The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-07 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF EXETER 1N THE

COMMON PLEAS.
Our readers have so much in another portion of our
columns, and have the Gorham question so fully re-gone
through, we trust for the last time, that we are confident
we shell win approbation from them by our leaving the
copious text of Chief Justice Wilde uninjured and un-
added to by any imperfect comments of our own. We
further trust that the case is now finally disposed of and
that peace may ensue. On the legal points the Bishop
has been everywhere defeated, the most signally in the
Court of Common Pleas, where most confidently, cer-
tainly most hopingly, his Lordship looked for a triumph.
Ott the doctrinal points, none of the courts to which ap-
peal was made ventured to enter. The law, therefore,
his Lordship may gracefully obey: further opposition to
it will only wound the Church—not her truths. His
own opinions the Bishop may not only retain, but may,
and doubtless will, act upon them. Should the question,
however, ever again bo brought before an appeal court,
we should be well content, and the public would be all
the better for it, if b )th parties were bound to agree to
the decision, and restrained from further litigation—a
multiplex querela before other tribunali. The remarks
of Chief Justice Wilde on the J udicial Committee and
the position of the adversaries before it, are full of wis-
dom. The mischief that has ensued has not arisen from
the judgment rendered by the Committee, but from the
discontent, put into suicidal activity, of the party who
desired another sentence. If this party be not bent o❑
more serious mischief than any we have hitherto conjec-
tured, let them now be at rest. They have lost nothing,
save the privilege of violating the law. Moderate men
see, i❑ this contest, a legal decision, but no doctrinal
triumph. One side has had ample justice awarded it,
but is entitled to no ovation. The other has been de-
feated, but not humiliated. Let them henceforth be
brethren in one Church—not adversaries within the same
fold nor antagonists in camps divided.—Church and State
Gazette.

WORKING OF THE WINDOW-TAX.
In regard to the total amount of the wiadow-tax, of
late years, if not to the more additional 10 per cent., it
is a singular fact that the latter, added to the previous
burden, seems to have been like the last faggot thrown
upon the overloaded ass, for, strange to say, it has caused
a break down of the total amount between 1841 and
1847 to the extent of no less than 37,9931. A letter to
the Chancellor, by "An Officer of the Tax Department
of the Board of Inland Revenue," in noticing the de-
crease of 184,047/. on the whole of the assessed taxes
between these years, says—

" Perhaps the most striking fact which this comparison
discloses is, that there should have been any decrease what-
ever under the head of window duty. This must, indeed, be,
matter of surprise to all who take into consideration the
enormous increase of such towns as Manchester, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Brighton, &c., and,
above all, of the vast metropolis itself, with its wonderful
suburbs. It might, certainly, be inferred that at least the
window duty would manifest no symptoms of retrogression.
Such are the facts, however, as published in authentic docu-
ments, patent to all, and they seem to call for inquiry and
investigation."

As an instance of the way in which this obnoxious tax
works to the hindrance of healthful ventilation:—" I
beg to acquaint you," says a correspondent, " that I am
hying in a cottage in the country free from the window-
tax, but to enjoy this privilege, I have two bedrooms, a
Passage and staircase, a larder, a back kitchen, and a
water closet, all without any light or ventilation, except
what the doors when open give, and this has been for
many years: this has saved 41. per year, say for twenty
years, which gives a saving of 801," A " Hearty Well-
wisher" ::,sys—" As the faithful champion of the pro-
fession, a.nd aho of the two trades I allude to, I propose
to you to encourage a society of architects, glass manu-
facturerc, and builders, to enforce all legal and honour-
able means of putting a stop to a tax on the gracious
g.fEs of the Almighty, light, air, and health."—Builder.

Pride is a vice whose name is comprehended in a
monosyllable, but in its nature not circumscribed by a world.
—Eliza C'ook's Journal.

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MOUNTS BAT FIBLIERY.—The Mounts Bay boats have
been very successful this week. They have taken from one
to three tl iousand mackerel every night, which have been
sold at a v ery low rat •—eighteen for a shilling—and a great
quantity was Pent to Bristol by steam.—. Cornwall Gazette.