The Express. — London, England, 1864-04-08 00:00:00

CRINOLINES.--GEMMA. g mOLINES.--0214MA, or Jewelled. 9s. 6d. PHLLMTS, 37, PICCADILLY. INOLINIM--Sensfiectutns. 16e. and 212. PHILMIS, 37. PICCADILLY. CRINOLINES.—Ondina or Waved. 18s. 6d. PHI 37, PILCADILLY. CRINOLINES itectunts Jewelled. 425. PRILPOTTS, 37, PICCADILLY. CRINOI.I/4148.—Magnifioently Puffed. 451. PIIMPOITS. 37, PICCADILLY. CRINOLINES. —Drawings with Prioes post free. MUMS. $7. PICCADILLY. BENSON Ink HUDSON and Co., CIGAR lIIIVILTEM, Ist, OX.FORD-11111llrf. W. BENSON respectfu ll y Inform the nobility sad 'ma/ that the above oldsetabllabed boalneee bas been IE3IOVED to °lib," wbere, la Mere all orders ere requested to be eddtered. HOW COLD IT HAS BEEN.—ITHORKTTI am ZAILEULAA celebrated TRIIRIIOIOIII2I.B will ter redly nester the lowest beasperatare. Price 31. Id. —l..liattoo =; 61, Coen= ; IN. Fleeteinet ; and In. adiellt - atlest. a waisted. IN what Happy Land can I see you after the "Opals?' I only know of ono "Happy lead' m win& a mintleman may sup—ILVANnS. Oorenagarama my dear Glow ! Cite el:pv*ll%. HAYMALKEL TRta Evrmo, 07E AilatIZAN COUSIN. Kern. Sothern and BuOutone . YYer £a el, Hank, Smcmdma.—if ENDS AND ADONIS. Morn. Compton. lama : Mame Kooky, eno•dao, K. Moore, Bogen, KUL —Aid KY HUSBANDS 01108 T. PfINCI&3'& TRIO EsREM, PAIIIS RitirßN: News. Vlning, Rohm, Fisher; Mesdames Ilsraton and Kato Ravills—THE CONRDY OF ERRORS. MIMS. Ylnlng, Nelson, and the Brothers Webb. —And DRAWINO-HOOP, BROOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. LYCZUIL Tam Evisna, ♦ DAY liiiillll FALB. Mr. Wlddleemb and Miss L !Avenue.—And ILL DIMOSIO. Mann F. Morton, Brendan. lansry. Moreland, Mariam, and Jordan , Mans Terry. LIMON, and Lawmen. sad Mn. fan WTANIA. Tan Ermine. THE LEFT-HANDED MARRIAGE. Mr. & Lane aid ell the Company.—THZ ORRAT 01108 T EFFECT. —And THE FOUR IlOMBB.AY& Mertz Prey Roselle. HUM WASH AT LONDON WD J. ?I DAT Mewled. 2h. 59m....A110wea. 3h. 20s. TO4lollloll Morello, 3h. 41m.....A.barw0m AL Om LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8. Now that Mr. GLADSTONE has published a volume of Budget speeches, it would seem idle to pay compliments to the oratorical perfection of his great annual deliverance. But with the pro spect of a Tory regime before us, there is a certain satisfaction in recording that this accomplished Minister was not unequal last evening to any of his former achievements, in breadth and clearness, in copiousness and minuteness, in point and finish, in closeness and variety, in exhaustive ness, and fulness, and nicety of statement. If ever during Mr. GtensroNE's reign there shall be no more surplus to dispose of, it may be that his vast audience on such occasions will no longer represent a multitude of anxious and expectant interests : but as mere intellectual efforts and exercises these Budget speeches will never cease to be treasured up as examples of pure parlia mentary debate, marvels of concentration and elasticity of mind, instinct with the liberal and practical genius of our age and country, not more remarkable for their strength of grasp and shrewd ness of judgment than for their generous and far reaching views of policy and high integrity of pur pose. Before coining to the disposal of the surplus, Mr. GLADSTONE, with his usual artistic eye to the distribution and " keeping" of his figures, disposes of a few minor subjects. He proposes to levy the corn duty (of 1846) by weight instead of by mea sure, and toconvert the uniform rate of Is. a quarter into a uniform rate of 3d. per cwt.; but Mr. GLAD STONE is too averse from the principle of any corn duty to be willing to enter upon a course of modi fication of the small existing duty. This view of Mr. GLADSTONE'S is the more noticeable that, with regard to the far more important Income tax, hehss displayed the same reluctance to enter upon a course of legislation for the purpose of correcting its inequalities ; and from his moat significant declaration last evening, it is clear that in either case his reluctance arises from a deep-rooted objec tion to the permanence of the impost itself. As an interesting specimen of Mr. GLADSTONE'S minute carefulness for the interests of the poorer classes, his proposed reduction of the license for the sale of tea in small quantities in " general shops " in country villages or hamlets, deserves to be noted : as also his proposal to equalise the duty for hawkers with one horse and with two horses. Passing by his equalization of the stamp duty upon admission to small ecclesias tical benefices, his reduction from 61. to Id. of the stamp duty on proxies to vote at public meet ings of joint-stock companies, and his proposal to legalise by a ls. stamp the practice of marine re-insurances, and to extend to refreshment house keepers the benefit of occasional licenses, we come. at length to the great question of his dispoaalof the surplus. Our readers have at least watched with re spectful sympathy the recent flood of letters on the Sugar Duties. Well ; it is to the reduction of the Sugar Duties that Mr. Gianorrox z devotes the greater part of this surplus. As to the question of uni fonuity or classification, he retsina the classification, reduces the rates all through, but the highest rates in the highest degree. Of course, Mr. GLADSTONE never proposed to himself toremove the objections of any sugar "interest :" se Finance Minister helegislates for the benefit of the consumer first ; and as to all other interests, the principle of his avowed policy is no favour to any and freedom for all. Accordingly, Mr. GLADSTONE proposes toi place the sugar duty in this country at ls., or more than Is., lower than it has ever reached in any former year; and to make this "permanent," while leaving the tea duty renewable from year to year. Turning to the Malt duty, Mr. Giriarrosz meets that famous Tory Goliath with a pebble from the brook. There is no shirking, we may be sure, all that the advocates of repeal have to say ; but here is a little fact for their edification. Although, says Mr. GLanirrose, last year gave us 700,000/. more malt duty than the year before, yet to this hour the malt duty has not supplied the loss of that beer duty which was repealed thirty four years ago, and which was, in fact, the most burdensome moiety of the Malt Duty. The Committee, we fancy, were a little sur prised by Mr. GLADSTONE'S treatment of the Income Tax last night. No one expected that he world lower that tax again this year. He has not only reduced the income tax another penny, from 7d. to Gd., but emphatically protests against the idea of making so vast a resource in national emergencies a normal and permanent tax, and recommends, at least, its reduction to the legal minimum of 5d., towards which he advances half-way (from 7d.) in his present Budget. Mr. GLataroxi's considera tions upon the income tax are, as indeed he indicated, equivalent to a declaration of policy; a policy of peace, retrenchment, economy : a policy calculated to challenge the hostility of the Tories, and to defy their rage ; for it is a policy which will not only stand the wear and tear of a general election, but commend TEE_ EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APR: THE BUDGET. Ths bellowing us tho resolutions to be proposed by the Chanoellor of the Exchequer in Committee of Ways and Mesas, on Tharsday next : CUSTOMS DUTIES. 