Hungary seems to have obtained a respite. So extravagant has
been her recent expenditure, that the revenue this year will be short of the outlay by £2,500,000, and the Minister of Finance proposed an income-tax of 4 per cent., or 94d. in the pound. What with this proposal, some scandals about money, and many per- sonal enmities, the Ministry has lost support, till it has been diffi- cult to secure a majority, and as the Opposition is divided, whispers were heard of suspending the Constitution. The leader of the Left, however, Herr Tiszde, has announced that his party accept cordially the dual Empire, and it is believed, therefore, that the Ministry will give place to a coalition, or will receive support enough to carry its financial Bills. Hungary is rich enough in "resources," but has to encounter the usual difficulty of States which, with a partly civilised population, establish a civi- lised administration. She finds it, as Naples finds it, and Greece, and Austria, much more costly than a despotism.
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