The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

B UCKINGHAMSHIRE
ELECTION.

THE NOMINATION.—(THIS DAY.)
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
The nomination of candidates for the county of Buck-
ingham took place this morning in the County Hall, a
swan inconvenient building. No accommodation was
provided for the representatives of the press; and it was
with the utmost :difficulty that the reporters were en-
abled to discharge their duties. It is true a table was
set avert for them by the Sheriff, but as they were (not
in attendance an hour before the proceedings were
opened it was not thought necessary to retain it
any longer, and it was accordingly surrendered up to the
e free and independent" supporters of the Right Hon.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who were certainly
more free in their behaviour towards the reporters than
civil. Dr. Lee, the Liberal candidate, and friends, were
the first to present themselves on the bench, taking up
their position on the right of the Sheriff. There were
five candidates in the field, namely, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer and Mr. Dupri on the Derby side,
and Mr. Cavendish, Dr. Leo, and Mr. Hentdon, on the
Liberal side. The two former gentlemen were escorted
through the town by an exceedingly noisy brass band
and e numerous body of mounted supporters. They
were welcomed in the hall with an outburst of cheering,
and the two Honourable Candidates having bowed their
acknowledgmente,seated themselves on the right of the
Sheriff; the Marquis of Chandos and Sir Harry Verney
were on the bench, while a large side gallery was appro-
priated to the ladies, who were gaily attired in the
colours of their respective parties.
The HIGH SHERIFF (C. It. S. Murray, Esq.)
took his
seat on the bench precisely at ten o'clock, and reminded
the electors that they were called to elect three knights
of the shire to serve in the next Parliament.
The usual formalities were then gone througb, after
which
The Hon. G. IVES IRVINE, of Hill House, came for-
ward to propose as a fit and proper person
A VOICE—Name. What's the candidate's name.
Mr. IRVINE—Wait a bit, and you shall hear.
A VOICE—Oa! something looms in distance
the
then.—(A laugh.)
a deal
Mr. IRVINE.—WeII, something was a goo .
di,.
hotter than nothing, even though it loomed in the ma,
tence.—(Cheers.) He was not going to proees°
remove
who would betray the Constitution, or seek to
here.
their wives and daughters from their legitimate sp
and he
—(A laugh.) For twelve years the gentian
propose had well represented them in Parliament.
' „h.......
thought they were in duty bound to return him
itia,eGul." C.
(Hear, hear.) He begged to propose to the
Dupr i, Esq.—(Hear.)
'nation, and
Mr. T. D. BARNARD seconded the nomi 5
heir to a
gentleman had to
reminded the electors that Mr. Dupre weae was pecu-
large and valuable estate in the county., !.'se-
rarliament.—
liarly adapted to represent the county la roupoi had
(Hear, hear.) Nearly thirteen yenta Mr- '-'
done his best to promote the interest of the eentnhtey,aneued.
although he would be no party to calling
the
nisfied Mr.
Gentleman to make any p!edges, he was se
Dupre would only support the present
Government upright
long as they conducted the administration upon
honest principles.—(Cheers.)
Cavendish as a real
Sir THOMAS DIGBY proposed Mr. Ce • - '
of thirty years, and one who
English gentleman, who had served thefor
so
county
reallyup-
wards
perform his duty honestly and straightforwer y.i_te
returned him
again hear.) He was convinced if tiler
their choice, and he had therefore very to regret
aguin to Parliament they would have no cause .
was still
di to
—(Cheers.)
in proposing the Hon. Mr. Cavendish.
was enabled to refer to the
Sir HARRY VERNEY seconded this nomination, and
great pleasure
he
said he did so with the greater satisfaction because
past Parliamentary conduct
i
of Mr. Cavendish.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Cavendhs
,
conduct, in fact,' had 'been such as to pro-
mote th interest and welfare
of the people.
—(Hear, hoar). Mr. Cavendish had supported
Parliamentary reform, thel repeal of the Test and
Corporation Acts, and municipal reform, the corn.
mutation of tithes, the emancipation of the slave,
penny postage, and many other measures of social and
national reform.--(Cheers.) Mr. Cavendish was also a
supporter of our new commercial policy, and as it was
th
e
country t was to
such wise measures of commercial freedom thate
country owed its escape from a
physical revolution, he
hoped the electors of Buckinghamshire would feel some
little gratitude for those who had assisted in carrying
them out.—(Hear.) The Hon. Baronet then adverted
to the conduct of Ailltria in reference to the expulsion
of the missionaries, and read the electors a homily upon
foreign affairs, which was received with unmistakable
signs of impatience. The Government, he said, had dis-
played a lamentable weakness in reference to this and
other Church matters, and they were, therefore, not en-
titled to the confidence of the country.—(Hear, hear.)
In addition to all the measures which he bad enume-
rated, Mr. Cavendish had supported a reform in the
county-rate expenditure, and had for years advocated the
moral and religious education of the people.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Cavendish was, besides, a good friend, a good
neighbour, a good landlord, and he hoped he would be
allowed to remain a good:Member of Parliament.
