Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, in II letter to the electors of
Westminster, 'Wished exclusively in the Times this morning, announces his intem lion of vacating his seat in Parliament by taking the Chiltern Hundreds, and of again offeling himself as is candidate to the West. musterconstituency. In "justification" of this step, be refers to the remlutinns of the meeting on Mmulay last, trausinittid to him by the High Bailiff. Sir FRANCIS is full of professions of regard for the "constitution, institutions, and laws of Eegland ;" but he SiVoWS him- self as "resolute opposer of all the new-fiumled notions." The aim of the letter is to secure the entire and hearty support of the Tories. It sneers at popular principles, and at the Reform party in West_ minster, in a way which no common Tory candidate would have the courage or the folly to date. Sir FRANCIS says that he has been " net- tled and stung by pismires ; " and that, in resigning his seat, he com- plies with %diet is termed, " in the fashionable patriotic shiny," the "wants and wishes of this portion of the people "—the" pismires " aforesaid. Against the Ministry Sir FRANCIS also lifts up his voice : he calls it " weak and vacillating," and says that it s operated upon by " an odious yet ludicrous combination of Iris). agitators, Popish priests, and paid putliots." Thus it is evideot that Sir FRANCIS sets at defiance, for electioneering purposes, both Whigs: and Radicals. On whom then does be rely ? (he the Tories. Ile is the Toty candidate. If not, he will be opposed by Sir George Murray. If Sir GEORGE be withdrawn, it will be only because 13tmus:1T answers Testy purposes better than Sir GEORGE. That point will be settled in the course of a few hours.
What the Reformers of Westminster must do, is plain. They must immediately fix upon the candidate whom they will support against the combined forces of Toryism, treacherous Liberalism, and the old doting personal partiality for BURDETT, which is not yet entirely rooted out of Westminster. Is there any candidate to be had more eligible than Mr. LEADER, who has already been virtually nominated at a duly-convened and regular meeting of the electors, and all but unanimously adopted by that meeting? If there is a better, let him stand forth. If not, then it is the policy and the duty of the electors to combine their energies in support of that gentleman. The grand point to keep in view is, that the approaching contest is clearly one between Toryism and Reform.
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