The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Pwriiiirra—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH—W ind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
RRIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
HASTINGS—Wind E , gentle breeze—cloudless.
SouTPLAMPTON—Win,I S. W., strong breeze cloudless.
FOLICE9TONE— Wind E., gentle nreeze—partially cloudy.
Ttertfui,GE—Wind N. N`., calm—cloudless.
B VONSSTOKE Wind E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Gith 6,51 ICH —W ind N.E., strong ureeze cloudless.
SwiriDolif—Wind E., light airs —cloudless.
coLCIIESTEIL—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CA,IBRIDGE—Wind S E., gentle bre ze—cloudlese.
RuGyiy-- W ind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
yAI Aorrei—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Thu returns from the following places indizate the state of
th, wind And weetber on Saturday morning at nine

Led S , calm—cloudless.
BieLuNGAft—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Pobt.vc—w ind j., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Poittsmoirn.t_ Wind S W., genti. breeze—cloudless.
RuGHT—iNind s. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
BIRXINGRAM Wind S.F., gentle breeze—cloudless.
vVirid S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SE , light airs cloudless.
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alm—dou ,less.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY i% 1851.

The House of Lords sat last night for a very *tat time
only. The motion of which Lord STANLEY 44 given
notice on the subject-of the Cape Colony was postponed.
In the House of Commons,
Captain &OBELI. took his seat for Bath.

On the motion for going into Committee on the Customs
Bill,

Mr. T. BARING moved, as an amendment, that it should
be an instruction to the Committee to make provision fcr
preventing the admixture of chicory with coffee by the
vendors of the latter article.

The motion, which was supported by Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr
ANSTEY, Mr. HERRIES, Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, and Mr.
WAKLEY, and was opposed by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, Sir JOHN TYRRELL, Sir FRANCIS BARING, Mr.
BERNAL O,BORNE, Mr. HIT3IE, and Mr. CAYLRY, was, on a
division, negatived by a majority (If 77; the numbers being
--for the motion, 122; against it, 199.
The Bill passed through Committee, and the House re-
sumed.

On the motion for going int) Ctr,mmittea on the Inha-
bited House Duty Bill,
Mr: DisaAntr, in pursuance of notice, moved the follow-
ing resolutions ..-... That, according to an estimate of the
probable future
Produce of the existing taxes, submitted to
t is House by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears
a surplus revenue may be expected in the present year
e to e extent of about
ti
estised is included a 2,060 0001. That in the revenue so
-.
sum' exceeding 5,000,000/: derived
from 0 e tax on income,
a
respecting which an inquiry has
been directed to be d
M e by a Committee of this House, on

the result of whose labours may depend the future renewal
or modification of that important impost. That in this pro-
visional state of the financial arrangements of the country,
it appears to this House to be most consistent,with a due re-
gard to the maintenance of public credit and the exigen-
cies of the public service, not to make any materiel sacri-
fice of public income in effecting such changes as may
be deemed advisable in other branches of taxation."
After a smart attack on Mr. PUSEY, the Hon. Gentleman
proceeded to state that he and his friends were prepared to
support the repeal of the window-duty. But the house- tax
must be altered into one of "complete commutation." The
timber and coffee repeals he must oppose. He would sup-
port a measiite for enabling the British ship-builder to build
in bond. The loss to the revenue would be small, for
284,0001. was estimated as the loss in the timber duty,
whereas he would, for the odd 84,0001., guarantee the Go-
vernment against the loss, providing the building in bond
was permitted. And he solemly pledged his party to sup-
port Government (even against their own discontented fol-
lowers) if this course were taken.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCRECATER said that if the reso-
lutions were agreed to, the repeal of the window-tax would
be impossible.
Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the motion.
Mr. GLADSTONE would vote in favour of the motion,
although he could have wished that Mr. DISRAELI had been
somewhat more explicit.
Mr. LABOUCRERE rfgretted much the vote which the
House had come to on Mr. Humes motion. He considered
!hat no advantage cauld be derived from building ships in
bond.

Mr. HUME could not see why his motion bad occasioned
so much uneasiness. He believed that the time had como
when the income• tax must become permanent, but it must
be made so in accordance with justice.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
For Mr. Disraeli's &amendment
Against it..... 24.
Majority against Mr. Disra..li . . —ll3
The Bill was passed through Committee.
The third reading of the General Board of Health Bill
occupied a considerable time, and a division took place on a
Total question affecting
Hastings and St. Leopards, after
which the remaining business was disposed of.

