The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-26 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF PRINCE ALFRED.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred continues to
progress favourably. He was conveyed from her
Majesty's ship Bt. George to Malta on Tuesday,
and bore the removal without the least apparent
inconvenience. Dr. Alexander Armstrong, the
bead of the medical department at Malta, and the
senior surgeon of the St. George, are attending the
prince. It is said that no spots have recently de-
veloped themselves. A telegram was received last
evening from Malta, which states the prince to be
going on satisfactorily, and that he had passed a
comfortable night.

Our Malta correspondent, writing on the 21st
given the following particulars up to that
date :—" On the 19th her Majesty's ships St.
George and Magicienne arrived from Naples. His
Royal Highness Prince Alfred was suffering from
sold and fever caught at Naples. Apartments had
been prepared at the Repel Naval Bospital, bat it
was not judged prudent to move him for
the present. Dr. Armstrong, inspector-general,
immediately attended }um, and from the remedies
administered his Royal Highness spent a good
night, was much better next morning, and is
steadily improving. This attack has prevented his
peasingforhia lientenantay. Hewillprobablyprooeed
to Ragland, as soon as be is well enough, in her
Majesty's ship Magicienne. The weather is beau-
tiful, warm, and sunny ; no climate could suit his
Royal Highness better. The Roman catholic
archbishop at Malta has been very attentive in
sending on board to inquire after the state of the
royal invalid."

viz CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUER
ON TARIPP REFORM.

To a memorial promoted to him by the Liver-
pool Mammal Reform namelotion, the Mann for of the
Embalm has Jost returned the following reply::
" 11, Dowoiq•etreet, Feb. 20.

" ffir,—l am desired by the Gbancelloid the Exchequer
to acknowledge your letter of the 18th bat, sendiog a
printed copy of ► memorial signed by the vies-presideats
of the Financial Reform etiaosiation, sad pointing out
certain abolitions of duties of EXCINI and Canons which in
their opinion would be generally beaseciaL
" Mr. Gladstone desires me, in the fret place, to observe
that he is not aware of haying described the expenditure of
the °pantry as • profligate and enormous,' or of having dap
racterised it by either of thee* very dram epithets—
although be has, on various amnions, expreend regret that
the temper of the public mind, during some recent years,
bad been less inclined than formerly to the maintenance of
a strict economy in dispensing the sums necessary for the
honour sad safety of the country, and for the general de-
ficiency of the public service.

Glacisione is not able to hold out any expectation
that the number of articles subject to Customs duty to this
country can, within au early period, be greatly reduced,
those of them which produce small amounts being retained
on the tariff, not for the sake of the proceeds, but in order
either to countervail duties levied on the oorreeponding
commodity produced at home, or to prevent evasion of the
more immanent heads of Customs revenue.

" With respect to the Pitt,' °barges as trade, I am de-
sired by Yr. Gladstone to refer you to the widest* given
by himself during the last session of parliament, before the
committee on that subject.

" With regard to tie recommendations of the usocia-
tie°, that various importaat duties should be repealed or
redueed, I ma directed to state that the time is draw*
near when it will be the duty of her Majesty's goverment
to estimate the revalue and charge for the ensuing year,
sad to make such recommendations to parliaromit as the
probable balsam may permit. In the tomatinek the Chen-
seller of the Exchequer is happy to be favoured with the
views of those who have in former time ooetributed to
promote the passing of beuellrial measures, or who have
paid atteatioe to the impartiust subject of tazakion.—l re.
male, sir, your obedient servant,

"JAria F. STUART WORTLIL

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"C. E. Ilacqsaso, Fan., Bearetary,
"Liverpool Financial Rif orna Anameintina."