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London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

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DAILY WEATHER TAB LE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each t ►f the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The station
are arranged in order of latitude.
PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
PozismouTß—Wind W., gentle breeze—part ially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy.
HASTINGS—Wind N. W.. gentle breeze—partit dly cloudy.
SOUTHAMFrox— Wind W., gentle breeze—pari daily cloudy.
FoucEsroNE—Wind N., gentle breeze—partia ily
cloudy.
BASLNGSTOKE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—pa :daily cloudy.
GREENWlCH—Calm—partially cloudy.
SWLNDON —Wind N., light airs—partially don iy.
CorkitEsTEß—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—parti ally cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—part ially cloudy.
RUGBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
ButmntaHAN—Wind W., gentle breeze—parth dly cloudy.
YARMOUTH —Wind N. W., strong breeze—clout lless.
CBEwE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cic ,udy.
LANcAsTra—Gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Wurrity—Wind N. W., strong breeze—principa Ily clear.
Diaturturori—Wind W.,strong breeze— cloudle as.

The returns from the following places indicat( ) the state of
the wind and weather on Tuesday morni ag at nine
o'clock :

CARLOW—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain.
MULLINGAR— Wind N.W., gentle breeze—podia ,ily cloudy.
POOLE—Wind N., gentle breeze—scud, rain.
PORTSMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcas t.
DARLINGTON—Wind N. by E., strong breeze--st Lowery.
WIIITERAVEN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, • 1851.
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It is reported of GEORGE the THIRD th at, when
,hreatened with a Ministerial resignation t n masse,
accompanied by gentle hints as to the impossibility of
any other party being capable of carrying or I the go-
vernment of the country under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, the MONARCH boldly declared
that he would go down to Charing-cross an, 1 call on
the first twelve honest men he met to form a Cabinet.
The unexpected determination thus exhit 'ited as-
tonished the PREMIER. He found that h, ) could
not reduce hie SOVEREIGN to a mere cypher,
and that " the traditions of office" sho ald be
dispensed with when vigorously and firmly resisted.
This salutary lesson was taught to a First Lord of
the Treasury, even in the " good old times, when
rotten boroughs flourished and the prices of seats in
the Legislature were as freely quoted in the market
as Consols, Bank Stock, or railway shares ar aat the
present day. There was then, as there is at this
moment, a public spirit that would have r existed,
and successfully, every attempt at coercion m domi-
nation by any Parliamentary clique, however i nfluen-
tial. If then, WILLIAM PITT in the heyday of ! power
and vigour of intellect, could not control "op 'hums,"
or carry his own views into execution, despite the
popular will, how can it be supposed that h is suc-
cessors, men of very inferior abilities, could, under
much less favourable circumstances, overcoH ie diffi-
culties that foiled their great predecessor ? " The
people" will not now consent to be bound or to sur-
render their judgments to any persons what aesever,
whether the present or quondam possessors of office.
It would seem, however, as if Sir CHARLES WOOD
supposed that the calm and deliberate decision of the
popular branch of the Legislature, sanction ed and
confirmed by the approbation of the community in
general, could be controlled and set aside throt igh the
unreasonable and improper refusal of some parties
to serve on the Committee of Inquiry in to the
mode of assessing and collecting the Pr operty
and Income-tax. The vast experience, the won-
derful acquirements of the " Nestor of ' Fi-
nance" have suddenly acquired almost mire' lulous
authority in the eyes of the Right Honoi treble
Baronet. Without the help, aid, and assistai ice of
Mr. HEBRIES and the recusant Peelites, he (Sir
CHARLES) could not possibly enter upon the ins 'esti-
gation. With the becoming modesty for whit h he
is so celebrated he declared that "if he were to 5. ,erve
on the Committee he would find himself in a cliff cult
position, being the only person having experienc e in
financial matters on the Committee," and that "it
would be impossible for him to do his duty to the
public creditor unless adequately supported." If the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stamfg srd
be really of such pre-eminent powers that nothing
could be accomplished without his intervention, wl iy
is not the Government of the country surrenders al
into his hands and those of his colleagues ? Tb e
present Ministers have not only deeply felt, but the 2 r
have acknowledged their weakness—openly and can-
didly avowed it to their SOVEREIGN, to both Houses
of Parliament, and to the country. Nothing can
be done, crede Sir CHARLES WOOD, on the most im-
portant question that could be brought under the
legislative notice, if Mr. Hearazs refuses his assist-
ance. How easy trerinust it be foillie Right Hon.
Gentleman to overthrow any Government 1 It re-
quires no actual defeat—no motion as to a want of
confidence or other direct proceeding—sufficient if
the Member for Stamford abstain from taking an
active part in the public business of the country.
whether his absence be occasioned by a timely
fit of the gout, or the " pressure of his public and
private engagements," or, what is, perhaps, just as
probable, a desire that he should have the matter
altogether in his own hands when he can grasp
the seals of office, without being fettered or re-
strained by any report of a Committee, particularly
of one of which he himself had been a member.
The Protectionists desire to abolish the property-
tax, because they believe, that if that be abrogated
the exigencies of the Exchequer will re-
quire the imposition of duties on articles of
primary necessity, and amongst them the resuscita-
tion of their much loved " bread tax." According to
their views, anything in the shape of direct taxation
is to be eschewed ; and therefore the more
objecticnable and the more inequitable the
mode of assessing and levying the charge
the better, as it is the more likely to excite the dis-
gust and indignation of the people, and to be con-
demned by their representatives. On the other hand,
Sir CHARLES WOOD wishes to retain the charge,
but he loves it for its very imperfections, and
if materially improved it would lose favour in his
sight. He has therefore given an exaggerated notion
of the evil to be occasioned by the refusal of
Mr. Heiman and the Peelites to serve on
the Committee, desirous of evading the pro-
mised inquiry, but not seeing that he is
thush playing the game of his opponents. We believe,
sound
°we've?, that the country would greatly prefer such
an inquiry being laquirs! being carried on before men of
common sense, than before a body of
practised red-tapists, whose intellects were tied
down by specified rules, which they regarded with
S UPerStitiOUS
reverence, and which prevented them
from taking enlarged and comprehensive views on any
subject. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEwElt
him-
self will be a
sufficient obstacle
to any great
improvement, and it will be a consummation devoutly
to be wished for, if he should indeed be "the only
having (official) experience on financial mats
upon the Committee."
tern ° serving person having