1. mat, towards rile* the apply panted to her Majesty, as sad after the nadorissaliceed dates, is lien of she chair of Onelems sow charged oa the articles wider mentioned, the folk:wing duties of Customs shall be thereon, on importation into Great Britain or Ireland (that is to my) : On and after the stii day of May, 1864, C e. d. Boor, wk., candy, brown er white, refined eager, or supr rendered by any protean equal in quality thereto the cwt. 012 10 On and after the 16th day of April, 1864, Si.,, via. : White stayed wear, or mar rendered by say process equal in quality to whit* cloyed, mo to t= refined, or the equal in lity cwt. 011 8 Yellow Muscovado and brows :stayed sugar, or rendered by say process equal in quality to yellow Muscovado or brown claysl,aa not equal to white cloyed this cwt. 010 6 Brown Muscovado sugar, or sugar ren dered by any proem equal in quality thereto, aad not equal to yellow Mus covado or brown cloyed the cart. 0 9 4 Any other sugar not equal in quality to brown Muscovado the cwt. 0 8 2 Cam Pike the cwt. 0 6 7 Molasses the cwt. 0 3 6 Almoods, paste of ch. ii: 0 1 Cherries, dried the Ib. 0 1 Comfits, dry the lb. 0 1 Confectionery the lb. 0 1 Ginger, preserved the lb. 0 1 Marmalade Plums preserved in wager the lb. 0 1 Saccades, iocluding all fruits and vege tables preserved is sugar, sot otherwise estunwated the lb. 0 0 1 [nue was proposed on Thursday, ith April, and progress reported therm.] itself to the " great liberal pert' of the faints.. We have left ourselves room to allude very Oho rily to Mr. GLineroxs's onitoesio• the Fire Insurance duty. ke proposal to reduce it from Ss. to la. Bd. on " stook in " trade" only ;leaving the duty on the insurance of " property" as it is. Dividing the objects of insurance into property and stook in trade, he favours the latter ; on what principle of public fairness and advantage, however, we confess we are unable, at the first glance, to understand ; for it may be contended that a poor man's house and furniture are better entitled to consideration in such a case than stock in trade, which, if fire insurance is to be taxed at all, may fairly be counted among the other liabilities of liminess. But this question, like the income tax, is a large one; and Mr. Girutrroirs has not yet said his my about it, THE DMLY PRESS AND THE BUDGET. (From the Tina.) If Mr. Gladstone has put off malt for the pre sent, it is not for want of consideration and rematch. He has made a calculation which would not have eocaned to everybody, but which is conclusive as to the justice of this claim. He dads that on the average etch Irishman pays as mach duty for his whisky as the Englishmaa far his beer, while each Scotaliman pays half as much spin. So, if the Englishman is to have his beer cheapened, the Irish and Scotch have an equal right to cheaper whisky. This is to make it • answer's question, and to show the English consumer that be has no right to more favour than the Irishman or the Sootchman. But whoever now takes up the arenas's= of malt must be prepared to prove the redaction of this duty a greeter been to the seri. enituriat than • penny in the pound off the Meanie tax, and • greater boon to the million than the redaction of the sugar duty. Sager, as Hr. Gladstone says, is next to wheat l in importance. It a a amenity, being one of the three els. menta which chemists tell us ate required to sustain life. Ire consumption happens to be the best test of prosperity, for it is the luxury of all classes and all ages, sad the arst craving of those who have something tempers from the flint nearside' of life. If the guanine is to he carried into the domestic parliaments of the nation, where women zed children have • voice, the advocate el malt will stand but small chance by the aide of the present budget. As to the income tax, that we conclude to be settled. It is always assumed to be tem porary, and its continuums is • standing eneoarager meat to lavish expenditure. The remission of the duty ore fire Mamma is • partial concession to the House of Gammon. itself, which sera only quarrel with it foe sot being mote eompreksasive. If, indeed, the me•w should matinee to increase at its present rate of twelve hundred thousand • year, if the two worlds should return to peace, sod industry spin people her hives and put her machinery in full motion, it is herd to say what tax we may not live to see reduced or abolished altogether. Let the agriccdtatiets themselves obtain, by • wise and pacific bearing, the redaction of expenditure which shall entitle them to what they call agricultural relief. When we have I lin war loomiog in the future it will be time to double the consumption of malt liquor. (From the Morning Post.) A financial statement, which shows an exams of upwards of 2,500,000/. of revenue over expenditure on the ensuing year, and which promises a reduction of taxation to the extent of upwards of 2,225,000/., is certain to be received with universal satisfaction. And such is the statement which the Chancellor of the Exchequer made to the House of Commons last evening. It is a peace budget, became we are at peace with all the world, and are justified in squaring our accounts on the assumption that we will re main so. Around us we see the strongest evi. depose of the daily growing prosperity of the *sentry, and find that literally the more we prune the sources of our revenues the more prolific they become. Under sock Mr oumstanon, and with such experience, we are surely justified in pursuing the course on which we have entered. The political horizon in clouded, it is true ; but that is no reason why we should demean ourselves as if the storm had actually broken forth. