Evening star., 1901-04-11

fiscal duty on certain Imported manufac-
tured articles. amounting to more than one
hundred millions of pounds in value. rather
tnan any new duty on imported food pro-
ducts. whether used for actual food or
manufacturing purposes. Sir Howard Vim
cent. like Mr.. Palmer. desires that bread
stuffs and raw materials be admitted free.
but he also desires to have the area of In
direct taxation enlarged, and thinks this
may be achieved in the coming budget by
readjusting the inequality now existing. BY
will remind the chancellor that of the over
sea goods brought into the markets of the
united kingdom only per cert are charged
duty. The latter, amounting to thirty-two
millions in value In 1900 paid a duty of 50
per cent. One-half of that duty was raised
on articles of food not producible in the
united kingdom, and paid 471s per cent ad
valorem duty, while the remainder was
raised on tobacco.
The home Office is just now overwhelmed
with flood of loyal actresses" to the
king on his majesty's accession to the
throne, for all these addresses have to pass
through the home office In some of the
rooms the addresses are In piles the
chairs, tables and floor. They are received
in covers of all sorts and sizes. A large
number have been rolled and packed inside
ieather-coverad cylinders, varying from
one foot to eighteen inches long and three
TO four inches in diameter. Others are in
album form; others are either sn square
bexes an inch or so deep and from twelve
wooden frames. The albums are all beau-
tifully decorated in various colors and
many are silver mounted The actual pen
manship of the addresses on parchment is
diverse and beautiful, such as one can only
hope to- set eyes upon once in lifetime.
A staff of clerks is kept at work doing
nothing but writing formal acknowledge
ments on his majestys behalfs The ac-
acknowledgements are fairly written upon
very deeply bordered foolscap. This is one
of the penalties of being king. The other
day he was forced to receive fifty loyal"
deputations and reply to their addresses in
person. 1t Is not all fun to have a throne.
Rare Pieces of Americana.
Some rare pieces of Americana come up
for sale in Leicester Square next week.
They are arranged in date order, and in
clude the following. among other pieces:
John Lederer's Discoveries" 1872; the
Ashburton copy brought s510 a set of Rich
ard Hakluyt's principal Navigations,"
l59s-16oo, with the original voyage to Ca
dlZ; Raphe Hamor'S present Estate of
Virginia, 1915; Whitbourne's Discourse
and Discovery of Newfoundland" 1922 con-
wanting; E. Williams Virginia. 1850;
both title pages aud two wood cuts but
without the two maps; Josselyns New
England Rarities," 1872, and "a Disserta-
ton on Mans Fall" an example from the
rare Ephrata Press, 17GJ.
Some high prices were realized at Chris
ties yesterday for examples of fine china
ana the like. An old Worcester dessert
service. painted with exotic birds. bearing
the crescent mark, brought ST. 125; there
were about twenty yOne pieces; three Chel-
sea oVlform vases and covers sixteen inch
es ana ten and a half inches high 81 O2j;
an old Worcester jug. eleven and half
inches high, square mark, S1,27j; three
Longton vases and covers eleven inches
ana ten and a half inches high, 81 075: an
old Chelsea porcelain barrel, nine inches
long and seven and three-quarters
IN diameter, S1,15o; a pair of Worces-
Ter heXagonal vases and covers
fourteen and a half inches high. S405o: a
smaller pair, eleven and a half inches high
sl2oo. and another from the TrapneH COL
lection fifteen and half inches high So
600. T.. n M00RE