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London, England, 1837-07-10 00:00:00

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11:!rt a lore of tilt 4' which persons accu,toined
io more turbid ass7ciations can form little idea of
accordingly, finding that til,2re i aKcil. vltat of mu.l
and sedinlent itjAir just new at home, he frankly i,tivs to
ins constituents. " I h:)vc 3 wish to travel, until the
current of politl:7s r;111.:11a0 NO; ttl,
it strike.; Us, 'too ih fie P r aov
to 11,1 d takili •Xiithi Mr. n'...aumont is an avowed
';pig. As far as his conscience anti conveliienoi
would allow, he has done what 13.1 ci.',lll(l to support
the Melbourth! i'l.Ustry. But, somehow or other, he
Riirlg that they don't answer. He declares, at length,
like every impartial man, that he views thettA " tuidt
disgust:.' The Conservatives, of Whose a!tilitv "td
ga'rt the permanent tourilento of A
t:oti" he etttettAtts 3tt " entire distrust," arc neverthe-
less mentioned by him without a single hostile remark.
TNio Radicals, as a political party, " ore too contemp-
tible he says, "to de!!erVe noti c.° Wherefore, no
other pltemiiive remaining, the honourable pilgrim de-
',Mimes for a time to shake the dust of Britain off his
sandals, and to abandon the troubled flow of the
Thames for the quieter waters of the Seine or Tiber.
Nor is the reason he assigns for this unworthy of no-
tice

" My confidenre in the Wh;gt has been feeble, because
I have risen with disgust that they acted foolishly, and I
;lid not consider it an honourable cour3c on their part to
trust those who had publinly reviled tLcni."

