The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-05 00:00:00

that the House of Lords is the oligarchy, and the
House of Commons the House of Lords. Some cry
out, what good will reform do ?—it might as well
be said by the thief, w hen he is detected, what
good will it be to restore to you the stolen pro-
perty ? Class legislation must cease—prcperty would
then have its full weight—the army and navy would
then be reduced to reasonable bounds—the Dissenters
would then be relieved from exactions they feel they
have no right to pay : millions of our fellow-men
would be emancipated from their present degradation
and slavery, and instead of disaffection and poverty,
peace and plenty would reign in their place. They
were not promulgating new-fangled notions, but
urging those measures which have been advocated by
the wise and good of old time. Mr. Grey, in 1797,
afterwards Lord Grey, demanded then what we ask
now, a full and free representation, supported by Mr.
Erskine. The Hon. Baronet went on, at consider-
able length, in a similar strain, being attentively lis-
tened to throughout and frequently applauded.
Mr. PARRY, the unsuccessful candidate for the city
of Norwich, was the next speaker, but we are sorry
want of space prevents ,us reporting the same.
FEARGUS O'CONNOR, M.P. for Nottingham, was
the next speaker, who was favourably received. The
last. speaker for the evening being
G. THOMPSON, Esq., who was very brief.
After which Mr. HUMS proposed thanks for Mr.
Tillett's conduct in the chair, seconded by Mr. F.
O'CONNOR, when the meeting broke up about half-
past ten o'clock.

NoßwrcEt, OCT. 4.—The public breakfast at the
large room of the Corn Exchange took place this
morning, the chief guests entering a little after nine
A.M. There were four long tables running length-
ways of the room, and a cross table at the top fur the
speakers and others. The room was decorated with
evergreens, and flags bearing the following inscrip-
tions :—" Respectability of the Crown," " Durability
of the Constitution," " Prosperity of the People,"
" Constitution, and nothing but the Constitution,"
" Steady and Progressive Reform, all we seek, all we
feel, for England's glory, Briton's dream," &c.
The chair was taken by Jeremiah Colman, Esq. ;
and among those present were Joseph Hume, Esq.,
M.P., Sir J. Walmsley, M.P., George Thompson,
Esq., M.P., W. J. Hall, Esq., and the rest of the de-
putation from London.

- After breakfast the company were addressed by
several of the gentlemen present.

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES

" THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY
OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll-
BERTY."—KoBsuth's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.

Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—
Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee formed
to carry out the Testimonial.
***All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo
Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office; Strand.

Subscriptions already received ... £l,lOO 1 13
From a Few Friends, for Freedom and Hungary,
per A. A., Glasgow—through Lord Dudley
Coutts Stuart, MP. ... ... 5 0 0
11. Pickering, Mahon, Yorkshire ... ... 0 5 0
Thirteen Friends of Hungary, Rose-hill, Brigh-
ton, per Richard Ridley, printer ... 0 13 0
Mr. Jonathan Streeter, Brighton,' per Lord
Dudley C. Stuart, ALP

Total

... 1 0 0

... X 1,106 13 1

COURT CIRCULAR.
OS BO RN E, THURSDAY.
His Royal Highness the Duke Alexander of Wirtem-
berg, and Prince Philip of Wirtemberg, arrived at Os-
b3rno yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty and
his Royal Highness.
The Queen and Priace, accompanied by the Duke of
Wirternberg, and the younger members of the Royal
Family, walked and rode in Osborne Park at an early
hour this morning.
Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps were included
in the royal dinner party yesterday.

Mr. Yates had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Paul had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday at the Home•otiice.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the
Council) arrived in town yesterday from the North.

THE RICHES OF THE HEART.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
There are riches in the greenwood,
In the gloaming's twilight spell,
In the purple sea of sunset,
In the Summer's painted bell,
In the scattered pearls of morning,
In the classic books of old;
There are riches in the thunder
By that gush of liquid gold.

