The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-21 00:00:00

Sr-Irtri OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

. Upon the question whether the franchise of East
P.ettord should be merely diffused over the litinctred
of Busselaw, or transferred to a populdies town, Mr.
Muskisson and Lord Palmerston it is proper to'
rotiee, voted for the transfer, Mr. Peel and Mr-
Goo Ina: for the retention of the franchite to the
lmildred inch prising tthe corrupt rOrt or centre of
East itetford. This difference of opinion exists, it
true, on a detached question, and may .have ad'
initied of ,privatuie,iplanation. For our owl', Pal's,
if we cannot havriiore, we shall be frk,,ia to see even
one populous place endowed with its fair share of
representation; tail v.T think that Mr. Peel having,
as a :sclinister. astisten in frustrating the public ex-
pectation with retard to the East Retford tram-ft?,:,,"
bound to exeit the saute inatierree,tlgngb ih ano-
ther place, to gratify our wishes by ttMmiunicating
the Penrvn franclt*e to a popkdous town. With re-
pea to the pica that by the transfer of the East
Retford franchise to the town of Birmingham tht.
comity of Nottingham would lose its fair Attie of rc-
presentat:on Y if is
evidently a Intik one. The county
of Nottingham hatinothing to do with the twnmern-,
bers to whom he electors of East Retford sold
theiT votes. If it had,—if the county had slay
" art or part" in 'hose transactions, or derived-Any
advantage from um, why then the county ought to
be punished as yell as the borough : hut if the
txninty had no concern in the return of the members
for East Retford,--if they Were not even men of the
county, but the sits were sold to the best bidders,
—then it is evideit that the county bad nothing tt)
!ostl Iv transferring the franchise to some populous
situated out of its bounds. The proposition
that zone shall voi for ntembers within the huotltud
whi do not pay 20/. .a-mr to the
poor-meg, iutrodues a totally new principle, into our
el.ictions. This, ideed, is the rule in Fr nee, that
the electors and carted shall both pay a certain sun:
in taxes; and wit us county members and borough
Members have thin respective quakfications ; but
that a man shout, not be allowed to • exercise his
elective franchise inless he contribute to the poor-
rates only, almost as much as •some forty-shillibg
trveholtiers have la- their maintenance, is a mighty
change in the lsv of elections) and rnay lead to
most important onsequences. Vor let it be ob-
served that Bafietlaw is oue of the hundreds
into which the aunty of Nottingham is divided.
?fits ccanty, eleclon the .votes of .all the hundreds
:ere,,cived at diluent hustings, an hustings being
appropriated to ach; otter the county election,
therttore, shall hive been settled, the several htnit-
ittge will be tiestriyed, with the execrinh of that
of Basietlaw hunlred ; the hustings' of Bas-ietlaw
hundred tvill remit', to which freeholders of a dif-
ferent crate will approach : and the upper-caste
freeholders of thiione hundred will then choose as
many representatives for themselves as all the free-
hol,,,t•rs of all,the glier bundreds.put together shall
avc chosen befoe This also resembles tire pre-
sent in [trance, where there are depart- ,
mental deputies, nd supplementary deputie% the
latter Chosen by lien of larger forttntes, or contri-.
buting.nti,re to the taxes than tilt former. How-
ever, we lgain say that this is a fearful precedent in
Englariill That Vhich is the law of one hundred
may betszne the itw of all : and the elective
thise may be raistd throughout front .113 s. to so
bran as will enable the, proprietor to contri-
bute 2ti7, a year b one species of taxation, that
kvbie4 is .ivied' for the relief of the pcior:—Times:'
12—y s Pteliftflitary paper just printed, it v.,ould
appear that the Bank of England has ;node, in city
Otrasteltgy, rather "-a good thing" of its banking
accottut with the public. This exceedingly shrewd
corporation has been receiving,
for the nat:e " management of the public debt," (that
le, for entering a cettaintiumber of names in a book,
slid paying over to the parties entitled to them, cer-
ta,o sums issued four times a year by the Treasury),
ill less than 260,0004 per annum—equivalent to the
nr crest of six millions and a half of niene,' We
AEA th4t the Treasury itself might execute
tz J thyovigh a nloderat e '
Lny'rt f clerks, whose sahtr es Nvoultl 'not extmea
Of •
',C,OOOi. per annum. But that is notaall. The same
paper-issuing Lid stoney-receiving company has in
7ts hands, according to the official documents, an
a;:trage sum of no less than 1,000,000/. sterliin,r, the
opportunity of turning which to profit cannot be
estimated a,f any thing wider 140,1)00/. per annum.
So here we have the Bank making of the nation an
mlrecomptsed profit of about 350,000 i. per annum;
Ird th!4 is what the people of the city call, with
mach reason, a mighty "'good thing." We wemic,
how long it will continue.—Bid.

