The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

Silver Cup.

C by Pontifex
Cherry Chap..

Ten ran.
Hurdle Race.

St. Mark
Mischief
Five ran.

LATEST CITY BETTING.—FRIDAY.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Harraton (taken and offered)
sto 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
Bto 1 agst Harefoot (taken)
100 to 8 agst Donati (taken)
15 to 1 agst Precious Stone (taken)
20 to I agst Defender (taken)
• CITY AND SUBURBAN.
11 to 1 agst Hal o' Kirklees
100 to 8 agst Indifference (taken)
100 to 8 agst Beacon (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tom King (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sedbury (taken)
20 to 1 agst Little Gerard (taken)
20 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
20 to 1 agst Crafton (taken)
2.5 to 1 agst Martel-en-Tete (taken)
At first 9 to 1 was taken about Hal o' Kirkleea
METROPOLITAN STAKES.
7to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Meadowdale (taken)
100 to 8 agst Old Robert (taken)
100 to 8 agst llelia (taken)
15 to 1 agst Arsenal
100 to 6 agst White Hart (taken)
20 to 1 agst Etoile du Nord
20 to 1 agst Hydromel
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 7 agst Drogheda (taken)
100 to 6 agst Herne (taken)
100 to 6 agst Royal Sovereign (taken freely)
DERBY.

15 to 1 agst Gamester (taken)
33 to 1 agst•Balnamoon (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ticket of Leave (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY NIGHT.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Harraton (taken)
7to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken)
25 to 1 agst Defender (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
12 to 1 agst Hal o' Kirklees (taken)
16 to 1 agst Beacon (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tom King (taken)
METROPOLITAN.
6to 1 agst Lifeboat (taken)
12 to 1 agst Meadowdale (taken)
12 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Drogheda (offered)
16 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken)
25 to 1 agst Bevis (taken)
28 to 1 agst Harraton (taken)
45 to 1 agst Wrestler (taken)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

On the 25th ult., after 6 p.m., Margery Daw out of the
Northamptonshire Stakes.

On the 26th ult., at 9 a.m., Border Chief out of all his
engagements this year.

On the 31st ult., at 11.30 a.m., Rocket out of all his
engagements at Epsom, Newmarket, Chester, and Salisbury.
On the 4th inst., Queen Bess, Vigo, and Ancient Briton
out of the Londesborough Cup.

THE RUMOURED DEATH OF SIR C.

MONCK.

On Thursday much excitement was caused at Tattersalls'
by the rumoured demise of Sir C. Monck, a popular patron
of the Turf, and owner of several celebraced race horses.
Had this report been correct, Gamester, Harefoot,
and several other animals would have been
disqualified for their respective engagements. In
The Sun of that evening we mentioned our disbelief in
the rumour, and are now happy to state that a letter was
received in London yesterday from Sir Charles, dated
Belsay Castle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Thursday, April 7,
in which the hon. baronet makes not the slightest mention
of having even been unwell. The report, therefore, is en-
tirely without foundation.

The weather in Paris has become remarkably
fine, and the heat is greater than has been experienced
here at this season for many years past. Eight days since
we had a heavy fall of snow, and yesterday the thermo-
meter stood at 68 deg. Tho swimming baths on the Seine
were crowded yesterday as if it were the middle of summer.
Farmers, however, complain of the want of rain, and fears
are entertained that if the dry weather lasts much longer
the springs will run dry, and that great inconvenience will
be felt from the scarcity of water. The waters of the Seine
were scarcely ever lower than they are at
_present.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO INVALID CLERGYMEN...—
We hear the good ladies of the Park-street Church in Bos-
ton have been doing a groat injury to the churches of the
land. We see it stated that when their excellent naator
departed for Europe a few days ago they all kissed him,
and some of them thus testified their affection two or three
times. Now, we do not wish to speak asthough we desired
to restrict in the least the liberties of the lathes when they
are thus disposed to treat one of our se; nor as if we were
filled with malicious envy of a gentleman whom we esteem
so highly as the Rev. Mr. Stone. But we beg leave to in.
quire whether, if this touching mode of bidding farewell to
the pastor becomes general, it will not do more to increase
the number of clerical invalids and to empty our pulpits
than even the arch enemy of preachers, the bronchitis. 'We
confess that we fear such a result, if our respected friends of
the pulpit share in any degree the;weaknesses to which we
editors plead guilty.—Providence Tournal.

MR. BRIGHT'S PLAN OF PARLIA-
MENTARY REFORM.

The following correspondence has been for-
warded to us for publication : •
" Parliamentary Reform Committee,
15, King-street, Cheapside, April 7.
" Dear Sir,—At a conference of friends of reform,
in November last, convened by this committee, at the
Guildhall Coffee-house, you were earnestly and
unanimously requested to prepare a bill intended to
meet the wishes of earnest reformers. You have
already explained the principles of the measure to
the country, but no formal declaration has been
made of its exact contents. On the eve of a general
election, it is most important that the main provi-
sions of your bill should be distinctly laid before the
country. On behalf of this committee I venture,
therefore, to request that you will, in the manner
you think most advisable, enable us to carry out
this view. We shall be glad of your reply at your
earliest convenience.
" " I am, dear sir, yours truly,
John Bright, Esq., M.P." "S. MORLEY.

