The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.

Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 17,
Will be presented TM.: FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Ch:t.
racters by Messrs. Parselle, If. Bedford. 0. Smith, Woolgar, and F,
Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss WOolgar, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, NORMA.
To be followed by BETSY BAKER.
To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
TIIR LAST NIGHT of THE CHASE, which must be withdrawn
for the production of the Grand Military Spectacle of the BATTLE
OF WATERLOO, on SATURDAY, JUNE 18th, the Anniversary
of the great national victory.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 17.
The Entertainments will, as during the week, commence with the
highly successful Hippo Drama, with new scenery, costumes, and
appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TURF—
illustrating a Sporting Man's Career.
To be succeeded by graceful and classical equestrian Achievements
in Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the most talented Artistes
in Europe.
The Equestrian Wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear in her
unparalleled Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons, both forward and
backward, never before attempted by any other Artiste, and which
las been nightly greeted with deafening applause.
To conclude with the Melodrama of THE FOREST OF BONDY,
In which the celebrated Dog Hector will appear.
Boa-ottice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
THIS EVENING, JUNE 17.
CHUSAN and the FEAST OF LANTERNS.
Splendid MENAGERIE, containing a vast number of Specimens of
Natural. History, including an Orang-Outan, the only one exhibiting
in this country.
GosvaEr's unrivalled MILITARY BAND. Vocal and Instrumental
Concert. At Dusk a most brilliant display of Fireworks.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam DAY —Morning 57 min. after 9 Evening 28 min.aft. 10
To.lioaaow—Morning 58 min. after 10 I Evening 27 rain.aft. 11

THE WEATHER.—SUN Orrica, Juan 17.
THZEMONETICR, IN TYE SHADE.
74—highest since noon yesterday.
56 —lowest this morning and during the night.
73 this day at noon.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1853.

The mantle of Sir CHARLES WOOD appears to
have descended (we shall not say with double
" virtue," inasmuch as the term would be very
inapplicable, but) with double power on the
present Head of the Financial Department of the
Government. Mr. GLADSTONE may not be quite
as blind to the signs of the times as his Whig pre-
decessor, but he is equally indifferent to the voice
of opinion, whether expressed through aggregate
meetings, the public journals, or even the chosen
representatives of independent constituencies. He
will not surrender a single crotchet, on any degree
of pressure or under any circumstances. He is
even a more mischievous Administrator than Sir
CHARLES WOOD, because so much better qualified
to assign plausible arguments in favour of his de-
cisions, and "to make the worse appear the better
reason."

The propositions of the "Ministerial Marplot"
stood forth in all their naked enormity, without
covering or concealment, exciting the indignation
of independent Members within, and of the com-
munity in general outside, the walls of Parlia-
ment ; but the present Chancellor of the Exche-
quer is unfortunately but too competent to con-
ceal or gloss over his projects with a grace of
diction and persuasive eloquence sufficient, if not
to convince, at least to appease the scruples of
those willing to be deceived, and to vote according
to their interests rather than their convictions, if
any plausible pretexts could be assigned for such
a course. Besides, the Right Hon. Baronet, like
his Whig associates, "is made of squeezable ma-
terials." No man could possibly exhibit a greater
indifference to arguments founded on such com-
mon-place considerations as those of equity and
justice ; but when the assault became really for-
midable—when the hour of trial approached—
concessions might be wrung from his fears which
could not be obtained from his sense of jus-
tice. But although not exceeding, perhaps
not equalling, him in perversity —the qua-
lity of the inferior and longer-eared animal—
Mr. GLADSTONE possesses equal or even greater
" obstinacy " or " firmness of purpose," which in-
duces him to persevere--aye, and successfully--
where his predecessor would shrink dismayed
from the arduous contest. Ile is, therefore, a
more dangerous Financial Minister than the Rus-
sellite Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that not
to his opponents only, but eventually to his friends.
It is unnecessary to multiply instances in sup-
port of these views. Two remarkable instances
may, however, be briefly alluded to. First is the
unyielding determination on the Income Tax—
the obstinate resolution to resist any amelioration
or modification of its monstrous and iniquitous
provisions, and that under circumstances when
further resistance was apparently useless,—when
an almost unparalleled concurrence of opinion had
proclaimed the necessity of discriminating between
precarious and permanent income,--when even
the Ministerial Leaders in both Houses
of Parliament had, if not directly, at
least impliedly, promised that there should be a
recognition of the distinction, and, at least, an
effort made to obtain, if not perfect equality of
taxation, a greater approximation thereto than
under the system previously in operation, and
which promises greatly to diminish, if they did not
altogether suppress, the litigation on the subject.
And, secondly, on the minor point of the Advertis-
ement Duties, of which the total abolition had been
demanded by the all-but unanimous opinion of
the community, and sanctioned by a decisive ma-
jority of .the House of Commons. There was
surely no principle, however erroneous, to be as-
serted in the retention of a portion of this ob-
noxious impost. Nothing could be gained by con-
tinuing the complicated and expensive machinery
and the vexatious regulations essential for the col-
lection of even an infinitesimal fraction of the tax.
He might have yielded gracefully, more especially
as the vote had been given—the opinion of the
House had been expressed—before the delivery
of his Financial Statement, and he would have
had nothing to retract or explain, no amendment
to Yield to. There might have been circumstances
_Under Which it would have been necessary to de-
fend- the revenue, where a large amount of money,
or a •
result' Important principle, was involved in the
Bit therer)u twee nothing of the kind in the
Advertisement
more than 60,000 i. es The sum at stake—not
lision for ; and eve was too trifling to risk a col-
favour of total
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The insult to the reduction.
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MILNER GIBSON's motion waxy :thihti:avl:ottedre ous, inasmuch as he succeeded
and without legitimate object. solicitation,
Another item of
revenue, of almost equal amount, drawn fro
journal, if not from journals, and which the
cini a
onor
of the gift had not even suggested as differing, in
any respect, from the general question of the
Stamp Duties. If, as the Right Hon. Gentleman
himself argued, the postal facilities, the gratuitous
conveyance throughout the entire kingdom could
be regarded as an equivalent for the News-
paper Stamp, surely that stamp should be
increased when the bulk was inordinately
inCreased. Something more should be demanded