There are riches in the ocean,
Where the spoils of nations lie;
Riches in the face of beauty,
Dazzling riches in her eye.
Riches were our old Earth's dow'r
Since " The Word" thru' chaos' gloom
Roused the music of creation,
And the sweetness of her bloom.
From the hills of high Judea
(Ttod by footsteps so divine!),
From the streets of proud Damascus,
With its roses dropping wine;
From those lands of loved Arabia
To the Indian's blushing plains,
Riches flow like sunlight ever
Thro' her full and fruitful veins.

Yet beyond these marvel treasures,
Gems that seem the rainbow spent—
Diamonds like the sunlight philtered,
Sapphires like the firmament.
More than these, our infant wonders,
More than May's green tide of leaves,
More than Autumn's crown regalia,
Or the wealth the Summer weaves.
More than these were all collected,
And the world an altar made;
There are riches round our spirits,
Like the rose-leaves in the glade.
Faith that soars from earth to heaven,
Lapp'd in visions of the bliss,
In that gorgeous land awaiting
All the cross-marked souls of this.
Faith, and nobler, greater, purer,
Holy, God-born Charity_
Who such riches e'er could barter
For the world's vain treasury?
Charity that links us nearest
To our being's source above—
Charity that is to stamp us
His—His own—the God of lovel
These are riches worth the craving.
Faith, that eyesight to the blind!—
Charity, whose deeds are numbered
By the palm-wreaths seraphs bind.
Hearts without them, what shall picture!
Lifeless world? or wand'ring star?
Hearts that prove them, bless EIS bounty—
Ye aro rich as angels are.

E. E. M. K.

DR. MUSPRATT'S COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY AT
LIVERPOOL.—This institution, according to the Liver-
pool papers, has just received the patronage of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and some time since
his Royal Highness Prince Albert was graciously pleased
to bestow upon it his patronage. The College has also
been honoured with accngnitions from the University of
London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The Apothecaries' Company, we understand, still with-
holds its acknowledgment. We hoie, with Punch, that
it will reform none of its "absurd regulations" until it
provokes the Legislature to reform it altogether.
MGR TlDE.—Yesterday afternoon the waters of
the River Thames overfhwed the customary boundary.
The tido made its way into Fore-street, Lambeth, and the
adjacent thoroughfares, flowing into the dwellings of
the inhabitants, who were greatly terrified. The open
space in front of Lambeth Palace was covered with
water. In Bermondsey and Itotherhithe the low lying
places were inundated, and the marshes at Chelsea,
Woolwich, and Greenwich. The wharfs on the north
bank of the Thames, including Hungerford and the
Adeiphi, were partially immersed.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.
—Yesterday the parochial authorities of St. James's,
Westminster, opened a public library of 1,600 volumes
in Marshall-street, Golden•square, for the exclusive use
of working people. This step has been taken on the
recommendation of the Bishop of London, and will be
generally adopted in all parishes within the dieeeise•

ters of 1842 stated that the Reform Bill of 1831 gave
a preponderating influence to the landed interest. The
validity of that assertion no one will now deny. Six-
teen of our largest borougl-s, including the seven
metropolitan, returned but thirty-three members,
with half the number of voters for the whole
boroughs in England, while the other half
send 290 members—thirty from boroughs with
less than 300 voters; 64 from those with less than
400 ditto; and 81 from those with less than 500
ditto; 86 members returned by a less aggregate
number than are contained in the Tower Hamlets,
with only two members ; 69 of the boroughs are be-
yond the power of popular influence, for the mostpart
in the power of either Whig or Tory landlord or
landlords, and when they want to return their nomi-
nee, the tenant farmers are driven to given their votes,
going to the hustings like sheep to the slaughter.
Counties, nine have 91 representatives, and 31,310;
the first with 6,200,0001. property, the other with
78,000,0001. In Irtland they are even worse off than
in England, Scotland, or Wales—out of eight millions
of population there are but eighty thotpand who have
a vote —(Hear, hear.) Well may the country be in
the state she is—out of the 656 Members of the
House of Commons not one-third can be said to be
popularly elected ; are we not, therefore, justified is
seeking for an alteration ? It has been well said