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      196 f fiE STIE Of IREEBOM Co ^ qbe ^ o

      Statistics Of The Weee,

      STATISTICS OF THE WEEE ,

      Public Inc Ome And Expenditure In 1852. ...

      PUBLIC INC OME AND EXPENDITURE IN 1852 . An accoun t of the public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom , in year ending the 5 th day of January , 185 » - distinguishing the actual payments lot the expenses incurred in the collection and management of the revenue ; for the charges of the public debt ( the terminable annuities being also valued by estimate ); for the expenses of the civil the and tO lllS

      government ; the allowances to Royal Family Majesty the King of the Belgians ; lhe establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; the expenses of the two Houses of Parliament , and the civil departments ; the other pensions on the consolidated fund , on the gross revenue ; and the civil list . Also the payments fov the administration of justice , diplomatic expenses , and on account of the sums voted for the army , navy , ordnance , and miscellaneous services . Also public works , bounties , post-office , the quarantine and warehouse establishments ; and all other payments not coining under any of the fore-going heads .

      INCOME . CUSTOMS AND EXCISE : r Foreign ... ... £ 1 , 427 , 332 Spirits -j Rum ... ... 1 , 097 , 920 I British ... ... 6 , 080 , 824 Malt ... ... ... ... 5 , 035 , 569 Hops ... ... 426 , Wine ... 1 , 776 , 247 Sugar and molasses ... ... 4 , 159 . 040 Tea ... .. . 5 , 900 , 624 Coffee 444 , 670 Tobacco and Snuff 4 , 466 , 469 — 80 , 754 , 436 |

      Butter ... ... W 80 Cheese •«• 83 , 2 i 3 Currants and raisins 521 , 765 Corn ... ... ... ... 504 , 921 Silks ... ... 213 , 710 Paper 934 , 567 Soap ... ... 1 , 043 , 027 Candles and tallow ... ... 07 , 340 Coals , sea-borne ... ... ¦—Glass ... ... ... ... 10 , 975 Bricks , tiles and slates ... — Timber ... ... 521 , 872 Excise licenses ... ... 1 , 160 , 570 Post-horse duties ... ... 145 , 432 Hackney carriages ... ... 88 , 033 Stage carriages ... ... 217 , 052 Railways ... ... ... 2 S 7 . 332 Miscellaneous of customs and excise 865 , 941

      6 , 833 , 059 Total customs and excise ... £ 37 , 697 , 495 stamps : .. . .... . Deeds and other instruments 1 , 191 , 491 " J Probates aud legacies ... .. 9 , 286 , 258 hmn * . i ? r * ~ - ¦ " -. J " ggj ( Fire ... .. 1 . 184 , 539 Bills of exchange , bankers' notes 566 , 894 Newspapers and advertisements 396 , 514 Receipts .. .. .. .. 174 , 744 Other stamp duties - .. .. 605 , 936 — 6 , 529 , 040 ASSESSED AND LAND TAXES : Land taxes .. .. .. .. 1 , 142 , 906 Windows .. 944 , 857 Houses 16 , 458 Servants ... .. .. .. 209 , 055 Horses .. .. 297 , 092 Carriages ... ... ... ... 407 , 969 Dogs ... ... ... ... 155 , 864 Additional 10 per cent ... ... 399 , 271 Other assessed taxes .. ... 316 , 513

      — { j , 7 » y , y _ . 4 Property and income tax .. 5 , 440 , 350 Post-office ... ,.. ... 2 , 422 , 168 Crown lands ... ... ... 352 , 957 Other ordinary revenue and other resources 702 , 708 Excess of expenditure over income Totalincome ... £ 56 , 834 , 711 EXPENDITURE . 1852 . Revenue—Charges of Collection . Civil f Customs ... £ , 677 , 703 Departments t Excise ... 622 , 976 - —— 1 , 300 , 679 Preventive service , land guard , revenue , police cruiser-., and harbour vessels 529 , 246 1 , 829 , 925 Stamps ... ...... 130 , 575 Assessed taxes 290 , 090 Other ordinary revenues ... .... 58 , 305 Superannuation and other allowances ,-, .. .. 399 , 561

