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

THE WEATHER.-6rri (Onus, JULY 1.
THERMOMETER, et THE SHADE.
74—higheat since noon yesterday.
67—lowest this morning and daring the night.
74—this day, at noon.

BAROMICTER, 30.03.
WIND S.E.—Morning, muggy, close weather, with heavy
showers; Afternoon, cloudy.

DAILY WEATH.Ett TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
pieces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are erranged in order of latitude.
PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Pottrremount—W ind E., geutle breeze—cloudless.
IlatoirroN—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Linsruscia—Wind E , gentle breeze—cloudless.
SODTHAMPTon—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless.
FolamsToNE—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
TwimunGE—Wind N. W., calm—cloudless.
BASIN dSTOKE Wind E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—Wind N. E., strong breeze—cloudless.
Sy.rufrolf—Wind E., light airs—cloudless.
CuLatEsTER— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CANtsxmcift—Wind S E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
RuGuy— Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
YAKMOUTH—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.

'Lae returns from the following places indizate the state of
th wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine

LoftaticK—Wind S . calm—cloudless.
IMi.,LuNGAE—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
P(rn.a., —Wind E.. gentle breeze—cloudless.
PoilransouTH—Wiud S. W., gentle brt,eze— cloudless.
R,„l:oBY—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
AstamINGHAM Wind S. .• gentle breeze—cloudless.
gentle breeze—cloudless. TER,BoutotroH— wind S.W..
V,"kiwt__ 4, mud S E., light airs cloudless.
I.4Nc L W' 4.2 calm— clot, less.
azr 111
v ind calm—cloudless.

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The House of Lords sat last night fora
'Y short time
(nlv. The motion of which I, a-ct SrA.l4Lxv h,d, given
31°Iion the eu, ject of the Cape Colony was postp,,,ta.
n the House of Commons,

entain SCOBILL took his seat for Rath.
On the motion for going into Committee on the Cnstooas
Dill,

Mr. T. BARING moved, as an amendment, that it should
be an instruction to the Committee to m ,Lee provision fi r
prevelitng the admixture of chicory with coffee by the
vendors o' the latter article.

The. motion, which WaS supported by Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr
ANSIEY, Mr. flEnuiEs, Mr. GRANTLRY BERKELKY, and Mr.
WANLICY, and w•.B onpo-ed by the CHANCELLOR of the
EX-
CHIQUER. Sir JOHN TYRRELL, Sir FRANCIS BARING, Mr.
BERNAL O•nonsE, Mr. Ilumn, and Mr. CAYLEY, was, on a
division, negatived by a majority of 77 ; the numbers being
--101 the motion, 122; against it, 199.
The Bill passed through Committee, and the House re-
waked.
11 the motion for going into Committee on the Inha-
bite(l tioue Duty Bill,
DisnAELt, in pursuance of notice, moved the follow-
ing resolutions • " That accordinr, to an estimate of the
ProLble fut , ' .1" •
this House by
produce ...
the existing taxes, submitted to
that a sur p the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears
to the extlear revenue may be expected in the present year
tetimiated is • of about 2,000,000 i. That in the revenue so
fronitti e texmcitided a sum exceeding 5,000,000/. derived
on income
to be , respecting which an inquiry has
been directed
nude by a Committee of this House, on

the result of whose labours may depend the future renewal
or modification of 'hat important impost. That iu this pro-
visional state of the financial arrangements of the country,
it appears to this House to b • most consiAent, with a due re-
gard to the maintenance of public credit and the exigen-
cies of the public service, not to make any materil sacri-
fice of public inc,,me in effecting such changes as may
be deemed advisable in other branches of taxation."
After a smart attack on Mr. PCSEY, the Hon. Gentleman
proceeded to state that he and his friends were prepared to
suppart the repeal of the window-duty. But the house•tax
must be altered into one of "comdlete commutation." The
timber and coffee repeals he must oppose. He would sup-
port a measure 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 84,000/., 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-CHANcELLoa of the EXCHEQUZI. said that if the reso-
lutions were agreed to, the repeal of the window-tax would
be impossible.
Mr. NEWDZGATZ supported the motion.
Mr. GLADSIONZ would vote in favour of the motion,
although he could have wished that Mr. DISIZAZLI bad been
somewhat more explicit.
Mr. LABOUCHERE regretted much the vote
House had come to on Mr. Huma'a motion. He considered
hat no advantage could be derived from building ships
in
bond. which the

Mr. Humn could not see why his motion had occasioned
so much uneasiness. He believed that the time had come
when the income.tas mu,t become permanent, but it must
be made so in accord..nce with justice.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
For Mr. Disraeli's ammendment
Against it
Majority against Mr. Disra- —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
loual question affecting Hastings and St. Leonards, after
which the remaining business was disposed of.

