The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-22 00:00:00

ought to have been manfully avowed. In the mean
time the MinisterLal candidate has withdrawn, and
Ministers leave the'arena open to be contested between
the I•Vhii,e and Reformers. in this they have shown
that the lesson taught them by the event of the last
election has not been thrown away. Th. y have acted
with judgment. Had they opposed hfr Hobhouse, they
would have insured his election. As it is, of the two
candidatcs, they would much rather have Mr. Lamb
than his opponent, and all their active friends will vote
for Mr. Lawb. This circummtAinm prodtwes a virtual
en.lition between the two parties—the ministerial and
the aristocratical—against the popular candidate ; and

Sir Francis Burdett s vanity, in standiag forward so
oonspieuonsl7, es his patron, rather than his friend,
gives currency to the bjc•word, which the coalition
have taken up—that he wishes to make Westminster
his own c;ase borough. This bye•word, like many
others, will do much harm, though it is an insult on
the common sense of those to whom ie is addressed ;
for bow can any man, who is not s Minister with a
host of dependent electors sod who stands on his popu-
larity alone, dictate to the city of Westminster, or
make it in the most remote degree like a close borough?
How does he hold his influence, but at the free will of
a majority of the elec ors ? Is he nut therefore de-
pendent on them fur his influence—and will not the
breath of their nostr;ls, if 'hey cause, deprive hint of
it ? Howeverinelined he may be, therefore, to become
o great a borough. holder. w:iere is 7 is power? But it
is not the fully of this impatation which will prevent
its currettcy with men of a certain scale of intellect.—
Neverthelew, we hope, as the Westminster electors
ore, fecal the advantages of their situation, without
question, the must enliolitened in the kingdom, that
the great mass will not in the long run lie deceived by
this attack on their vanity ; nor have the weakness to
reject a candidate, not because he is ineligible, but be-
cause he is recommended by one of whom their eaeotie
would fain make them jealous. They have shews too
touch penetration before :tow to be eicught thus and
will make their choice, be it what it may, on rational
motives. The city which exalted itself so nobly by the
election of a,ltnnriltr, cannot act otherwise.

Sir William Curtis took his seat on Wednesday
evening in the (louse of Commons, a. Measlier fur the
Borough of Blechingly. The Hun. Baronet's appear-
ance, after his lets: defeat, ex. ited some cheering and
goo,t-eatureil laughter from the OpPosition Benches,
wh ch was met by loud cheering from the Treasury,
Benches. Sir William's good humour did nut desert
hela nutted as heartily as any one else.
lo conscgactice of the great increase of appeals-to
the House of Lords, and the length
,of time which
some have r.nuained for decision (upwards of six years t),
the Lord l 'rowdier has thrown out the sugwastion of
tppropria!ing three days in the Cords on Shen cases,
a..ii the molter three days in the Court of Chaneviy.
Madras Papers hare arrived to the Si 6f October in-
clusive. The state of affairs in l eylou is sail to have
greatly improved since the capture of the,Preteader and
his Mit:ister. In every province, *the people of all des-
erip?ions were ha •t. :ling to submit, and to give the surest
pro .d of their sincerity by the surrender of their arms.
In tl:e seven holies, arms were heought in every day in
great ahundanoe. In Ifeeruhvtte, where Capt. Cleathe
wits so v igarously attacked, and his escorts so continually
annoyed, all hostility had nearly e.easod ; and there was
._vet v prospect of that. province, the moat rebellious of
all, being restore-I to trouquilrasy. In Wellassy every
thing was perfe..tly citiet. The new works at Parana-
mini were in great progress. Sir W. Coke, 1 hiefJustiee
of the Stiprente Cum in Ceylon, died at i'rineornalee,
the Ist el September, of a mortification of the bowels.
Mr. It. Byrne, B.iiiister at Madras, has been Aprin ed
his scects.s.a.. The deaths by cholera norhos at Burn tray,
from the 17th to 3,st of Alagust, ationin.c.l to .537 Its
raVag'i.b thcre, however, bwi conmsratively diminished.
but the malady continued to apic.ikt on the Cuatinent of