MR. FRASER,
Lately candidate for Hythe, and petitioner against the return of Messrs. MARJORIBANKS and Loran. This gentleman was preferred by nineteentwentieths of the residents of Hythe, but was not supported by the voters who dwell in Ostend, London, and other "adjacencies" of the Cinque Port in question. The latter having the greatest number of votes, sided with East India monopoly against Retrenchment and Reform. But Mr. FRASER has, by dint of strenuous exertion, virtually opened this, not the least important, though one of the closest of the Cinque Ports. His return at the next election is said to be assured. In addition to the goodwill of this constituency, his recommendations are, liberal principles and an active, energetic character. At all events, he will make a better National Trustee than Mr. MaitioausaNits, of whom neither the country at large nor even the people of Hythe know any thing. We offer this remark in answer to a letter just received, in which the writer complains that some of the names mentioned by us are quite unknown to the public; and we venture to add, that not one person who appears in our lists is less known than at least two hundred of the present lawmakers. Add to these, the number of members who are known for their bad public qualities—for their ignorance, or haughtiness, or profligacy, or all combined—and there would be a long catalogue of persons, the best of whom might be displaced usefully to the nation by the least eligible of our worthies.
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