h a mTshhei rile the financial
abarotubgehtlifeomrwbaerrdfothr
onla.stGennitglhemt
of which he had given notice, and, as
might have
prop ositio nsbeen expected, was left in an unequivocal
minority. We can readily conceive the almisonstirre-
sistible temptation to a man pAz
ability and eloquence afforded by the flagrant errors
of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for damaging
the Iblinistry of which his opponent was a member.
But the occasion selected was peculiarly infelicitous,
and the Honourable Gentleman committed a
grave mistake in bringing forward a motion
the practical effect of which (if success-
ful) would have been to have continued for an in-
definite period one of the most obnoxious and un-
popular imposts—the iniquitous tax on light and air,
without alteration or amelioration. This was the
more unfortunate, as Mr. DISRAELI had on former
occasions, and even when bringing forward his
resolutions last night, declared himself to be in
favour not merely of a commutation, but of an
absolute and unqualified remission of the onerous
and unwelcome burden. His speech and his motion
were, however, at variance ; and while he declared
that " nothing could be more injudicious, more in-
exp !client, or impolitic than to disturb the revision, and
that , therefore, so far as the revenue derived from the
tax on windows was concerned, he considered it
blot ted out of the Exchequer," he yet endeavoured
by his motion to continue for an indefinite period, if
not to perpetuate the objectionable charge.
The effect of the motion was to place Sir CHARLES
WO OD in a totally false position. For once in his life
he Lad truth and justice at his side, for once be might
have even risen in moral dignity and dropped the
quibbling arguments of the Old Bailey practitioner.
The Right Honourable Baronet was positively beside
him telf at the extraordinary occurrence. He waxed
jocose on the unwonted occasion, and even made some
ponderous attempts at wit, not considering the for-
mid, able opponent against whom he was flinging his
puny and pointless shafts, and who could at any
time crush the rash assailant, or send him back whim-
peri, Dg to the protection of his leader.
The attenuated and slender minority by which the
Hon . Gentleman was supported showed that many of
ois own party, obtuse as they may be on ordinary
OCCR sions, perceived the pit into which their leader
had fallen, the serious blunder which he had corn-
mitt ed. There were few questions in which the
Protectionist general could not have commanded a
larger following than that which went into the lobby
with him last night. A majority of 113 on any topic
whatsoever, more especially on a fiscal or financial
subject, must have been a novelty to the Whig
Jilivistry. They have not frequently been in such a
posiition since they consigned the revenue department
to tbe tender mercies of the brother-in-law of Earl
GE ET, who received his appointment, not on account
of his own merits or competence for the im-
por Cant duties confided to his charge, but
by reason of his close connexion with the Noble Lord
the Secretary for the Colonies, who insisted on a cer-
taini number of seats in the Cabinet being placed at
his disposal as the price of his own support and co-
ope ration. We have repeatedly stated that Sir
CH ARLES WOOD is the evil genius of the present
Ministry, that he is the Nemesis goading them on to
act; of the most unwise and impolitic character, by
means whereof their shortcomings and backslidings
in the cause of reform were expiated. Last night, how-
ever, he appeared (through the grave mistake of his op-
ponent) as their guardian angel and protector—his
stinted and partial measure being looked upon as a
boon of no ordinary magnitude, when compared with
the unequal and oppressive system previously in
operation.

In truth, the country bad emphatically and une-
quivocally pronounced against the system, which
❑one could venture to defend in general society. Had
there even been a deficiency, in place of a handsome
surplus, there should have been some change, show-
in g a total alteration of the principle. But Sir CHARLES
W OOD can seldom make any graceful concession ; he
could not do anything in a straightforward and hand-
some manner. In the first edition of " THE PRECIOUS
BUDGET" he endeavoured to retain the obnoxious
principle, erroneously supposing that the country
would be contented by a remission of one-third. He
had, however, completely miscalculated the feeling of
the community, and the disgust and indignation
excited by his clumsy plan produced the Ministerial
crisis, which was only surmounted through the
weakness of the Protectionists and not ;the strength
of the Government. The voice of public opinion on
the subject was so distinctly audible that even
Sir CHARLES WOOD, obstinate and perverse as
he is known to be, could not continue wilfully
deaf. He was obliged to yield to the pressure from
without, and to make the concession so urgently de-
manded, but not to the extent required ; but the people
were contented because the obnoxious principle was
finally surrendered and could never again be re-es-
toblished. Had Mr. DISRAELI last night objected to
thv imposition of a house•tax, and proposed that the
entire surplus should be devoted to the abolition of
the window-tax, the result might have been very dif
ferent from 'whit it was. But as it was, he
strengthened the hands of his opponents by the mis-
take he committed, disregarding the vulnerable part,
and striking only where they were clad in firm and
impenetrable armour.

Every successive election proves the deep interest
the people take in the important question of the
ballot. Harwich, Greenwich, and Bath have sent
their representatives pledged to the support of protec-
tion at the polling booths; and it is a sign of this
feeling not to be misunderstood, that the enunciation
of no other pledge of reform on the hustings is re-
ceived with the same amount of enthusiasm as the
pledge to support the ballot. At Harwich, when
Mr. CRAWFORD alluded to the intimidation in that
borough, and pledged himself to support the ballot
as the measure of all others best calculated to render
intimidation impracticable, nothing could exceed the
enthusiasm with which the electors received the an-
nouncement. At Greenwich both candidates pledged
themselves to support protected voting, and the pledge
W 55 received with cheers. At Bath, Capt. SCOBELL was
loudly cheered when he professed his determination
to support the ballot. At Bath strong allegations of
gßraetaht
intimidation were publicly put forward. There is a
wfsocrtthliykeolise which
.rd Lord J
did not poll
RUSSELL'S attention—of
appeared at the election for
the electors, one. Let the Noble
Lord ask why ?
th
Ilt. 11.
a question he may very well
ask before he proposes
‘?h an extension of the suffrage.
Where are the electors who
The
the suffrage, and
why do they not vote ? T
answer is plain—the
C ,mmittee which sat in 1835
gave v
HENRY BERKELEY has over that answer ;-11r.
and over
again
Intimidation keeps them from the oll" of
deterred from voting by direct threats, others
trades Someh
an
declinew i
lt
the givena
ballot.
re
answer to that question in his ad
voting from the knowledge that their
suffer if their names appear on the poll.