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. Erects might occur which would compel Mr. Gladstone to recast his budget ; but it is with existing facts, and not with possible contingencies, that a government must deal. We have made our preparations, and, even if the wont should happen, we shall Dot be taken by sur prise. With a solitary, and not unimportant, exception never was the national trade more prosperous, and never were the national resources more fruittal than they are at the present time. (From the Moneing Advertiser.) As a whole, the budget for the financial year 1861-5 will give great and general sstisfactioe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer ban displayed great judgment in hi selection of taxes for reduction, and SOMA to have reads • jodicions distribution of his surplus. An regards the amount of the &minutiae of the burden of taxation on the respective sub jects selected, of course we shall have a terrific bowl from the "agricultural interest," because no reduction is to be made on the duties on malt ; but Mr. Gladstone will not be much diecont.erted by that. He knows that " interest " are no friends of his, and that their hostility can hardly be increased either by anything he does or leaves undone. Bat, while commending the budget as • whole, it is not without one vulnerable point. Kr. Gladstone has made a greet mistake in confining his redaction of the duty on tire insurances to stock-in-trade and the implements and uten sils used in workshops and other operative establishments. It ought to have been extended to insurances on houses, and the furniture and effects in them. The dissatisfaction last night expressed in the house at this part of Mr. Glad stone's will soon be seen to have been the expression of public feeling generally. (From the Meriting Herald.) The budget is certainly nuatnlatious, and it may be called in some sense satisfactory. Mr. Gladstooe's speech, indeed, afforded abnodant ground for criticism, if anyone had chosen to follow him through the mass ci inekvaat matter be thought proper to introduce, and to retort upon him the taunts which be took occasion to launch against these who had doubted the wisdom of the French treaty or objected to the repeal of the paper duty. But no one cares to enter into controversies of this kind, which can lead to no practical conclusion ; and Mr. Gladstone is allowed to expatiate with. out limit on the excellence of his own principles, and the proof of their wisdom afforded by the figures of his annual statement, .tio one is malicious enough to grudge him hie yearly self-glorileation where it is not made, as os some former occasions, the prelude to confessions of debt and deficits, and to proposals opening an endless vista of financial confusion. This time an to Pa'Elli lees brilliant and isomewbat more laboured than usual was followed by • balance-sheet of which no one cared to complain. The estimates have been framed according to the prin ciples on which Mr. Disraeli two years ago insisted ; and if the consequent surplus has not been applied altogether as we could wish, yet it has been employed to much better purpose than we might have expected from Mr. Gladstone. To do justice to the landed interest, to employ our balances in redressing practical grievances, rather than is establish ing theoretical symmetry, and to offer some possible scheme for the abolition of the lemma tax, is more than we could ask from a liberal ministry ; one day or other we may have a Chancellor of the Exchequer from whom we shall not need to salt them. THE EARL OP DERBY •ND 2111 CHANCIILLOI OF THE EXCHEQUER'S EUDGET.—Tbs Earl of Derby wee among the peers present in the House of Commons last evening during the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The distinguished oomervative statesmaa paid great attention to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and on leaving the house characterised it as one of Mr. Gladstone's happiest efforts. Da. LIVINGSTONE.—HerMajeSty'S steamer Rapid bee arrived at Table Bay from the eastern coast of Africa. ribe brought the welcome intelligence that Dr. Livioptone was alive mid well. On the sth January the Rapid arrived at the Louba mouth of the Zambezi, expecting to fled Livingstone and his party, to take them on to the Cape. On communicatiog with the Portuguese station house those they found there was a letter addressed to the senior travel officer from Bishop Tozer. It was dated "Murchison December 21," end stated that Dr. Livingstone bad come back from his expedition up eoustry, and arrived at the foot of the Murchison Falls in November, and they intended to oome down the river as soon se the water rose sufficiently to get the Pioneer down. Dr. Livingstone, the Bishop, and party were well in health. The mission party also intended to leave the country, as it appeared an uoinsitable field, and would return to England by the Cape. The Bishop and one of his clergymen, however, were to go and visit the Governor of Ifosarnigque. There were no letters for the Cape. The Rapid brought down 187 prize negroes taken from a slaver. (:ra/wrris Torn Journal. DRAWBACKS ON SUGAR. 2. That, on and after the uedermentioned dates, in lien of the drawbacks now allowed thereon, the following draw. backs shall be paid and allowed on the nedermeationed de scriptions of refined sugar, on the exportation thereof to foreign parts, or on removal to the Isle of Man for consump tion there, or on deposit in any approved warehouse, upon inch terms and subject to such regulations as the oolernuaioners of customs may direct, for delivery from such warehouse as ship stores only, or for the purpose of sweetening British spirits in hood (that is to say) : On and after the sth day of May, 1864, upon refined sugar in loaf, complete and whole, or lumps duly refined, haring been perfectly clarified, and thoroughly dned in the stove, and being of an uniform whitener throughout ; and upon such sugar pounded, crushed, or broken in a warehouse approved by the commissioners of customs, such sugar having been there find inspected by the officers of customs In lumps or loaves as if for immediate shipment, and then packed for exportation in the prosaic* of such officers, and at the expense of the exporter ; and upon candy, for every cwt., 17e. 4d. Upon refined sugar unravel, pounded, crushed. or broken, and not in any way inferior to the export standard sample No. I approved by the Lars of the Treasury, and which shall not contain more than 5 per estrum moisture over and above what the same would contain if thoroughly dried in the stove, for every cwt., lls. 9d. And on nod attar the 21st day of April, 1864, upon sugar refined by the centrifugal, or by any other process, and not in any way inferior to the export standard No. 3, approved by the Lords of the Trossiwy, for every owl., 12s. 4d. Upon bastard, or refined sups uostoved, broken in pima, or being ground, powdered, or crushed, not in sa y way inferior to the standard sample, No. 2, approved by the Lords of the , for every cwt., 10s. ltkL Upon bastard or relitied sugar being inferior in quality to the said export standard sample No. 2, for every cwt., Ao. 2d. CONTTNNING THI DCYT ON Tu, 3. That, towards the raising the apply greeted to her Majesty, the duties of customs now eSarted oo tea shall 000tioue to be levied and charged on and atter the Ist day of August ! 