The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

HOW TO MAKE THE PREMIER MOVE

(Prom the Norfolk. News.)
The Times, in 'a recent article, declared that
"Parliamentary Reform is now a Parliamentary
question." Obviously, every prominent hmtings
question, being a turning-point in the construction
of the House of Commons, must become a Parlia-
m-mtary question. By showing is power to make
or unmake individual members, it directly affects
the deliberations and votes of the entire house.
The electors having made Reform a hustngs ques-
tion have raised it into the dignity of a Parlia-
mertary one ; and by persevering in the same
course with moderation and energy, the question,
rapidly growing in importance, will soon determine
the fate, not of members only, but of Ministers.
It is not by mere talk, either at public meetings
or private interviews, not by newspaper articles,
nor even by petitions, that any great measure c‘n
be carried through au adverse or reluctant Parlia-
ment. By the clear and logical process of reasoning
—the quod erat demonstrandam—adopted at the
late elections, Parliament .r) pupils, usually so slow
to learn, were enabled to master the most difficul:-
problems ; and if this proce=s be from time to tirn•
continued, these "young gentlemen," with the
same Q. E.D. i=n prospect, will cross without much
effort the bridge on which so many have floundered
We suggest that a national committee he Torinei
by delegation from the borough constituencies—
one from each—t 3 frame the sine qua non of the
R4ormers of this country. - The resolution should
be decided reasonable, and perfectly unambigwers.
It should assert in one sentencethe people's mini-
mum, the concession of which they are prepay ,d to
make everywhere the condition of their ftv ure sup
port. We hope it will not be thought presump-
tuous if we go further, and suggest the substance
and form of this resolution. Here it is :

" That no measure of Parliamentary Reform will be
acceptable to the people of this country which does not
eztend the franchise to householder-, in boroughs wen
pying tenements of five pounds' annual value, an,l to
householders in cDunties occupying tenements of ten
pounds' annual value; which does not disfranchise
boroughs having a less population than 10,000, ar.d give
the vacant seats to populous towns and districts ; and
which does not give to the voter the protection of the

Were such a resolution adopted by the Reformers
in every borough constituency—not nominally and
as a mater of form only, but determinedly, as an
essential article of political faith, awl the sine qua
Mn of future electoral support—Lord Palmerston
might deal out hit; jokes and pleas totries, the Edin-
burgh Review might affect to pooh-pooh every pro-
position for organic. changes, phat, uhe.aii
and
Reform-Club partisans might disguise their inten-
tion to deceive under vague generalities awl clap
trap, but the people in earnest, united, and
organised, would be more than a match for them
all. Popular enthusiasm would make the sloW-
paced engines go ahead, and, the steam 0,e9 up,
the' Premier would be the firn to find that the
turning of the crank is au undignified and dangerous
office when "the driver" cannot "ease off" the
riteArn.
What we have hinted at is easily practicable. To
carry it out effectively would require but
labour, and a few pounds would cover the entire
expense. The Administrative Ref rm Committee
might convene the proposed central gathering ; Re-
formers in almost every borough would obey the
call ; the resolution adopte 1 by them would be the
rallying cry at every future election, and compro-
mise or delay would become impossible.

Nfl
ETON COLLEGE, Thursday. By the m .rYiage of 013
Rev. James Jeffries BempAtaid. M.A • Fellow a d
Bursar of King's College, C,inbr'dze, ttinaler vacooey
is created in that society, s4hieh will be fi led up by the
Carain of the Eteu Collegep.