The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-16 00:00:00

FRICES OF STOCKS THIS
q Ink `itock ' ' shut
1 per Cent. Red.
i pm' Cent. Cons. 92 q yili 4
V per Cent
lido Refl. shut
t per Cent. Ann. ... 102Mili%
Ditto, 1820 shut
',l,nk L. Ann.
Ditto 30 sears -
.ht to 30 years -
'ndia Stock shut
litto Bonds "*"' lq i I . - pm.

PRICES or roariox FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds ..... SOU
Chilian Bonds
Colombian Bonds
Ditto, 1824 9ON

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Neapolitan
Peruvian Bonds
Portuguese Bonds
Prussian, Old ............103 10.4
Ditto, New
Russian
Spanish. 'B2l 14 Vi %
1-- :823
French Rentes, 5 p. c. 108 f —c.
I--- Exchange ...... 251 70-.
3 per cent. B3f
Exchange 2sf. '7OC.

Daniih —
Greek Bonds 4034
Ditto, 1825 4234 1 3 234
Guatimala —
Ilexican Bonds 2l 7
Ditto, 1825

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
knglo Mex. MO. CO. (ISS. at 51. pm.) XlOO 381,i
Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (its. at 51. pm.) £2O -
Ditto National lO
Columbian Mining Co. (Ist. at 51. pm.) £374
Real dcl Monte Mining Co. £4oo

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O America
O Brazil
O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0
O Carthagena. 0 0 Leeward Islands
1 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0
1 Flanders 0 0 Mexico 0
O France 0 0 Sweden
O Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning ... 58 minutes after 6. I Evening... 24 minutes after 7.

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1530.

The Sun of last night exclusively conveyed

the Budget of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER to all parts of the United Kingdom.
The principal features of the Budget are the
total repeal of the Beer Duty—the tax on Leather,
avid that on Cider.
The total amount of the repeal stands thus :
Beer Tax £3,000,000
Leather Tax 340,000
Cider Tax 50,000

Total reduction ...... . ...X3,390,000

The above amount is the loss to the revenue,
but the advantage to the public will be about
five millions ! This speaks volumes for the
price of collection.
Now we confess that we are particularly
pleased at the proposed reductions, and our
pleasure is not less at the amount than our satis-
faction at the manner in which the reduction is
to be carried into effect. We must at the
same time say that had the CHANCELLOR
of the 'EXCHEQUER extended his reductions
a little farther we should have been more
pleased, the country more thankful, and the
revenue not a whit the less productive. The
Assessed Taxes are a fruitful source of bitter
annovance,—cannot a portion of them be dis-
pensed with—say the House Duty?
—But as we have given ample discussions upon

the merits of the Budget from our Contem-
poraries under the Spirit of the Public Journals,
we shall not here enlarge upon a subject which
must be viewed differently according to the in-
terests of the respective parties.
One item, however, we cannot pass over—

the Stamp Acts are to be consolidated and
assimilated throughout the United Kingdom.
This is quite proper. But is there to be no
reduction in the Stamp Duty on Newspapers
and that on Advertisements ? Let the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER but-
try even a small reduction, and we pro-
mise him an increase threefold. Let him but
take off one penny on the Stamp, and one
shilling on the Advertisement, merely as an ex-

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pertment ; and we can assure him that the suc-
cess of the experiment will induce hint to go
still further next year. The excessive duty on ad-
vertisements is a very great drawback on com-
mercial enterprise. Let the Right Hon. Gentle-
man but take our advice, and he will have ample
cause of congratulation,—the risk be runs is
nothing, while the gain is certain. If a Free
Press be useful, it should at least have fair play-
This is peculiarly the age of free trade,—why
then fetter and clog that which should be the
freest of all commodities—the vehicle for commu-
nicating knowledge and information ? The Press
is the organ of public opinion, and the echo of
Government. It is the bond of unity between
the Government and the people, and as such
should enjoy the especial favour and protection
of both.

The following arc some of the City opinions
on the Budget
The speculators of the Stock Exchange, and the citi-
zens generally, do not seem quite satisfied with the modi-
fication of taxation promised by the Finance Minister last
night. Without relief from the Assessed Taxes, it is
not believed any general removal of that pressure now eo
deeply felt can be effected ; and from the hopes entertained
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have directed
his attention to this subject, much disappointment has
been felt. The Funds have been but partially affected by
the production of the Budget, and the price of Consols
for the Account is 92i buyers. The new Four per Cents.
have fallen to /02i sellers. It had been hoped that a
modified tax upon real property, that a tax upon
absentees,—those who draw their revenue from this
country to spend it is another, and pay none of the ex-
pences of that Government by whom such revenue is pro-
tected—with some other new modes of meeting the de-
ficiency created by the change, would have enabled
Government to sweep off a large portion, if not the whole,
of the assessed t and have thus relieved the country
not only from a most oppressive impost, but also of the
heavy expences which accrue from its collection. The
. speculators are much occupied in discussing the nature of
the Chancellor's plan for converting the Four per Cents.—
the slight manner in which it was mentioned having left
them entirely in the dark as to what terms he will offer the
holders of this Stoek."

The Lords of the Privy Council had another
meeting this morning ; those present were Lord
WYNFORD, Sir CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON,
and the Right Hon. HUGH ELLIOTT. Tkeir
Lordships were engaged the whole morning in
hearing a part-heard appeal remitted from De-
merara. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr.
BULLER were in attendance upon the Council.

The French Papers of Sunday, and the Ga-
zette de France dated Monday, have been re-
ceived. Their contents possess no particular
interest. The Constitutionnel says, " a subject
of general conversation is a very expressive note,
transmitted by Russia to the Prince de PoLIG-
NAC, on the projected intervention of England