1864, until the bit day of August, 186.5, on im portation into Great B.itsin or Intbiod. LLTIMING DUTY OW CORY. 4. That, in lien of the dame of customs now charged on the uodermentioned articles, on their importa tion into Great Britain or Ireland, the following dation of customs shall be charged that is to say) : Wheat, barley, oats, rye, peas, berme, maw or Indian morn, buck wheat, bear or btu, the cwt., 3d. IMPOSIBIO • DUTY or CUSTOMS ON LENTILS, MILLET BM, AND DARL _ 5. That the following duties of customs shall be charged on the undermentioned articles, on importation into Great Britain or Ireland (that is to say), lentils, millet seed, and Dori, the cwt., 3d. And that the duties be paid en first importation ; and such goods shall not be warehoused either for home consumption or exportation. INLAND REVENUE nicoire-TAx. 6. That, towards raising the supply treated to her Majesty, there shall be charged, eolksated and paid for ace year, commenting on the 6th day of April, 1861, for and in respect of all property, profits. and gains mentioned or de scribed as chargeable in the act passed in the 16th and 17th year, of her Majesty's reign, chapter 34, for granting to her Majesty duties ao petits arising from property, pro fessions, trades, and offices, the following rates and duties (that is to say) :—For every 20.. of the annual value or amount of all such prope, profit', and gains (except those chargeable under sched ule (B) of the esid act), the rats or duty of fd. ANA for and in respect of the occupa tion of lands, teoaments, hereditament., and heritages chargeable under schedule (B) of the said act, for every 20e. of the annual value thereof—in Eogland, the rate or duty of 3d., and in Scotland and Ireland respectively, the rate or duty of 2id. Subject to the provisions cont a i ne d i n section 3 of the act 26 Vic., chap. 22, for the exemption of persons whom whole income from every source is under 1001. a year, and relief of those whose income is under 2004 a year. P . IIII INIKTIAIier DUTY. 7. That in Hen of the yearly par mintage duty now chargeable for or in respect of any insuronoe from lose or damage by fire only, which shall be mode or renewed on or after the let day of July, 1864, of or upon any goals, wares, or merchandise, being stock in trade, or of or upon any machinery. implenieute, or utensils used for the purpose of any manufacture, there shall be charged aid paid yearly • duty at and after the rate of Is. 6d. per annum for every 1001. insured ; and that no return or allowance of duty, except at and after the last-mentioned rate, shall be made in respect of time unexpired, or otherwise, on any such insurance so aforesaid which shall have been made or renewed before the day or time aforesaid. EXCUM DUTY ON LICENBIB TO NELL TEA, &c. . . . . S. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Ma jesty, there shall be charged end paid on the fineness here inafter mentioned, the following duty of excise in lieu of the duty now payable thereon (that is to say) :—For and upon any license to be takes out yearly by any person to trade in or sell coffee, tea, cocoa note, chocolate, or pepper, in any house rated to the relief of the poor at a sum lees than 101. par asormr, Led not being within the limits of a municipal or parliamentary borough, the duty of 2s. 6d. STAY!' DOTIE3 on LATICR3 OF ATTOILXIT AND PlOlll3. 9. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Ma jesty, there shall be charged and paid for and upon the several matters and things hereinafter mentioned the fol lowing stamp duties, in lieu of the stamp duties bow chargeable thereon respectively (that is to sao:—For and upon any letter or power of attorney, oommirioo. fac tory, mandate, or other instrument in the nature thereof, for the receipt of dividends or interest of soy of the govern ment or parliamentary stocks or feeds, or of the stocks, funds, or shame of or in any joint stock company, or other company or socisty whose stocks or funds are divided into shares, and transferable, if the same shall be for the re ceipt of one payment only, le, ; and if the same shall be for a continuous receipt, or for the receipt of more than one payment, Sa. Yor the receipt of any sum of money, or any cheque, note, or draft for any sum of money Pot exceeding 20/. (ex cept in the MOW aforesaid), or any periodical payment (other than as aforesaid) not exceeding the annual sum of 10/., ss. . _ For the sole purpcee of appointing or nominating a proxy to vote at any one meeting of the proprietors or share holders of any joint stock or other company, or of the mem• hen of any nasty or institution, or of the contributors to the funds thereof, Id. STAMP DOTE'S OS APPOTSTSZNTS TO 11CCLESIARTISAL BENIFICgs, &C. 10. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged sod paid for and upon the several matters and things hereinafter mentioned, the fol. lowing stamp duties, io lieu of the stamp duties now chargeable thereon respectively (that Is to say) :—For sod upon any donation or presentation, by whomsoever made, of or to any ecclesiastical benefice, dignity, or promotion : Also, for and upon any collation by any archbishop or bishop, or by say other ordinary or com p e t en t autho rity, to any ecclesiastical benefice, dignity, or pro motion Also for and upon soy institution granted by soy archbishop, bishop, chases:lm, or other ord• ,or by any ecclesiastical wart, to any ecclesiastical w iles, dignity, or promotion, proceeding upon the petition of the patron to be himself admitted and instituted, and not upon a presentation : Also for and upon say nomination by her Majesty, her heirs or socosmora, or by say other patron, to any perpetual curacy : Also for and upon any license to bold a perpetual curacy not proceeding upon a nomination : Where the not yearly value of any such benefice, dignity, or perpetual curacy shall not amou n t t o 501 . , 717ret s bi; same shall amour' to 50/., and not amount to 100/., It ; to 1001. and not to 1501., 2/.; to 1501. sad not to 2001., 31 ; to 2001., sod not to 250/.. U.; to 2501. and not to 3001., 51.; sad when such value shall amount to 3001. or upward., V.; sod also, for every 1001, Iberia over end above the first 200/., a further duty of 31. RAMOS AND PICIARI. 