The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-10 00:00:00

THE. REFORMER.--N.

Ma. lintron—l resume my Incubrations, so
nng excluded by the Recounts of tri,ak ; and of
the ptactic it formation of a Parliament, accord-
ing to our ancient Consti•ution:• li rt first,• le.
me pay my debt of gratitude to VERAX, for his
Civility, and his information ; aßsuring him, that
I should have done so sootier, had not my second
Essay been sent to the Printer hi fore his Letter
appeared. His intimations shall be duly regard-
ed. At the same time, I must decisively state,

t!►at it is not my intention to &fe►►dl or palliate any
kind of abuse. Ti►e bosiness of thr,e Essays will

be to empire bow toteh objeeiions can be remov-
ed witbont injury or flAng,er to the Collsritotion.
Since the pumication of my first Essay, a remarkable ex-
lialPle has occurred, to derno.nstrate the tendency of popular
suffrage ; an accidental conahination of circumstances haring
produced, in one pLree, the very •aine trivet as would Keite-
rAlly result from a too extended right of voting. The second
City in the Enquire has returned torarliament altiAost the la'st

'man whom it ought to have chosen; a num whom eVely re-
spectable Freeholder must Wash to call his Representative.
Disraced and punished by the former Parliament, for the
most insolent violation of their privileges ; steeped to the lips
i❑ the dccpest mud of democracy; I:nown only to the public
by his avowed attachment to the most profligate of men ; by
his zeal for the tyrant, whose downfall was the rescue of all
Europe from oppression ; by his hatted of the hiIWS, the in-'
stitutions, and even the glories of his Country. This man is
the choice 05 the people; this the favourite of the bawlers
who surround the hustings.

Y<•t nu►cb svoise than this it might, and certainly would l►e,
under any great approach to universal suffrage. The man thus
chosen is at least, by b:rtl►, a Gentleman; by education a
Scholar ; by talent, capable of being distin;:uished for honour-
able exertions, diametrically opposite to his actual pursuits.
But the same would douhtless have been the result, in a
papuiar election, had he been destitute of all those esiima-
hie dualities; and only remarkable for contempt of every
legiti►uate authority, defiance of all decency, and pandering
to the worst passions of the most ignorant of the people.
Urged by a few base instigators, which tl:►ey are certain

never to want, the populace, in every country, as well as
in Judea, will reject the purest and most benevolent person-
a:4-e, to choose a man notorious fur sedition, a robber, and a

nituieter.

This, therefore, may serve to convince any reasonable per-
son, that to democratize our Constitution would be the. very
contrary to reforming it : and that, if any amendment of our
Burotigh Representation be ever attempted, for the sake of
satisfying weak, and depriving wicked minds of their most
sneeimis argornents, the utmost cane most be taken to pre-
vent the right of votiog front descending a single step below
the proportionable point of the scale, at which it was origi-
nally fixed. It has been stated often, and with truth, that
suffrage is not a common right, but a civil office; not a na-
tural inheritance, but a political institution ; the beneficial
we of which Hill totally lie lost, if it be suffered to descend
to ignorance and unresponsible poverty.
After all, we must deeply weigh the hazard attending every
change. Of a ptilitical experiment, the whole result can ne-
ver be foreseen. By whatever rules we may at any time
choose our Representatives, if we hare not suck men as we
have been used to have, we mast have worse ; for, collec-
tively speaking, men more qualified for such a trust cannot
possibly be found. Any thing like concession to temporary
irritations must also be carefully avoided; for concession

usually increases presumption and invites encroachment. Yet
if there are evils, which morally as well as politically (and
perhaps rather than politically) require correction, the sub-
ject must well deserve consideration.
The following rules, however, we may safely lay down ;
and they will be my guides in every thing that I shall attempt
to offer on the subject:-
1. That if ever any change in the Representation lie made,
it must be made with a view to our Constitution, as a limited
Monarchy; and with the most studious care to keep it so.
2. That no change must ever be made, but according to
the inviolable principles of equity, and our common law;
that is, without injury to property, or even to prescriptive
claims, in the persons of the actual possessors.
If, proceeding by sugh rules, and observing every analo-
gous precaution, all real objections can be removed, de-
spising such as are merely fanciful, good men and good sub-
jects may fairly wish, that, at some seasonable time, it may
be undertaken.

