The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-16 00:00:00

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Linenfranchised men or fiscal slaves
The electors form one for every 14 of population o
er,vvanen, and children, or one elector for every 44
male adults.
Wales in 1841—total population
Total males .. •
Males above twenty years of age in posses-
sion of the franchise (1842, 1843) ......... 48,322
" One elector for every 18i total population, or for
every 44 male adults.
Unenfranchised male adults 185,105
Ireland in 1841—total population
Electors in 1843, 1844 117,440
" One for every seventy, or thereby, of total popu-
lation.

911,603
447,707

" What is to be remarked in the foregoing state-
ments is the disproportion between the number of elec-
tors in Scotland, England, and Wales.
" Scotland has one elector for every thirty-one of the
total population; and England and Wales one for every
eighteen to nineteen of them.

The whole political influence of Scotland is neutra-
lised by thirty-ene English boroughs returning the same
number (fifty-threo.l) of Members to Parliament, thus—
Electors. Male adults. Mem.
Scotland
Thirty-one Eng. boroughs
" We find in the same manner, the legislative votes of
Ireland neutralised in the House of Commons by 66
English boroughs, returning the same number of Mem- ,
bers as Ireland.

Electors. Male adults. Mem.
Ireland ... ... ... 117,448 1,b90,743 105
Sixty-sixEnlish boroughs 26,443 122,500 105
'But a very extraordinary and alarming part of the
electoral system of Groat Britain is, that the thirty-one
boroughs that are able to neutralise the whole political
weight of Scotland in the Legislature, are almost
powerful enough in votes to give check-mate to all the
most populous and influential cities in England and
Scotland together ; including London and the metro- 1
politan boroughs. The abstract is this :
Eleetora. Male adults. Mem.
Twenty-seven large ci-i 203,945 916,923
ties and boroughs 53 I
Thirty-ono small bol 9,862 41,560 53
roughs
" It thus appears that a Minister who Possesses the 1
means, through money or place, of controlling the thirty-
one
boroughs with their fifty-three representative; can, ,
on questions affecting Scotland, neutralise the Scottish
votes, and, turned in another direction, can defeat the 1
representation of the most important cities of the empire.
"On looleing into the representation of counties we
shall discover similar results of equal numbers of votes
representing very unequal constituencies. There are 1
eighteen counties, partly in England and partly in Scot- 1
land, with 21,027 electors, that have twenty Members or 1
legislative votes, against ten English counties with
140,457 electors returning only twenty Members.
f
" JAMES J. MACINTYRE.'