11. net, for sal op= of Loses, to be tikes out by • hawker or pedlar w travel and trade with man them see horse or ether beast bearing or drawing Wass, tiers shall be aborted sad paid for every such hone ar boast ever and above one, tho sum of four pounds itt addition to the duty now chargeable as a lionise to • hawk's' sad pedlar trivia and Ind* with oar such bane oat;. 12. That, ii.wardsnisinithe supply granted to her Majesty, the ad valorem stamp duties granted and made payable under the heed of settlement" in the soWde to the act pared in the 13th and 14th yams of her Majesty's reign, chapter 97, shall he domed to extend to and shall be chargeable upon or in respect of any definite and certain principal sum or rams of money of any denomi nation or currency, whether British, foreign, or colonial, end any definite and cartels share or shares in the stocks or hinds of any foreign or colonial government, state, corpora tion, or company whatsoever, es well as upon or is respect of the shares, storks, and funds in the rid schedule men tioned. And that where any prinaipel sum of money secured or contracted for or which may become due or payable any debenture, policy of upon, insurit covenant, or contract, be settled or agreed to be sete.d, or such bond, debenture, policy, covesaat, or contract shall be settled or it tred or transferred by way of settlement, or shall be so to be, then and in any of such eases the same sha t be deemed to be a settlement of such principal sum of money, sad shell be chargeable with the said ad valorem stamp duties on the amount thereof soooediagly. And that when the subject of any settlement chargeable with the said duties shall be any share or alarm in any such stocks or funds as aforesaid, or any sum or sums of money secured by say foreign or colonial bond, debenture, or other security, bearing a marketable value in the English market, then the value of such share or shares, sod of snob bond, debenture, or other security respectively shall be ascertained and determined by the average selling price thereof on the day or on either of the ten days pre ceding the day of the date of the deed or instrument of settlement ; or if no sale shall have taken place within such ten days, then according to the avenge selling price thereof on the day of the last preceding sale, and the said ad valorem duties shall be chargeable on such settlement in respect of the value so ascertained and determined ; and the value of any sum or sums of money expressed in coin of a foreign or colonial denomination or currency, shall be determined by the current rate of exchange on the day of the date of the deed or instrument of settlement, and the said ad valorem duties shall be chargeable in respect of the vane so determined as lest aforesaid. ZICISZ DUTIIIS ON OCCASIONAL LICCISIS TO 117RISHNTNT HOCSI I.IIIMIIB, MINI ARTIMAILS, HUB nunias, AND TOBACCO DIALIRS, 13. That, towards raising the rapply granted to her Ma jesty, there shall be charged end paid the following duties of excise for and upon the occasional licensee hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) :—For and upon every occuional license to the keeper of a refreshment house, for each and every day for which such license shall be granted, nil. For and upon every occsaional license to retail foreign wine to be consumed at the place where sold, for each and every day for which the game shall be granted, le. For and upon every occasional license to retail beer to be consumed at the place where sold, for each and evert• day for which the same shall be granted, la. For and upon every occasional license to deal to or will tobacco or snuff, for each and every day for which the same shall be granted, 4d. INLAND lIVESIII LAWS_ 14. That it is expetheat to sassed the laws relating to the inland revenue. ebt Crum WLNDSOR CASTLE, Aria 7. The Queen held a Council to-day. Previonaly to the Council the Bishop of Ely w intro duced to bar Majesty by Sir George Grey, and did homage on being appointed. The DIM of Wastinindca was Deputy-Clerk of the Clam& The Earl of Clarendon bad an salmon, and took the oath., on being appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan. caster. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell received the emila of the Colonial-ofike, and took the usual oaths. Mr. Chichester Forteesue was introduced, and took the oaths, on being appointed to the Privy OminciL The council was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Cardwell. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helen►, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. To-day is the anniversary of Prince Leopold's birthday. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle last evening. Earl Granville (Lord President of the Council), the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Clareodou, the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, the Bight Hon. F.. Cardwell, and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, accompaided by Mr. Arthur Helps, the Clerk of her Majest►'s Most Honourable Privy Coupon, and by Mr. J. H. Gooch, the Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, left town yesterday at half past 1 o'clock by special train from the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, to attend the Queen's Council, at Windsor. The Bishop of Ely sad the Dean of Westminster also proceeded to Windsor by the same train. After the Council the ministers returned to town. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Moore, Mr. Frank Beek land, Captain Russell, Mr. Wills, and Mr. Torr. had an interview with the Right Hos. T Milner Gibson, at the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, upon the subject of the oyster fisheries. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges, Queen's council, be., at his lordship's residence, No. 1, Upper Hyde Park-prdens, on Friday, lbth io.R (the Ant day of Easter Term), at 12 o'clock. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday, from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were seat to the Governor of Canada. PRINCE ALFRID.