.') 



6,103,640 

 1,318,000 

 6,2.56,811 

 1,263,274 

 303,463 



.Stamps 



Post Oflice 



Assessed Taxes 

 Land Taxes • • 

 Miscellaneous-. 



^9,386,1 1 1 

 25,747,4-11 

 6,208,55? 

 1,359,000 

 5,7 98 ,805 

 l,224,.=)5l 

 398,5.34 



Total 50,931,705 50,122,994 

 Decrease on the Year .£808,7 1 1 



Customs 



Excise 



.Stamps 



Post Office 



Assessed Taxes 

 Land Taxes • • 

 Miscellaneous. • 



Quarters ended Jiin. 5 

 1822. I 1823. 

 •^4,48<;,896Lf 2,4()2,2."8 



6,390,789 



1,497,128 



308,000 



2,'292,70i 



473,000 



119,696 



Total 13,.568,217 

 Decrease on the Quarter 



6,291,908 



1,450,987 



324,000 



2,1 2^,384 



4,33,592 



148,134; 



13,171,241 



^.■596,976 



The policy of Great Britain at this 

 moment is happily most temperate; 

 and, we flatter ourselves, that the spirit 

 of crusading in any cause not our own, 

 will not cross the English channel. 

 For notices of the great public meet- 

 ings at Norwich, Hereford, York, &c. 

 werefertothe Provincial Intelligence ; 

 and we beg leave, also, to refer to the 

 Supplement, publislied this day, for a 

 very important abstract of the votes on 

 FIFTY great questions during the 

 last sessions in the House of Commons. 

 It is a document of perpetual refer- 

 ence ; and, besides appearing in our 

 Supplement, has been published sepa- 

 rately at Is. by Miller. 



SPAIN. 



Dispatch from the Count de Nesselrodc lo 

 the Charge d'Affairsof Russia, at Madrid, 

 dated Verona, the 14th(^26th) Nov. 1822. 

 The sovereipns and the plenipotentiaries 

 assembled at Verona, in the firm intention 

 of consolidatinfi, more and more, the peace 

 which Europe enjoys, and to prevent what- 

 ever might tend to conapromise that state 



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