Mr. Lowe is to explain his Budget to Parliament on
Monday night, a few days before the completion of the financial year, instead of waiting till after Easter, from which we infer two things,—first, that it will be a very prosperous budget, and will, therefore, take the wind out of Mr. Disraeli'a sails for the Easter voyage he is proposing to himself in the politics of Lancashire,—a great motive for promptitude ; —next, that Mr. Lowe is going to make a popular use of his surplus, and do something that he expects to be gratifying to the country, as well as taking at least twopence (we hope not more) off the income-tax. Rumour points to some large remission of the taxes on locomotion,—which might perhaps seem intended to make Mr. Disraeli's Lancashire audience larger for him, though also less enthusiastic.
