368 | Political Affairs in October. [Nov. Ty 
JTree rr ee nT anEEET ISON 
ORDINARY REVENUES of GREAT BRITAIN GROSS PAYMENTS. 
RECEIPT into the 
in the Year ending Jan. 5, 1822. within EXCHEQUER. 
THE YEAR. 
Bu 
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Castoms, including the Annual Duties +-++-+++* 12,605,586 9,145,109 
Excise, including the Annual Duties --+--- eesees 29,815,535 26,546,415 
Stamps--++reercerees-: ne taameonsines  evwesisice 6,626,811 6,112,772 
Land and Assessed Taxes:+-+--:+esereeeerrersrs 7,680,369 7,472,232 
Post Office -++-++---«s ABA ratio SMe ad anidcs 1,869,184 1,318,000 
One Shilling and Sixpence Duty, and Duty on 
Pensions and Salaries ---+++--- see eeeeeeene 79,372 77,441 
Hackney Coaches ------++--++-+> ce vecese es seuuss 26,248 22,120 
Hawkers and Pedlars -+-++s++++ceeeseeererers 31,655 25,450 
Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenue : 
Alienation Fines «+--+. deduce wiledicocscn sews 11,255 8,713 
Post Fines: +--+ee cere ceeesscrsenveveetreene 685 1,500 
Seizures, Compositions, Proffers, &C. +++++++- 4,154 4,154 
Crown Lands 
Total of Ordinary Revenues +++ -- 
ee ee ed 
106,621 966 - 
58,857,477 50,734,877 
The following is the official return of the Revenue for the quarters 
ending October 10:— 
1821, 
Customs --eccseas-eere 
Wxcike»coutessseo™ es 
Stamps wea ra he A 
Post-Office 
* Assessed Taxes «+++ eas 
Land Taxes 
Miscellaneous -+++e+++— 
8,149,226 
1,625,220 
342,000 
793,532 
207,481 
61,222 
14,022,912 
Decrease on the Quarter «++++-++ 
FRANCE. 
The unhappy persons who engaged 
in the late premature conspiracies in 
France have all been put to death,— 
save two, who, in the tenderness of mi- 
nisterial favour, are (if such power last 
so long) to suffer fifteen and twenty 
ponte. imprisonment! Death would 
have been more charitable! These 
parties could not wait, like their co- 
patriots, for ‘“‘ Za Cloche de Notre 
Dame,” which is now the popular toast 
in France. 
During the month, Mr. Bowrine, 
an English merchant, whose liberal 
principles are well known, was arrest- 
ed at Calais, his letters and papers 
- taken from him, and his person ¢losely 
imprisoned. Most other Englishmen 
in France might be arrested for as va- 
lid reasons! Sir Robert WI son, 
too, who was on an excursion of plea- 
sure in Paris, has been ordered away 
at a few hours’ notice. In short, be- 
tween the insults to which unknown 
English are exposed from the French 
people, as supposed participators in 
£2,844,931 
1822. DECREASE, 
£2,941 887 
7,329,997 
1,674,503 
360,000 
653,228 cas 
163,211 
94,488 
“INCREASE. 
697,656 |) — 
— 819,229 
49,283 tak 
18,000 a 
140,304 
— 44,270 
33,266 ps 
1,003,803 
13,217,314 198,205 
198,205 
Deduct Encrease------ 
805,598 
the forced restoration ; and the vexa- 
tious surveillance to which all are 
subjected by the police, the residence 
of the English is become neither safe 
nor pleasant. They are therefore 
either leaving or avoiding France,— 
the Netherlands being thirty per cent. 
cheaper, and the government far more 
liberal, while every purpose of agree- 
able residence is effected at Brussels, 
Ghent, Bruges, and other splendid 
towns, without the personal inconve- 
nience and danger which arise from the 
effervescence of parties in France. It 
is alien to every feeling of an English- 
man to be obliged to walk about with 
a permit in his pocket, to be required 
to give notice of every change of resi- 
dence to the police, to have his route 
directed when he travels, and the port 
and time fixed at which he is allowed 
to embark! 
It is no satisfaction to such persons 
to know, that the French are as closely 
watched as they are,—that a country- 
manmust havea permit to go and return 
from market; that a gentleman in 
Paris, 