-011 Wednesday afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied by Major Cowen, rode to Newbattle Abbey and took luncheon with the Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian mid party. THE BIRTHDAY or PRINCE LEOPOLD AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday being the 11th anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the auspi• Moos event was oelebrated in the royal borough with the customary hammy and rejoicings. The Duke of Newcastle Was not so well yester day afternoon. At a late boar last night we were in formed that his grace was not in a dangerous state, and that no immediate fears were entertained. His Excellency Mous. M. Balcarce, Envoy Ex traordisary and Slimier Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic to the Court of St. James ' e, has arrived at Maangy's Hotel from Paris. The Earl and Countess of Derby intend to give • eeries of parties, ooinmeociag the second week is seat month. We (Dublin Evening Mail) understand that it ia the intention of his Faaellseey the Lord-Lieutenant to leave Dahlia Coatis wait week, far Looks. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The Troratore was performed lest night, with Hen Wachtel as Manrioo, lidlle. Antoinette Fried as Leonora, and Millie. Deities as Ascicene. The new tenor achieved an immense soccese—a success that could hardly have been anticipated by those who heard him in 1862, when be played Edgardo in Lucie; Mdlle. Frioei elms the music of Leooora and acted the part admirably ; but Milne. Destine, who made her first appearance, was so nervous as to call upon us to postpooe our criticism to another time. A real furore was created by Herr Wachtel in "Di quell& pin," the pendant to the sir, "Ah si ben mio ;" and, indeed, the whole scene was & triumph for the tenor, both air and rebaktes being encored, and he himself recalled several times. THE ESTIMATE& DEEARTMEITEL This morniog was issued ► statement of the votes propomd for 1864.5 in the estimates for the revenue department., effecitive and non-effective, compared with those granted for like eervime in 1863.4. The total sum required is 4,692,0921., which is a decrease u compared with last year of 28,549/. lo the estimate for the Inland Revenue— mimics and ex nausea—there is a decrease of 38,3041., and I n the superannu►tion', kc., of the three &parttime* of 7426111. On the other hand 17,3191. additional is required for customs, salaries, and expenses, and 15,696/. for the post-oflice, salaries, and a:penmen On Friday next Lord Chelmsford will call the attention of this boom to the statement of the views of her Majesty's government as to the mode of dealing with prizes brought by the belligerent powers of America within the dominions of her Majesty, contained in the owesspoodsnes respecting the Tuscaloosa, which has been presented to the home. — ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.— ll* forty-ninth soniverrary dinner of this institution will take plat* in Freemasons'-hall on Saturday, 16th hit., under the presidency of the Lord Bishop of Oxford. 8, 1864. SIOSSILL SATVIDAY. 01 NOSTIVIIII S.W. to L& sad L. 00414111, moderate, with some rob is places. &IL to B.W moderate, Worms. s. with showers. SUNDAY. &Z. to NW., Nest to fresh. some rain to .S IL to R.R.mo derate to fresh. mme ralu. to S.W., moderate to frisk areerally .&& to W.8.W., too drat*. L to & and 9.9. W., BorTEKLIL oodles* Line. S.W. to B.L. variable, Saartax. 8.1 mcalerals, generally Sae. Worthen:Scotland. Weetero.Trelaad, Wales, sat &d -reads& Acothern.rawlteh Channel sad Mow M. Sorters tautward Leland and lialliekod. GARIBALDI IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT (now on ulna. mown.) NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, THUBSD47, 3.30 P.M. • The reception of Garibaldi at the Town-hall wan of the most enthusiastic kind—perhaps rather quieter than the Southampton one, but fully equal to that of the latter town in unanimity, in the plenitude of decorations, in the joyous group, assembled at the windows, and in the anxiety t o touch, to shake hands with, and to be acknowltdgel by Garibaldi. At the banquet, Mr. fienv, after referring to the honour which it was to him to entertain Garibaldi, said that there had been sassy suggestions as to the reavnie why Garibaldi mats to England, and he had himself touched epos two—that he wanted to improve bin health, and to thank his English friends for their badmen when he was in debases and sorrow. Garibaldi wanted, too, be believed to mingle with English statesmen, sad with the public men of England , that he mi g ht i e . taelaws Utak and receive from them suggestions which he might turn to account in his loved country, and It was not unlikely that even our own statesmen might re ceive some benefit from mingling with so pure and dia. interested a spirit as his. He could not be supposed to speak the sentiments of Gambrel Garibaldi, but be could onlyimagine that he bad even higher objects than three in coming to England. General Garibaldi had achieved much, but he had yet much more to do, and he hoped that his life would be spared to accomplish the great object of bid life— namely, seeing his country free from the foot of the foreigner. (Cheers.) It might perhaps be thought by Garibaldi that he had better not introduce these subjects, but he (the speaker) knew the English character, nod he doubted not that their conservative mayor and their comer. votive members, both of them sitting near him, would go with him in this—that Italy sad every country in the world bad a right to have as free and constitational a government as England—(ohears)—aed that was all that Garibaldi wanted ; he wanted to see the whole land free and united, and Victor Emmanuel ire king. (Cheers.) In his progress through England be might be able to effect something towards this end, sod although he taw that he could not expect our government to soloist him, yet he felt that the moral influence of England was great, and he hoped that when the government and people of Ragland had • res. seeable and fair prospect of accomplishing the object of his life they would exert that influence in his favour. ("Hear, hear," and cheers.) There had been remarks in the public papers as to the mode in whi c h Garibaldi should be reeeiv - ed in London, but if all chases in this country wished to testify their respect and admiration for him, in what better way could the working classes do so than by welcoming him on his entry into London, and b e earnestly hoped that it would be one of the greatest demon 'teatime which London had ever witoeseed. The working classes would speak in that manner, the middle classes would be able to speak is the way the corporation of Nee. poet had done that day ; and es to the higher classes, he hoped that as the Hamm of Lords and Common could not, in their collective capacity, move in the matter, yet that the Commons would do what they did when M. Rootlet., the Frencha minister, came to this country—separately sign an addrein, and present it to him,' an the representatives of the English people; and if the Lords would follow this example, every class would speak its geotimenW respectiog General Gan. baldi. He 000cluded by proposing the health of the mayor, which _ _ Yr. R. W. Rionrseb, M.P., seconded. He had but just strived in this country from Italyorbere be rifted the pri• sous which Garibaldi emptied. His efforts for asserting the liberty and independence of his country was upon: . 