The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Naples, .12th inst., announces the
accouchement of the Duchess d'Aumale of a Prince,
who received the name of the Duke de Guise. He
was to be baptised on the following day, the King of
Naples and the Dowager Princess of Salerno standing
as sponsors.
A letter from Bosnia, in the Milan Gazette of the
16tb, says that the Turks continue to oppress the
rayahs just as they did before the rebellion ; that ex-
orbitant taxes weigh upon them, and that ten rayahs
are enrolled in the army for one Turk. A late instance
is related of a Turk stabbing a rayah who owed him
14 florins, and being acquitted upon his bare denial
of the act.

THE INHABITED tiOUSE-DUTY.

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FROM A.- CORRESPONDENT.)
The Government have calltid for returns of the
oarndde rt
hteo
amount of the house-duty which will be raised, in
waisnead,rtain, no doubt the difference between' it
tax. Nobility and gentry throughout
the country have now set up as great a cry against
the new
their loss of
thecluty as p 0
r tecionists have done at
fact " that noblemen
corn-laws. It is a "great
their halls and mansions
would have it believed that
than a gentleman's boy, are not worth more to rent
have it believed thatotyLand the gentlemen would
ade-ar residences are not worth
more to rent than tr
will
have
to
make
kibition
What will be the next 7..ee's houses and shops.
Gentlemen will 1, "Day Lords and
have now, by the estimate th At all events they
reduction
let, made out a good
make of their own residences have endeavoured to
gentlemen o 1 their case for tenants to demand
set up a low
not dream
rent-
roll. When noblemen and
estimate on their own residences the
of laying a foundation for tenants toydlid
tion. Rents must now come down i emand
redlie-

MR, HUM E, M.P , AND THE NEW
REFORM BILL.

At the recent meeting of a Reform committee ,„•
Edinburgh the followiug letter from Mr. Hume ,y—ea
read :

" TO THOMAS RUSSELL, ESQ., EDINBURGH.
" Dear Sir,—I am favoured with your letter, and
am pleased to learn that the Reformers of Edinburgh
are about to meet me and to express their opinion of
the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, and also of
the extent to which the reform should extend in order
to correct the abuses so glaring in our representa-
tive system.
" Lord John Russell, who has intimated his inten-
tion of introducing a scheme of Parliamentary Reform
in the ensuing session, has a right to know the opi-
nions of such large
constituencies as that of the
metropolis of Scotland, and I consider that the
Reformers should also be anxious to express their
opinion on so important a
subject, that his Lordship
may attend to them or not as he may think requisite.
After the experience we have had of the working
of the elective system, as amended in 1831-32, I
called together 60 or 70 of the Reformers in the
House of Commons in 1849; and, at their request, I
submitted to the House of Commons a motion that
contained the amendments that, in the opinion of our
Meeting, if adopted by Parliament, would correct all
or nearly the whole of the abuses that now exist in
the elective system.
" I raved ' for leave to bring in a Bill to amend
ine national representation, by extending the elective)
franchise,
french'
-Ise, so that every man of full age, and not sub-
ject to any mental or legal disability, who shall have
been the resident occupier of a house, or part of
a house as a lodger, for twelve months, and shall
bfoarvethbaeetn..,_ duly rated to the poor of that parish
and be entitled to
t shall be registered as an elector,
liament. Also, b 0 vote for a representative in Par-
by ballot, that theydenacting that votes shall be taken
exceed three years; uTatim
of
Parliaments shall not
inannd that the proportion of repre-
sentatives be maandde
wore consistent with the amount
of population
sideration, I cannot, inpaemrty? And after great con-
sider condensed form, submit
the amendments I think calculated to promote
representative system,
the harmonious working of our
so as to obtain security to thuerpeesona and
all classes of the community,
wealutrhnlare property of
• "I view Parliamentary Ref
sniltorqeuienstteiroens t
eidn
,r . 'which the
trabeAncolfa
srsaenskwahnidch
are
....e.l' e, ,:- r
new excluded fcom
,3tte...stte,,,ife frame:llv, and from their just and con-
. - .4gsgisre) share of the government of
In the present
- '-':a--ii las..e - \
4,- e-:, ,o -ea. my 'view, most im the country
—Pontine- • . '
'.... .. ''P , S stattibsitie for ttee future peace ;
should afford satis-
..• •- le 4 -• ... i , nu quiet of this
.:-: - couPtrY,,ilkt our elective system
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