The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-22 00:00:00

will Only promise to be their turn, they will tilitid.t.
ly rnnthe hazard of maltiug him; what,steretly hd
wishes to he, their tyrant,.
Degradation of :.chaeacter costs- very little to
the man tvho. has (wee condescelidetl to COcoor4ge
the errorsi.and inflame the p.issioos.of the
tilde: for, fact,
that vet y practice is itself one
of the lowest steps-of, movai degradatiot. .tet
such are the arts whichwould F.ll (be sett;; of what
is called a REFORM.E.D PARLIAMENT, to the mean
time, examine the practice, rather (bail the theory
of Parliament unreformed. Ilow many improper
members are returned ,by, the, ieroughs. stigmatiz-
ed as rotten P Have not many of the best anti
greatest ornaments of. that assembly been
duced to it through that c!iannel ? .But why arc
they culled 'rotten the election
them is 'riot at all popular.. Because it accords
- -.0*.,3,.e*.e1tia1.-fiation of representa-
tion.: .Becattse, it tends Of a
sons, or perhaps of a single Elector. 'This _cer-
tainly is not representation ; but it may be some-
thing,'better. I hive no doubt that even
theory it may be defended, because no evil is seep
to arise front it in practice but this is not of iin;-.•
parlance to our present argument. 'kite lung-
'tried practice Of such a Constitution as ours
,is
of infinitely greater value than the. most specioutt
theory :, and we have seen that the theory, by
which this question is usually tried, is. tok.bet,ter
,74r,
than an empty bubble.
That places of importarrcey and of great local
consequence, should have memberl in the Paulin-
tterit to attend to 'their Partitalar interesti may
surely be allowed ; and the want of such members
may be
,gradnally and. ';emperately supplied. But
if ever the &feet be attempted to be removedibY
Making the -Elections for such places palmier; a
real evil of great Magnitude will be substituted,
for one that is almost im,4ginaiy ; since the coon
ty metLbets do, in fact, pi:Ho:in the d‘o ic'S of
those- who 'are supposed, to ev:inted ;
srtcl nu
Iwo of political sagacity eonld fail to doprifeate
the essablisha)oot of popular miens
where a redundant populace is always ready to he
agitated by the arts. of demagogues, The fictron
of representation tine t of cOitrse•progonuce the
allotment of In ~!nbera for ,Scotland. and Irelatltl,
established at their respective I_Liion#, ko he
tremely imperfect : and would therefore lead to a
'disturbance of the whole system. ~..Bat text ;they
not, in truth, sufficient? They :iatisfietlihe two
countries, at the time When' they vVere settled ;
they perform the business of those countries in ail
adequate nrAnner ; and both will continue. co be
satisfied with the arrangement for ever; unless
theY should become too many indi-
viduals ate.here, by the false sod perincioos t o-
ries of Representation and Refernt.
Oultutch at present froth

gT,IGIitITES.,

TIMBER AND IVOOD TRADE.

A detidort •most important to this trade took
place on
.Fritlity last itt- a Connitittee ttf the lionse
of Commons upon the Continercial Diiek
:It appeared, that under. pretext, and after the
lecund. ;ending of a Bill tti empower the raising a
sum of 'motley 11,-.4 to mAke some animPortant,in.
ternal regulations, it was intended (without artyno.
Lice to parties affected, prior to Taesdoil last) to
introduce a Clause (a give the Caiginervial Dock
Company a 'monopoly of banding Wood Gautls fur
21 years.
,
So extrkorthoaryop attempt to ttikit by surprise
the Nlerellanta in the Miall.Trade, as. well as the
„OrtOnl Soyrt.y CAII3I Corultatty, excited geue-
ral
indignati9n of a tio?Ntattinerous CaMmittee,
and the. whole hilt was unuoimtvisly thrown- aitt.

.
This atteMpt was the more, tollist modote, as the
mdtiopnly ‘iliieh the Cootroettiol Dock tortrptioY'
imit (without notice to the Timber Trade, ar ttw.
Grtittil Stirrey Canal Company, private nod ex-
piate stitteint:nts) proem ed hy a 113innte of the
Lords, of the Tteasnry some year` ago, had been
aanulted about tvveive month -
s 'since, in eonse
qttek.e of 'lt ?nast laborinti.§ 'innl
totion by the Boattl of Clworits during upwards
of three years; atford;og to tbt Commercial Durk
Comp.oly amide oppyrttwif fur Site!) evidence os
they thought proper tn
. Itt this invesiii,;:ttin,i it wits folly csittitiii:Atetri
that the monopoly 11:kJ
the e.onir.:erciAl intereAs tit tint: port of Lomlbu.
If tliis liiii hAti been carriet!, the -Aletclienttit
have ittid nu,optio4 hinti! !brit'
lvooti ;_oods, and thht_cottipetiiinti -vo
the trade of the cdoictryi woulit, hu%c ettlitely
dekti-oyi:c!,
Thus hosTirovvh+ber,:iiiT an atteuipt To
the Merchsh: atta ;he bt C,l„„).Cmn.
jtit:t be:211111,11g.i wee 4. h iofig pet:kid ormittry;
to reel) the benefit ,ot tair Alt+l open etettillerf tfrt
, to,,Oions;',111111 .e%pt ett)“.!,:f ; dins itai
perished ii innitcp'
neither by Ac,t. ut P'tn `nAntenc, hv Cnarter,
hilt by ek-ti,trre ~taftmettis how uo!ice, ata
witbout.C2rnperdation to the partitS