The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Oct. 31, Two o'clock.—For the first hour
the market was firm at yesterday's closing prices,
but during the last quarter of an hour, since the
operation of the reponse des primes is over, quota-
tions have shown symptoms of giving way. Threes,
for the account, have experienced a fractional de-
cline, at 68f. 871 c. Italian Fives have lost 5c.,
at 56f. 40c. Credit Mobilier Shares 2f. 50c.,
at 62-3 f. 75c. Credit Foncier and Comp-
toir d'Escompte are unvaried. Business in
Railway Shares insignificant. On the fol-
lowing securities the reponse de :primes (option)
has thus been fixed : French Threes 68f. 92ic.
Italian Fives 56f. 45c. ; Credit Mobilier 625 f. ;
Lombard 421 fr. 25c. The following deports are
noticed on securities carried over for the next Ac-
count : on French Threes 3c., Italian Fives 4c.,
Credit Mobilier Shares 80c., and Comptoir
d'Escompte If.

Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol-
lows :

4} per Cents 96 90
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 90
Do. end month 6B 85
Credit Mobilier 621 25
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1375

Bank Shares 3590
Italian Loan 56 30
Do. end month 56 30
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

-A:ls.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1175
Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25
Southern 5BO
Western —
Eastern 548 75
Sardinian . —
Austrian
Lombard 420
North of Spain
Saragossa
Dii,to to Barcelona —
Roman —

THINKING TWICE !—ln reference to the necessity
for an erratum in regard to the first line in our first
leading article yesterday, a corresponent facetiously sug-
gests that it would be well, perhaps, if Mr. Bright would
take a leaf out of our book by always thinking twice before
speaking ! _ _ .

MR. BRETT, M.P., at HELSTON.—Speaking at a
dinner at rielston, the other day, Mr. Brett, the
Conservative member for that borough said the state of the
country at the present time gave great cause for anxiety.
Mr. Bright had, with much indiscretion and great intem-
perance been carrying on a mischievous agitation, which
had been especially successful in those centres of trades
unions where large bodies of men were in the habit of fol-
lowing their leaders. Meetings had been held at which,
urged by the vehemence of Mr. Bright, resolutions had been
passed and demands made which, if granted, would not be
reform, but revolution. By that he meant that it would not
be in principle an extension or improvement of the Consti-
tution, but it would be an alteration or a substitution of an
entirely different Constitution. He admitted the Consti-
tution required enlarging, and thought moderate men of all
parties might agree upon a solution of the difficulty. It
had never been an essential part of the Constitution that
all members should be elected by an equal body of con-
stituents. No two countries were of the same size ; no
three towns or boroughs were of the same size ; therefore,
there had always been small and large constituencies.
It had never been an essential part of the Constitution
that all the inhabitants in any locality should take part in
an election, but, on the contrary, it had been an essential
feature that they should not take part. There had from
the beginning been a property qualification, and that of
necessity excluded a large number of citizens. It had never
been an essential part of the constitution that all large
places should have a voice in the election of members, nor
that the same franchise should exist in every constituency.
It was not so now. The franchise in counties was not the
same as in boroughs, and although in all boroughs the right
of voting was nominally the same, yet a £lO house in Hel-
ston was not the same qualification as a £lO house in Lon-
don, Liverpool, and Manchester; and the voters for Uni-
versities were not qualified with respect to property at all.
Now, taking these matters into consideration, he asked,
could they not devise a reform bill to which the moderate
men of all parties could agree ? Moderate men asked that
the franchise should ba extended, and that a considerable
number of the working classes should be admitted to it ;
but that, in his opinion, might be done without altering
any of the essential principles of the Constitution to which
he had alluded. But if the great leader of the Whig party,
Mr. Gladstone, would join with Mr. Bright in his revo-
lutionary demands, it would bo the duty of every Con-
servative—and he hoped they would be joined by the
great body of the moderate Whigs—to oppose any such
measure with all the strength in their power. Ho hoped,
however, that the coming session would not be wholly
occupied in the discussion of Parliamentary reform, be-
cause there were many other questions requiring imme-
diate and serious attention, and he thought we had at pre-
sent a Government composed of men determined to work
hard and with sincerity. He hoped to see brought forward
a comprehensive measure on the subject of education, as
well as on the question of Poor-law relief, and he was sure
the Ministry would do everything to increase the efficiency
of the army and 4ayy at the smallest possible expense,