, 1879-04-18

DY NAIL.
QUEEN vlCTnHtAfs AnniCA7lnN.
Lanfon Eofrssoontftnct Daattfs .fdrtFift>r.
Ru,uprs OF d vague hut somewhat alarming
character hayc been current for soInc days With
regard to tho health Ut the Queeu. ilayc not
hitherto alluded to these rcports, but they hayu
become 40 persistent tint It would 10 useless
longer to ignore their existence. It is aald TINT
Tor some time past her Ata1esty's hgatth has not
been in very satisfactory State. The death Of
tho Duchess Of i1csso gaYu her shock from
which she has not recovered. md the fatigue In
cdeut OIL the celebration Of thu tnarr!aEu Of the
Duke of C0nna,tght exercised depressing III.
luancc OH her henlth.' The Journey to Italy ts
not tnerc hollday trip. Sir ". janner conaf1-
sse s sn stls asv Il a%%s sns 'isG en
were necessary fur tho Queen, anil this
Is the reason why eho has buried hpr-
self on thu secluded shores Of all Italian
son!cwhal gloomy etatcments regarding hcr
Asnjcsty's health which are 1ass[NE f'l society
Tint other reports connected will, si,. hscces
sion to the throne lta also current. It T. said
ty's he.tll tukes place she will no longer be
ablu to discharge tic functlons which belong tu
the sovereign of thu country, nipl runlor points
to tho possibility Of an ubdtcatlon. It Is an utl-
QUEEN for Italy the rrl,no. Minister laa enycral
times teen the Prince Of Wales. On Tuesday
l.c had MI interview with Ills Royal 1Isgiicss Of
more than ait lourfs duration, a',d tho Prince
charging the llutlcs ot tie Queen with regard to
puttlsr aifutrs during her abacnre lu Italy. 1n U
matter where there IL necessarily good deal OF
fpcenatfon It would be Idle to mike dcantu
Htntumenss, hut thcro arc those who think Tint
somewhat startling surprise fa In store for
Parliament beforo tho presunt session cluscs.
TIE HslTlsII DUD1ET.
Luadun Tf,Hta, LnrH4.
In tho Honsc uf Commons, yesterday, tho
| Chancellor OF tho Exehcquer made ILLS Financial
Stntc'nent, commencing by thanking the 800
| eor1cs ponteuts who durli4; the last few weeks
bud 1nado moru than eighty different suEacs-
tloals for new taxes OIL such articles rs photo
gr aphs, bicycles, chiu1ncy.pots, bachelors, etc.
Lie tl.cn reminded tho House that this time last
year he found himself with revenue ot ;e7o,-
H, 9 an a. ordinary expenditure ot feo 9s}
Exchuqncr bonds Issued In 1879 u,ld
/ further rrobable calls anonttng to ono million
pcndl.ura., To meet ths to imposed additional
| taxatinn which brought tho ostinatc Of revenue
up to I3 23o 0o, thus providing himself with m
cssi'untcd SURPLUS OF y, 700, out Of which
million to ote million at,d l,alf, leaving q nlar-
gin for Excllcaiey bonds. The cstlratrd RIVE.
nue of thu year 1880 WINS Is3 a:e0, 600, tile ac
tnal yiold Tas aSs Up y1 leayInE al. astual
wh!cS was sS an aiio" X oss o t. ti,o of ,2
inal estimates. IL place, therefore, Of slrpius
VARYING from 916o, zoo to Z ~ coo, he found
the Excl,equer bonds bad been paid oil. THIS
exesss, ho pointed out, had bEen due to tho largo
calls for extraordinary services. Going into le.
tui!a os to tho talltnE of In tho revenue, he sall
that the largest item was on wine and with fogMrd
to tobacco be poiutcd out tl!at tile consumption
liau only fulen of by = per cont, atd mentioned
That i would bo necessary to tncreaRa tho duty
9n cigars ~ tso ps,so iu to pa!'na5 a5:o u the
which EGO 600 was ttt seatlatil md E1u0, 900 In
Ireland, TN the Legacy And Succession duties
thero was. 4 falling. Oft Of !I2G00u0, as there
accidental, md it wna riglltlng itself wlthIn the
lost few wceka. In thu Expenditure hH pointed
out varloua heads on which tt,crG had bcea sav-
snt,8, though these, Of course, had been swat-
lowed up hy the increaAcl extraordinary charges.
Comparing the expenditure OF tho laHt with tho
previous year, he pointed cut that tiie exccsses
In the ordinary chnrgus in tho hltsccl-
lnncous Civil Services accounted for ct 900 00,
Army anu NaYy for Ei00, 900. With regard 10
tlse extraordinary charges, there had boen issued
tl'reo sets q E1cheguer bonds, VI, e., 750, COY
Issued ~ 1S17-'7s, h AnGuat last E3 600 0oQ, and
G533aooo. OF tlssc, however, x, ::oo, coo hail
aytuaiiy heen pail %, md but fur tle Zulu
wur K, ,0O0, 200 would 'i,nyc been paid. With
regard TO tle SIX million vote of credit,
toned tbat R;' 900 only had been spent with.
In tic ycar in which It ha(t bcru granted, nll at-
together thu SUN spent Oh aeeouut Ut Europcula
complications was 70, 195 oGi Which hs thought
xar amounted to G6o0,00U. and the Zulu waF,
G1,51D.uN. n oil Llc extraordinary charges
were II, oa5 900, Of which E3,00o. .o0o had bccu
| T1b1 1ntf nf for Tn f1t,,G ,tt,
year, 1s7p's0, tho Chancellor stuffed hlB csti
mates Ut expenditure "a fO'oWs:
Consolidated fund charges e3o. o?o, COZ
1fona charges OF forcca III iniia... 1oo' DC
Envy ...:...'.-.'.. '.'.'.' '.'...... ~ anu h!ll
u,to;ss Gsst, sssx,ass a niapd revenue s s$
Iost"oMco 80. .-.........-....,., i, IGN, a.i
Telegraph service ........ Liz, lDt
| Eatkct he&qlC0s' e....s.. Iub, t%t
Total expenditure. ."........ .... Est, LEI. 81:
which IL Il net decrease 0n tho actual ExclIequc
issues OH thu tust year Of ,25i, ,3l5. Thu rev
lows:
Eusona.. GH0, GOO 00s
E1clho '.' -. t'' '....'. .''.' .t''.. ~ 1at
a'id lax uni iousa tnsy..:.. .... -. s,7oS oo
propesty md Income eta1. ............. Me30, uo.
re'sHts"h 9io @ o.
fatarsat on advances to jocai works, ''e''
.Stc.t...... .,.'.'.'.'. .t'''."..'.. Nj, gul
! A1lsCt4lAAeouh. II, uu4. uU
Total rescnl.e. G83, o56. 00
| Il comparison Of thu two shows nj, eatiulatet
surplus for tho conlllg ycnr Of II ,.0O, ON, es
clad!1g any tutuEa charge for The South .Aftlca1
: war Mnl' Thu repuynlenk VI Tho Exchcqus
bo1lds. With regard to Thu luau Ut two million
, to india. the Chancellor mentioned that 1t WI
. md no provision was lu!lde In tho budget Tor
beyond tlh lrst half-yuar's interest. It. wa
' difficult to shy what additional call would b
eccsaury this year fur thu South AtrIcat, war, bu
after tuklny cs'llnscl With ttr heads Of The Arm
. aInl Navy Departments llo thought It would b
covered uy ll,a surplua of Rl,00o,100. COMM