The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cluch.

In a 'House of Commons returned under the Reform
Bill, only sixty 111,:mberg are found to vote for an in-
quiry into the state of the elective franchise. This fact
Baffle:el:fly demonstrates the inetliciency of that Bill as a
meiture for securing the people a full and fair represen-
tation in Parliament. Millions of our fellow-countryrAcn
last night approached the so-called People's House--
the House of Cutout us, in which the most tincomn-a,n
t11::12:s arc nightly said and done, and whore common
people are sure to meet with very scurry treatment—
praying that certain propositions which they advanced:
and wuieh they believed to be:cssential to their wclfar,•,
and. consistent with yeast-m, justice, and expedieue:.,
might be made the su")jects of inquiry by the
Their pr^..y,Tr was ably supported by Mr. SHARMAN
CRAwFoan, Me. O'CoxNELL, Mr. WAnn,.Mr. WaicLEv
Mr. VILLIERS, Mr. GORDEN, Dr. BownING, and 1111..
Ro!-:ritTe::, but on a division it was confen.ptuomly
end offeruively rejcetej by a nivjority of 1 5'J —there
being 226 v,:ts given against it. Not only, therelorc,
is en Ex.,;nsion o the ta:fra4, Annual P.lrliainents,
:rad Vo'e by Bailot rcia,ied, bet the House not i::-

quire whether one or tniter of thcitt ought to be (sin-
ce:led. The people approach the House of cc,m,„oos in
their knees as petitioners, suitpliants, and they are
driven away with marks 0: contumely and contempt.
But while we contend that inquiry should. be rdloaxd,
we are not prepsred to sdopt. far ourselves all the pne-
positions inivtin,:ed by the Hon. :Y.ember tar Rocha:tit
Ot:rs is the Old Radical cree !—Annttat Parliaments, a
•Aiale Suffrage all bat Universal, and Vote by Ballot.
Secret voting for the sec.trity of the elector; anti,
for the same reason, oi:en voting on the part
of the elected. We di-7,liks the propssai to pay Membcrs
of Parliament fur their ta,r;ic.'s. Extend the suffrage
sufficiently, and do away with a property qualification,
which has: no other effeet than to increase perjury in the
House of Commons, and there will be pleii,y of compe-
tent, honest men to diticharg the functions of legislators
in the House of Connanns without taxing the nation r
their maintenance. Besides the payment of Members
WOllll till the house of Co;nmons with a class of person's
whom we have no wish to see there—noisy, popular de-
ckimer, who, to make a slow of earning their wagss,
woald make long speeches instead of attending to the
proper business of the country. Were no pay-
znent4 made to the Members of Congress,
we should hear of none of those long -
inr.Zed orations which sometimes occupy three days in
tilt! delivery, and which, after all, are such mere matters
of coume, that one in twenty of them are never reported
at the length of ug)re than ten lines in the American
newspapers. Legislation is too niuch of a trade already,
to attach to it the provocative of certain profits.
But for all Sir IZOLERT PEEL'S flippancy, and Sir
JAMES GRAHAM'S pomposity, and Lord STANLEY'S vin-
dictive spleen, the suffrage must be extended. The
people will not submit to the longer withholding front
them a just constitutional right. The time is past for
arguing this question by the Press. The people last night
°tiered to argue it with the Ministry, and they are to du
so again on the 2_ of May,
when Mr. THOMAS
DUNCOMUE will present the National Petitiori; but
on the part of the Press, this is altogether
a work of supererogation. All that is now lii
to the Press is to warn the aristocracy of the
danger they must incur by longer withholding from the
masses their just rights. By refusing moderate Parlit -
mentary Reform half a century ago, they raised up a ge-
varation of Radicals who carried the Reform Bill ; by de-
daring
that Bill a final measure, they sowed the dragon's
:teeth whence sprung three millions of Chartists ; and now
"to bid the people despair of an extension of the suffrage,
will be to call into existence a legion of revolutionists.
The danger is serious. Let the aristocracy look to it,
and to themselves.

There is no political news of interest in the Frcnch
Journgls. Most of them notice, as will be seen in our
Foreign Summary, the alleged communication of the
Cabinet of St. Petersbargh to that of Washington. We
shall hare something to say to-morrow on this subject.