72 tongue in the cities through which he had lately p and ha should have been 'shamed of himself if he had sot been present thatday to congratulate them upon the delight which they moat experience in having Garibaldi amongst he them, for believed that there wag no Englishman but sympathised with him in his sufferings, and who hoped that his health would be completely restored. Garibaldi soon afterwards drove back to Brook House, an immense crowd loudly cheering him as the carriages passed through the town. (MOM OCR OWX CORRBSPONDIOIT.) SOUTHAMPTON, Ann T. Mr. Dowling, the artist, left here yesterday for Brooke, in the Isle of Wight, having ► commission from Mr. Alderman Perkins. of this town, to paint • portrait of General Garibaldi. Arra•gemente am making here to re• cave the illustrious Italian on Monday next at the Royal Pier, and to escort him to the railway station, on hie way to make his triumphant entry into the metropolis. Garibaldi has expressed to the mayor, Mr. G. & Beaks. his gratification at the kindness of the people of Southampton, as manifested in their splendid reception of him. His worship, after be had taken leave of his distinguished guest on Monday, gave • grand banquet at his residence, at which the better health of Garibaldi wee toasted with the most extlinsiaitic cheering. It was stated that amongst the General's suite is • nobleman of ample means who, being • great lover of liberty and an admirer of Gari baldi, has entered into his service, iu order,that he might, by this means have frequent opportunities of enjoying his pee mince and conversation. When the Ripon passed through the Solent on Sunday nothing could prevent the artillerymen from rushing to the fortifications there and vociferously cheering the General, and even the hundreds of e•ilor boys on board her Majesty's ship Bowmen respectfully pallid off their imps and sileatly saluted the gnat Italian sea king as be passed their ship in Southampton-water. On Monday, the Marquis of Winchester, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Hants, was applied to to allow the Southampton Engineer Volunteer Corps to form • body guard for Geri. baldi while in Southampton ; but his lordship declined, because the General did not visit this country in soy official capacity. The bead of that corps, however (which is ooe of the finest in the kingdom), being supported by the oaken, was permitted to mingle its music with the rejoicings at Garibaldt's visit to this town. It is stated that Lord Palmerston has invited Garibaldi to as eatertabsaseat at Cambridge limes, to be gives i• tie mane of next week. It has been proposed to give an entertainment to Osseral Garibaldi at the Reform Club. Althea& only suggested on Wednesday evening. abo►e forty members bays already pat down their names to pay that tribute of respect to "the Italian Liberator." Of course the day will be ultimately fixed to suit the couvenieoce of the illustrious patriot. The following communication from the Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police was read at • meeting of the Italian committee yesterday :—" April 7, 1861. Sir,—With ridifelia• to my communication with you this day, I request you to represent to the gentlemen concerned L the arrangements, for H. Negretti, Esq., for the recep tion of Garibaldi on his arrival in Loudon, that it is of very great importeace that no banners or placards with allusions to political or religiose piestions should be used on the ocesairm. 'shall be ready to supply the aid of the police for the preservation of good order in the streets as far as may be required, and I treat that norm's. will be g ives for oppo• sake) or unfriendly feeling is say questien.-1 am, yours faithfully, RICHARD MAINZ." Signor Negretti stated that he had men Garibaldi at the Tale of Wight, and had obtained his permissice to present him with the Italian address at the Crystal Palace on Saturday. April 16, where the addressee of other committees would be received. Signor Negretti said that he purposed again visiting the general on the following day (today), in 3rderr to obtain his consent to receiving addressee at the palace on Mon day, April 18, also, which, being a shilling admission day, would be more wassails' for the working men of Leaden to present their addresses. He thought Garibaldi would readily agresto this proposal, as he was always happy to meet the working men. A deputation to wait upon Sir Richard Maybe to arrange proceedings having been ap• pointed, the proceedings terminated. PREPARATIONS FUR THE RECEPTION IN LONDON. —The united sub-committee met last evening at the Lon don Tavern, and at a later hour at No. 10, Bolt-court, Fleet street, and were enabled to bring their effecter:mats for the reception of Garibaldi on Monday oast shoat to a com pletion. The South Western Railway directors have very handsomely plead a special trail at the disposal of the general and his suite, which has been accepted. They have also resolved to lay down a carpet on the platform upon which the addresses are to be presented, and have left nothing nodose which can conduce to the comfort of the illustrious visitor. Mr. Stapleton, the Common Councilman, has placed a dozen carriages and horses at the. service of the committee, and the General Omnibus Company have been equally liberal. The committees ore overwhelmed with applications for tickets of admission to the rail way stacker, and • large number of one guinea subscription* to the Garibaldi fund were received during yesterday, entitling the subscnber to two tickets. At a delegated meeting of the ancient order of Foresters, held yesterday, •• resolution was adopted recommending the whole of the brethren in the London district to attend the preemies on Moseley in full regalia. Similar meetings of the Odd Fellows and Old Friend. have bees held with the same result. Finabare4qtrare, Paddiogtomgram, Linoolo's iiimfields, Borough-road, Bormooderyoquare, and other large spaces, have been appointed fur the local societies to IllaVt, and being joined together, to march on to the Nib. Elms Station. Ooe hundred men hays bees specially ap pointed to sot se manuals of the procession, who will wear • distinctive badge. sad every possible precaution has bees taken to prevent cooftsion. The hands of musk will be very numerous, sad the display of banners very large. GARIBALDI AND THE GERMANS IN ENGLAND.