" Reform Club, April 9.
"My dear Sir,—lt seems scarcely needful, after
the explanations I have publicly given of the prin-
ciples of my bill, to enter into any long statement
as to its exact provisions. I will endeavour, how-
ever, in a few words, to place before you what I
intended to propose to Parliament, if the session.
had not been suddenly interrupted by thedissolution
which is impending.
" With regard to the franchise, I propose, in
counties, to extend the right of voting to all occu-
piers of the value of £lO and upwards, with the
proviso that in every such occupancy not less than
£6 of the value shall be in a dwelling house. The
object of this is to prevent the fabrication of fictitious
votes by pretended lettings of land where no real
tenancy may exist.
" I propose to extend the right of voting (pos-
sessed by freeholders of the value of 40s. and
upwards), in England and Wales, to Scotland, and
to place the elective rights of freeholders in Scot-
land upon the same footing as in England and
Wales in every respect.
" With regard to the borough franchise, I pro•
pose the present municipal franchise with two
variations. The municipal franchise is now pos-
sessed by every man who is a ratepayer, whether his
rates are paid by himself or by his landlord, and
without regard to the value of the property he
occupies, or the amount of his rating. I propose
to adopt the same arrangement down to a certain
point ; that is, I would give the vote to all persons
rated at not less than £3, or occupying to the value
of not less than £4 per annum, whether the rates
are paid by the tenant or by the landlord. Below
that point, in order not to exclude any industrious
and frugal iman, -wishful to have a vote, I would
allow any person, being a rated occupier, to secure
his vote by undertaking to pay and by paying his
own rates. This is the only test I would apply,
and I think its effect would be to exclude none but
such as are:not likely to have any independence,
and such as are utterly careless as to the possession
of a vote.

" The Municipal Act requires a residence of two
years past and eight months before a person can be
placed upon the burgess roll. This was done by a
clause in the House of Lords, and was a concession
of the House of Commons to the apprehensions of
the peers. It assumes to be directed specially
against the poor, and to be conservative in ita
character ; whilst, in fact, it acts almost equally
upon every class, lessening the number of bur-
gesses, without being a guarantee for their inde-
pendent character, or for their superiority in any
respect.

`7 I propose to adhere to the present term of re-
sidence for Parliamentary electors—that is, to have
a twelve months' residence. This is, in fact, a
sixteen months' residence, for no person can now'
be placed on the register, which comes into force on
the Ist of December in any year, who was not in
occupation of his premises on the 31st July of the
year preceding ; and if his occupation began on the
Ist of August, his residence must be two years and
four months before he can give a vote. Under the
present law, the occupation of every person who
becomes entitled to vote will vary from 16 months
to 28 months, or an average of 22 months. Surely
this is long enough, and nothing but ignorance of
the law and the facts, or a dread of numbers, can
induce any man to wish for any longer period of
residence.

" In addition to this general proposition to ex-
tend the right of voting in boroughs, I propose to
give the franchise to occupiers of apartments ; that
is, to lodgers, paying a rent of not less than £lO
per annum, subject to the same period of residence
as in the case of rated occupiers, and whether the
rent be paid half-yearly or at any shorter period.
"To all voters, whether in counties or in
boroughs, I would give the Ballot, and my bill
provides for the appointment of a commission to
decide upon the best means of securing secrecy,
and expedition, and order, in the taking of votes at
elections ; that is, to discover the best system of
voting by ballot.
" I need not now enter into any details about the
disfranchisement of small boroughs and the re-dis-
tribution of seats. My schedules have been and
are before the public. They who regard them as
extreme and hurtful are they who wish the House
of Commons to be the coadjutor of the House of
Lords, rather than a fair representation of the
people. I believe the time will come when my
propositions on this point will be considered as
moderate as I now believe them to be just. •
" I regret very much that I have been unable to
introduce my bill to the House of Commons. I
feel certain that I could have removed some misap
prehensions with regard to it, created chiefly
by the untruthful criticisms of the newspapers in
the interest of the two aristocratic parties. I could
' not bring in my bill before the Government brought
in theirs, and I could not with advantage have
asked the house to consider it whilst that of the
Government was under discussion.

" The ground was cleared when the great divi-
sion was announced ; but on the very evening_when
I intended to give notice of the introduction of igay
bill, we were informed of the impending dissolution
id Parliament, and thus all chance of proceeding
with any important business was at an end.
" The question of reform is now before the con-
stituencies. The equality and extent of the mea-
sure to be passed in the new Parliament will de-
pend on the earnestness of the existing body of
electors. I hope they may act up to the occasion.
—I am, truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT.
" Samuel Morley, Esq., Parliamentary Reform
Committee, 15, King-street, London."