The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-22 00:00:00

No. 11,943.

of the country cannot be restored and preserved, and that
its ancient and venerable Institutions cannot be saved from
approaching anarchy.
Stb. That among • the great Constitutional Rights
which the Constitution acknowledges to be the " Birth-
right" of the English people, and which, agreeable to the
Constitutional practice of their forefathers, your Petitioners
feel it their duty respectfully to claim and demand, are the
following most important rights, alike necessary to the
liberty and happiness of the people, and to the honour and
safety of the Throne:-
Ist. The right of having all Placemen dismissed from
the House of Commons, agreeably to the great Con.
stitutional Act-of Settlement, which places the pre-
sent Illustrious family on the Throne.
2d. The right of having " Triennial or more fre-
quent Parliaments," as recognised anti secured by
the great Constitutional Act, the 6th of William and
Mary, cap. 2.
Sd. The right of sitting and voting in the Commons'
House of Parliament, when lawfully chosen, without
the qualification of property which was fixed tin-

constitutionally by the Aci of 9th of Queen Anne..
4th. The right of having all the Knights, Citizens,
and Burgesses of the House of Commons paid the
reasonable " ;capes of attendance" by a rate upon
their constituents, in order to enable the common
people to have the benefit of the services of persons
living under the same circumstances, and having the
same knowledge, and the 'same wants and interests as
,tlOiteirrs.
sth. The right of having the large towns and. popu-
lona 4istriets of the country represented in the House
of Commons in the place of those decayed boroughs
which return Members to Parliament, although now
containing but few inhabitants.
6th. The right of every man to have a vote in the
election of Members of the House of Commons, who
is in any way called upon to contribute to either
National or Local Taxation, direct or indirect ; by
which your petitioners understand that, either all
the taxes ought to be taken off from those articles
necessary for the subsistence anti comfort of working
men, or that all working men, who are compelled to
pay such taxes, should have a vote its the election of
Members of your Honourable House.
7th. The right to have elections for Members of the
House of Commons, free and unbiassed, and with
this view to have such arrangements made in the
conducting of elections as may effectually prevent all
force, fear, and intimid 'don, and all bribery or un-
due influence of any kind, from acting upon the
minds of the electors.

These are the principal rights of which the people have
been unjustly and unconstitutionally deprived, and the re-
storation of which your Petitioners respectfully claim
from the justice of your Honourable House.
Your Petitioners beg leave further respectfully to repre-
sent that, in order to give full effect to these great Consti-
tutional rights, and to prevent the bribery, corrupt influ-
ence, profligacy, tumult, and expense with which elections
for Members of your Honourable House are now generally
attended, it is desirable in the opinion of your Petitioners,
that all the electors should give their votes by Ballot, and
that such regulations should be adopted as may be neces-
sary for completing the elections in one day, without in-
convenience to the Electors, or expense to the Candidates.
Your Petitioners do, therefore, humbly pray that your
Honourable House will be pleased to take these represen-
tations into consideration, and to adopt forthwith the ne-
cessary measures for restoring to the people the undeniable
Constitutional rights above referred to, under such regula-
tions and provisions as may ensure their full and free exer-
cise on the part of the people, " without endangering the
settled institutions of the country."
And your Petitioners, as i■ duty bound, will ever
pray, &c. &c.