THE REVENUE.

A statement of the produce of the Revenue, and an account of the payments into the

Exchequer, for the last four years, ending

5th July, 5th July,

From this table it appears that the produce of the year ending the 5th July upon a comparison with the same period in 1815, is lessoned about £2,800,000, but exceeds the produce of the year 1819 by £5,559,669, and that of 1814, by £1,611,486.

Twenty four loaves a day allowed for his highness' greyhounds!

Ordered that all noblemen and gentlemen, at the end of the Sessions of the Parliament, departe to their several counties, on pain of the royal displeasure!

Interesting to Farmers.

The following paper, which appeared in the first volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, may be worthy the attention of farmers:

"Summer 1782, having been remarkably cold and unfavourable, the harvest was

very late, and much of the grain, especially oats, was green in October. In the beginning of October the cold was so great, that in one night there was produced ou ponds, near Kinnell, in the neighbourhood of Bo'ness, ice, three-quarters of an inch thick. It was apprehended by many farmers, that such a degree of cold would effectually prevent the farther filling and ripening of their corn. In order to ascertain this point, Dr. Rockbuck selected several stalks of oats, of nearly equal fullness, and immediately cut those which, on the most attentive comparison, appeared the best, and marked the others, but allowed them to remain in the field fourteen days louger; at the end of which time they too were cut, and kept in a dry room for ten days. The grains of each parcel were then weighed; when eleven of the grains which had been left standing in the field were found to be equal in weight to 30 of the grains which had been cut a fortnight sooner, though even the best of the grains were far from being ripe. During that fortnight (from 7th October to 21st) the average heat, according to Fahrenheit's thermometer, was little above 49. Dr. Rockbuck observes, that the ripening and filling of corn in so low a temperature should be the less surprising, when we reflect that the seed corn will vegetate in the same degree of heat; and he draws an important inference from his observations, viz. that farmers should be cautious of cutting down their uaripe corp, on the supposition that in a cold autumn it could fill no more."

Public benefit to distant countries. A General Meeting of the subscribers to the British and Foreign School Society, was held on Friday se'ennight, at the FreeMasons' Tavern. The Duke of Sussex took the chair, and the last report of the Committee was read. The report presented a very flattering picture of the progressive utility of the Society, who were now engaged in a work, the building of a general school, to the completion of which the sun of 1400l. only was wanting. The report was received, and ordered to be printed. - ❘ The most interesting part of the report was that which referred to the influence produced abroad by the example of the society, not only in France and Germany, but in Russia, and the remoter parts of Eu

rope. A person from Mount Caucasus bore
simple but impressive testimony to the uni-
versal excellence of their system; and amidst
various other indications of external coun-
tenance and support, the Saxon Ambassador
(Baron Just), through the mouth of Mr.
Schwabey, begged leave to add, that it was
already established, and prospering in the
dominions of his master, whose subjects had
been for centuries remarked for their men-
tal improvement, and whose country was the
earliest scene of the reformation.

Bird of prey, follows sportsmen.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester repeated, last week, his annual visit to Mr. Coke, Hotkham. The shooting party repaired to Warham and were followed, during the greater part of the day, by a bird of prey, which constantly attend. ed their motions, and was repeatedly fired at while hovering over their heads, without betraying the smallest symptoms of apprehension and alarm, even though the shot

was heard to rattle on its feathers. In the afternoon it descended from its ærial flight, and settled on a tree, where it allowed Mr. Coke, attended by a boy holding a dead pheasant dangling in his hand, to approach sufficiently near to get a shot at it, which brought it to the ground. It proved to be a most beautiful female specimen of that rare bird the Falco Logopus, or rough-legged Falcon, measuring very nearly five feet across the wings, and two feet one inch in length. The male bird had attended the chase at Wighton just in the same manner two days before, and had boldly carried off from a heap of game two partridges.-He was next day caught, also, in a trap, by the keepers.

Shelter for foreign seamen and soldiers. The Helder frigate is now stationed off the Tower: and the Lord Mayor has put forth a proclamation, calling upon all the Magistrates of the metropolis and its vicinity to send on board this vessel all distressed foreign seamen and soldiers found in their districts, to the end that they may be lodged and fed there, until they can be sent home to their native country. try. It is strongly recommended by his Lordship, with a view to the ultimate benefit of these unfortunate men, that after the present notice, the liberal and humane should refrain from affording temporary relief to any person of that description whom they may meet in the act of soliciting alms, as such assistance could only tend to protract their stay in this country, and of course also their misery.The proclamation informs all seamen, natives of the United Kingdom, that if they will apply at the Mansion-house, they shall be

furnished with the means of returning to persons employed in the Dock-yard, have their respective homes.

Good beer! or none.

At a late meeting for licensing alehouse keepers, in the hundreds of Faircross and Kenthury Eagle, in Newbury division, the complaints made by the publicans of the badness of the beer served to them by brewers were so general, that in some instances their interference in, and monopoly of public-houses so flagrant, that the Magistrates, nine in number, unanimously resolved, "That the full extent of time for granting licenses should be allowed to several publicans, in order that they might procure other houses, which the Justices would license in lieu of those so monopolized, or wherein any undue iufluence had been used." And at the meeting, in the division of Marlborough, the Magistrates gave the innkeepers notice, that, in consequence of the continued complaints of the badness of their beer, if their brewers served them with bad, they were at liberty to brew themselves, or to buy beer wherever they pleased; and if, from so doing, they were turned out of their houses, licenses for other houses would be granted next year; and, on no consideration would those to the

onesthey had quitted he renewed. Further, that if, after this notice, they persevered in selling bad beer, they would not again be licensed.

