The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

FRANC.

PARIS, TUESDAY EvENINa.
The French squadron has sailed from the coast
of Corsica to Tunis. The measures taken by the
1 Bey of Tunis against the authors of the late out-
rages .] are considered nsufficien t, and other guaran-
; tees have been demanded.
The Moniteur contains a list of the different
French vessels of war employed either for fighting
or for the conveyance of troops in the Baltic and
the Black Sea, and the officers and crews of which
vessels are entitled to receive the English medals
awarded for the said services.
' The Bulletin des Lois publig:hes a decree promul-
gating the treaty for marking out the frontiers
between France and Spain, concluded on the
2d of December last. It also contains a decree an-
nouncing the reception, under the ordinary re-
serves, of the brief given at Rome on the 31st
March last by Pope Pius IX., and authorising at
the request of the Emperor, the canonical insti-
tution of his grand alcnonry. The brief is pub•
I lished in Latin and in French after the decree, and
occupies not less than seven pages.
The yacht of the Queen of England, the Victoria
and Albert, left Havre yesterday with the morning
tide for Portsmouth. She is to return, it is
affirmed, towards ell 3 end of September, having en
board Prince Albert and some of the young princes
on their way to visit the Camp at Chalons.
The Debate contains the following reflections on
the hesitation displayed by the Persian Govern-
ment in evacuating Herat :
"From the opinion of persons .who are acquainted
with the enterprising and audacious character of the
Serdar Murad Mirza, it isltot impossible that this prince
has absolutely refused to obey the Persian Government,
and to evacuate Herat. It is not surprising that the
Serdar should see in the present stale of India and in the
embarrassments of England an tmcauragernent to kis
ambitious projects. In the event. of the Persian Go-
vernment, whose good faith and h earty goodwill we do
not suspect, being unable to overt:omo the obstinacy of
Murad Miiza, a fresh conflict w(nald doubtless arise he.
tween England and Persia after the pacification of India.
It is the interest of the Persian
.Government to avoid
that dangerous extremity by giving. satisfaction to
_England ; that is, by cotapelimg Prune Murad to
evacuate Herat without delay.
The Constitutionnet concludes a summary of In-
dian intelligence with the following p assage :
" Although the English are in a very difficult position
they have e,nifiience in their energy and resources ; and
.should they be even compelled to reconquer a great part
of India, and to rt-establish their autlic rity on a fresh
basis, it is not doubtful they will rise, superior to the
-:risig. The events taking place in Indds, are of immense
importance in a financial as in a politi.aal point of view,
and we easily conceive the impatienco -with which all the
-commercial cities of Europe await ir, to lligence from Cal-
.catta and Bombay. Not only the in to rests of England,
but also those of Europe, are at stake before the walls of
Delhi."

BOURSE, Sept. 1. —The follow it were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. o. XT Aof Month.
4j per Cents
3 per Cents 66 80 • t 6 90
Bank Shares 2,775 Credit. 7Foncier 555 --
Credit Mobilier 950 Roma 31 1—
Do. Account 951 25 Ansti is .n
Belgian 44
Piedmontose (5) 9O Hom to Debt

RAILWAYS—FOR OASEI.
tr. c. ft c.
Orleans 1,455,7,— Wes um 725 --
Northern
Lyons and Mod 895 New , Ditto -
New Ditto — Grs xi 1 Central
Geneva ,.. —,— Sardii dan -
Ilia -
i ian Com. ....„ 650
' . ......

REPRESENTATION OP MIDDLESEX.

Yesterday evening the lion. G. Byng, the can-
didate for the representation of Middlesex, ad-
dressed a meeting of the electors in the large room
of the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville.
Mr. COOKE EVANS was called to the chair. He
said Mr. Byng solicited their suffrages as a member
of the great Liberal party. He had sat five years in
Parliament, and by his votes had given proof of
his earnestness as a reformer. He voted against
the Government in support of Sir W. Clay's bill
for the abolition of church rates, and in favour of
Mr. L. King's motion for leave to bring in a bill to
abolish the property qualification of members of
Parliament. These two votes showed that he was
inclined to be an independent member, which was
what Middlesex wanted.

