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London, England, 1865-06-23 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23.

Oux Dukes will leave their names graven in the
annals of election contests. Thirty-five years ego
one of them made himself famous by interfering
in the elections for the borough of Newark. To
the remonstrances which were made by the bur-
gesses, both separately and in public meetings,
the Duke of Newcsems replied with the bold
interrogation, "May I not do what I will with mine
" own I" The question went home to the heart of
the Commons of England. It placed old feudal
claims and modern ideas of right in vivid contrast
before the eyes of the people, and the loud response
which went up from the whole country proclaimed
that an Englishman's franchise is not a chattel
which any other Englishman, however great or
high, may call his own. After the lapse of
a generation another Duke has occasion
to express the view which is now taken by
great proprietors desirous of doing their duty both
by the State and by those over whom they natur-
ally have inflame. " I think it right," says the
Duke of WaLmurrow, in a letter addressed to his
tenantry, and dated Strathfieldsaye, June 1, 1865,
" ideally to explain to you my feeling regarding
" the exercise of your vote ; it is a trust imposed
" on you for the advantage of the country, and
" the responsibility of the proper exercise of
"it rests on yourself alone. It is committed to
" you, not to me ; and I beg you distinctly to
" understand that no one has my authority for
" stating that I wish to bias you in favour of any
" candidate."
But we have not done with Dukes yet. There
is another Peer of great name, who, like the Duke
of Wsustoros, represents a title and an estate
conferred by the gratitude of the nation for great
military services performed by a predecessor, a Peer
whose Parliamentary activity is especially directed
to objects connected with religion and the Church,
but whose conduct in his relations with his tenantry
falls very far short of the standard set forth in the
admirable letter from Strath6eldsaye. The Duke
of NRWCABTLE of 1830 found that he was sadly
behind his age, and the Duke of Maamiononon
of our days stands in just the same position as that
nobleman did then, except that he has 35 years
of subsequent progress witnessing against him.
What the fourth Doke of Newcsirrut was to
Newark the Duke of MARLBOROUGH is now to
Woodstock ; it is his borough, and he, too, is
claiming the right to do what he likes with his
own.

A few months ago Lord Ai.rsin Csoncnim,
the Duke's brother, issued an address to the oleo-
tors of Woodstock, informing them that he could
not present himself for re-election after the disso-
lution of the present Parliament, inasmuch as the
Influence under which he was elected was no longer
favourable to him. The Influence, it was ex-
plained, had become dissatisfied with his votes, and
had resolved to bring his connexion with the re-
presentation of Woodstock to a close. The elec-
tors of the borough were of course powerless. It
was for Lord ALFRED Carts.clutt to decide what
was his duty under the circumstance. But if the
Duke could prevent his brother from becoming a
candidate, at all events he could not instal a suc-
cessor in his seat without their votes. It appears
that they have come to a firm resolution to send
to the next Parliament • representative of
Woodstock, as the Constitution requires, and not
a mere nominee of Blenheim House. To their
Ducal master, however, the very idea seems
preposterous, ungrateful, unnatural, a thing not
to he understood, but only to be astonished at.
For nearly a generation the burgesses have
acquiesced without question in the nomination of
their Member by the Duke of MARLBOROUGH.
Until November last there bad not been a
public meeting in the Town-hall of Woodstock
to select a candidate by the free voices of the electors
for a period of twenty years. Suddenly this state
of things, so agreeable to the Duke, is interrupted. II
Lord ALFRED CHURCHILL'S letter, with its in-
genuous confessions, was apparently too much
for the elector; who shrank from the contem-
plation of their state of bondage, and for the last six
months have been preparing to assert their inde-
pendence at the fret opportunity. The Duke is
amazed. Has he not always selected the most
suitable member for them, with the advantage of
a knowledge and in the exercise of a judgment
infinitely superior to their own What can they
want further f Their conduct is incomprehensi-
ble. It is like Oliver Twist "making for more."

The burgesses, however, are in earnest, and in
Mr. MITCHELL Hens; whose address is before
the public, they have a candidate who will fight
their battle with energy and determination. By the
middle of July we trust it will appear to the world
and to the Duke of MAALBOROLOH that the electoral
of Woodstock are not tools of the great, but free
rsaglisbmen. The Duke's agent has been going
to and fro in the borough, and walking
up and down in it, in company with
Mr. BARNET, the Duke's nominee, and wondering
why he should be put to so mach trouble. It is
a point gained, however, already, that the
Blenheim candidate has been compelled to resort
to something like a canvass. The electors,
whether they yield or mhos their votes, will at
all events have been asked for them. We are