The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-03 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. and their appearance would seem to indicate that the
The Public is respectfully ixformed that a New Ind Ori-
gin il Comedy, in Five Acts, by Dion Bourcicanit, Esq., entitled political atmosphere was comparatively undisturbed.
LOVE IN A MAZE, will be produced on THURSDAY, 6th inst.
Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, A. Wigan, Harley, Addison, All that is known at present is that Lord JOHN
Meadows, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kea*. lis actively engaged in reconstructing his Go-
vernment. Among the quidnuncs there are
various surmises as to how it will be com-
posed, and as to the manner in which his
Lordship will so arrange, or modify his policy, as to
secure a decent working majority, that will enable
him to hold office during the remainder of the session.

A"L O N I C 0 N.
Miss Poole, Miss Messent, Misses Emma, Victoria, and Rosina.
Collins, Mr. Grattan Cooke, Mr. Collins, and Master Joseph Collins.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, 6ATURDA.Y,_ 310E.NLNQS, at Two

Nothing definite is yet known with respect to the
Ministerial arrangements. The Duke of WELLINGTON,
who arrived from Strathfieldsaye on Saturday, was
immediately admitted to a prolonged audience of her
MAJESTY. The Marquis of LANSDOW:NE was then
sent for, and remained more than an h our in atten-
dance on his SOVEREIGN, and at a late hour in the
evening had a long consultation with Lord JOHN
RUSSELL. On the following (yesterday) morning
the Noble Marquis again visited Buckilagham Palace,
then waited on the ex-Premier at higi private resi-
dence, who at a later period of the day had an inter-
view with the QUEEN, having in the interval commu-
nicated with two of his late colleagues, fiir CHARLES
WOOD and Sir GEORGE GREY. It is, th, ?n, more than
probable that, as we have alread3 r stated, a
Ministry of transition may be patched up under the
presidency of the ex-First Lord of I;he Treasury
comprising a great number of the quondam Ministry.
Some alterations there must be, for th e) country will
never again tolerate Sir CHARLES Moot as its
; Minister of Finance. The " DUST BUDGET"
of 1850 and the "PaLcions BUDGE of 1851 re-
main too glaring monuments of his p resumption and
incapacity to render it possible that tk as overburdened
, taxpayers should consent to be again n lade the victims
of ignorance and imbecility in that :most important
branch of the public service, on the pr oper regulation
of which the welfare and prosperil ,3r of the nation
i mainly depend. There must, then, be a new Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and if that a'ucluld render ne-
cessary a new Secretary for the Col onies, we must
submit to the loss with patient resign; ition.
We have, however, learnt some sa ti sfactory truths
during the recent revelations. We now know that
there is no possibility of a Protection i st Government.
The recognized leader of the party has given a me-
lancholy account of his followers. A ceording to his
statement, there were among the pea ty with whom
he was immediately and politically •.3 Dnnected "few,
if any, men possessed of sufficient exp erience, or habits
of public business," and even them ) few were not
willing to take upon themselves the cares of office.
" The pressure of domestic concerns,;" or undue dif-
fidence, induced three or lour leading 'individuals who
were applied to, to express " an unwillingness to join
in an Administration." The indignant chief then
relinquished the task in disgust, convinced that,
even if he had the rank and file, he
could not properly officer bis troops. He
could scarcely hope to carry on a Govern-
ment, even if his most sangu'ine hopes were
realized, and that a fair working majority of Protec-
tionists were returned to the poput sr branch of the
Legislature. How utterly impractic able, then, would
be the attempt in the face of a hostile majority of at
least forty or fifty !—for be it rem ?inhered that sucll
a Government introducing even more stringent
measures against the Papal aggression than that
which provoked the animosity od the Irish Roman
Catholic Members could no longer rely on the pre-
carious support that would be obtained from the,dis•
contented gentlemen who went into the same lobby
with Mr. DISRAELI, mt for the purpose of ignoring
the doctines of free trade, but of damaging the
Ministry. They were, in fact, to use the Noble
Lord's own words, "ready to combine (i. e., with
the Protectionists) for the purposes of opposition,
though unable to act with theta for the purposes of
Government."
Lord STANLEY also distiuly and positively
declared that he did not participate in the opinion
of the agriculturists, who so loudly clamoured
for an appeal to the coun.!ry as the mode
whereby the reins of government might be trans-
ferred from the hands of the late Ministers to their
own party. On the contrary, le announced that
" from the state of public businf:tis it was not possible,
nor would he venture to advise her MAJZSTY, to
have recourse to a dissoluti on of Parliament."
Even that desperate expedient would, if resorted to,
have proved a total failure. We, are too well ac-
quainted with the state of public opinion to suppose
for a moment that the community in ge-
neral, or even the pre sent limited con-
stituencies, would assent to the re-imposition
of a bread tax when the election a of their representa-
tives were placed on such an is sue. The exposition
of the Noble Lord's views and opinions on the fisca