Cider and Perry, diminished consumption. The war duty on malt having been repealed, the manufacturers of cider and perry in Herefordshire and Devon, have determined to, petition Parliament for a repeal of the duty of 10s. per hogshead on cider, imposed in 1805. This petition states, that the quantity of cider and perry made within the last ten years, either for consumption or sales, does not amount to one-sixth part of the average quantity formerly, and that there is at present no probability of future increase.

Frugality commendable.

The labourers employed in the Warren of Woolwich, have lately purchased bullocks in Smithfield market, and after sel ling the hide, offal, and paying for slaughtering and other expences, they have ex cellent beef at four-pence per pound. The

followed the example. - Commissioner Cunningham has had a shed built for their accomodation, and allowed them the use of

a stable to keep the cattle in, until the time of their being slaughtered. The whole number of persons who thus supply themselves with meat at this cheap price, amounts to about three thousand.

Pauper suddenly enriched.

Mary Biggs, a pauper, upwards of 80 years of age, and who for several years past has been supported by the parish of St. Saviour's, while attending at Union Hall, as a witness in an assault case, was agreeably surprised by one of the parishofficers coming in search of her, to inform her, that by the sudden death of a distant relation, she had come into possession of a large fortune. The deceased, who during his life time had refused to give his poor relation a single shilling, and had suffered her to be supported by the parish, could not prevent her from becoming his heiress. The poor old lady had too much sincerity to express any regret at the death of her kind relatiou.

Charity recommended by Example.

In the present hard times, charity cannot be too earnestly impressed on the minds of our neighbours. We shall therefore extract an epitaph on this subject from "Verses for grave-stones," lately printed by Noble, Bostou.

A person rich, and diligently charitable.
Born of rich parents; of their wealth the heir;
In high prosperity my life l passed;
Thus, ample were my means of doing good;

Thank Heaven! each day I did so to the last,

Wishing to do this in the way most just,
Objects I looked for, carefully around;
Honest, industrious, sober, frugal;-these,
Whene'er distress'd, from merelief and com.
fort found.
Boston Gazette.)

Honesty and diligence commemorated.
We insert the following extract from the
Luton parish-books, in hope that the
laudable example of an honest peasant's in-
dustry and independence may stimulate
others to tread in his steps.

Luton Beds, Sunday Oct. 6th. 1816. At a public Vestry this day held, it being the first Sunday in the month, it is resolved, that G. Worsley, a poor labouring man havng brought up fifteen children without receiving relief from the parish, but in one instance, by an accident, when he received 10s. He this day came to the Vestry and returned the said 10s. with most sincere thanks for the use of the same. We think it highly proper that such conduct should be recorded in the Vestry

Neither honesty nor diligence.

The Carlisle paper of October 19 says, * The number of children running begging from house to house, in this city and neighbourhood, is at this time very great. Some no doubt, are in want, but the greater part are young impostors, instructed in all the cant and cunning of those grown older in the art. They go in parties, sometimes to the amount of six or seven, and pretend to be brothers and sisters; they are fitted out expressly for their expeditions, and from morning to night, to obtain alms, are in the constant practice of lying and dissimulation."

The Savoy. Most readers know the origin of the Savoy, part of which is now pulling down to make way for the entrance to the Waterloo Bridge. Before the institution of parish rates for the support of the poor, the great men of the nation, together with those of the priesthood, were the only supporters of the indigent and distressed, and in this place was an Hospital, founded by Henry VII. for a master and four brethren in priest's orders, who were to officiate in turn, and stand alternately at the gate of the Savoy; and if they saw any person who was an object of charity, they were obliged to take him in and supply him with food. If he proved to be a traveller, he was entertained for one night, and furnished with a letter of recommendation, and as much money as, would defray his expenees to the next hospital.

The view of that venerable ruin, the Cathedral of St. Cuthbert, at Holy Island, has been considerably improved by the wreck and rubbish of the fallen parts of the building being removed from the windows, which had for ages been blocked up, and by the great western door of the

church being opened out, the architecture

of which is the true Saxon, highly ornamented, with three columus on each side of the door. (Tyne Mercury).

The venerable ouk, at Northiam, Sussex, famed for its size, and having given shelter to Queen Elizabeth, who once breakfasted under its extensive foliage, on her way through the village to London, was last week partly blown down.

A pair of ancient mill-stones were discovered three or four months ago, full ten feet under the earth, near the autique corn mill at Cappagh, near Banbridge, in Yorkshire; they were covered with the remains of a strong leather hide; their construction is totally different from any now in use; they measure in circumference nine feet six inches, and twenty four inches in depth. They have lately been put in motion by Mr. W. Paxton, and run in the form of a dish, the one within the other, and work in a very superior manner.

Death of the celebrated horse, Sir Joshua. -Sir Joshua, the victor in the famous, match for 1,000 guineas, with the no less celebrated horse Filho da Puta, was found dead in his stall at Newmarket, on Sunday morning last. Having been left the preceding night quite well, it was thought adviseable to dissect him, in order to ascertain the cause of such a sudden death. On examination it appeared, that by some motion either in lying down or rising, he had broken the round bone of the near hiad leg, the pieces from which fracture had separated the adjacent veins and filled his body with extravasated blood. Hence arose his death, in a manner as extraordinary as novel: Sir Joshua was five years old, by Rubens, out of a sister to Haphazard.

Herefordshire cattle. At the recent sale by Messrs. Handy and Co. of Herefordshire cattle, belonging to Mr. Price, of Ryal, near Upton upon Severo, such was the celebrity of the stock, that they brought prices high beyond all former precedent, even when agriculture and breeding were in the greatest prosperity. Such an instance was never before known as 180 head of cattle (one third of which were only yearlings and calves) bringing the immense sum of £7,660.-The following are some of the prices: