The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

THE PRISE AND THE BUDGET.

(From the Taws.)
As the paper duty brings 1,330,0001., and each
pony of the imams tax about 1,130,000 t, it is evilest that
shoot a penny farthing of the income tax gam to 11
the paper duty. If, twenty years!ago, Mr Robert Peel
Cto levy a tax of a peony in a posind upon imams resd purpose
thought ;10satutavery unkind to his aristocratic &hada the
fusses • , but positively road. Circanteisams,
tarrear, have the madness of yesterday the amass
erre of today. The House of Commas has pissed ea
nosed he *aka of the paw duty, and we shoal& be
the Yet to allow that the House of OXIMOOO may
am& From ea opinion deliberately expremed, except from
asessait or after the process of free discussion and actual
eo The Lords themselves, who threw out the bill
hr repealing the duty, did so simply on the ground that
the state of the 6040001 had altered so comiderably for the
worms since the bringing is of the bill 'roma.' lower boots,
that so emergency had arisen to justify a grave innovation,
and, in fact, to save the House of Commons from its own
act. If we are to believe Mr. Gladstone. Ileums, that plea
can no longer be urged in parliament. The state of the
&lances, on the supposition of the sugar and tea duties
and the income tax being retained, will bear some reduc-
tion, which Mr. Gladstom modestly and adroitly divides
between paper and income.
(From the Mowing Post.)

The decreer which is about to be made in the income
tax will be accepted by the public not onl as a wise and
judicious concession, but will be interpre by the light of
the opinion esteemed last night by Mr. Gladstooe—tuirnely,
that the process of direct taxatioe has been strained far
enough, and that the time has now arrived when the pro.
oar of reduction may be benrksially considered. The Home
of Commons waa °Weedy pledged to abolish the paper
OEN at all coat cad prim ; and it is to be hoped that this
qmstion—which at are time bars so angry an aspeit—will
nerve a satisfactory and deal settlement. The House
at Lards last Welched Welched its privilege to the
Min art the dealeion of the Commons ;
but, sow that thin no Chia war, with unforeseen ex.
poseee to be alcmanlstled and provided for, we think that
the peers will hesitate Wore they provoke another, and,
under present eireamationee, an inexcusable conflict with
the constitatima guardians at the public purse. The
budget, we believe, will be pepahr, not merely beams it
satisfactorily adjoins beam and expenditure, but because
it is free free all those experimeata and eccentricities in
!Vwhich public have recently been so wrong-
ial: the *
attribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Mamas lax and the tea and 'agar duties are only to be
cootioned far cue year, i ardor that parliament may at the
earliest moat enter grim? press= of gamma retrench-
ment which we hope Ives is destined to take the
place of that prodigals 'immature the reepassibility for
which rests amluively with the Homo al Ocesmoss.

(Dry IM 41'^.y gdoTll9

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from the moastreas aphiary which covers the whole at-
tain, woven vary ash to the ammeter of het year's
budget. It is the e.quarrel raked up spin. Apia Kan.
assetar ne to be eirellieted. sad Kr. Brunt's bidding I to
be dom. Apia fairy Wand is to sate in order that
Mr. Madame may day gory his poiat. The superhero
of list yaw ad& ham seppaed relish. the hap powers.
The posy lane. able reelela Moe the nerclast
wed the Indic al every Wm eig ban swept awn.
There heaps firm Mail redraella of the haws tax widish
emsy ea. fear. Bat we amok foram* stab the peon
tone; v s aueseheat te swam on tea and wen; weasel
AM pay oar pia.) Is *spewed, in order le pm rigida
.crab IrMadnh wile mfortueisely far tlisaravea,
111611111 d ate speculation Mr.
GUM= basesewum=kamarderlse • aide.
me ham tag, Pang Ilse pea& the tall beads of the
improved emanlima if sew fame. and removed the
vender impale ma paw* se Wavily as ear trade sad
menase, he arab' lam net with few apnoea. But
be Me pee ant ef lie way to mate opposition. Even if
all Mr. Gleideash esidelpetiese are oared, this is set the
hate to en of far eirer:h4reat sane of revamp—the
paper detise—faniii as ea all Callow of M. peak.
Far never did the heed the pelltleal hweamiter peat is
steadily to stems. Da them in as eppatenia, ham Kr.
Oladame's show*. fa aloft a minks in W to.
emir tax. abseil wadi at nee Maw the public, Ma
woodsy Wm aiph @Was saisael lidellee l s time
mere available, tali its mid be readred.

Mrs the liens* Advertiser .)
Though the repaid of the paper duties th thus promised
111 r. Girldirme II will be well for the small section of
politicians wits have seared for years for their abolition,
ea
to istegfes that the parka aid the performance are
spas. Theyhed better sot bolka I,efote they are
iaimithe uk
wood. Mho been ea which they have a long set
their hear* dams very pareatly before their eyes, but
ft b net yet within their peep. lure is • House of Cow
mess, sail .hid Gladstone Is issi that homes. It le ad yet
impanonated ials
third reeding of his lest bill for
the rembelea ef the paper duties was rely aerial by
• trjerity aes. If the coaisores please.
they are sew la • pathos to reject a similar
bafby a majority of at Ira twin that number.
And they could not dope say sans of opposition to the
government which would be more popular with the country.
Tb. nation haunt me that the reran of at least 1,200,001 n.
of revenue—at • time, too, when it is with dificulty that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer cam get the two sods to
mat —is mode merely to pleas Mr. Bright and three or
four other members of parliameth. The fact is so tramps- I
met that ars our can fail to perceive it, that ministers aoci.
seat to this sacrifice solely for the pupas of purchasieg
the support of theme few one tuber aid the handful of per-
err out of doer whew meatharee Yr. Bright is. The
country is iedignart and mortilled to sea the ministry thus
intimidated by • small who have no influence—jar
a they Ira nally no
those who WS, .' trailay affected by the
InidgAmn this year will be the victuallers. The
Cheacenor of the Edethiper proposes, on the taking out of
a threstarea bare% to allow distilla s and wholesale mer-
e:hate to sell any quantities, however small, is.
stead of belag ns at preheat, to go to public-homes
kr La Tradition two makes. The result of this win
be to indict ea injury CM the regular licensed victualler,
while it will, in reality, he re amemardatiou to the public
—for there is haedy • respectable_ prone. house which hes
sot now its bottle rowboat, wholly separated from the
bwr, and to which the most respectable servants may go
with the greatest propristy—move even, In some respects,
then will be the air when they go to some of those outaf-
thaway places is whisk wholesale wine sad spirit merchants
bane their promisee.