The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-17 00:00:00

THE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

The following are the resolutions which the
Chanoellor of the &chequer will move in committee of
ways and means on Thursday next :

3. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Ma-
jesty, in hen of the duties of customs now charged on tea,
the following duties of customs shall, on and after the 25th
day of April, 1863, until the Ist day of August, 1Y64, be
charged thereon on importation into Great Britain and
Ireland, viz,—Tea, the lb., Is.

RuoAz.

4. That, towards airing the supply granted to her
Majesty, the duties and drawbacks of customs now charged
and allowed on the articles undermentioned shall continue
to be levied, charged, and allowed, on and after the Ist day
of July, 1863, until the Ist d►y of August, 1864, on im-
portation into Greet Britain and Ireland, or on exportation
thereof to foreign parts, or on removal thereof to the Isle
of Man for consumption therein, or on deposit thereof in
any approved warehouse, upon such terms and subject to
such regulations as the Commissioners of Customs may

direct, for delivery therefrom a. ships' store* only, or for
the purpose of sweetening British spirits is bond, viz.
Boger, as denominated in the tariff ; mamma ; almoods,
paste al ; cherries, dried ; comfits, dry ; onefectionery ;
ginger, preserved ; marmalade ; plums, preserved in sugar;
saccades, including all (mita and vegetables preserved in
sugar, not otherwise enumerated.

Noma TAX.

is. That, towards raising the supply granted to her
Majesty, there shall be charged, collected, and paid for one
year, oommeociog on the 6th day of April, 1863, for and in
respect of all property, profit*, and gabs unabated or
described as chargeable in the act paned in the 16th and
17th pare of her Majesty's reign, chapter 34, for grunting
to her Majesty duties on polite arising from property,
professions, trades, and offices, the following rates and
duties (that le to Nay) :—For every 20e. of the annual value
or amount of all such property, profits, and gains (except
those chargeable under schedule (B) of the said act), the
rate or duty of 7d. And for and in respect of the omen-
tin of lands, tenements, bereditamente, and heritages
chargeable under schedule (B) of the said act, for every
110 a. of the manual Taor thereof, in Bastard, the rate or
&V al 30., end in Soothed and belied respectively, the
rate or duty of fied., subject to the provisions combined ia
the 28th section of the said act for the exemption of per-
sons whose whole iamb from every mares *ball be bin
than 1001. a year.

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6. That, in lien of the duty now pq►ble for and in respect
of passengers conveyed for hire upon or aloe( any railway,
then shall be charged and paid in Great Britain a duty of
excin at and after the rate of 3/. 10a. for 1001. noon all
sums reoeived or charged for the fare or conveyance of all
such peseempri.
7. That section 9 of the set passed is the 7th and Bth
years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 85, which eased that
no
tax shall be levied upon the rood* of any railway
company from the conveyance of pmeesgers at fares not
exceeding ld. for each mile by any snob obsep train so in
the said act is mentioeed, shall be retailed.

CLUB Lica:Paw
& That, towards raising the supply puled to her
Malady, there shall be charged and paid for *very license
to be taken out, yearly, by tie secretary, steward, or ma-
nager of any club or amosialAen, to ultimates him to sell or
supply by retail to the msmben of inch club or association,
beer, wins, spirits, sad all ether liquors, for the nal/ing
whereof as excise Lome ie required by law to be takes out,
th end also tobsoco, the duty of 171. le., sad 5 per mat.
aws.

Posucia's Bm !acmes.
9. That, towards mixing Ike supplijrated to her
lre ieforty, the shall be °barged and for end upon
lorry more license to be taken out y any perms who
shall be duly authorised by justices of the peace to keep •
ammo* inn. alehouse, or victualling.houes, and who shall
sell beer, cyder, or perry by retail, to be drank or consumed
in bin, her, or them house or premier, and who shall not
take out • linear to retail spirits, the duty of 31. 3... and
5 per cent thereon, in lieu of the dry now payable on
snob limo, to retell beer.

llm DILALNI'S ADDITIONAL LIMNING
10. That, towards raising the supply granted to her Ida-
=inwheire any prom shall bed licensed to sell strong
eoataining Dot lees than four-and-a-half gal-
lons, or is not lees than two dosen reputed quart bottles at
one ties, there shall be charged and paid for every addi-
tional each. license which may be taken out to authorise
seek parson to sell beer in any lee quantity and in any
other manner than as aforesaid, but not to be drunk or con-
I seemed on the premises where sold, the duty el 11. la., and
5 pre slat thereon.

STAG/ OA/MlAol3.—Exclam LICINSIS AND DMZ..
11. That there shall be charged sad paid in Gnat Britain
for aid I. respect of every original license to be taboo oat
yearly to keep, use, or employ a stage carriage which shall
be es rusted and licensed to carry not more than eight
presesers at ass time, the duty of 11. lls. lid. Awl for
and lareepeet of every supplementary llama fee the mane
liwhile shall lie taken out tit any WO allowed by
esiag the period for which such °Memel was
granted, the duty of Id. And for sad in respect el every
sells which say such siege cerriage as sforcesid shall be
licensed to travel, the duty of gd. The said duties to be
I. lira of the duties now payable by law in respect at such
stage carriages mid licenses respectively.

SucAL—Rtensx Dorn.

12. That, towards—
raising the supply ted to her
Majesty, the duties of excise on sugar made in the (Jailed
Kingdom, specified in schedule (B) of the act passed is the
20th and 214 years of bar Majesty's reign, chapter 61, shall
be continued and be levied and charged until the let day of
hairnet, 1864.
011•11 TABLE Liam= (LELAND).
13. That. towards raising the simply granted to her
Majesty, so much of any set or ads of pert seem as
exempts from legacy duty any
given for the edece.tice
or rosantemance of poor children is Ireland, or to be
in support of any public charitable inatitutioe in
or for any porticos merely charitable, shell be repealed.

E'en/QUI:I BORDB.
14. That. towards making good the supply vented to her
Maloney. the Commiasiomas of her Majesty's Treasury be
auteased to rale any sum of mosey, Dot exceeding one
million Marl*, by en Irene of Exchequer Bonds.
lb. That the priecipal of all Exchequer Bonds +bleb may
he so Woad shall be paid off at par. at any period net ex-
man, six yews from the date of such bonds.
16. That the interest of such Exchequer Bonds shell be
payable half-yearly, sad shall be charged upon and issued
oat of the ceenalidstad fund of the United Magda" at
[ the growing produce thereof.

OPINIONS ON THE BUDGET.

(From the ?ism.)

When we have said that in all its principal fea-
tures the Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial statement
h•s been fully anticipated, we have pronounced its highest
praina What is best to be done is dictated by circum-
stance* forced upon the observation of all, and the moderate
degree of humility and commis seam required for aoqui-
wing in the general verdict is the quality we are to hops
for m a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Gladstone was
I able to •anoasee last night • respectable surplus, and a still
I more coneidsrable reduction of our war expenditure. It
followed, as ► matter of mane, that be also anounced •
eorresposdiag reduction of our war taxes— lid. In the pound
from the income tax, and Id. a pound in the tea duty.

(From the Morning Poet.)
There an be little doubt that Mr. Gleastowee budget
will meet with & favourable reception. As Yr. Gladitose
well observed, hie budget makes so pretemioas to origi-
nality. The points of dispute to which it may possibly
give rise will depend rather upon the dirigibility of re-
mitting timai to so large an amorist time upon the means
by which they are remitted. The quagtiou will probably be
&eked, whether in truth the government one rely upon is
surplus cd 500,000&, and whether in the present ossiiblen