The Sun.
London, England, 1830-08-20 00:00:00

t evolution had inett cotopleteil. We trust they will
not be so long in determining the legality of thr
present revolution, and drawing suitable inferences
from it,--Marning Chronicle.
Our correspondent, " 0. P. Q.," gives a spirited
picture of the arts resettled to by the agents of tin
old Government to diwurb tromptillity. Let us
hope that the new Government will soon be abh
to cope effectually with the danger from such a gnat-
ter. 'We yesterday gave a passege from the letter
of an English gentleman of distinguished abilit3
now in P.tris, who enjoys the confidence of some of
the first men in Paris He gave by no rem.% a
favourable account of the conduct of the intluentiai
elastics during the Revolution, and observed, that it
hit were to look only at the cowardice and imbe-
cility f
t). the exiting generation of publie men, with
scarcely u single exception, he should expect vet')
little good ; but whereie considered the spirit rind
intelligence of the young men, and of the people,
the immense influence of the Journals, and the
strength of the public voice, he was encouraged to
hope, that an there had been on excellent revolutioe
without leaders---leaders would not be required in
order to establish it good 'Government. As en in-
stints? of the cowardice of the Deputies he says:--
".c The man who is spoken of with the greatest con.
leapt is
about twenty people to meet at his innate for the portant
of planning resistance ; and they were obliged to no et at
the office of the Notional. It was only on the Thursday.
when the issue of the conflict was no longer doubtful, tine
the Deputies met end signed the protestation, which way
published in the London Papers : and ----- would no
sign it even then, but signed it the following day, whet
the conflict was over, and had the meanness to make his
newspaper, the ----, declare, that it had omitted his
name and several other persons the preceding day."
The following letter has since been received from
the some Fentlerwm. We have merely omitted the
names of individuals referred to as his authorities foi
reasons easily understood. It will be seen that the
views be takes of the prospects of the French are of
the most consolatory kind; and as' he is not a per-
son to be led away by idle fancies, his judgment is
the more valuable:—

" Paris, Aug. lb, MO.
" I told you in my last letter that nehody here appeared
to me sufficiently imprieseed with the importance of lower-
ing the qualification,: for elector.. TON remark has been
confirmed by evi ry thing which I have seen and beard
since. But lam cot much surprised. The late revolu
Lion appears to hive been altogether improvises! nobody
expected it, nor was at all prepared for it ; and us thii
Charter had been the rallying point in all the
dieputes with the Royaliiits, the reforms which hid
been discussed and pointed nut as attainable were chiefly
such as tended to restore the Conetitution, such as
the Charter originally made it. Perhaps this is rather
fortunate. The people have been fur the last fifteen
years in the position of defenders of ae law against at.
tempts to vielate or evade it; end but fur this they might
not, perhaps, belle shown the extr -ordinary respect for
legal order which has appeared in their late proceedings.
Under the present altered circumstance., as all questimie
will be dismissed with reference to general expediency,
and to conformity with the provisions of a given instru-
ment, ideas which are only in the beads of a feW perign
at present, will spread further, and will produce in a short
time a very sensible effect on the general opinion. A
good beginning has been made in a recent sitting of the
Chamber of Deputies, towards the improvement of the
electoral law. A great ninny edam in the Chamber Icing
vacant by the resignation of blembers, chiefly Royalists,
and the annulling of several elections; and it being neces-
sary to supply these vecanciee, the Minister of the Interior,
Guizot came from the King with a PrOet de Loi, which
he announced in this way :—The Electoral Laws which
have hitherto existed, nut having been abrogated, still sub.
51st, and must hee:tiered! in filling tip the present vacancies,
unless the Chamber should provide otherwise. The perms-
runt mtablishment of a law of elect:on requires more time
and consideration than can he given to it inimediately ;but
there is one pare of the existing law,e»vis the double vote
—of which the universal opinionhas pronounced en &chiefl
a condemnation, that it ought not to be retained even tem.
/mildly. The new member«, therefore, are all of them bi
be elected by the eollege* of arrondissement, by which re-
term nothing will he prejudged with respect to such other
eleratimee as may be requisite. After the abolition of
the double vote, the change to which those with whom
have conversed synch meet importance seems to he the
lowering, nr the entire abolition, of the pecuniary grafi-
Orations for eligibility. At present this qualification' is
so high, that nose but very rich men, comparatively
speaking, can be elected. Mr. S. thinks, that not only
the pecuniary qualification for eligibility will he alio-
liebed, but the practice of allowing a salary to the
Deputies will be introduced, by which means it will lie
rendered possible for young men of lettets, and other men
of moderate incomes, to accept seats in the Chamber,
appears to me to be the only person who at.
taches much impottante to increasing the number of
electors, But I hear both hem M. P—, and from
and that the focal bodies, bah mu-
.nieipel and del:atmnu!, are by common CASSIA to
be elected by a munch more popular suffrage than
the Chamber This is of immense importance, be-
cause the local authorities come into more immediete

