The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-15 00:00:00

NlThro. Don't we remember that mission all of
us rather painfully ? Was it not the wretehedest
exhibition of interest on the part of England in the
cause of Italian Independence ? Somewhat diffe-
rent as an attestation of sympathy in that cause, it
must be confessed—somewhat different assuredly
to the testimony now afforded by our ally at
the head of 150,000 men—our ally abetting
now with all the resources of genius and
of valour that other ally, carrying in one
hand the banner emblazoned with the white
cross of Savoy, and in the other the tricolour of
the Italian peninsula. All England did for Italy
in 1849 was to send Lord MINTo thither in his
green plaid trousers upon a still greener mission—
one that resulted only in a series of imbroglios
calculated only, as it proved, to rivet the chains of
the oppressed yet more securely, instead of effecting
anything whatever towards their social or political
emancipation. That was the sympathy for Italy
manifested by England under a Whig Government.
Yet to those Whigs now, the Times tells us, we are
to look, England is to look, Italy is to look, for the
triumphant emancipation of the Roman peninsula.
In Lord JOHN RUSSELL we are all at once to re-
cognise the true saviour of Italy and the Italians.
Lord JOHN has certainly something to do in this
matter by way of expiating his former policy.
Lord PALMERSTON has to do likewise—he has to
expiate his past—not alone in regard to the Ita-
lians, but in regard to the Hungarians also. If
Italy has to expect anything from the Whigs, it
will be not in fulfilment, but in expiation of Whig
policy. If Lord JOHN is to effect any good for
Italy and the Italians, it can only be by his turn-
ing over a new leaf as a diplomatist. The old leaf
to which we are now brought back after the pass-
ing by of one entire decade is sadly scribbled,
blotted, and blurred with tears and blood—one of
the most lamentable mementos, as it is also one of
the most deplorable, evidences of the evils arising
from Whig misgovernment.

The following tables from " VACIIER'S Parlia-
mentary Companion" we referred to a few days
ago. They give a remarkably clear and impartial
view of the actual state of the borough representa-
tion, and show, in a brief and unanswerable
manner, that something ought to be done towards
rendering it much more equitable :

BOROUGH REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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U.Kingdom 259 3951 9,445,610 I 23,725 128 —1,121,445

COMPARATIVE RESULTS FROM THE PRECEDING TABLES.
The present total borough representatives of the United
Kingdom being 395 ;
If the whole of the above 253 boroughs and 128 unrepre
rented towns were re-divided amongst the same number of
members, according to population, it would give one mem-
ber to each 26,536 of the population ; and—
England would have 303 borough members instead of 319
'Vales 7) 11 )) I? 14
Scotland „ 46 1) 1) ' 23
Ireland 7) 35 ~ ), 39
Dividing the present 395 borough members int* three parts,
according to the population of the boroughs now return-

ing theni; -
One-third are returned by the To largest boroughs,

having upwards of 29,000 inhabitants each,
and a total population of 7,326,427
One-third are returned by 89 boroughs having
from 10,000 to 29,000 inhabitants each, and a
total population of
One-third are returned by the 89 smallest boroughs,
having less than 10,000 inhabitants each, and
a total population of
One •third of the borough members are thus returned by
about four-fifths of the borough population ; and another
third are returned by one-sixteenth of the same.
And—Dividing the total population of represented boroughs
into three parts—
One-third of the population is contained in
the 10 largest boroughs (each having a
population exceeding 200,000) which re-
turn together 2O members.
One-third •f ditto is contained in 36 inter-
mediate boroughs (each having from
46,000 to 200,000 inhabitants), which re-
turn together
One-third of ditto is contained in the 206

smallest boroughs (each having less than
46,000 inhabitants), which return to-
gether

- In other words—
One-third of the borough population returns one-twen-
tieth of the borough members, and another third returns
fifteen-twentieths of the borough members, or fifteen
times as many as the ten most populous boroughs.
The following table is also one of some interest.
It shows how much our Parliaments are increas-
ingly less liable to change. What a difference
between the number of members who kept their
seats in 1847 and in 1859 ! and between the
number of members not before in Parliament who
were returned at the two elections referred to !

ANALYSIS OP CHANGES IN THE REPRESENTATION.
Comparative Changes at the General Elections of 1847, 1852
1857, and 1859.