The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

He would be proud to support the Ruble lore In any
span coon', but not in such a proposition as he now race.
(Hear, hear.)
The motion was agreed to without further o'nerva•i'4a,
and it was ordered that five members forma quorum
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COUNTY INFIRMARIES
On the mediator Lord NAAS, the iollowing returns wet'
ordered :—" Of the various eums received by the difftrcnt
county infirmaries in Ireland for the yaw ending the Si
day of January, 1848, the sth day of January, 1919, act
the sth day of January, 18.50, distinguishing the sums pea
from county presentments, from private subecription, ar.i
from other sources ; also, an account of the different slims a..
tunny expended by the said institutions during the said ti
c.
showing the number of caws relieved, and the artrag,.
expense per head for the year."
MRRCANTILE MARINE BILL.

This bill was brought in, and read a first time.
The house adjourned at a quarter to one o'clock.

Eke erpregg.

OUTGOING MAILS.
The mails yid Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, gupt,
c..ylon, India, Hong-Kong, lie., will be made idp
morrow eveniax.
The mails for British North America end the tnit‘d
States will be made up on the evening of Aptil 26.
The mails kr Liabm, Spain, and Oibraltar will he muoe
up on April 27.
The West India Haile, including Bermuda, Haeannat,
Names, Honduras, New Orleons, and Mezioo, and evtluding
these for Madeira, St. Juan-de-Nietratrua, New Onnat.a,
Chili, and Peru, will be made up on Mai 2.
The mails for Maderia, the Brasil., and Buenos Arca, wi:l
ne made ep on the 4.6 of May.
The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Orrree, the lonian I•!anda
Itirlpt, Ceylon, India, and China, 114 Sputhztri;:to7;, will
he mad. up on the morning of May 2h.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23.

IT was promised last night that the CIIANCELLOa
Of the EXCHEittER should explain the amendments
he intended to adopt, or, to use parliamentary phra-
seology, "the course which he interded to pu,sue," cn
the subject of his Stamp Bill. The public had specu-
lated all the day on the character of the amendments
the right hon. gentleman intended to propose. Some
were sanguine enough to believe that he
would withdraw his unfortunate proposal in
favour of a general bill to amend te
stamp lives. Others, who had less confidence in :Lc
right hon. gentleman's financial performances, ccc.
tented themselves with anticipating that he wow,'
concede with an ill grace to the resolution of the
house. A third party, few in number, thous(" he
would take his stand boldly on his original terop..,
and call on members to reverse the cl....cisien of
Monday. All these curses were open to the (it IN-
CELLOIL of the Exclterrtex ; the first wcull
been popular, the second would have been grs, .1,
the third at least wou:d have been manly.
of these courses ekes he follow ? None of them.
The position in which Sr CIIARLEa wan
placed was this. The Houseof Commons had ani.m,d
two great and important propositions : fir,', it 71.•
ad ralorern scale of duties .oneht to b., •
at4mps; second, that the scale of duty ougut An.
mence at the lowest possible point it was pc,e.h:o
to fix it at, consittent:y with safety • •.e
revenue. The CIIANCTLLOR of the Ex, . •vu
called upon last night to shape his measure in
may with that deciion. Let us see what Le has
done.

Sir C. WOOD prons.es adopt the scale o, r.
upsn bands, affirmed by the House of CommorP
to, but not beyond, VAL That is to say, he s.'!l •
Is. as* stamp duty fir a bcnd or mortgage
2.. for a bond or mortgage of loot., end 4.
duty upon *bond of 1501.; bat upon all values coo
in 1.101. he insists upon a duty of p.;
so that the followicg teaks ere now before
Amount The new Seale
proposed
by Sir C. 1% ocd. n I 1
• s.
• 1

Bond,

100
150
200
500

0 1u
1 :5

. 12 1

. 1

100,VOU

An.i ;Le Fame
amount for a.: hie Ulf

va:ues.

The concession, therefore, mule by Sir
Woon amounts to wiling. Ile trie -,
believe he will ineffectually try, to evade tLe
of the house. But this is far from beiro •
objection to his new plan. The new ji en se,
us to be, on many accounts, more undc4irlt.
the old one.
In the first place, this new par. et:,e
.•
CliAxcELLoa of the Exciteguen has proea.n
crifices the whole principle of the •:,1 •
We have all along contended that, :1
have stamp duties. they ought to
ably arrarged from first to lest—
very lowest to the very highest Mr
valorem duty is the proper duty : i
adopted, without reference to value. up.sh
possible scale it is practicable to am(
CDAIILEF. WOOD proposes that the r..la:.
pay stamp duty upon a bond of ti..,re
shall pay :is per cent., whiist a man wh • has
it upon a bond of less than 200/., sha.
He proposes, more. ver, to c I.lnel:i.e. •
who passes a bond for a value exce:el, :
from paying a single fraction more than !!.e
passes it upon a stamp representing that
principle this is altogether wrong ht.st 1!
intended as a boon, we are at a loss t
it la to benefit; for the Ul4ll who really •e
advantage of the maximum duty is :1 e n
wants to pass a bond to cover an uneera'n
and this man, we need not say. could rareiy
afford to pay 2501. for the advantage of a stair:,
We object altogether to the surrender s r CII
Wool, proposer to make of the very ptiLeii-:,
which all his measure was basee—the f::(1,
namely, of an ad ralorent duty. But we .•••;,c:
more to the recurrence to the old r!:c
•' jump." These " jump.," from one
another, are the great evil of the rrese:.: st.
laws. They are unjust; they create utieit..,.:,t;
and they are more especially to be avoid, d wain the
are created by any alteration of the soe',•
duty shall be levied. Now, it is precise!} ••!: •'' •••
last descririon of " jumps" that Sl: C. W••• pi,
poses to introduce at the value of 20t1:. si
trust the house wiil not adopt it, her that rt o
adhere to the principle it has so properly dor
"an ail valorem duty commencing at the errs.,
rate."

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le nut:: •-%

The HANCELLOR of the Exclauct:it talked •
this subject last night precisely in the old strain. Y.
he had satisfied all the world about this bill. at.'
if he really believed it to be one of the greatest h... •
he could offer to the public. All we can say is,
if it is a bon, the public are extremely slow in appre
ciating it. The number of deputations which during
the put week have sought interviews with the
CHANCELLOR upon the subject, and the additions
which have been made to the celetrAted -1•43 unan-
swered letters, conclusively show that the public in-
cline to anything else rather than this description of
doubtful benefit.

Sir C. Woon indicated last night that he wa4 pr•
pared to make another concession by strikirg au
objectionable words introduced under the heaelof se.:-
tlements. We may, perhaps, be permitted to illbtru
him that fully as he has adopted the alterations which
the Express has had the opportunity of sump stm,:
there are still others absolutely necessary to res!or,
the text of the stamp law as Kt....a
iby the courts. For example, what will be though.
! of an attempt which has been made by the author.,
of this bill to Micas* a double duty upon a large e:,*"
of stamped deeds and documents? This has 1., e:.
attempted. Under the head of " covenant " in the
new schedule the framers of the bill hat,
imposed an ad ea lorem duty urn
decd ront.sininq ,I e•Telliffd f'r tht PO
I •
t!. •//q/ stitit or ,r,,,,, .:i wow!, IN addl..
stamp duty at present payable. We need
out how severely this would air rate io the ey
deeds if partnership, deeds of arrangement %,
creditors, and such like document,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF.;‘ EI: !a:1•
the revenue, and expresses his alarm !es: th,
scale of duties might prejudice the ititton t: !aka
We remind him that the House of Ostnmor
not before them the slightest data upon w

Let p.,