The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

LONDON, SA.TURDAV, APRIL 10, 1853.

The "opening of the Balget" is anxiously
looked for on every side. Unscrupulous partizans
hope to find something on which a cry might be
raised : they care little whether it be well
founded or ill founded, provided it affords a
chance of damaging, and, possibly, displacing the
Government. They are well aware that taxation
is never popular, and they would strive to cast
all the odium of any new or increased burden on
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, although it is
notorious that the deficiency which must be pro-
vided for arises from the plans of his predecessor,
and the manner in which he disposed of balances
that would otherwise have been available dur-
ing the current year. If Sir GEORGE CORNE
WALL LEWIS had remained in office he would
unquestionably have required a continuance of
the Income-tax at Ti. in the ii., without change
or modification, and proposed some additional
imposts to make up the probable defeats. And
yet any similar proposition by Mr. DISRAELT
would be virulently attacked by the very men who
would hail it with acclamation if proceeding from
the ex-reviewer. It may be anticipated that
every sort of factious objection will be raised, and
a trial of strength t 'ken on any point which
would not furnish favourable ground on
which to found an app3al to the country.
The Whigs would rather fight the battle
On a financial than on the Indian ques-
tion. And great care will be required to
prevent them from putting forward even plausible
objections.
The disinterested and impartial WOO, who wish
to give strictly fair play to both sides, are also
desirous of seeing the nature and extent of the
sche.ne, which will afford the beat augury fir the
continuance in power of laud DERBY'S Cabinet.
Should it prove acceptable to the country, it will J
be vain to attempt to shake those who have solved
a problem that invariably puzzled their Whig pre-
decessors. Factious opposition would be vain in
the face of a budget calculated to give general satis-
faction, and to relieve the overburdened taxpaye-ra,
who have been exhausted by the severity of the bur
dons under which they have been groaning since
the commencement of the Russian war. The great
body of the industrial community participate in
these feelings. Provided they get
good n
they care not by whom they may be broughtea
forward, or who may b 3 in offi3o, so long as the
interests of the people, at home and abroad, are
properly attended to.
The general demand that there shall, at least,
be a renewal of the Exchequer Bonds, must be
attended to. The unfairness of making the pre-
sent generation pay for Mr. GLADSTONE'S finan-
cial blunder is too palpable to admit of argument.
Ta Right Honourable Gentleman fancied that

by a little thimble-rigging in the way of
conversion, he might effect a saving in the
interest of the debt, and obtain the credit of
having effected a great financial operation. But
although the design was laudable, the whole affair
was sadly mismanaged, and the time selected par-
ticularly unfortunate. Indeed, with the facts
that must have been known to Mr. GLADSTONE
—the Russian difficulty looming in the future,
the effiux of bullion, the reduction in the Bank
reserve, and the increase in the rate of discount
—it was an act of financial madness to attempt it.
It was, as TALLEYRAND said °of some analogous
proceeding, "worse than a crime, it was a blun-
der," a gross and unwarrantable mistake.

The tax-payers have now a right to demand
that it shall be remedied without further delay,
and that they shall not be victimised for the error
into which Mr. GLADSTONE had fallen. As we
have repeatedly explained, the stock intended to
have been substituted for that paid off, fairly and
properly belongs to the nation, and should now
be sold for the benefit of the Treasury. This
would be far the best and wisest course. It would
give between eight and nine millions to be dealt
with, and would thus afford an adequate solution
of the difficulty, and enable some relief to be
afforded where it was most urgently required.
Under any circumstances the Bonds should be
renewed, not only the four millions coming to
maturity, but the two millions already paid.
It is true that 2,000,0001. of these bonds
will not fall due until next year ; but if any
funds should arise from the modification of the
income-tax, and the anticipated distinction be-

tween permanent and precarious receipts, as we
hope and believe will be the case, a considerable
portion of the produce would not be available
until next year, when it would come in just in
time to provide for the 2,000,0001. payable in
May, 1859.
The re-adjustment of the property-tax is,
however, the trump card in the hand of the
financial minister. The people demand it, not only
as a matter of expediency, but of equity and justice.
It would have been insisted on in 1853, but for the
ingenious, although not very creditable, device of
Mr. GLADSTONE, in pretending that the whole
impost would be abrogated in 1860. We proved

at the time that it was a vain expectation, and

subsequent events have not improved the pro-
spects of obtaining a consummation so devoutly
to be wished for. Let Mr. DISRAELI devote hia
energies to the duty of rendering the tax a fair
one ; and, for the present, give an instal-
-1 ment of justice, by letting the reduction to
sd. take place on temporary and precarious
incomes, at the same time increasing that on
realised property to 10d. If he merely proposes
this, he may set the machinations of his opponents
at defiance, and will place the Cabinet, of which
he is so important and influential a member, on
a solid and substantial basis, from which it can-
not be shaken, so long as it continues to merit
the respect and confidence of the people.

