The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-31 00:00:00

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEO. CRUIKSIiiiNK, as all political institutions are, or ought to be in-
LEECH, AND CROWQUILL, tended, to secure industry its due and proper re-
The NOVEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of
wards. It has long appeared to us, and were-
p
BENT LEY 'S MISCELLANy.
CONTENTS sumo has appeared to many other persons, that
:
Mr. LEDBURY'S ADVENTURES AT HOME AND politicians are amongst the least skilful of men
ABROAD.
in attaining their own ends. They profess, year
By ALBERT SMITH.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH. after year, and century after century, to be
Chapter 111. Of the manner in which Mr. Ledbxiry exa-
anxious to promote the public happiness, to re-
mined by the Municipal Guard, and of his interview with the
Prefect of Police. ward virtue and punish crime, to see the public
Chapter IV. Of the Quartier Latin, and of Mr. Ledbury's sentiments fairly represented, and they never, by
10(1' pings therein. any chance, fall on a new and a successful method
Cvapter V. Of the evening party given by Mr. Ledbury and
Jack Sohnson to certain students and grisettes, at their rooms in by which these objects may be attained. The
the Rue St. Jacques. same old system of representation, chance be-
The Haunted Mine, by R. B. Peake.
The Life and Songs of Anacreon, by Barney Branagan. gotten, and chance reformed, which grew up six
Her First Visit Afloat, by the Author of "The Naval Sketch- or seven centuries ago, increasing in deformity
book," &c. and in anomalies as society has extended or al-
A Campaign with the Christinos 1838 and 1839, by Charles
F. Fynes Clinton. tered its shape, with one feeble and unsuccessful
The Dying Child. attempt in:modern times to adapt it to society,
The Persian Spy, by J. B. Fraser, Esq.
still continues in :use, and convinces us, session
The Junior Barrister.
Malay Vengeance, by H. R. Addison. after session, and election after election, both
The Youth's Death, by Mrs. Howitt. by the scandal of the returns and the abortive
A Traitor's Doom, by H. R. Addison.
A Monumental Pic-nic. laws which are produced, that it iswholly unfit for
Ballad Literature of Ancient Greece, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. the purpose of governing the people in peace, and
Paddy Carroll, the Piper. by Bryan O'Halloran, with an Illus-
tration by George Cruikshank. guiding them to prosperity. Nothing better, how-
The Pkilosephy of Fighting, Edited and Illustrated by Alfred ever, is ever suggested by politicians, and so far
Crowquill. as they are concerned, mankind can have no hope
Eyes, by T. J. Ouseley.
but of going on for ever with labour insufficiently
Richard Savage, by Charles Whitehead.
Placing a Newaub on the Musnud, by H. R. Addison. rewarded, and peace at home for ever endan-
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. gered. At length a novelty has been started,
and though it may turn out to be wholly unsuit-
able to the end proposed, yet, as serving to " de-
facate the politicians standing pool," and agitat-
_ ing the thinking part of man, we hold it our duty
to call public attention forcibly to the subject.
A pamphlet has reached us, published by
EFFINGHAM WILSON, entitled " Our Represen-
,
.. 5,000 tative System ; its Tendency and Effects, with
"
8,000 Practical Suggestions for its Formation on a
5,000 "
2,000 " new Basis," which gives an entirely new turn
22,000 to our thoughts. Assuming that representation
21,000 " is the proper mode of constituting a Government,
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and not adverting to those great changes in
modern times, which make it feasible to gather
public opinion, 'and enforce it without passing it
through the dirty strainer of a House of Com-
mons, the author suggests a novel method of
collecting our representative assembly. We will
not advert to the numerous evils of the present
system, one of which, the giving Members to lo-
calities, instead of constituting them Members for
the whole empire, thereby giving them local,
instead of making them attend to general inte-
rests—now, we believe, for the first time fully
developed and a remedy suggested—we will con-
fine ourselves to giving a very brief outline of
his practical suggestions, though we shall state
them in our own way. The author's NEW PLAN
FOR COLLECTIN A HOUSE OF COMMONS is
shortly this.
Whoever can obtain the signature of, say 500
(the numbers throughout being solely for ex-
ample,) householders, attested by some known
authority, from any part of the United Kingdom,
shall be, without any other qualification what-
ever, placed on a list of candidates by some au-
thorised person, which list shall be published
in the Gazette. An alphabetical list of all the
candidates registered and gazetted, like a list of
game certificates, shall be prepared and sent for
sale to every post-office in the kingdom, as post.
age stamps are now sent, where they shall be
purchasable for fourteen days previous to the day
ofelectionforonepennyeach. Anyand every per-
son may purchase these lists, and any and every per-
son may use them being of the male sex, and ap-
pearing to be 21 years of age. The plan, there-
fore, takes all qualification from candidates, and
establishes the suffrage in all adult males who
choose to exercise it, and can purchase a list of
candidates. They may be foreigners or aliens, if
they only be on the spot and give in their lists.
The lists are to be used thus. The purchaser
is to mark in the list 50 names—we do not see
the use of this limitation, as the writer proposes
that the House of Commons should consist of 500
Members, and we should suppose that each elec-
tor might vote for the whole 500, otherwise it
might be possible that a much less number than
the 500 might be elected—but the author pro-
poses that the holder of the list should mark 50
names, preparing his list when it suits his conve-
nience, before the time appointed for delivering
them. A convenient and inclosed place
being prepared, one for every 2,000 in-
habitants, or for every parish that con_
tains less than 2,000 inhabitants, at one and
the same day and hour the elections are to take
place throughout the entire kingdom. At that
time the electors or persons who have purchased
lists are to assemble in the inclosed space, and
at that hour the entrance gate is to be closed,
and no more persons admitted. At the exit
gate each person is to deliver his list, and only to
deliver one. It may be put sealed into a box, or
otherwise. The lists so collected are to be exa-
mined by special commissioners or scrutineers,
and the names of the five hundred candidates
out of the whole who have the most votes are to
be published in the Gazette, and are to be the
members of the House of Commons. A Parlia-
ment so collected might be continued three
years; it need not be dissolved on the demise of
the Crown, nor would it be necessary to fill up
vacancies caused by death or otherwise, except
in case of the death of a Cabinet Minister, whose
successor might not have a seat in the House,
and who, it is proposed, should sit ex officio.
" The election should be final for three years at
least," says the author, " not only as respects
the whole House, but individual Members of it;
and thus avoid the degrading struggles and corn-
promises for seats, the expensive farces of elec-
t tion petitions, mock inquiries, and other abuses
of a similar character, which have gathered
round our present representative system."
We give no opinion on this proposal except to
say that it could not well lead to worse results
than take place under the present system, both
in electing Members and in making laws with
partial and class objects to fetter the whole com-
munity. We are aware that we have not done
justice to the author by omitting all his explana-
tions and all the illustrations which he gives of
his proposal, but we have only intended
to indi-
cate the principle in the briefest possible way,
and leave the matter to the reflection of our
readers. The proposal is in all respects at vari-
ance with our present system, and fails com-
pletely in that point of easy adaptation to exist-
ing institutions which is a strong recommenda-
tion to statesmen. Quoting one passage, to give
our readers an idea of the authors manner, we
shall conclude by saying, that we hope his ex-
pectations that his work will attract the attention
of thinking minds, will be gratified :
This, I know, embodies all that is asked for as
" universal" or " complete" suffrage, but it embodies
it in a way that gives to the elector full scope for per-
fec'z freedom of choice ;—to the elected complete inde-
pendence of any particular locality. He would be
the representative of a class, the individual members
of which can have no claim upon him, and with whom
he need not, except for public purposes, come in con-
tact. It would give, unless I greatly err, to each rank
in society, and to each class, representation propor-
tionate to their station, their energy, or their numbers;
to individual property, talent, or position, that influ-
ence, and no more, which these will always gain for
their possessors.
The rich man, the great man, and the wise than
will still guide others in their choice of representatives.
Their influence will always, to a great extent, be vo•
luntarily submitted to, and to that extent, and no fur-
ther, is it a " legitimate" influence.

