The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

and it is cheering to reflect that the same benevo-
lent act which consoles the deprived widow, confers
honour and reputation on the Government. Man
is so constituted, that such kindly acts excite his
warmest approbation ; and we are surprised that
sovereigns have been so long lt'arning this simple and
obvious truth, and have preferred being the tyrants
and oppressors to the benefactors of their subjects.
Thcy have thrdwn away affection as of no value,
and have earned instead the hatred of their fellow
men. The examples we have referred to lead us
to hope that Sovereigns have !earnt a new lesson,
and that they will hereafter study to do good, and
gain the love and respect of manl:ind.

Levers from Athens of the 16th ult., state that King
OTHO his dismissed M. GLARAKIS, the Minister of
tho Interior, for not officially notifying to the Cabinet
the existence of the Russo-Grecian conspiracy, although
in possession of the requisite ' documents. This is
merely a sacrifice to public opinion as in reality the
KING has not sense euoug't to be aware of the danger
he has escaped. Not so Sir EthwAnD DOUGLAS, the
High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, ‘sho hz.s
judged it necessary to cut off all communication with
Greece till the afftir is sifted to the bottom. The
ramifieations of the plot are well known to the lonian
Government, as upon the first notice of its existence the
papers of VIARO and AUGUSTINE CAPODISTRIAS, PA-
TRIZZOPULOS, and MUSTONIDAS, its Corfu, COMA
ROMA, in Z snte, and TEPALDO, in Cephalonia, were
all seized, and laid before the High Clmmissioner.
On the 13th ult. the agents of Messrs. WEIGHT
and EYNARD, for the establishment of a bank in
Gr;:ece, left Athens without being- able to do an) thing.
After being kept dancing attendance upon a stupid So-
vEttEturq for nearly nine months, they were allowed. to
depart without a hope of being able to realize the
blessing to Greece of a National Bank. Those who
imposed such a KING upon such a country have much
to answer for to the civilized world.

The French Journals of Sunday have been duly
received. The following extracts from them contain
all the news they bring of any public interest :
" It appears from a report of Marshal Valee, addressed
to the Minister of War, and dated the Ist of Ft bruary,
that the Arabs hate experienced another check in the
environs of Belidah. The Araba passed the Ouad-el-
Kehir on the night of the 28th January, in order to cur.
prize the sol'iers employed in fortifying Belidah. They
were repuls7d with great loss, and obliged to recross the
river. The French had 65 killed and wounded. The
boats from Oran and Bona had • not arrived, so that the
Marshal had no news from those two provicces.—Le Con-
stilutionnd. •

EPAIN.--The Medrid mail of the Ist, and that from
Aragon of the 3J, have arrived this Morning t they bring no
news.

A letter from Madrid of the Ist published in the &wt.-
nelle des Pyrenees says, " It is repotted that Queen Isa-
bella is to go to Valencia ; the mild climate of that city
bring preferable to that of Madrid.
The young Princess has a very deligate constitution,
and it is poasible that her physicians may have recoil-
mended her to go to Valencia, but I much doubt her de-
parture, for such a resolution would be impolitic) on ae-
ceunt of the circumstances that might occur. It is true
that, contrary to the custom, she has not come out of the
palace for several days.
The Duke de 13raglie has arrived at Paris. Will he
assist the Ministry? The present Ministers have pro-
bably thought of this combination, which would give them
a 2hance of living some fem months longer, and of falling
with a degree of eclat, but the resistance of M. de Ilreglie.
is real, and his friends will not tile much trouble to
triumph over it.—Courier Francais,

REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED KING-
,
DONI.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT )—We have
stated that the Extension of the Sufliage to the mil-
lions of the people is inevitable. it is merely a
question of time. The people will have what the
Constitution of the country really, in spirit,*gives to
them ; and which, on the introduction of the Re-
form Bill, as stated by Mr. Hume, on Mr. Slaney's
motion, Lord John Russell distinctly stated to be
the soirit of the Constitution.. On the Ist of
Ma ch, 1831, his Lordship said (see debates)
" that, by the ancient Constitution of the country,
no man shall be taxed for the support of the State
who has not consented, by himself or his repreent-
ative, to the imposition of those taxes—it includes
all freemen of the land." When we look at the
state of the suffrage at pregent, and see five out
of every six males of 20 years of age and upwards,
excluded from the pale of the Constitution, by not
having any voice, "by himself, or by his representa-
tive," consenting to the taxes which are levied
upon every article of necessity which he uses, can we
he surprised at the agitation now going on amongst
the working classes of this country, who are gene-
rally the unrepresented class ? When we see by
the Population Tables that there are in the United
Kingdom 5,812,276 males of 20 years Of ace and
upwards, and that of that nutnser only 812,916
were voters in 1831, can it be wondered at that
the masses come forward with strong and urgent
demands to be admitted to a larger share of the
Suffrage than they now have ? If the work-
ing classes were lightly taxed—if they were
well clothed and well fed, they might wait
with ;:atience for an extension of the Suf-
frage. But when heavy taxation en every atti-
ch.! of food necessarily exists—when the industry of
the country is paralysed by monopolies, which rob
the artisan of his rights and check the commerce
of the country—when in every town and village
squalid misery presents itself to every passerby--
when privations of the most serious nature are
carrying tens of thousands, by a lingering death of
starvation, to their graves—when unequal, and,
-consequently unjust, laws are passed, and main-
tained by the House of Commons, in which five
millions of males of twenty years of age are unre-
presented, is it a matter of surprise that -
content should exist and the demand be made
as it is, for their political rights ? ose
five millions are now slaves in a free
state, and the insubordination noticed in the
Queen's Speech is easily accounted for. We
repeat, that an extension of the Suffrage is in-
evitable, or we shall have a servile war. The choice,
therefore, lies between peace and subordination, by
concessions of the political franchise to the people,
or insubordination and discontent-Thy withholding
the people's rights. This is not a time to trifle
when the enemy is at the gates th•mdering in a
voice not to be misunderstcod ;- and we press upon
our rulers, Whig and Tory, to take the wise and the
just course. Let her Majesty have peaceable and
happy subjects, as the best security to her throne,
and holding out the best prospect;; to the country of
strength. We have thought it right to offer these re-
marks as an introduction to tables which we have pie-
pared with great care of the state of the representation
England and Wales, from the returns laid before
Parliament ; and we do hope that those with whom
the power lies will seriously reflect on the conse-
quences that may arise from justice delayed: We
say no more at present, but refer to the tables an-
nexed.—[The tables sent are too extensive for our
columns. We may state that they contain an ac-
count of the number of electors, and the different
classes of them in every county and borough in
England and Wales in 1837. The result is that
in that year the number of electors for counties was
472,883, and for boroughs, 325,693, making a
total constituency for England and Wales of
798,581.—En. SUN.]

The Navy Estimates for 1840, amount to 5,576,975/.
being 372,151/. more than the estimates of last year.
The estimate for the ((fictive service in 180, was
3,705,8581., for :840, 4,112,7211. The charge for
non-effective service was for 1839, 1,498,966/., for 184,
1,454,2561., being 44,710., less in the present than in
the last year. The number of men fur which wages
are provided is 24,165 seamen, 2,000 boys, 5,500
marines employed afloat, and 3,500 marines cM-
ployed on shore, altogether 35,165 men and boys.
There is also included in the Navy estimates 192,1571.,
for the army and ordnance departments. Conveyance
of troops &e. was 85,718/. for convict service, making
the total Navy Estimates for the year 5,854,851/.
There is not to be any Extraordinary Gazette, we
believe, this evening, announcing a large promotion,
civil, military, and naval. We understand, in fact, that
the Whigs will not profit by this opportunity for aug-
menting the Peerage, and for promoting their friends
in the Army and Navy. Greatly to the disappoint-
ment of many candidates, there will be no promotion
on occasion of the Queen's Marriage, at which the
whole kennel of Tories will bark, yelp, end howl, just
,
as they would have barked, yelped' and howled had
there been a promotion. Whatever is done, of which
they have not the doing, they will censure.