The Marquis of CMANDOS next proposed Mr. Dis-
raeli, and declared his belief that, so long as the present
Government remained in office—(A Voice—" It will be
about a month")—they 'would conduct the Legislation,
not for the benefit of a party, but for the good of the
whole nation.—(Cheers.) They would not legislate for
party interests, but they would do their utmost to ex-
tend to every individual the fullest measure of civil and
religious liberty consistent with the due preservation of
the Throne and constitution.—(Cheers.) They had no
Etat
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system,
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class thebut
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its no
to
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nibsdteusreb
enabledt oeu reeeext
hoi se
atmiffni
ogs
redc othm the
m reliefeexrptcoei
that was suffering in the country.
were fully conversant with the views and opinions
Mr. AL KNAPP seconded the nomination of Mr. Disraeli,
They
of the Right Hon.:Gentleman.—(A. Voice,: " Why, he
never had any; they were always ' dizzy."' A laugh.)
Mr. Knapp reminded the electors that the Right Hon.
Gentleman had done the work of the Whigs well, and
if the electors of Buckinghamshire honoured him with
their confidence once more, he had no doubt the county
would be greatly benefited by the result.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. T. SENIOR proposed Dr. Lee, a tried
and valued servant of the county, and one who,
if elected, would do them justice in the Legis
lature.—(Hear, hear.) The present was a do-nothing
Government, for while their borongh candidates were
Free-traders, those who came' into the counties talked
largely about justice to the agricultural interest.—
hadat wn oe
none
previousto t
rye
ol epo cof t 3 i
peo ,
rn 0 sa
p, 1 1
edwe
(Hear, hear.) He had abstained from interfering in the
thi
hsdhei
hi nt
gilt tehoehigrai
dvmeae
arrived
ieuv
reGedso,
wv
hehurentnm theyte
hnet
farmers, if they wished for justice, must help themselves.
Mr. GIBBS seconded Dr. Lee's nomination for twenty
reasons, but perhaps one would be enough to satisfy
them.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. Lee was a good landlord, an
exemplary magistrate, and a member of an old Buck-
ioghamshire house. ndeed, many of the Doctor's te-
nants had held their farms since the reign of Henry the
Eighth, and ho was beloved throughout the county be-
cause he was the champion of the poor man's rights.
The Doctor was opposed to the game-laws, a supporter
of free trade, an advocate of an equalization of poor-rates,
and a friend to the religious education of the people,
and as they had to choose between him and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, he called upon them to elect
the Doctor. .
There being no other candidate to propose,
Mr. DUPRE stepped forward, and was received with
cheers. He said he admitted that it was somewhat
presumptuous in him to solicit the suffrages of the elec-
tors of the county, but he had been solicited to come
forward by an influential body of friends whose wishes
he could not disregard. He had not the eloquence
of some Members, but had the independence and deter-
mination to see that justice should be done to all.—
(Hear.) He readily allowed that the manufacturing in-
terests of the land were prosperous and the people
happy, but there was one class suffering from a sudden I
change in our commercial system, and with the view to
their real relief he should always be ready to support
an alteration in the mode of levying the taxes of the
country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was ad-
mitted that the distress of the agricultural interest
was great and serious, and he was sorry that his Hon.
Colleague bad not supported the motion which was made
in the last Parliament for inquiring into the cause of that
distress.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend, however, was
now ready to support such an inquiry, and he did hope
in a future Parliament his Hon. Colleague would support
all such
(Hear, hear.) Dr. Lee told them in his address that be
awcitsehd
to withse e
measures as pressed unduly upon the farmers.—.
came forward because the Government was anxious to re-
storeteetion.—
to, but
he could assure the Doctor that he ankthose who
whatever to revive pro-
Protection, which the Doctor said he was opposed
question which had
(Flear.) That Was a
been settled by the voice of the country, and he had no
him,
:enheawciendo.....:
The Learned Doctor
however, was right in supposing that he was opposed to
the ballot; it was urev •andlong as he had a
einglisb, so
seat in Parliament he should oppose it.—(A Voice
—" What are you afraid of? ou'sbellot'sin the clubs.")
He was, however, not only opposed to the ballot, but to
all those revolutionary princillsireear.)
ples which formed the chief
features of the Chartist creed.—(Cheers.) Not that he
was opposed to any wise measure of reform; and he
looked with confidence to .the present Administra-
tion tolpropose such measures as the exigencies and wants
of the country required.—(Hear.) But, setting these
questions aside, what do the electors expect if the present
Government was broken down? Why, it would be
succeeded by:a party that would rob the country of every
conttitutional safeguard, and embark' the national
barque upon a revolutionary sea._(Hear.) The pre-
sent
-Government, however, were prepared with well-
devised measures of reform, and they would have his
.
support if hereturned • was again to Parliament.
earnest next addressed the electors. He said
Mr. CA.TENDISII d
he 1 t dd
had elapse since as a ressed them.
five years is ir support, then, was simply that
His chief claim to t e
of free trade, and he thought those
ho was an admirer
who had watched the progress of events since then
had e dclb
su eiee e eond
must be satisfied that A pee trade a
hear.) True, it had left the
all expectation.—(aear' and he should always be
agricultural interest in distress,
for affording this ready to ro
,support any just measure
eed to raeh Par-
terest relief. (Cheere.) Ile was oPP°