The Hon. Gentlemen the Member for Bucking-
hamshire last night brought forward the financial
propositions of which be had given notice, and, as
might have been expected, was left in an unequivocal
minority. We can readily conceive the almost irre-
sistible temptation to a man of Mr. DISRAELI'S
ability and eloquence aff irded by the flagrant errors
of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for damaging
the Ministry of which his opponent was a member.
But the occasion selected was peculiarly infelicitous,
and the HonouraLle Gentleman committed a
erave mistake in bringing forward a motion
the practical effect of which (if success-
ful) weuld have been to have continued for an in-
defiuite period one of the most obnoxious and un-
popular imposts—the iniquitous tax on light and air,
wi'hout 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 i
absolute and ut qualified 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-
expedient, or impolitic than to disturb the revision, and
that, therefore, so far as the revenue derived from the
tax on windows was concerned, he ccnsidered it
blotted out uf 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
WOOD in a totally false position. For on-le in his life
he had truth and justice at his side, for once he might
have even risen in moral dignify and dropped the
quibbling arguments of the Uld Bailey practitioner.
Tree Beght Honourable Bdrogpt was positively beside
himself at the extraordinary occurrence. He waxed
jocose on the unwonted occasion, and even made some
ponderous attempts at wit, not considering the for-
midable 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-
pering to the protection of his leader.
The attenuated and slender minority by which the
Hon. Gentleman was supported showed that many of
his own party, obtuse as they may be on ordinary
occasions, perceived the pit into which their leader
had fallen, the serious blunder which he had com-
mitted. There were few questions in which the
Protectionist general could not have commanded a
larger following then 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
Ministry. They have not frequently been in such a
position since they consigned the revenue department
to the tender mercies of the brother-in-law of Earl
GRET, who received his appointment, not on account
or his own merits or competence for the im-
portant duties confided to his charge, but
by reason of his close connexion with the Noble Lord
the Secretary for the Colonies, who insisfed on a cer-
tain number of seats in the Cabinet being placed at
his disposal as the price of his own support and co
operation. We have repeatedly stated that Sir
CHARLES WOOD is the evil g-uius of the present
Ministry, that he is the Nemesis goading them on to
acts of the most unwise and impolitic character, by
means whereof their shortcomings and backslidiogs
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 aad protector—his
stinted and parrial measure being looked upon as a
boon of no ordinary magnitude, when compared with
the unoqual and oppressive system previously in
operation.

In truth, the country had emphatically and une-
quivocally pronounced against the system, which
none 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-
ing a total alteration of the principle. But S►r CHARLES
WOOD can seldom make any graceful concession ; he
could not do anything in a vraightforward and hand-
some manner. In the first edition of " THE raEctons
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 centented because the obnoxious principle was
finally surrendered and could never again be re-es-
tablished. Had Mr. DISRAELI last night objected to
the 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 what 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 iu 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 booti.; 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 seine amount of enthusiasm as the
pledge to support the ballot. At Harwich, when
Mr. CRAWPORD 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
Intitnidtt
Was received with cheers. At Bath Capt. SCODELL was
I'l4ly cheered when he profe,,sed his determination
t."uPPgart the ballot. At Bath strong allegations of
the electors, of
tioo were publicly put forward. There is a
gi3r: tact Ilkewi,,e which appeared at the election for
SELL'S attention—of
Lord e 3."e`third did not pull. Let the
Lord JOHN RATS
Noble
Where are the electors atm why? It •
a question he may very well
ask before he pr
why do they not vote?
Committee which sat in 1835 gave an extension of tho suffrage.
?who have the suffrage, and
HENRY BERKELEY has ovehr4isanadd over again
answer is plain—the
gave that answer ;—Mr.
Intimidation keeps them from answer to that question in
tvhocacy of the ballot.
given an
e are
deterred from voting by direct
threaPtoll?.thers decline
voting from the knowledge that :heti. tSraodmees
will
suffer if their Dames appear on the poll.