';'OPICS OF THE DAY.

THE RENEGADE MEMBER FOR WESTMINSTER.

IN the list of silhe members of the Reform Association, appears the Bailie of , ANCIS BURDETT. When first it (sleight our eye., it seemed to be strangely out of place; for, we asked, what has Sir Pas Nees to do with the Reformers:. A few years ago he might hare been cia,„..sed aintnig them, if nil placed at their head; but he has Wen from virtuo, bo:.:oine a courtier, and a Tory. It is therefore „„t without ratistlietion that we have 1. ;trued front cer- tain letters which he has sent to the ii...wspapers, that he only b:- longs in name, Cl' ra:lier tt Vough a mistake., to the Rethink Asso. ciation ; Lt hose blellibers eaaz ha Ve no respect for and little politi•

cal intercoun•e with a tlesei tv,' from camp.

The follewing is the fest or the letters referee le.

TO Till. 1.1.1folt '1'1i t. STANDARD.

331Les's Jotal 1. " beg leave to inform you, tins' if wy 111101 is athatal to any such paper as that t'011 Welltioll in the Stani!cr,.. of lsatorday last, it is not with my knowleth;e, inr is it at ;:11 con-istent will. sentiments or opit,i.,;.s. 1 net er 'lend of it mail I read your account of it in rho Sto;‘(!ord the day before yes- terday—lwr have I vet suit it. " I lent lin, Sir, y .l,t scr..1:1t, 1'. 111; !LDET T." The " paper" to which Sir FRAN( IS •Illiales, is the .!•rldress of

the Reform Associatiou to the Cie ti ltd Niegclem;

which the Shaniani described as belie,. chill to

the Ring, and so firth. The ten: :r'. ler Westminster,

it would seem, takes his notioes of te...:1 a ml thins from the Siandetil. The Address was Ind.: e,i.••1 i,t re, (%/erfre, the G/obe, the Sun, and the Chroniete : but Sir Vtessa not -cell it ; and

though he must have ki.oe le that :“.r. 11, Chairman,

and Lord Emit scros, Mr. 1.1vsci, Leo' N, ELLICE, FEat: rsoN, and stiell as they, wcle inel.Wecs of the As,,eciathm, yet Le ilia not hesitate to in:liuve I ha t !lie Address which those gentlemen atal ninon two Lelia/re ,1 ell.er Liberal Members. ,:c PauloWoent Salle iotml, 4leservol the elm, eter which a violent pa le an Tory parer elms: to weril,t; let it. Eat Sir Fit *.NCIS Tuthill, when 'Do e..ia!esce,Aell to lake the trouble of perusing the Address, that it wOs ill : that it was nut disrespectful to the King ; and that it roped:asd nothing., in short, which even Ids outraseuus 10).1lty could Mel fa nit with : whereupon, lie despatched another letter to the Slow/ord.

"To Tile LPITOIL (kV Tit I, Sit \"W% 11 St..motes's Phtee. 1••ne 3. " n?,,,iroin-i,utto to 1, eem•1::e, Ifide! 71ut., r„ eom, 4.1‘sellee. addressed tt.y former note to you. I have read the paper to -shish pat alluded; and I all happy to find that them is is it no disrespeetfill allusion to his Ala:le-ly, nor any such expressions pp,..ir r, it to in ar ant your representa- tion of it. At the same time, 1 beg to i■.2 eine.idert,! as not it, any way impli- cated in it or responsible for any of its sentiments, or as my. ing ale, thing further to do with the businets it relates to, than as a sultseri!un to a fund for facilitat- ing the registration of votes ; awl which I think unki ,belle by Mr public, and balm:fiat& fin. till. "1 remain, Sir, your vety obedient humble servant,

" Fits NrIS BURDETT."

Sir FRANCIS still, it appears, disclaims all participation in the sentiments of the Reformers; and subscribes to their Association merely to provide all parties with funds for registering votes. The Tories have organized clubs and political unions all over the country for the registration of their voters, and the Relimmers have formed a society to aid their friends in the same way. To the latter Sir FRANCIS Bounkrr attaches himself, with a view of assisting the Tories as well as the Reformers—of registering votes " impartially for all !" The old man is as foolish as lie is politi- cally unprincipled. Perhaps he thinks that by registering Tory votes he is taking means to secure his own seat : but in that case, some friend should recommend him to join the Carlton Club. Immediate ea pulsion from the Reform Association is what he deserves. Turncoats and changelings like him cannot be of any service. Why should the Liberals be disgraced by even his nominal adhesion to their body ?

• With the exception of the words in Italics, the above note to the Standard is an almost vet batnn copy (if what Sir Francis sent to the Times of the same day. The Member fur Westminster scents to veer about like a man of no opinions. Ile was alarmed, probably, by the disgust which his first note had created among the Reformers, and hastily wrote another to do away with its effects. Then, finding that his new friends the Tories were angry at the second nate, he molt:avowed to qualify it, when writing to the Standard, in the least troublesome way, by the wise addition of the winds we have italicized.