agricultural, and Papal aggres Lion questions were
hardly required, although we ore happy to receive
such authentic evidence to show how completely the
" bucolics" reckoned without their host in what they
require. The nation does not desire the abolition
of the property-tax. On the contrary, it is by
far the fairest and most judicious mode of
collecting the national revenues, provided it be asses-
sed on fair and equitable principles. It is the mon-
strous injustice perpetrated under its provisions—the
absurdity of charging equally all species of incomes,
no matter from what sources they may be derived,
whether from the precarious earnings of mental or
bodily labour, or dividends from the 'Three per Cents.,
or well secured ground rents, that is the grievance
that is so deeply felt, and so loudly complained of ;
and no man, or body of men, widl merit the public
confidence, or receive the public support, who will
not be prepared to legislate on this important subject
in an enlightened and comprehensive spirit. Any-
thing in the shape of a bread tax will at all times
be resisted to the utmost extremity, although
brought forward under the specious pretext
of being imposed solely for purposes of re-

venue. The people are not to be quite
so easily taken in ; they are but too well aware

;hat under Such a syotem ten pounds would be ex

tracted from their pockets for ev one that was

returned to the Exchequer, the other nine being a
tribute paid to the territorial aristocracy for their ex-
clusive use and benefit. The five-:chilling fixed duty
will not, therefore, hook the Free-traders, although
baited with the total abolition of the property and in-
come-tax, a matter which, as we have already
said, is neither required or desired by the great body
of the people.
As the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill is the sole
question of difference between the Peelites and the

Whigs, and as that will, we trust, speedily be set al

rest, there will be nothing then: to prevent the
formation of a really efficient and powerful Govern-
ment. The important financial questions cannot,
however, be dealt with properly by a Ministry of
transition. It would be far better that matters
should remain in statu 9uo, than that " any portion
of the precious Budget" should be carried ; better the
window-tax, with all its enormities, for another year,
and then its total abolition, than the absurd compro-
nilie offered by Sir CHARLES WOOD, which would

perpetuate the evil. The entire -,sscal, financial, and
monetary systems of the country require revision;
the subjects are closely connected, and might be in-
quired into simultaneously, viz., the amount ne-

cessary to be raised for the liquidation
of the national liabilities, and the maintenance of the

national establishments—the sources from which
these funds are to be obtained, and the medium

in which they are to be paid. Of these.
the last point is by far the most important.
Let full inquiry then take place, and pending that
willing
necessary investigation, we areto renew the
income•tax for a single year, provided Schedules D
and E be only charged with one-half the amount now
levied. A moiety of the window duties might also
be remitted during the year of transition, the re-
sidue, like the income-tax, being only granted
for twelve months. If the people had well-
grounded expectations of relief at the end of
that period we believe that they would
b e contented, with that moderate relief during the
interval. We throw out this suggestion as a mode '
by which Lord JOHN RUSSELL may overcome the
difficulties in which he has been involved by the
I°financial crotchets" of his colleague ; and as he
has failed in obtaining the co-operation of the
Peelites, why may he not look in the other direction,
and seek aid from the Liberal ranks ? If he look for,
it properly in that quarter, he may obtain valuable