The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

ROBERT BLUM.

The following is a copy of the letter written by
the unfortunate ROBERT BLUM to his wife an hour
before his murder :

" My dear good wife,—Farewell, farewell for the time
men call eternity, but which will not be so. Bring up
our—now only your—children to be honest men; so they
will never disgrace their lather's name. Sell our little
property with the aid of our friends. God and all good
men will help you also. All that I feel and would say at
this moment escapes me in tears; only once more. then,
farewell, my dearest. Consider our children a treasure
of which you must make the best use, and honour thus
the memory of your faithful husband. Farewell, fare-
well; receive the last kisses of your Robert. Vienna,
Nov.,llB4B,.five o'clock in the morning; at six all will be
over.
" P.S. I had forgotten the rings; on that of our be-
trothal I press for you a last kiss; my seal-ring is for
Hans, the watch for Richard, the diamond stud for Ida,
the chain for Alfred, as memorials, All the rest divide
as you please. They are coming; farewell."
VIENNA, DEC. 9.—The Wiener Zeitung of this
day contains an autograph letter from the Emperor
FERDINAND to the Lord Chamberlain DIETRICH-.
STEIN, acknowledgingihisllong and faithful services to
the Imperial house, and conferring on him the dignity
of Knight of the Hungarian Grand Cross of St.
Stephen's.
The Archduke STEPHEN, late Palatine of Hungary,
on his resignation of that dignity. has addressed a
writing to the Colonel of the Palatinal Hussars,
thanking that regiment for the devotion testified to
him during the ten months that he enjoyed the dig-
nity of Palatine and Royal Stadtholder of Hungary,
from which post he felt compelled by untoward cir-
cumstances to withdraw. The name of WINDISCH•
GRATZ, who will now lead the armies of Hungary for
the purpose of restoring peace to that troubled' coun-
try, will recal many who have been led astray to a
sense of their duty to their ICING and to themselves.
FINANCES OF VIENNA.
'7lt appeared from the report of M. KnAus, at the
recent statement Yea
pecting the budget, that the sup-
pression of lotteries, which are found to be the fruitful
source of immense evil, will be a loss of 32,500,000 f.,
of which 9,500,000 flowed annually into the
coffers. The abolition ot the lotteries therefore,State to-
gether with other reductions proposed, throws the
Austrian finances into considerable embarrassment,
and in order to cure the deficit, the Ministers propose
having recourse to extraordinary measures.
The deficit being estimated in toto at 125 millions
offrancs, the Minister proposes as follows :

Duty on home sugars.
2. Reform of the Customs system, the gradual
abolition of certain prohibitions, the removal of which
will give a frosh impulse to trade, and bring a consi-
derable influx into the Vienna market, the: central
geographical position of which is extremely favourable
to commerce. These measures, however, must not be
introduced suddenly, as they will in the first instance
cause a considerable deficit.
3. Increased duty on spirituous liquors, which is
extremely low in Austria.

4. A fiouse. tax.
The Minister, however, stated these several taxes
would not suffice, and adverted to an income-tax,
which was received with general approbation. A
revenue and stamp-duty tax was also adverted to,
but the Minister deferred it, saying no more till he
should lay a project of law on the budget before the
Diet.
With regard to the loan, it seems to be the most
general opinion that the proposed treasury bonds,
bearing interest notliable to fluctuation, will not suc-
ceed, and that recourse must be had, as on former
occasions, to Baron VON ROTHSCHILD.