Mr. BYrrot, then came forward to address the
meeting, and was received with cheers. He said
he wished to lay before them a statement of his
political views and sentiments, and he would begin
with that great subject which now so painfully en-
grossed the public attention—the state of India.
He was afraid that our government had been fore-
warned and not forearmed. Those who were best
acquainted with India had for years warned the
government of the volcano on which they were sit-
ting. History told us that at all times the English
people were ready to support the executive when
the executive did their best. The question now
was, had they done their best ? He thought they
had, when he found that from the Ist of July to the
present time 25,000 soldiers had been despatched
from these shores to India, and when he found that
that this ministry, instead of leaving London as the
cabinet of Lord Aberdeen did when the war with
Russia was waging, remained in town and were
holding cabinet councils weekly. He should say
with regard to India that they should take the best
men they could find, irrespective of rank and
influence, and when they were out they
should support them to the best of their
power both in public and in private. He
thought that for government to send men out and
then to see them attacked in the press and other-
wise, and neither to defend them nor to recal them,
was cowardly and unjust. He did not mean to say
that he was sufficiently acquainted with Indian
affairs to bold that the government should be at
once transferred from the East India Company tl
the Imperial Government, but he thought that if
the government of that- country was in the hands
of men directly responsible to parliament, it would
be much better for the people. Then with regard
to our other foreign relat ons, he was in favour of
a spirited policy, not in words but in deeds. • The
hon. gentleman thenreferred to questions of domestic
' policy, avowing himself in favour of an extension
of the suffrage, desirous of destroying the anoma-
lies at present existing in the representation, so
that Tavistock should not return as mapy mem-
bers as Middlesex, or Thetford as many as
Birmingham. The First Minister of the Crown
had promised to bring in a comprehensive measure
of reform, and he thoughthe would do it. He should
vote, as he had heretofore done, in favour of the
ballot, for the abolition of the property qualifica-
tion of members of Parliament, and for the aboli-
tion of church rates. He did not think there was
a shred of an argument in favour of the exclusion of
the Jews from Parliament. He thought the Com-
mons should pass another bill for th-fr admission,
which the Lords would probably agree to ; but if
they threw it out again, the Commons should seat
Baron Rothschild by resolution. In conclusion, the
hon. gentleman announced his readiness to answer
any question which might be put to him on matters
on which he had omitted to express himself.
Mr. J. COVE said he was a foundling, and bad
been brought up at the Foundling Hospital. It was
believed there were some abuses connected with
that establishment, and he wished to know if the
hon. gentleman would support a motion for a select
committee to inquire into them ? He also asked if
he would support the Crowded Dwellings Bill,
which was a sort of extension of the Common
Lodging-Houses Act, which had been productive
of incalculable good to the lower classes ?
Mr. BYNG said he was sorry that the Crowded
Dwellings Bill was withdrawn. He trusted it
would be le-introduced, and if it were he should
support it. With regard to the Foundling Hospital,
he was not aware that there were any abuses in the
management of it ; but if a motion were made for
inquiry, and good reasons adduced for it, he should
move for an inquiry ; but if he thought the reasons
were not sufficient, he should vote against it.
_ _

Mr. D'IFFANGER said that there was an observa-
tion of Mr. Byng's that he did not agree with. He
did not think that the minister would bring in a
comprehensive measure of reform. It would only
be a half-and-half measure unless the people exel ted
themselves. He moved, "That this meeting having
heard the political explanations of the Hon. G. Byng,
are of opinion that he is a fit and proper person to
represent the county of Middlesex. in Parliament.'
Mr. PARIS seconded.

An ELECTOR —ln the event of the troubles in
India continuing, and an attempt being made to
raise a foreign le;zion, the hon. gentleman op-
pose such an attempt ?
Mr. BYNG said he certainly should. He thought
that no greater haro had been done to England in
the last war than in the raising of the German legion.
Mr. W. TORRENS M4CULLAGH' who was in the
room, being called for, then. came forward. He said
it gave him great pleasure, as as elector, to express
his confidence in Mr. Byrd. He had had an opior-
tunity of watching his acts and of co-operating with
him in the House of Commons, and he assured them
that Mr. Byiig was a man of his-Word, and had much
understated what he would do as their member.
He hoped every man in that room who was an
elector expected their member to be a working man.
He would have a great deal of hard work to do, and
they owed it to themselves to see that he did it.
And he would have a gi eat deal more weight if it
was understood that. he . had a great constituency
who would not be satisfied if he did not do their
work. He remembered a critic in a leading journal
making the observat:oa that there were no young
whigs—but here was one Moro them. Mr. Byng
had put in his address all tlt they wanted, and his
being a member of the whir aristocracy was all the
better. They would have all the more pleasure in
electing him; coming as he did distinguished by
name and by lineage, to asert their rights, without
which they would not be satisfied. He did not agtee
with all that the hon. gentleman had said. He never
saw a minister yet whom he would trust on the ques-
tion of reform. Unless the people of this country
bestirred themselves and sho wed their de terminat oh
they might whistle for reform. The minister had to
play with the pipes they gave him, and he wanted
them to make him play to their own music. Lord
Palmerston might bring in a bill to suit the house,
but no minister would be able to satisfy the house
with a bill that would satisfy the country. If his
hon. friend would vote f.,r the best hill that was
produced that was all they could expect of him.
He (Mr. M'Cullagh) had voted in two accidental
majorities for the ballot, but they seemed to be as
far off the ballot as ever. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer said the ballot was a mode of voting
which the best and wisest of them would not have
recourse to ; but what the ballot was wanted for
'was to prevent intimidation—to rescue voters from
the screw. The members of the House of Commons
did not know what the screw was. (Laughter, and
a cry of " Don't they.") He was mistaken ; they
knew, but they had hold of the blunt end of the
screw. He was satisfied that many would vote for
his hon. friend, thinking that they were voting for
old George Byng, not as the peasants of Normandy
voted for the present Emperor of France, thinking
that Napoleon had returned to life, but because they
saw the spirit of old George Byng in a young and
vigorous frame, ready to do his work over again.
The resolution was then put and unanimously
agreed to, and atter a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, and three cheers-for Mr. Byng, the meeting
separated.

GROSTENOR CANAL RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The editor of the Times having declined
to publish the enclosed letter, which has reference
to the statement in that journal of the 27th inst.
relative to the proposal fora railway in place of the
present Grosvenor Canal, I beg you will be pleased
to give the same a place in your paper. I feel
assured this plan will greatly increase the va!ue of
property iu Westminster and Pimlico, and provide
also a remedy for the deficiency in railway acc,m-
modation, which the most competent judges con-
sidered heretofore hopeless:—l am, &c
Aug. 29. WM. POTTINGER.