      Total charges of collection on the revenue .. .,... 2 , 708 , 420 -Public Debt . Interest on permanent debt .. 23 , 758 , 291 terminable annuities .. ... 3 . 784 , 664 Management .. .. .. 71 , 458 27 , 614 , 413 Inte _< eg _ < 8 n Exchequer Bills .. 402 , 714 Total debt .. ... —— - I 02 S , 7 , 127 Civu , Government . Civil li s *—privy Purse ; salaries of the Household and ' tradesmen ' s bills ... .. 371 , 300 The allowances to the several branches of the royal family and to his Royal Higtness Leopold Prince of Coburg , ( now King of the Belgians )* 171 , 000 The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ' s estalbishment ... 26 , 425 lhe salaries and expenses of the Houses of Parliament " ( including printing ) < # 154 , 987 Civil departments , including superannuation allowances 667 , 244 Other annuities , pensions , and superannuation allowances on the Consolidated Fund , and on the gross revenue 227 , 633 Pensions , Civil List .. ... 13 ^ 730 Total Civil Government — . 1 631 Biff

      * o part of this income is at present paid for the use of King Leopold . The trustees , after discharging certain annuities and pensions to the estrblishment of the late Princess Charlotte , repay the balance of the annuity to the Exchequer ., The sum so repaid in the feit year was 36 , 0007 .

      Public Inc Ome And Expenditure In 1852. ...

      Justice . & ¦ * Courts of Justice ... , 716 , 469 Police and criminal prosecutions .. ... .. 840 , 037 Correction ™> . ,, i ^ Total Justice .. • " ~> 33 o > 95 fJ Diplomatic . Foreign ministers ' salaries and pensions . ; ;« »•• 152 , 798 Consuls * salaries and superan- . . , nuation allowances ... 147 , 370 Disbursements , outfit .. 28 , 450 Total diplomatic .. — 328 , 618

      Forces . \ Effective , charge .. 4 , 355 , 497 Army > Non _ eff 4 etive , charge 2 , 130 . 001 Total army ... 6 , 485 , 498 * ) Effective , charge ... 4 , 512 , 614 Navy j Non-effeciive do .... 1 , 837 , 302 Total navy ... 5 , 849 , 916 n \ Effective , charge 2 , 073 , 239 Ordnance Non . effective do > 165 ) 203 Total ordnance ... 2 , 238 , 442 Total forces ... ¦ ' "¦ " ' ¦ 14 , 573 , 856

      Kaffir war ... ..... 300 , 000 Bounties , & c ., for promoting fisheries ... . ; . ... ...... 15 , 000 Public work .. ... 560 , 537 Payments out of the revenue of crown lands , for improvements and other public services .. .. ..... 87 , 075 Post-office : charge of collection and other payments .... 1 , 293 , 855 Quarantine and warehousing establishments .. ., .. • 125 , 062 Miscellaneous , not classed under the foregoing heads ' ...... 2 , 025 , 664

      » « 54 , 002 , 995 Surplus of income over expenditure .. .. 2 , 831 , 716 Total expenditure .... 59 , 834 , 711 Memorandum : . - - ' ¦¦¦ The amount of terminable annuities on the 5 th January was .. .. 8 , 816 , 272 In corresponding perpetuities as estimated by Mr . Finlaison .. ...... 1 , 333 , 408 Difference ... 2 , 482 , 869 hlff 1 W'i ' * -IU ' iH -H 1--C-B-BJ— . M liJIHIMm

      Births And Deaths In The Metropolis.---L...

      Births and Deaths in the METROPOLis .---Last week the births of 796 boys and 771 girls , in all 1567 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1376 . The official report says : — -In the week that ended last Saturday 1 , 072 deaths were registered in London , being nearly the same number as in the previous week . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average number was 917 , which , if a correction isi made for increase of population for the purpose of comparing it with the present return , will become 1 , 042 . The deaths of last week thevelore do not much exceed the ordinary rate Of mortality at this season of the year .

      Deaths. Theearlof> T Ewburgh Died On Fri...

      DEATHS . TheEarlof > ewburgh died on Friday , at Hassop Hall , Derbyshire , in his 59 th year . Rear-Admiral Henry Bourchier , on the retired list , died on the 14 th inst . Mr . G . Sullivan ^ Consul at . Amoy , died at that place on the 29 th July . . . ' The Right Rev . Philander Chase , D . D ., Bishop of Illinois , and senior bishop of the Protestant Church' of the United States , died a few days since . He was born at Cornish , New Hampshire , Dec 14 , 1775 .