The majesty of the law has been fully and corn_
pletely vindicated by the conviction of GIOVANN/
LANI, for the murder of the unfortunate FIELOI SE
THAXIBIN—" unfortunate," indeed, in every sense
of the word—at Arundel-court, in the Hay -
market. Notwithstanding the ingenious sugges-
tions of the very able and talented gentleman who
undertook the hopeless task of defending the
culprits and who, as usual, faithfully and effici-
ently discharged his duty, the jury could came to
no other conclusion. Never was there a fairer
and more impartial trial, and never was gui't
more clearly and distinctly brought home to arty
assassin. His own statements and admissions were
decisive. There was no possibility of casting a
doubt on the evidence repudiating his identity.
He acknowledges that he had spent the night with
his wre!ched victim, very gratuitously adding, that
she had accompanied him to the Crystal Palac-,
and only left him in the evening—at a time
when, according to the medical testimony, &lie
must have been dead many hours. The discovery
of the watch and ring sold by the prisoner, and
the clock and wearing apparel found in his cabin
and amongst his luggage, could scarcely be got
over, but his own, we may almost call it " con-
fession," was " confirmation strong as proof of
holy writ." The learned Counsel for the
derence made the most of the only point
that could be suggested, viz., the possibility
of a sudden quarrel when he was about departing.
That might have had some effict, but for the
plunder of the room and body. But that being
taken into account, it was impossible to bJieve
that it was not a wilful, deliberate, and most
treacherous murder, committed for the sake of the
paltry plunder that could he obtained from the
wretched victim. The annals of Thuggism can
scarcely show a more premeditated act of assassina-
tion, or one so recklessly and lightly adven-
tured on.

Everything proved that he was seeking out
the "unfortunate," who displayed the greatest
amount of jewellery, the property most easily re-
moved and converted into cash. Madame
JULIE LEVY, who was mistress of the conve-
nient house, had a narrow escape. Her gold
watch and chain, and four diamond rings, proved
an irresistible lure to the plunderer, who was very
cross at her refusal, which was only occasioned
by the stinginess of his offer. HELOISE, unfortu-
nately for herself, made the next best appearance,
and being more reasonable in her demands, was
ruthlessly devoted to the sacrifice.
But what a state of society was disclosed on the
trial as it mists amongst certain classes of
foreigners. In one small house we have the
acknowledged "femme galante," who obtained
her living by walking the streets and receiving
the visits of gentlemen. A Belgian lady, who
occupied two rooms on the first floor,
who had " an anymt who used to come and visit
her." Then VIRGINIE SYLVEiTRE, whose
friend, M. TEIEOPHILE MOUTON', resided with
her, but who, although she indignantly denied
a t
jewellery.h
cou p
being a "femme gatante," was yet " a maid who
loved the moon," and was in the habit of peram-
bulating the streets at late hours, and used occa-
sionally be visited by male friends when the high-
mindedsay sellingM . MOUTONgiIo falsewsThereuwork—thatnit
were
ds e
in
oe
also Mr. and Mrs. DISHER,
the holy bonds of matrimony, who set the examp'e
ng to the other inmates. None of
othfescl:relil
partiesar occupied their time in inquiring int)
the private history of the others. There was the
most profound indiftirence as to the nature of
the proceedings carried on in the establishment
of which they were all occupants.
Surely it is time that something should be done
• .
in reference to the foreign women who infest the
Haymarket and its vicinity. It is • 111300:33 to
babble about the great social evil so long as such
proceedings are permitted to he carried on with
impunity.

The Earl and Countess of Darby, and Lady Emma
St nley, returned to London yesterday morning, from
a via to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The couott s
will have an assembly on Wednesday next, at the
family mansion in St. James's-square.
Tarr Earl and Countess of Sh lburne have lef% B wco ;
on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
at Saveinako Lodge, Wilts.