Nothing new under the sun, is one amonga eo
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dh
ions g
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coxcomical aphorisms which, considered
to their popularly regirded signification,
are being
almost every clay disproved, now by some enter
,prizing• speculator, now by some scientific experi-
mentalist. It is of course true enough, and obvious
enough into the bargain, that, the laws of Nature,
being immutable in themselves, are the same now
that they were at the first instant of creation, and
that consequently nothing can therefore be termed
new according to the more recondite acceptation.
But to say
that there is nothing new in the vulgar
meaning
discoveries of the phrase, is little less than an absurdity
in
an
The el-dettic
et
age remarkable for so many marvellous
disco • and• almost preternatural contrivances.
stifficiuentnnotratieci hays telegraph alone would be a
startedthat inmtoarvlifelesin
theh hitherto
even to
evennoiilluusr

India was trancp il, but the western frontiers of
the Punjaub were :it ill threatened by the robber bands
of the mountains in that locality. Ample reinforce-
ments had, however, been sent to the irregular troops
which guard the mo u stain passes.
The deficiency in the assets of the North-West
Bank is estimated at 80,0001.

Rain and hail store us had been frequent from the
north-west in Bengal and Madras.
The perpetrators of the thefts on the Bombay
Oriental Bank have b een discovered.

The Money Market continues firm. The discount
is high ; imports are dull, but exports, especially in
cotton, are very brisk. Cotton sells at 78 to 115 ru-
pees per candy.

Freights to London, 10s, to 3/. 3s. per ton.
Exchange on Londo Q, six months' sight, 2s. lid. to
2s. lid. per rapes.
Hong-Kong, mbar Tre on England, 4s. Bd. to
4s. 9d.

DEATH OF SIR JOH V GRAHAM DALTELL, BART.
—We have to record the d ksmise of this gentleman, who ex-
pired on the 7th instant, at his residence in Edinburgh, aged
77. The deceased was seco etd son of the fourth baronet, by
the eldest daughter of Ni, :I A Graham, Esq., of Gartmore.
Sir John, who died unmai .1 -ied, was well known in the
literary and scientific world!. In 1797 he was admitted an
advocate at the Scottish ba r. He was President of the So-
ciety for Promoting Useful Arts in Scotland, and was Vice-
President of the Society or Antiquaries in Scotland. lie
also had the honour of bein g Vice-President of the African
Institute of Paris. Sir Join t was author of several works
on science and history, and c OF various articles in the " Ency-
clopaedia Britanniea. In 1: 336 he received the honour of
knighthood by patent, and ii a 1841 succeeded his brother
in the baronetcy. He died i anmarried, and is succeeded by
his brother Robert, a colon •el in the army. This family
belongs to the county of Li ulithgow, and claims to be heirs
mrle of the ancient Earls of Monteath. The first Baronet
was son of the celebrated G Queral Dalyell, who raised the
Scots Greys, and was Comm ander-in-Chief in the reign of
Charles the Second.

AFFAIR OE lioNoun.- —A hostile meeting took
place early on Tuesday mornit tg, between Lieutenant S. M.
Hawkins, of the 97th Foot, . tad Viscount Maldon, Royal
Horse Guards Blue, the former attended by Mr. E. L. Denys,
the latter by Captain Brownrigi r. Lord Maldon received the
fire of his adversary, and discht trged his pistol in the air.
Thus far the affair terminated.— •Pos t.

TUB PRUSSIAN POST- 0 lITICEL—The Prussian
Post-office has suddenly, and without notice, raised the
postage on English newspapers more than threefold the
former amount. It is as well to state that the postage of a
London journal to Berlin is nearl!r three times the price of it.
As the English postage on a for, sign journal is only a half-
penny something should be done respecting this enormous
difference.

COMPULSORY REPAYMENT OF LETTERS.—The
whole of the postmasicers in the kingdom are now allowed an
immense stock of postage stamps of all descriptions on credit,
and they are compelled to ascertaia daily that every letter
receiver in their official districts has a sufficient supply on
hand for the accommc dation of the public. The value of the
whole of these stamps , now furnished on credit to the various
officials in the country, is not less than a quarter of a million
of money. This plan has been adopted preparatory to a ge-
neral measure being I ait in operation for the compulsory pre-
payment,
Kingdom by stamps. of all prepaid letters posted in the
United . The accounts to be kept with the count
in consequence of these regulations, will camera
considerablepostraaster increase of business to the stamp department, but
they will ultimately cause a material diminution of Post-
office labour.
GOVERNMENT REWARD-- A reward of 50/. bas
who fired shots into the dwelling-house of
been offered by the Government for the discovery of the
a Scriptare reader, residing at Cleneughill,
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