The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-03 00:00:00

THE REVENUE.

The quarterly returns of the revenue will be made up
on Wednesday night next—the sth of April—which
closes the financial year, as it ends the present quarter.
It may be anticipated so far as to show an increase,
as compared with the year ending sth April, 1853, of
full half a million sterling.
There will be an increase, both in the customs and in
the excise, for the year—in the former of more than
100,0001., and in the latter between 300,0001. and
400,0001.

On the other hand, it is probable that stamps may
show a decrease, though a slight one.
There may also possibly be a decrease in the Property
Tax—but, if so, it will not be to any great extent.
The Post office will continue to show that steady in-
crease which has characterised the receipts of late.
If on the quarter of the receipts are not so entirely
satisfactory as on the year, the decrease will not be so
great as might have been anticipated, when the reduc-
tion of duties in the last session is taken into conside-
ration.

On the Customs' return for the quarter—as compared
with the corresponding quarter of last year—it is pro-
bable that there will be a considerable decrease. The
reduction of the tea duties alone would account for tbis.
The excise will equal, if not exceed, the receipts of
`the quarter ending sth April, 1853.
The same may be said of the stamps.
There will probably be also a decrease in the property-
tax receipts in the quarter—the proposed addition not
having yet come into operation.
There will be, most likely, a slight increase in the
revenue from the post-office on the quarter,
We have confined ourselves to the leading items of
the national revenue, and those which compose the
ordinary sources, and indicate more emphatically either
the prosperity of the country or the depression of the
people. The result is most satisfactory, in spite of all
the reductions and remissions of taxation that have
taken place, and will be at once recognised by every
man of business. It seems almost surprising that no
reductions appear to have the effect of diminishing our
national resources ; but this only shows how judiciously
the several reductions have been carried out.
The buoyancy of the public revenue seems to float us
over all financial difficulties whatsoever.—Sunday paper.

LYNCH LAW.

(Prom the St. Louis Anzier of March 4.)

A German of the name of Hoffman, more than six
months ago, made the acquaintance of an American,
of the name of Wilson C. Baker, who is the pro-
prietor of a grocery in the neighbourhood of the
St. Charles Hotel, in New Bremen, in whose house
he also resided for some time. At the expiration
of several months, Hoffman again left the house,
not without, however, having engendered an in-
timate acquaintance with Baker's wife, who, as 'tie
said, is anything but a handsome woman. As we have
been assured by respectable persons, this woman did
not only frequently accept costly presents from Hoff-
man, but also visited the theatre with him on dif-
ferent occasions. It is certainly inconceivable that
the husband should have no knowledge of these occur-
rences ; and although Hoffman may have been blame-
able for his indiscretion, still the case we are about to
state is of such a nature, that only dog-like baseness, or
cowardice such as evinces itself among the most depraved
and lowest class, can ward off the blush of indignation
from the cheeks of men. The day before yesterday
Hoffman received a letter from the husband of the
woman to whom he had so long paid attention, in which
he was requested to shun his house in future. As an
answer, Hoffman wrote a lengthy letter, in which he
expressed his regret that Baker should treat him in such
an unfriendly manner, and in which he declared, at the
same time, that he had never encroached upon his
(Baker's) right as a husband. The day before yester-
day morning Hoffman receives a letter from the woman
herself, in which he was requested to call at her house.
He obeys the request, and finds the woman in bed.
As soon as he enters the room the woman draws
out two pistols from under the bedclothes, and discharges
them both at him. Frightened in the highest degree,
Hoffman retreats from the house and proceeds down
Broadway. Scarcely 50 steps away fron, the hotel,
three men (Wilson Baker, the proprietor of the hotel,
and two other fellows, who are unknown as yet) threw
themselves upon Hoffman, and dragged him back. Two
of the most esteemed citizens of that part of the city
were in an omnibus just passing. They inquire into the
cause of Hoffmann's arrest, and beg Baker to act coolly
and to leave the decision to the proper tribunals The
cannibals then actually made a few steps towards the
city, but then turned back and dragged their victim to
sate Sr' Charrer H otel • xi.
Here n rOem is opened,"' and Ho'ffman /dragged in.
Wilson`. Baker hoe- two stout •cowhides -brought, mid
with a cunning cruelty the three fiends beat the defence-
less man so severely that, as one of the physicians
attending on him states, not a spot as large as a five-
cent. piece can be seen on the whole upper part of his
body that is not lacerated. Both cowhides are used up
on him, and at last Hoffman faints. In this defenceless
state these miserable creatures lash him to a bed-post,
and he is emasculated with a common table knife.
Weltering in his blood, these fellows left the unfor-
tunate man. At last he came to his senses, and his
groans attracted some persons into the room. In a
few minutes nearly 500 persons had assembled in front
of the hotel, but their action was confined to conducting
the criminals to the police court. The dreadful tor-
tares which Hoffman suffered, the hideousness and the
designedness of the crime, were not sufficient to ex-
cite the persons assembled to such a degree as to
take justice into their own hands, which everybody
would have been justified in doing in this case. Truly
if ever Judge Lynch was at his proper place at the mo-
ment of the commission of a criminal deed, he might
have been in this case. The physicians attending on
Hoffman have given up all hopes of his recovery.
Hoffman was taken to the Sister's Hospital yesterday
afternoon, while, as we are informed, the offenders were
held to bail in $5OO each, and are now again at large.
In addition, we learn that Hoffman was ill-treated
in the most inhuman manner before the unprece-
dented crime was committed upon him. Three or four
times cold water was dashed over him, after he had
been lashed to a bedpost quite naked, and then after
every bath a new punishment was inflicted upon him.
fellows stood guard in front of the hotel, in oreer to
hinder persons from approaching who might perhaps be
humane enough to stay this mean, coarse, treatment.
Wilson C. Baker, formerly captain of the steamboat
Mary Blane, was admitted to $7OO before Justice Allen.
His confederates gave bail before Justice Cady, in the
sum of $3OO each. The names of Baker's companions
are.—John H. Burrough, a young lawyer, Milo L.
Smith, and John H. Hawley, formerly employed in the
Planters' house. The Recorder refused to admit them
to bail under $l,OOO.

MISS MITFORD'S NEW WORK.—We are requested to
state that Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, successors to
Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street, have this
day published " Atherton," by Miss Mitford, author of
" Our Village," &c., embellished with a portrait of the
author, and other illustrations, which may now be had
at all the libraries. Also, 2 Mrs Gore's new novel
" Progress and Prejudice." 3. "Janet Mowbray," by
Caroline Grantoff. 4. " Reginald Sule," by Miss
Pardoe. 5. " Florence the Beautiful," by A. Baiilie
Cochrane, Esq. G. ‘, Family Romance," by Sir Ber-
nard Burke, "Ulster King of Arms. 7. " The Daughter
of the South," by Mrs. -Clara Walbey.
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