— Garibaldi baying bees Wormed of the tosoistiese II the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE SLESWIG INVASION. According to explanations given by some German journals, the bombardment of Sonderborg was not a mere useless act of rigour, but a strategical measure. The besiegers are said to have relied on the flames and smoke to occupy the attention of a part of the Danish garrison and to mask their movements. The town is abandoned. Prince Charles was exposed to groat danger on the Slat ult. A shell fell close to him and buried itself deeply in the ground. Fortunately it did not burst. The soldiers afterwards dug up the pro jectile and presented it to the prince as a remem brance of the siege of Duppel. This practice of presenting balls and shells seem to be the fashion among the Prussians, one having been sent some days before to the Princess Royal. The Danes have, it is said, 17,000 men at Duppel; 10,000 at Fredericia ; and 1,000 cavalry in Jutland, making together 28,000. There are also 800 Swedish volunteers serving in the Danish ranks. The Danish Ministelr of War, on his return to Copenhagen, declared himself highly satisfied with the condition of Duppel. The troops have exe cuted a second line of defences behind the bastions Nos. 1 and 2, which were the moat exposed to the fire of the batteries of Broaker. The men are now sufficiently sheltered from the projectiles, and are acquiring daily more assurance. The minister is therefore full of confidence in the solidity of the troops and in the strength of DappeL (morals THE BOMBARDMENT OF BONDERBORG. COPENHAGEN, Apart 7, 8.35 A.r. _ . . . . . . Sonderborg was bombarded yesterday afternoon. The results were inconsiderable. The firing from the enemy's batteries, and also from the Dtippel entrenchments, was very severe. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Amu. 6, 6.35 p.m. The portfolio for foreign affairs, during the absence of M. de Quaade, who has left for London accompanied by M. Krieger, will be assumed by Bishop Monrad, the president of the council. HOLSTEIN. NEIIIIIINSTE, Aran. 7. _ An assembly of Holstein clergymen took place here to-day, consisting of 60 members. The assem bly assented without reserve to the resolutions recently adopted by the Holstein Estates. The Holstein government, in a circular to the police authorities, has enjoined a strict surveillance of the traffic with Denmark. SPAIN. JELDRID, Aria, 7. The Epees of to-day says :—"A number of Mas zinians have left the principal towns of Italy to excite revolutions in Spain and Portugal. Their rendezvotm is Gibraltar." CURE% FROM PARIS. frame ova OWN PAWS, THOZSDAY EVIIIING. The long-expected reception of M. Dufaure at the French Academy took plaoe to-day. It is need less to say that the hall of the institute was as full as it could be possibly crammed on the occasion, and that, as usual, the majority of the audience was composed of the most fashionable ladies of the Faubourg St. Germain. M. Dufaure was intro duced by M. de Montalemberk Among the acade micians present were MM. Guizot, Thiers, Ber ryer, de Beaumont, the Duke de Broglie, Albert de Broglie, Dupin (aintg), Flourens, Villemain, and M. Patin, whose task it was to reply to the speech of the new member. That speech, which it has taken months to compose, extends over many columns of the evening papers. It may be almost described as an epitome of the history of France from the revolution to the present time. The long life of Duke Pasquier, to whose seat in the Aca demy K Dufaure has succeeded, and the invariable custom that the speech of the new member shall be a eulogium of his predecessor, gave K Dufaure the opportunity for travelling over this immense extent of ground. He could scarcely follow step by step the public career of Duke Pasquier without referring to every leading political event from 1789 to the foundation of the empire of Napoleon 111. News comes from Turin that Italy has lost one of her rising statesmen, upon whose future career great hopes were founded : M. Parini died almost suddenly two or three days ago. He was a Vene tian, a personal friend of Menlo, and the repre sentative of his government in Paris. He was elected to the first Italian parliament, and took an important part in all financial discussions. Under Baron Ricasoli's ministry he came to Paris on a special mission to conclude with the French govern ment the treaty relative to the piercing of Mount Canis. The announcement in the Monikur that the Archduke Maximilian will leave for Mexico on Sunday, although it seems surprising that he should be able to start so soon, considering that the affair of the loan is all unsettled, produced some firmness at the Bourse. Rents rose 10c. both for cash and account, closing at 65k. 90c. and 66fr. 10c. Mobilier rose 3fr. 75c. The money article of the Please says that the figure of the forthcoming dividend of the Credit Mobilier is a subject of much discussion and doubt among specu lators. I have reason to believe that it is fixed at 100 fr., being 25fr. less than the last, which was 125 fr. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TIMAT, Am t„ S Kan.. ..... !Wit 64 I 46064464 s .....!30.14 ft 1 Leith lllO2 1 Ardrossast 0:23 hi 3 8 rosometlit 1.432 1 Gal way - Valentin Jamas 1 88.1 r. Cape Clear 1110.27 141 1 8. W. Queenstown 30.14 el, 1 8. W. Liverpool ... 130.3 1 8 L Halßhoad ALIO 47 40, : 0 88. & Pembroke 10.34 411 1 R.& romance 135.35 40 2 3 L West '80.21152 4 L L'Orlent '35.1011 1 LN.L Rochefort 35.2341 1 N.L Plymouth 30.1670 4 I. Weymouth 3O hi 44 4 LH 12. Portsmouth 35.1 047. 1 LL Landon ll4l 44 4 8.11. I wear 35.4646 1 L Yarmouth 10.44 42 3 . l& W. ocarhorough KU 41 1 H.W. noel& WU 411 1 O.W. ahillolowl •• • • 110.611111 1 ILL W.&W. RAW. I.S.W.