It is confidently ;tilted, hi quarters possesstd of
;rood information, that Ministers ltave become sea.
!Able that; in the present situation: of the country,
:hot settlement of OA Catholic Clainir can no longer
*vith .•-afety be delayed. This determination was, it
1, affirmed, convevei by the Dukc of Wellington to
a certain exalted l'eNonage, to whom the communi-
cation was exceedingly unpalateable. The Premier,
however, declared that he was personally as averse
to the concession as that exalted Personage could
he, but. that. circumstances rendered the- Measure
Aro:Antely, necessary; and as he could not be an-
swerable for the safety of the country, if the question,
remained muelclonpr unsettled, be would consent
to remain in office 04 on tbA condition of .an - ar-
rangement with the Catholics.' A certain• indi•
vidual., whose visit ki this country has excited some
surprise, advised, itis said, the acceptance of 'the
I4lignation of the Ilinistry ; hut this' pope:hien
visa still more "--Filleable than the concession.—lt
is believed that the fat
step will be the repeal of
the Prohibition to Itdintereourse with the See of
Rome, which will- anew of the negociation of a Con-
cordat, ,7iying,to the, Government-- Of this country
the name controul, lver the appointment of the
Bishops, ,which has Ott,
given to several Conti-
neroai GovernmertS. TN..
---.• Doyle, in his evidence,
says, tho Governmellt Would,
in this way, obtain
trio ;mkt- influence aver the Catholics; but how-
ever thi. ~.iv be, the trampllllzation of Ireland is
of so 1, ~,li consequence, that ev,„, s_
y otner matter
sink--; :,i insignificance in COMDatn
v's'S°ll.-41forning
CA:emir- •
We I • !ght Mr. Peel's reply to SI, it.
Wilson
with ' r.- - - !cc to the Posture of
that he ought to give
present political
afTairs a;, per one—camel
'lig of Iranwa ~
.00 txylauation. As 10 the in
; , iterirs—to ' Sit},
respect to Greece, We, alai.. t )1*
seize hold
i rctclice of givin,,
of AS mach as she cal, under the p
.‘ has got hold, she
liberty to the Greeks. When she
,vil.": Say ‘_f-Turn me out if you eau," England no.
dubt,A sort, and
vill do something of the same t
of
will seice.,ome Greek islands, or, perhapg, Par ,
1:-..e Moretti England's pretence will . also be GreeK
independence. As for Austria, she will take Serviii,,
itr All probability. Russia has contrived/to throw
:out this - Greek tub t) the European whale, while
he will seize 'European Turkey. Then, when the
latter conquest is acccrnplished, Russia will induce
tl,„ Edfifsk and French to leave Greece-, and take
*•,ssession of it hersel The end will he, an attack
through Persia and l'lrkey. upon. our East India
po,:setsionc. Englandl oring this, must look on,
aftei;oilld reduce the interest
i ,;;rinaratively, except
et !ler Debt,- for debtltts at-length brought the na-
! v i.:.0 this: humble pais•-•.:libraing Herald.
.. ,
~:
...:,,v Pension Billhas beta printed. It enr-
•,,
~s hi, majesty o IQ grantl3,Oulii. a year for the
• . f Charles Canning, second, son of the late
-,!..-,:u. Iliai. George Coming; and it further
erg em-
} o;: 44 such provisious and
v.• it's Majesty to direct
: .i.s-u.lations es to the application of this pension, for
. 1,.; ban.tit of the sail Charles Ginning, Or of his
-other William ;Pitt Canning, or of Visceinite‘,
.Ganoing, cr of either of theni, as to his Majesty
may Seem ht:!--,.lbid:
. .

Cointenay said, the other night, that he hii,l
the Friendly Societies' Bill, and that hi:
.• be engage! in bringing forward anothc.:
yf. • , . Parliaileut ought never to interfeic
'iti*raittm; ► this kind. Money-saving and mon-
investment, on the pint of individuals, ought to i
transacted br individual Color attics, and not by Pa: -

liament. Tilt 'leis Parliament: -lineddles With tit*
.of any kind the better.—Bid.
`two mails'arp 'now daily expected frttii Brazil, and.-
it. is. very eOrifideirtly z,sterted that they will bring
*Omits eace having been made between'the
E4eictr and the Republic of Buenos Ayres,.on.
terms which neither party anticipated at the coin-
•meucement of the war. These terpri .as fah no 0,
have been able ale; that th`e Eastern Bank
of tile iriivft Flare, including Monte Video, the ca-.
Vt-al; is to remain independent, under the protection
and guarantee of Great Britain. Under existing cir-
cumstances, it is confidently stated that the inhabi-•
lams of that desolated portion of the South Ameri-
can continent *ill be highly satisfied, as, from past
..eXtic.lrieilee, they never can wish to return to a con-
federation with Buenos Ayres, in the tliqtyacted
state in which the provinces composing that R.'epub-
lic are placed. Our :nett:hunts anticipate conside-
rable advantages to their commerce from the adop-
this measure, the negOciation of which has
been au arduous task to our Government.—New
Times. _

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Mr. BrivG Mixt others from • the Commons, brought up
the Bill fol. Wilding a Bridge over the Thames at Staines.
Tw'o Thad Bills were also brought up:

Mr. Payne presented the gargaie Pier -and Harbour
account.

The Earl of MALINIESBUBY presented a petition from
certain Weolgreo.Vers of the county of Southampton, against
the Importation of Foreign Wool..\--Laid on the Table.
Several Billy were forwarded through their respective
stages.
The Election Trials Consolidation 13111 ,v a. read a third
time and peened:
Ob the Motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the Night
Poaching Prevention Bill was read a third time and paseed.
Adjourned,