      Mr . W . Deane Freeman , Q . C ., Assistant Barrister and Chairman of the Galway Quarter Sessions , while presiding on Tuesday at the quarter sessions in that town , was seized with paralysis and congestion of the brain . He never rallied from the attack ( the second or third of the same nature ) , and expired at 4 o ' clock in tbe afternoon . Mrs . Paterson , of Mauchline , ' one of Burns ' sfive Mauchline belles , died on the I 5 th inst ., in her 87 th year . She

      was , when Burns wrote of her , Miss Christina Morton , and she subsequently married Mr . Paterson , merchant , in Mauchline . Almost to the last she retained her faculties unimpaired ; and on one of her grandsons asking her a few hours previous to her death if she still remembered Burns , she at once replied , " Ay , brawly that . " Mrs . Candlish is now the last of Burns ' s " proper young belles of Mauchline . "

      From The London Gazette, Friday, October...

      From the LONDON GAZETTE , Friday , October 22 . BANKRUPTS . MEDLEY , THOMAS , Bermondsey-street , Bermondsey , and Bristol , horsehair manufacturer . OLIVER , JAMES , Liverpool , linendraper . CROOK , THOMAS , Preston , Lancashire , manufacturer : YOUNG , THOMAS , Hartlepool , Durham , grocer . .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . MATHIE , JAMES , Kilmarnock , bookseller . RAE , JOHN , Edinburgh , woollen-draper . WARDLAW , JOHN , Tillicoultry , manufacturer . WILSON , ALEXANDER , Glasgow , hot-presser . Tuesday , October 26 . BANKRUPTS . ASHTON , CHARLES JOHN , Fencburch-street , City , merchant . * OLDFIELD , JESSE Bolt-court , Fleet-street , City , licensed victualler . CLARKE , CHARLES , Fulham , nurseryman . GREENFIELD , CHRISTOPHER , Brighton , chemist . NICKLIN , JOHN BANKS , Wolverhampton , ironmonger . ' KING , JOHN , Ryeford , Gloucestershire , mealman . BRIGGS , WILLIAM , Filey , Yorkshire , hotel keeper . PERRIN , WILLIAM JAMES , Liverpool , merchant . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . CHANCELLOR WILLIAM , Bath , innkeeper . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . M'DONALD , JOHN , Grahamston , near Falkirk , cowfeeder . ^ STEWART JAMES , and STEWART CHARLES , Dundee ^ merchants .

      The Association For Pbomotitfg. The Repeal Of The Taxes Os Knowledge.

      THE ASSOCIATION for PBOMOTItfG . the REPEAL OF the TAXES OS KNOWLEDGE .

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      President—T . Milner . Gibson , M . P . Treasurer , Francis Place . Sub-Treasurer , J . Alfred Novello Chairman , Richard Moore . Secretary , C . Dobson Collet . Committee—W . Addiscott ; T . Allan ( Edinburgh ) ; J . Baldwin ( Birmingham ); J . Bainbridge ; J . C . Beaumont ( Wakefield ); Dr . Black ; R . te Blond ; Dr . Bowkett ; ; J . Bright ; M . P . ; C . J . Bunting ( Norwich ); H . Campion ; W . J . Carloss ; J ; Cassetl ; C . Cowden Clarke ; R . Cobderi , M . P . ; C . Cowan , M . P . ? G . Dawson , M . A . ; T . Donatty .

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      SOCIETY OF THE ERIENDS OE ITALY . -OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY : —1 . By public meetings , lectures , and the press—and especially by affording opportunities to the most competent authorities for the publication of works on the history of the Italian National Movement—to promote a correct appreciation of the Italian question in this country . 2 .. To u _ e every available constitutional means of furthering the cause of Italian National Independence , in Parliament .

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      NATION AL E 1 EOEM ASSOCIATION . — SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY , M . P ., President . JOHN WILLIAMS , Esq ., Treasurer . Bahkers—Mbssrs . PRESCOTT , GROTE , fc Co . PRINCIPLES OF THE ASSOCIATION . 1 . —Such an entensioa of the franchise as will confer the right to be registered as an elector upon every man of full age , not subject to any legal disability , who for twelve months shall have occupied any tenement , or portion of a tenement , for which he shall be rated , or shall have claimed to be rated , to the relief of the poor . 2 . —The adoption of the system of voting by ballot . 3 . — -The limitation of the duration of parliament to three years . 4 . — -Such a change in the arrangement of the electoral districts as shall produce a more equal apportionment of representatives to constituents . 5 . —The abolhion of the property qualification for members of parliament . Offices of the Association , —41 , Charing-Cross . Z . Hubbesty , —Secretary .