But for precipitance there is no pretence. If we go on no
worse, with our present modes of election, than we have done
fur a hundred and thirty years past, though we may not be
quite contented among ourselves, we shall at least be envied
and respected by all the world besides.

APPROACHING TRIALS FOR HIGH TRRASON.—
The Prisoners who stand charged with High Trea-
son and Murder have sent a petition to the Judges,
pr'aying that Mr. HARMER may be assigned them
as the Solicitor for conducting their defence.
`1 heir request has been complied with.
HARWICH. APRIL 6.—The improvements of
this town commenced on Monday by the be-
};inning to take down the church : the subscrip-
tions for the iniended new one have been ex-
tremely liberal. Sanguine hopes are entertained
that water will he obtained in abundance, as the
boring goes on very well. The paving is very
soon to commence. From the great alterations
in contemplation it is presumed that this will be
the first bathing place on the coast.

To-Moßnow.—Two Thousand Tickets of the
present Lottery, will be enhanced in value 301.
each by the preliminary drawing. For every
Ticket thus entitled to 301. will still have the
same chance of the Capitals in the Scheme as if it
had not been drawn. Thus a person who obtains
a 301. Prize To •Inoti ow, may, with the same
Ticket, obtain the 20.0001. Prze that is attached
to the First-drawn Ptize .on the next day of
Drae,ing, or any other of the 102 Capitals in the
Set,emr. ‘lll3, 9, Corithili, who Sold Two
20,0001 Prizes in Shares it) the Lottery Contract
itto cw,cimird, has now on Sale Tickets and
Shares in weat variety, and Porchasers at his
Utiv.e will participate in every advantage of the
scheme, 811.600614 he is not the Loat[actur.

FOR THE-SUN;

CHAIROMANIA.

"- In my triumphant Cimriot hurl'd—
Bow down ye shires and adore me,
Your So'i:'rcig,n Lord, Mad Tom !"—Old Sox'.

Ma. Enrroa—lt is a happy thing 'for this
Country, (perhaps the Duly Country in the world,
France and Art4rica not excepted) that t vety
howLvtr humble or lowly, has daily op-
portunities where, when, end almost how he
ideases, to declare end to manifest his opinion
upon ten and measures, upon the politics of Bri•
rain, nay of the World, whether he understands
them or not.

' lu this point of view, whoever witnessea the
procession and the crowd of the Westminster
Chairing, must have felt gratified to tee so many,
and such individuAls taking an active and an open
part in the Freedom of Election ; and yet I must
confess Ha must be a goto ma»d of popnlarity, Who
could he prtiuti of the " sweet voices" of such a
melange.

I thought once that HUNT'S procession had ex-
hibited every thing radically low in this great
Metropolis ; but Thuraday's Exhibition heat it
" by chalks," or " all Lombard-street to a china
orange," as more elegantly expressed by the
Fancy.

A first sight of the motley groupe, I could not
help asking myself, " what hare these good folks
to 'do with Freedom of Election, %viten so many
of them, to say noilting of the Gods of their

idolatry, appear as if they ba 1 just obtained free-
dom from Aris's SAloon, I beg pardon, Brown's
Buildinv,s in the Old Bailey ?"—but the question
was answered by the Evening Papers where I
fitut it recorded in letters from Rome, that the
galley slaves a:ul prisoners had formed a plan to
break their chains, and that they had prepared a
Constitution, which was to be offered to public

acceptance. But Italy, Sir, as you may perceive,
is not the only Coun►ry «•here the occupants of
gaols. prepare Constitutions. Witness the Tried
Patriots of Britain.

I. G. N.

TI-lEATRICAL REGISTER.
Per.l;,rmed 'ln Saturday Aitrht.
THEATRE ROYAL, Daliay•LANE.—Artaxerxes : Artaxerxes,
Madame Vestris; ArtabaNtes', Mr, hick:don ; Arbaces, Mr.
Braham; Maiidane, Miss Carew. After which (first time),
Stialispeare Versus Harlequin.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—kaIiIIOC: Isaac. Mr.
W. Farren ; Rebecca, Miss Foote. After winch, Harlequin
and Cinderella.