A very manly address from Sir WILLIAM MOLESWOIITII to theElectors
of East Cornwall, announcing his intended withdrawal from the repre- sentation of that division of the county at the next general election, will be found in our advertising columns. Sir WILLIAM states, that he has taken this step in consequence of' an intimation from the leading 1Vhig proprietors that they disapprove of his Radical votes, and especially of his intention to support Peerage Reform. So powerful, however, is the Radical interest in East Cornwall, that the Whigs and Tories united might be set at defiance, did Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII think it right to put the seat of his Liberal colleague, Mr. TRELAWNEY, in jeopardy, or to expose his friends to the vengeance of his wealthy oppo- nents, and incur a heavy expenditure of money himself.
Everybody must allow that these are sufficient reasons for Sir WIL- LIAM MOLESWOItTleti abandonment of East Cornwall ; which we regret the less, because it is perfectly certain that he will be sought after at the next election by more than one independent constituency, able to return him with no risk and at small expense.
But what are we to think of the conduct of the Whig gentry, who have threatened him with their opposition ? They are infatuated. What would become of their party lithe Reformers should retaliate ? Possibly they might return 80 Members : but is it credible that the Whig-Radical union can be maintained if the Whigs oppose the re- election of such men as Sir WILLIAat MoLEswoaTit ? Let them be- ware: retaliation may be practised.
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