The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-04 00:00:00

to the ability with which he bad managed the
financial concerns of the nation. As to The
:71inies, in its usual insidious manner, it declared
it had " little more to say on the subject of the
Budget, than that it presented nothing novel !"
and that C 4 the general summary would excite
no surprise, though some pain ?—lt is tolerably
clear that these unmeaning observations were
marety made.to gain time for some more studied
attack -; and it was hoped they would, in the
meanwhile, at least throw a damp upon the pub..
lie. However, if such was the writer's object; it
certainly failed.. The distinct statements of The
New Times, unopposed as they were by.any
thing in the shape of contradiction, sufficiently
satisfied every reflecting man that a decided inT-
•provernent had taken place in the state of public
credit. We observed 'on Saturday that theim:.
mediate effect of the Minister's expose Upon the
funds had been anticipated by a knowledge on
the part of the speculators, that it must neces-
sarily be a favourable one. Of course, in all
such cases, a momentary reaction takes place.:
Even those, who mean to take advantage of a
future rise, begin by operating far a fall-=" Re
cuter pour mieux sauter." Very large purchases
of stock have been made for Tuesday : and it is
believed that some great speculators, who. haVe
been among the sellers, will be- prepared to de
liver it, for the purpose of embarrassing their
competitors in the market. Under all these cir-
cumstances it is' not very surprising that Consols
for Account should have opened on Saturday
morning at 761 ; in a short time however, they im-
proved, and closed, after some fluctuations at 77k.

[THE TIMES.]
The Budget, as we before said, presents no
new facts ; And this, considering that we are
every year receding farther from the close of the
last war, and,: no doubt, in the ordinary course
of human affairs, approaching nearer to the com-
mencement of some. future conflict, is, we think,
rather matter of apprehension than of congratu-
lation. We are experiencing no sensible relief
from taxation ; Ministers are operating no dimi-
nution of the National Debt, and yet a Crisis
must spring up;to meet which net burdens must
be imposed. We are still in the same situation
as the last war left us, and from that point we
must start, to maintain the 'national honour and
independence, should these he assailed by any
' new enemy. But the expenditure this year,'it
is said, will be less than that of last by upwards
of amillion and a half. It is remarkable that
when grievances have been long borne, the pain
which they gave on their original infliction is
forgotton,_ and we only compare our present
state with that immediately preceding. . In
1821-2 less money into be spent by a million and
a half 'than in 1820-1 s but it is entirely over-
looked that the expences of 1820-1 had been in=
creased by the previous addition of ten thousand
mcn to our military establishment ; that the dis-
turbed state of the country was assigned as the
cause of that increase; that, further to tranquil-
lize the country, several acts 'of a nature totally
unknown to the BritiSh Constitution were passed
through Parliament; and that, having now bOth
the tyrannical acts and the ten thousand men,
we are congratulated, not that we are as well
off as we were before those measures, but
that we are likely to be a little better pff
now than at a certain other period subsequent,
to the increase of ten thousand rum and the
passing of the six acts of Parliament. In
this. way a man might be congratulated on
his good, health till
.he was safely lodged
in his grave ; for the patient always seems to
recover and revive a little; after the first ef-
fects of each several .stroke of illness have worn
away, or become familiar by time. The current
state of the revenues is compared 'with that.of
last year; but it is also forgotten, that the year
before, three millions of taxes were added to the
burdens of the Country-; and the truth is, that if
this sum were struck off, the revenue, would then
be found much less than" before the imposition of
the three millions. Neither will the inferiority of
the present year's expenditure bels)w
.that of last,
year produce any sensible relief, ivasMuch as the
difference is more than accounted for by the in-
creased value. of money.

The paragraph in the papers stating that there
is not at present one crowned Kin; in Europe, is
not strictly correct. The Emperor of RUSSIA
was crowned at Moscow, in September, 1807
and medals were struck on the occasion.
The extra mail has excited considerable in-
terest in this town, and a petition against it now
lies for signature in the Exchange Rooms. The
establishment is objected to, on the ground of
the confusion, which it will produce in all our
present commercial arrangements,- and
.of :the
cruelty to which it will, it is feared, expose the
horses to he used in conveying the mail.—(Liver-
pbot Courier.)' •

MOST MELANCHOLY OCCURIZENCE.-It iS with

the deepest sorrow that we have to communi-
cate to the public the following unhappy event :
2,n Friday evening last, (the 25th ult.) Miss
STRATTON was drowned in a well, in the garden
of Colonel BROTHERTON, at•Portobello, Dublin.
She was the youngest daughter of the late JOHN
TAATroli, Esq. near Dundalk, and Lady EMILY
JOCELYN, sister to the late Earl-of RonEN,
to the present Bishop of CLOGIIER. She had
nearly attained the eleventh year of her age.-
ft is not yet three weeks since the death of Mr.
STRATTON.. Lady EMILY, the most tender and
t'eeline- of women, unable to remain at their
seat Lisnwily, where she received such a shock.
from the deatkof the,kindest and :Most amiable
of:husbands, hadgone to remain for some .time
with her only daughter noW, living, Mrs. BRO-
T/fERTONi and while. sitting in one of the win-
dows, on"; Friday afternoon, saw her beloved
child, from whom, she expected, the chief.happi-..
ness of her latter years, .fall into a deep thaw-
well,.where she had been amusing herself. She in-
stantly fled to the,.spot and precipitated herself
into the fatal pit after her child. Assistance was
immediately given; from. Miss 5. thel.vital spark
was fled for-ever: Lady EMILY was, with much.
difficulty, restored to life and supreme roisery-
(D4blin Patriot.)