The Moniteur Parisien of last night announces the death of
M. Aguado, a few instants after his arrival at Gijon. No such
intelligence had been received yesterday evening at his resi-
dence, and we therefore doubt the correctness of the statement.

The Count de Mesnard, formerly princip:ll Equerry to the
Duchess of Berry, has just died at the age of seventy-five.—
Gulignani's ille.yeenger.
The Patriote of Madrid, of the 13th instant, has the follow-
.ing article :

‘7‘ Last night 14 individual; were arrested, who formed part
of -the assemblages of the workmen yesterday and the day before.
The Judges of the Tribunal of the Ist instant, who, toge-
ther with the Alcaldes, remained together at the residence of
the political chief till one o'elock in the morning, are diligently
•engaged in the proceedings against the authors and instigators
.of the riot.

". Thanks to the measures taken by the authorities, frau-
nuillity is perfectly restored. This morning horse patrols
-truvetsed the streets, and detachments of the national militia
protected the several works of the capital.
" The proposal to take twenty-four millions of reals of the
revenues of Ceba and Porto Rico, for the use of the navy, was
oikopte'd by a majority of 45 to 35 in the sitting of the Spanish
Chat?.ber of Deputies on the 13th."
In the Phareiles Pyrenees of the 1 ith, we find the follow-
ing ptora.graph
" The accounts from the frontier inform us that extraor-
dinary measures of precaution are taken by the Spanish au-
thorities, which do not seem to be called for, considering the
perfect tranquillity which prevails in the northern provinces."
Commerce.

BOU E —PA r. 18, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price Pric..
French 5 per Conti llB 80 ... 11S 93 ... 118 80 ... 118 05
4 10S ••• ... 10-3 ... 108
!., per Cents
41or Cents. ...... 101 75 ... 101 75, ... 101 ... 101 75
81 81 .1.5 81 10 ... 81 2)
PerlAn tt.
Rank ot3 /quake 3267 10 511 ...5365
Latiitte ti,Aut boot. . 50 .1i 21 50 —1022 50..1(22 50
5.00,;f. skares r. 0•15 —.500 •-51:45 ...5050
13elgiao Bank .............. ... 7t,5 ••• 785 .. 785
111111. ..... 'O5O ...Icso ...1050
Belgian 5 ;.er Ctut:.,lB4o lO4Th ... 10•1;ii •••• 0101,14 —• 104%
3pan,srt Active ........ r5l
•••••• -5414
•%porttivilese 5 per t...eitt,.
Neapolitan ..........
. .
rtAILW A/ s 1-11&.
St. Germain
337 50 ... 340
2111
.. 012 To .. 210 212 T.O
criums
St gto 'laic _,,115',3„ ••• 5,7 50 5:1 ... 527 50
'" ••• e 24, . 238 75 ... 7.5
b•UNDS-13atawaLs, ApaiL.•io
Actual Debt, 123,i per Cent. .............. .
55
tio 1 Lean, 5 per C.tit ...... .............. 1122%
Lean of Thirty Millions, per 93
aper Cent
• .. .......

Thirty4Q:'en.

0A)7.—... ............. I.IIVI
Lo.ni of City, 1.'23:1, 4 pes Cent. .................. i 5
Soctoty of Costorn,rce, 4 pzr Cent ............. F. 12
8a,1,-. of 13clgilia., 5 par Cer.t.... ....... ..-..._, 7ci
0 tio.lal :-;,.eiZ':y -
E ,0,,,,ge nn I,ln-I,r: (wni 0 •
.....Bru ;gals L'aperi., April t..)0.
'IIA:IBURCaI 1;011..-,12,11.:11,1..1;, Arum l!'.
Rills. Abney,
Austrian 5 per Cents. ........... . ..... ......• • ...... ••• flu lui)%
Ita,,k ti!lare,
Angle-Russian Loan
IntSia!l 5 ot.cr Cent., Ist ~eries, Certiticato.....• I" 1(1274-
Instaiptioo, Ist,eries .
Russian a per o.,nt. Hops and Co., 3d and 4th
Series SV,4 .1.91
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 par Cent. (1.41.1) Fil -14 t: 9%
Dutch Attual Debt, 44, per Cent. •1% 31,S
Ditto ~ per Cent.
Pollsn Bonds -
154
New Tirkets
1(1)1' 7
Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cent...
Spanish, New 5 p..r Cents.