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MONTH, amongst 8,200 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN
negotiated in the year 1820, andGUARANTEED by the GO-
VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE
of BADEN.
1 Dividend 50,000 Florins ...... 50,000 Florins
1 do. 25,000 " 25,000 "
1 do. 12,000 "
I do. 10,000 "
1 do. 5,000 1' 5,000 "
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10 do. 500 " 5,000 "
10 do. 200 " 2,000
5)0 do. 110 " 2'2,000 "
200 do. 105 " 21,000 "
467 do. 100 " 46,700 "
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£74,400 Sterling Money.
8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain
one of the above Dividends.

Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4
Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 8

12 florins equal to sterling, a trifle more or less, as per
the day's exchange.
ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY

DEDUCTION WHATEVER.

Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT
DELAY, to

HEINE BROTHERS at HAINIBURGH.

Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this
Month the price will rise to £l4, and the Sale will close in the
first days of November.

Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re-
ceive an order for 1:2, upon our London Bankers, together with
the Bond.

To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re-
mittances will be returned by first post.
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HA3IBURGH, October 4, 1842..

THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING, OCT. 31,

Will be repeated the English Version of R ossini's Grand
Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide
by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from
the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe,
Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mn J.
Bland.

After which will be produced a New, Original, Comic
Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The
Ladies' Club," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker,
Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop,
Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs: Culpepper,
Mrs. Hamby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee.
To conclude with the Ballet bivertissement of THE
WOODEN LEG. Characters by Mr. Gilbert, Miss Ballin,
Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, and
Miss Jackson.

Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ;
First and Second Circles 55., Secod Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit-
low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season
Tickets may be had.
Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office of Messrs. An-
drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell;Old Bond-street ;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, OCT. 31,
Will be presented THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin-
cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly,
Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P.
Grattan, Miss Faticitt. Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c.
After which, DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Prin-
cipal Characters by Messrs. Wright, Wilkinson, Paul Bedford,
and Mrs, H. Beverly.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE.
The Imp, Mr. Wieland; Fleur-des-Champs, Mdme. Proche
Giubilei ; " The Frightful, Spiteful, Old Bachelor," Mrs.
H. P. Grattan.
To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ;
Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

We have perused, with great satisfaction, a
small publication entitled " Remarks on our
present Position with Affixhanistan and China ;"
and as the author, Mr. ROBERT "WISE, of Al-
' lonby, a naval officer, who had served for years
in the East, is evidently well acquainted with
his subject, and takes a rational and manly view
of our existing relations with these countries, we
shall make no apology for quoting freely from
the work. The information it conveys is the
more valuable, as it is the result of personal ob-
servation obtained many years ago, and is ma-
tured and strengthened by the remarkable ope-
rations carried on by the British forces on the
westandeastofourlndian possessions. Theauthor
in early life served on the coast of China
and India, in his MAJESTY'S Ship Dover, 38 guns,
which was lost in a hurricane at Madras in 1811;
he afterwards joined the Java expedition, and
waspresenta t the reduction of a
thriavteritsinlagntdo andthie
the rest of Dutch India. In