The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-08 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

This day's supply of Beasts was rather great ; of small tat
stock tolerably good. The trade was, perhaps on account of the
NAlere demanding advanced prices, very dull throughout, at little
variation horn Thursday's quotations. The average price of the
very primest Beef, large and small, seems to have been about
3s. 4d. and of the prlinest small Mutton 4s. 2d. per stone. The
market was numerously attended by buyers.
?KICKS riot STONI or BLas. To SINE Ttta orrALs.
s. d. to a. ti. s. d. to a. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 3 0
Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Primesmall ditto 0 0 4
Prime largo Oxen... 3 2 3 6 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8
Prime Soots, kc..... 3 6 310 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 n
Infertor Sheep 2 2 2 4 Large Hogs 1 2 3
Secondquality ditto ''2 6 30 I Small Porkers 4 4 4
Coarse.woolled ditto 3 4 4 01 Suckling Calves Ilk to 42. d. eat .1
Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs l.a. wide. eat h
SUPI.I.IrS AS raft CLUE'S STATSMINT.
Beasts. Sheep. Calvet. Pigs.
2,872 I 23020 I 145 I 220
About 1400 ft the beasts came up the St. Alban's Road; about
100 up the other northern roads; about 500 (including 14111
from the western and midland districts; about 70 from
folk, Nuflblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about %) from Kent
and Sussex 11 and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c.,
in the neighbourhood of London.

NEWOATK AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
I. .i. too. d. s. d. tom. ti.
God 2 0 3 2 Veal 3 0 4 4
Wilton ........

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET-Nev. 6.
Our farmers brought us In a fair supply of 'W
h . • -Cat today, but
having lbw coating arrivals, sales were ready at about the
prices of last Saturday. The Oat trade continues steady, but the
weekly supplies are fully cleared off, and not many left in gra.
nary. Our market is again bare of Barley, and tine qualities
much sought alter. Malt free sale. No English Itre offering.
More Inquiry after Beans and Pease. Flour 2.5. per sack dearer.
New. 0:o.
Wheat, Northumberland ...... sds. M 5."... Ms. Ms."
- Norfolk and Sidiblk....... dOs. fi115....... -s. ....4.
............ Berwick and Scotch 511 s. 005....... Ms. Ns.
- I)ant zig -di. -s, ..... . eat tilts,
Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk ......... ...... --s. -5....... -,, .....
- Foreign e." 41. ..•••••
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Su ffhlk...4os. 4`::.ii -11. --s. '4
- Grinding and Feeding Ale. 3t2s. ...... -a. .....11. .t)
Malt, Norfolk and Sufthlk -s. -.4.
Beans, Small ,-..a. -a...«.. 40s. 41s.
-- Tick Ms Ms. -a, -ii. :4
Pease, White dels. 4(4A.
- Gray ...4, •-e...«.. - S. ••••••*,
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe f..11. :Ids. 'Ws Ms.
Feed . ttlii 'As..-. L'da. Oid.
- Foreign u-s. 4,-s.
Flour, Fine Wet sack) -A -.3

REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ste,—The ouly arguments of any weight that can be
adduced in favour of the present state of the representation
of England are the following
'lnd—That, by the Peers having an Influence in the election
of Members of the House of Commons, such an ungerstanding
is kept up between the two Chambers that nocollision dangerous
to the State can take place.
Second—That the opening of the boroughs would take them
out of the hands of the Aristocracy or landed interest, and throw
them into those of the commercial interest, thus giving an undue
prwitrigeißc:t tisti tshe latter,
through the rotten or close boroughs alone
that the monied interest can be represented, or that distinguished
talent can make its way into Parliament.
Fourth—That certain seats in the House of Commons being at
the disposal of government, it possesses an influence beyond
what it acquires by patronage essential to its existence.
Now, in answer to the first argument, I would ask,
what is die use of two Chamber*, if on all point* of vital
importance they are necessarily to agree in opinion ? If
such is to be the case, would it not be simpler to incorpo-
rate the two Houses at once, allowin; the Peers to sit by
right, and the Commons by election ? No one pretends to
say that, in training the Constitution, they were not meant
to be distinct in fact as well as in form, or else why thrive
enactments to prevent the interference of Peers in eke.
turns ? It follows, then, that the influence of the Peers in
the composition of the Lower House (however it may
be defended on the plea ofits working well, or et
its being essential to the existence of the three
orders of the State), is an infraction of the Con-
stitution ; and an infraction of the Constitution is
that against which the defenders of the present system so
violently exclaim. Again, I might ask, on what principle
is the house of Peers to gave more influence over the
Commons, than the Commons over the Peers, unless it be
intended to render our Government essentially aristocratic,
or to give a preference to the past over the present, the
Lords acquiring their right, and probably their opinions,
by descent, and the Commons being renewed in the spirit
of the titnes? So constituted they may prove a salutary
check to each other; but beyond that, influence on either
part is unconstitutional and pernicious.
With respect to the remaining arguments, it might al.
most be enough to say that they are altogether founded on
corruption ; and, if we were not already forbidden 15 to
do evil that good may ensue," I would say, it is impos-
sible that any thing durable can spring from corruption.
Hut, Waving this point, let us proceed to the consideration
of the second argument, namely,—..
That the opening of the boroughs would take them out
of the hands of the Aristocracy, or landed interest, and
throw them' in•o those of the commeiciel interest; thus
giving au undue preponderance to the latter.
The answer to this is short; for supposing such a Re-
form to take place that all the close borough* be thrown
open, and that all the rotten boroughs, or those not con-
taining above a certain number of inhabitants, be disfran-
chised, would it not, then, be in the power of the Legis.
lature to transfer the vacant seats to the counties, or prin
cipal commercial towns not already represented, in such
proportion as to keep up a proper balance between the two
roam interests of the country ?
The next argument is, that it is through the rotten and
close boroughs alone that the moneyed interest cats be re-