SALE OF THEATRICAL PORTRAITS, AND RELICS
OP GRl3lALDL—Wedr.esday a collection of theatrical
portraits, originally forming part of the gallery of the
late Thomas Harris, Esq., for many years lessee of.
Covent Garden Theatre, and a quantity of theatrical
property of the late inimitable pantomimist, Joe Gri-
maldi, was sold by auction at Mr. Robins's rooms,
Covent-garden. The novelty of the sale attracted many
Pers°°ll. The portrait of R. B. Sheridan went for
21. 2s. C. Young, by Harlowe, 21. ; two full-lengths,
and one three-quarter, of Fawcett, in the respective
characters of Frippon, Dr. Pangloss, and Jerry Sneak,
1/. 10s. and a guinea each ; a portrait of Liston,
!-)3, Clint, 2/. ; of Suett, by Northcote, 11. Bs. ; a whole
length of Barry, as Macbeth, by Hogarth, 1/. Is. ; and
off J• P• Kemble, as Penruddock, 14s. ; a whole length
•alathews, sen., as Obadiah, by D. Wilde, 21. 4s. ;
()the°
tia3yesvetlhinet
length portrait of the celebrated Miss Foote,
,Coaunltess of Harrington, as Maria Darlington,
5/. 7s. sd an exquisite painting, sold for
• The portraits of Grimaldi produced from
le. 6d. to ts , his coat of arms, Is. 6d. ; a water-
coloured draw: ing by Bologna, the celebrated harlequin
of " Joey's " cottage Finchley, 20s. The manuscript
folumes, colt
b elf, of all the pantomimes in
whieh Grimaldi performiniel sold
s for 30s. ; his songs, in
his own writing, "Hot Codli `.• Tipity witchet,” &c.,
sold for ss. 6d., and the
etictl silver watch, by
Abrahams, representing on its facn -le celebrated clown
mounted on a donkey, familiarly termed by him " Me
y, and wPhich was
and my Neddy," and of which he was plundered footpads on his way to Finchle
turned by them on finding they had robbed their fa-
vourite, sold for 51. ss.
NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The following
(important!) secoxd report from the Select Committee
on the new Houses of Parliament (Kitchen, &c.) is
delivered, printed by order of the House of Commons,
—That one or more of the small rooms adjoining the
transverse corridor, or the two rooms at the opposite
aide of that lobby, now entered for private bills and door-
keeper's department, be fitted up as washing-rooms, &c.,
for Members; and that hot-water pipes should be con-
ducted thereto. That a portion of the upper cloister be
arranged for an additional cloak-room.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JUNE 14.—1 n a convocation holden this
morning, the University seal was affixed to an humble
address of condolence and congratulation to her Ma.
jesty; the address voted on the 17th having since been
somewhat altered, in consequence of the death of her
Royal Highness the Princess Sophia.
At the same time the Rev. George Hest, M.A., fel-
low and tutor of Corpus Christi College; theßev.
William Basil Tickell Jones, M.A., fellow of Queen's
College; and the Rev. James Peers Tweed, M.A.,
fellow and tutor of Exeter College, were nominated mas-
ters of the schools for the year ensuing.
In a congregation holden immediately afterwards the
following decrees were conferred, viz.:—
Master of Arts—Charles James Stuart, University
College; Rev. John Horne, Balliol College; Adol-
'has Leighton White, ditto, grand compounder; Rev.
Charles Garvey, Exeter College; Samuel Archer,
ditto; George Seton, ditto; William Keating,
ditto ;: William Money Kyrie, Oriel College ; John
Burgon, fellow of ditto ; Chas. Crawley, ditto ; Rev.
James J. G. Graham, Queen's College • Rev. James
Elwin Millard, Magdalen College ; Rev.'William Har-
vey, Brasenose College ; Rev. George John Banner,
ditto ; Frederick Earnshaw Marshall, ditto ;1 George,
Wingate Pearce, scholar of Corpus Christi College ;
Richard Arthut Le Mesurier, scholar of ditto ; Wm.
Trevenon, Trinity College ; Rev. Hinton Castle Smith,
Wadham College ; Simeon Sturges, Magdalen Hall,
grand compounder ' • Henry Liviers, St. Edmund Hall ;
Rev. Walter John Dare, New Inn Hall ; West Wyatt,
ditto ; and Rev. Arthur C. Saunders, scholar of Pem-
broke College.
Bachelor of Arts.—P. Oxendon Papillon, Univer-
sity College ; Henry Seymour, Balliol College ; Ed-
ward Parry, St. John's College ; George William
Pigott, Exeter College ; Thomas Owen Tudor,
ditto ; George Porter, ditto ; John Samuel,
ditto, grand compounder ; Charles Matthew Robins,
Oriel College ; Thomas Tuting, Lincoln College ;
Oharles Arthur Molony, ditto; William Dunn Macray,
Magdalen College; William Molyneaus, Christ Church;
Montague Blackett, ditto; Charles C. Plowden, ditto;
William B. Findlay, ditto; Alexander J. W. 'Philip,
Trinity College; John Edgar Gibson, St. John's Col-
lege; Howell Powell Edwards, scholar of Jesus College;
George Samuel Rees, scholar of ditto; Henry Hodgson,
Wadham College; Thomas Gale Curtler, ditto; Edward
Duncan Hale, Pembroke College; Henry Llewelyn Ro-
berts, Worcester College; Charles E. Freeman, Mag-
dalen Hall; Cladius Roberts Rowlett, ditto; George
Bishop, ditto; James John Chichester, ditto; Henry
Douglas Munro, New Inn Hail; and Edward Pallin,
fellow of St. John's College.
The Professor of Poetry (the Rev. James Garbett)
will deliver his terminal lecture, at the Clarendon, on
Thursday next, at two o'clock.
OXFORD, JUNE 15. Richard Arthur Le Mesurier,
M.A., scholar of Corpus Christi College, was this day
admitted a probationary fellow of that society.
The election for fellowships at Merton took place
this morning, when the following gentlemen were
elected:_
Henry Musgrave Wilkins, 8.A., former scholar of
Trinity.
Henry Baskerville Walton, 8.A., of Pembroke.
John Young Sargent, postmaster of
IA Merto_n
given
an-
CABRIDGE, JUNE la.—The gold medal
an-
nually by his Royal Highness the Prince Chancellor for
the encouragement of English Poetry, to such resident
undergraduate as shall compose the best ede or poem in
heroic verse, has been adjudged to George John
Cayley, Trinity College. 'Subject " The Death o
Baldur."

The gold medal given annually by the Marquis
Camden, as a prize for the best exercise in Latin Hexa-
meter Verse, has been adjudged t%A. P. Birch, King's
College. Subject—" lona In sula.
The four prizes, of 15 guineas each (two to bachelors
and two to undergraduates),. given annually by the
representatives in Parliament for the University, for the
best Latin Prose Compositions, have been awarded as
follows :

Bachelors—J. Pilkington Norris, .8.A., Trinity Col-
Sub
ge; David James Vaughan, 8.A., Trinity College.
ect—" De Arturo Britannorum Principe, utrum
aliquid veri mornorim traditum sit."
Ilead ergsduates—R. Elwyn, Trinity College; A. W.
m, Trinity College. Subject---" In cultu divino
qufeuam sint Music partes."

ELECTORAL CONSTRUCTION OF
PARLIAMENT.
(Prom the Trades' Weekly Messenger.)
44 IA TA. •
is necessary to describe the present plan of
elective franchise in Scotland as compared with the
system that prevailed previous to the year 1832. In
the first place, there is a very considerable difference
in the number of electors in the two periods. In
1832 the total population was 2,365,000 ; of whom
were male adults 540,000 electors, 2,340 ; or 1
elector to every 1,000 souls; or 1 elector for every 230
men above twenty years of age. In 1842 the total
population was 2,620,184 male adults, 630,000 ;
total electors, 85,200: 1 elector for every 31 souls,
or thereby; or 1 fOr every 7 or 8 male adults; or in
other words, there are 544,800 men who live by food,
and of legal age, but who have no voice, directly or
indirectly, in the choice and election of men to concoct
and enact laws a life or death—of peace or war—of
taxation and religion. Compared with the franchise
before the year 1832, there is at present a considerable
increase of the ele.::tors; but compared with the unenfran-
chised adult male inhabitants there is yet much to be done
towards an augmentation.
England in 1841, had total population 14,995,138
Of whom were m ales 7,323,587, and females
7,671,751
Male adults above twenty years of age
Men above twenty years of age who pos-
sessed the elective franchise (1842, 1843) 808,216