contact with the people than Any others. and he.
canto!, so large it pettien of the patronage of the General
Government will he taken away from it, and given to
three local bodies, that the Chamber and its eighty.
Night thousand elector% will have at its disposal a greatly
diminished amount of public money. fit, think.
• • that when the patronage is thus reduced, the secrecy of
the suffrage, and the compulsory division of property,
which prevents the growth of en hereditary Aristocracy,
would ensure a good Government, even without any in.
rum of the number of voters. Itenveva r, he appears to
desire an extension of the suffrage. The degree of ex
tension which he says is aunt talked of would be, to
lower the qualification from SOO fiance to 100 (ranee of
direct tendon, which says would dust double
the unlace, but this is mere conjerture.
for fomuling the qualification not twee the payment of
taxes, but directly on the possession of income of a
tam moderate &inmate. 1 find that M. although
he has no great confidence in the men who are now at
the helm, is not at all duleatinfied that they have dove
so little at first. Ile says that all the chines which err
required arc sure to Collie pu a short titre; and that if
they came more rapidly there would be great danger ; that
public men would bid against each other for ponulerity ;
but it would become ensure tat oppose any change which
has en air of eh mocracy *bnt it, however absurd, 411,1
that this would ultimately lead to a reaction The public
mind is not in favour of MI irrespousible Governmeot.
The Newspapers are 'now criticising the Government with
some freedom; though with no asperity, and in the right
direction; anal there appears every probability that the
)(lug and the Ministry wi:l follow the impulse given
by general opinion. One is only sorry that a let of
intriyans should personally reap greater Advantageo
Moan anybody els from the change of affairs ; but
title will continue for some time yet. Those who will
take the most pains to get into ?late, have the hest chance
of suteeedingy they are sufficiently pliable, awl do runt
offend the priNalent feeling. The beat loan, like Jeffer•
son, are not ambitious of office, and nom a titian is well
known, and has been well tried, power will nit fall futo
his hands of itself without his seeking. The English are,
at present, exceedingly popular bete, and the eubserip-
thmit, in England, for the sufferers by the late events, have
had II e moat nattlirtibl4l effects. There it not a man In
soy class, front the highest to the lowest, who den not
knew that the English have eubecrilied largely for the
wounded, anti they are extremely delighted with what lute
taken place; an impression which I have done all I could
to strengthen. There is very little political eseitement
visible here. The very day alter the fight the working
people returned to their daily labour. and almoet
mouldy wooed to receive any wages for the clays which
they hid spent in fighting, though their employers gene-
rally made tLeari the oiler. There are really no external
"40* of e. recent revolution or civil war in Paris, except
thebnnetettalon of cannon' halls owl muslart-bulleta in ?awe
?Ir, than buildings,..the ataieure of most orate trees on thetiou.
whieh wort rut down to barricade the streets;
the Kimee livery et, the PAW* !loyal, except at the Tui.
10'6, the tri.eoletired •fla i ttl rigs,
04
at
„nen !lying a all le public _
tenavat—triscoloured rib de
end evienedn,
leis sung atop MOO UOlVrtlqiiy, and the Marcel.
being
sung
1., et essay corner of every street,
g shit„ 51 ac-glut
with the greatest tothesioa at
°e'Y
the"
the Parisian, written by Ca4sgi:a,r tiV ill natty
ntt called
jot
of
the
late
event.,err a floc aced
seen Paris before there ha one b"'"v", kvho has
all this. You see the National t;,,,,'„717 than
the troops nowhere ; even the otoillieni ti,e--(lng
refr anu
much in the back ground; that Garde Iteyee, vet/
and the Gendarmerie has disappeared, went wltird",
of Mr. 14—..4 family to awe a eareree of Otridarinerit"ear4
to Mr. Swe's house. There was not a- window or wieder..
frame left in this building; every thing which could pos.