The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-16 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER T.A.BLE.

THY, DE c. 16, 1852.
State of the wind and weather R
atSDA each of the following
Places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
HASTINGS—S.W. strong breeze--scud.
SOUTHAMPTON—W., strong breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE—S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—sand—rain.
BASINGSTOKE—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
GREENWICH—S., strong breeze--rain.
STRoop—S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
SWINDON—S.' strong breeze—partially cloudy.
LEIGHToN—S.W. strong breeze—overcast.
COLCHESTER—S.W., strong breeze—fine.
YARMOUTH— S.W., strong breeze—heavy rain.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock
LIMERICK—S.W., gentle breeze—foggy.
MULLINGAR— S. calm—rain.
SOUTHAMPTON-28.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE—S. W., gentle breeze--overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BASINGSTOKE—N.-W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—S.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
STRoon--W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
SWINDON—S., strong breeze—cloudy.
LEIGHTON—S. gentle breeze--overcast.
COLCHESTER—S., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—S. gentle breeze--cloudless.
YARMOUTH—S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
LANCASTER—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
WHITBY—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
DARLINGTON—S. by E., gentle breeze—overcast and
foggySHA .
P—S., calm—overcast.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1852.

We yesterday pointed out the uncert linty
respecting the issue now pending before the popu-
lar branch of the Legislature. None can deny
the vast importance of the subject. It is not
merely that the fate of the Ministry may depend
on the result—that by the vote of this evening
Her Majesty's Government may be converted into
Her Majesty's Opposition—that " the ins" may
become " outs," and the " outs" " ins." There is
something of far greater consequence at stake.
The great cause of fiscal reform mainly hangs
upon the decision. Not that its progress can be
altogether arrested, but it may be seriously
and most injuriously retarded. And yet we ven-
ture to assert, that many Honourable Gentlemen
Who are to pronounce judgment on a matter so
euxeeapcetly interesting, are still ignorant as to the
et
question on which they are to deliver their
verh ' q and that if six different persons were
re
liueStZd explainto the real point before the
_muse, no
opinion, two would altogether agree in
The CuArreFamoß of the ExcHE-
Quint was caned
evenin on no less than four times on
Tuesday
the explanationggdyet, notwithstanding
the Right Honourable
gentlergan to the'.'n by
clica,rrogatories of Sir DE LACY
EVANS, Sir JAlry,s
and Sir CHARLES woo:AtM_ I Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
stiltileepr.oblem still remains
unsolved—the doubt
One will tell
you that it is a question of
col'lnstfis(ie
fidence—the real point of Mr. vitLritee or no con-
motion,
which would have decided thereon,Eß:ts
intervention of Lord PALILERSTOI.T. And'
for the
, that as
it was desirable to expel the minority from office
Without hearing the propositions about t 0 be su:
initted, and to bring in the Whigs, ulipledged to
any course,—so it is expedient now to nip the
financial scheme in the bud, and, under the pre_
tenoe of voting against an increased House Tax,
to prevent the recognition of the great distinction
between fixed and fluctuating receipts, between
temporaryandpermanent revenue—in other words,
between property and income. Another, with
equal plausibility, will declare that the point for
consideration is " the Budget--the whole Budget
—and nothing but the Budget," and that unless he
is prepared to vote for the project as " a whole,"
--if there is any Portion of it to which he is un-
able to yield a willing assent--it be his duty
to divide in the amine lobby with the Opposition.