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      THJU SHILLING- SUBSCRIPTION IN AID OF EUROPEAN FREEDOM .. COMMITTEE . W . H . ASHURST , Jun . M . E . Marsden . CD . Collet . DavidMassos . J . Davis . War . Tidd Matsojt . T . S . Dxjscombe , M . P . Edward Miall , M . P . Dr . Epps . R , Moorb . J . Gilks . Professor Newman . YlSCOUNT GODERICH , M . P . C . F . NlCHOLLS . S . M . Hawk . es . H . Pointer . Austin Holyoakb . W . Shaen . G . J . HoiYOAKE . James Staxsfeld . THORNTO-i Hunt . J . Watson . Douglas Jerrold . T . Wilsox . Rout . Le Blond , ' With power to add to their number . Robt . Le Blond , Treasurer . Wm . Tidd Matsoti , Hon . Sec . 10 , Great Winchester-street , Old Bvoad-street , City .

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      POLITICAL EEFJGrEE COMMITTEE . — This Committee is established to afford assistance to the European exiles driven to take refuge in this country by the despotic governments of the continent . Thfc Committee desire , where practical , to find employment for the unemployed , and to give pecuniary aid in cases of unquestionable need . The co-operation of the friends of freedom arid humanity is earnestly solicited . The unemployed refugees , natives of France , Germany Italy , Poland , Hungary , & c ., include men of all professions and trades , teachers of languages , mathematics , music , & c ; medical men , engineers , carpenters , smith ' s , painters , tailors , shoemakers , & c , Numbers are in a state of entire destitution . Pecuniary help is urgently needed .

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      ANCHOIl ASSUIiAiNCE CMm ^ T ^ T 11 CHEAPSIDE , LONDON . —For the younger ages the premiums of life assurances required by this Company will be found lower than those of most other offices , while the bonus additions that are periodically made to the sums assured from the Company ' s profits , tend still further to lessen the-outlay on account of premium . Life annuities are granted by the Company on the most equitable terms . Prospectuses may be had on application at the chief office , or- any of the agencies in principal towns 0 f the kingdom . T . BELL , Secretary and Actuary . CHIEF AGENCIES . Manchester , 1 , Ducie-place ; Glasgow , Buchanan * street . Birmingham , 27 , Waterloo-street ; Hull , Exchange Buildings ; Newcastle-on Tyne , Royal Arcade ; Plymouth ; 5 Frankfort-street j and 6 , Hermann Strasse , Hamburg . '

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      ASSURANCE FOR ALL CL ^ SSEfT " "" ^ LONDON AND COUNTY ASSUKanpi , COMPANY ^ FIRE , LIFE , ANNUITIES , ENDOWMENT S { Incorjwrated by Act of Parliament , ) m , OXFORD STREET , LOXBojf ( Near the British McsEnir , )

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      LECTURES !!! p ERALD' MASSET , Author of i ( Voices IT of Freedom and Lyrics of Love , " will deliver Lectures , on the following subjects , to Working Men ' s Associations , , Mechanics' Institutes , & c , & c , who may think fit to engage t his services . . A course of Six Lectures on our chief living Poets . A course of Six Lectures on English Literature , tc Chaucer to the present time . ..,. . ,. Two Lectures on Mesmerism and Clairvoyance , wit practical Demonstrations . Cromwell and the Commonwealth . The Poetry of Wordsworth , and its influence on the M > - , The Ideal of Democracy . The Ballad Poetry of Ireland and Scotland . Thomas CarlyJe and his writings . . Kussell Lowell , the American Poet , his Poems and Bi 0 eu » Papers . Shakespeare—his Genius , Age , and Contemporaries . The Prose and Poetry of the Rev . Chas . Kingsly-The Age of Shams and Era of Humbug . The Song-literature of Germany and Hungary . Phrenology , the Science of Human Nature . Chatterton , a Literary Tragedy . The Life , Genius and Poetry of Shelley . On the necessity of Cultivating the Imag ination . American Literature , with pictures of tians > uw Authors . Burns , and the Poets of the People . . motioned . The curse of Competition and the beauty of Brotnei ™ John Milton : his Character , Life , and Genius n „ n „ , Genius , Talent , and Tact , with illustrations from a ™ ° " ° - living notables . „ nftHf tbes The Hero as the Worker , with illustrious instance Toiler as the Teacher . Mirabeau , a Life History . On tbe Meets of Physical and Mental Impressions . ^ . ^ <^ For par ticulars and terms , apply to GevaW w * . *• 56 , Upper Charlotte street , Fitzroy-square , Lon don . 1 t r u wo vpefifreteive 1 " In answer to some communications which I have « from friends in provincial towns , & c , I may say " : * ] t the coming spring , I intend making a Lecturing W ™ £ * ^ tne Country , should I succeed in making Balishcto U io j arrangements . GBIUiD MASSES EY .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1852, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30101852/page/14/