In the view which Mr. Beaumont here givcs of the
Whigs, he, as a supporter of theirs, is by no means
singular. Their folly and dishonour in having bartered
the institutions of the country to purchase the support
of the venal Papist who had formerly denounced them
are keenly felt, we know, by numbers of their Parlia-
mentary allies, whose moral courage to throw off their
party thraldom has unhappily not been equal to their
sense of its degradation. At this moment, were it not
invidious, we could name no fewer than 23 Ministerial
Members, who, while absolutely yearning for a favour-
able opportunity to follow Sir George Sinclair, Mr.
Plumptre, and Sir Francis Burdett into the ranks of
Opposition, feel, in common with Mr. Beaumont, that
thorough disgust at Whig policy, which an erroneous
view of their moral obligations has alone prevented
them from. avowing. These gentlemen, being now
about to solicit a renewal of their senatorial trust,
will shortly have a fair opportunity to correct their po-
litical position : and if anything could be wanting to
deepen their known dissatisfaction with the Whigs,
or to dispose intelligent constituencies to refuse them
support, except upon a distinct avowal of Constitu-
tional sentiments, the nefarious conduct of the Mel-
bourne Cabinet in regard to the approaching elections
is abundantly sufficient to supply it. For example, a
more unprincipled impertinence than Lord John Rns-
sell's recent attempt to foist himself upon the electors
of Stroud, under the pretence that their support of
his Lordship would be a proof of their loyalty to the
Queen, has never fallen under our notice. It was a
treasonable device to identify our maiden Monarch
with the rotten reputation of the most unpopular Mi-
nistry that ever disgraced the councils or sucked the
veins of the country. Cardinal Wolsey's "Ego et
meus Rex" was nothing to it : and as during all the
manly reign which has just closed Lord John could
not dare to use such a liberty with the Royal name,
even in his worst extremities, so the insolent and
cowardly freedom which he now assumes towards a
female Sovereign (almost reminding us of Beau
Brummel's facetious declaration, " I will cut Wales,
and bring the old King into fashion") would be abso-
lutely ludicrous, did it not indicate the heartless arro-
gance wherewith the Whigs are already beginning to take
those undue advantages which, under the reign of a male
Monarch, these cravens shrunk from attempting. Of a
piece with this, evidently proving that the Queen isat pre-
sent subjected to a species of domination and insult, from
which she appeals to her loyal subjects for a Constitu-
tional Parliament to set her free, are the unprincipled
machinations of her Ministerial tyrants to frustrate her
Majesty's deliverance. No matter what may be the
known revolutionary projects of such men as Evans,
Leader, and Hume, the Whigs have virtually de-
' dared, by their trusty representative, Mr. Edward
Ellice, who presided at the late meeting of the
Westminster Reform Club, that, " in the absence of
candidates whose principles are more in unison with
their own," they will support the Radical adventu-
rers in opposition to Sir George Murray, of whom a
party print of their own has recently declared that he
rs " the most liberal of Tories, and one of the ablest
men in Britain." In avowed hostility to such a dis-
tinguished servant of the country, with whose opinions
on organic questions they profess to agree, here we
have them supporting, might and main, a pair of
organic Liberals, whose revolutionary dogmas they
make no scruple to invest with Parliamentary influ-
ence, in the hope of being repaid by an occasional
vote or two, tending to keep them in power. With
such an atrocious instance of Whig immorality broadly
before the country, who can deny that the " disho-
nour" attributed to these men by Mr. Beaumont is
surpassed only by the meanness they display in kissing
the rods that smite them ? The retiring Member for
South Northumberland is disgusted, he says, because
they trust their revilers. We shall not say that it
is impossible to revile them, although their political
infamy is such as almost to defy the possibility of
exaggerating their demerits ; but by whom have they
been so unmercifully lashed on particular occasions
as by Joseph Hume, whose electioneering preten-
sions they are now supporting, on the understanding
that amidst future flagellations he will at times
" pat them on the back," and save them from official
death ? The Middlesex quack has always acted by
them in the twofold capacity of Provost marshal and
Regimental-surgeon. With the one hand he has
thonged their shoulders, while with the (Ater he has felt
their pulse ; and as often as they have indicated symp-
toms of sinking, he has released them from the halberts
only till his own caprice disposed him to resume his
functions. Now, in administering such discipline, Mr.
Joseph flume has been invariably aided by the whole
staff of Parliamentary Radicals. Yet these arc the men
around whom time Queen's Ministers, though smart-
ing under their unhealed stripes, arc at this moment
meanly rallying ; and why ? For no other reason than
to avoid what they would deem a harsher fate—being
drummed out of the regiment with the loss of rations
and pay. If with all Mr. Beaumont's Whig predi-
lections he could place no confidence in such men,
still more may we expect that they will speedily he
voted a nuisance at every polling place in the kingdom.
As for the compound of mortified vanity and venom
emitted by Mr. Hume in the form of a valedictory ad-
dress, we find that it scarcely deserves more serious
notice than the dying cackle of any other of his tribe.
Joseph would fain appear to be anticipating his fate
with a wonderful affectation of magnanimity and indif-
ference. He has flung a few sentences at die electors,
with a mingled feeling of pet and pity, which, where-
eYer it fails to elicit bursts of laughter, is awakening
• indignation and scorn. He abuses treat-
menttheomw,fowretlitreusttil
e
intelligent
which they are pepared to give him, and he tells
omfi"cMgllCileledsenxienw.i'l'l Now,
this, and
them they
vaortee
requite it. They have now in their choice two Consti-
tutional candidates of the highest character and re-
spectability. That the metropolitan county of Eng-
land should continue to be disgraced by the political
chapmanship of a Scotch pedler is a foul scandal never
more to be thought of.—Times.

The Conservatives are accused of being actuated by
a kind of life-and-death anxiety respecting the genera!
election which is so soon to take place. We admit
the charge. We should be more indifferent to the
political welfare of the people, and the stability of the
constitutional monarchy, than we trust Conservatives
ever will be, if we were not deeply anxious as to the
result of the approaching struggle. The Conserva-
tives are, moreover, accused of taking a lofty tone
upon the occasion. They have a right to do so.
Their cause is that of order against misrule—of
honour against craft—a:ld they are supported by every
influence in the country of which men and gentle-
men have reason to be proud. It is true they do not
boast of assistance from infidels calling themselves
philosophical, or Papists calling themselves free.
They do not expect the aid of those who would
have no Church at all, or of those who would have
no Church but one. They are without support either
from the wholly indifferent or the wholly intolerant.
They have not on their side the benefit of Mr.
Hume's eloquence, or of Mr. Wakley's character, or