The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-26 00:00:00

CONSERVATIVE « CONVERTS."

(From the Cambridge Advertiser.)
At the request of an intelligent correspondent we sub-
join, for the information of our fellow-townsmen, a list of
such of Mr. Manners Sutton's supporters at the late elec-
tion as formerly gave their suffrages to Reformers only.
We have of course excluded those who have merely
given split votes in favour of Reformers, and we have
also excluded one person who, by mistake, gave a
plumper for Mr. Pryme in 1832, instead of voting as
he clearly intended for Pryme and Sudden.
Some of the parties whose names will be found be-
low, have no doubt changed their politics from the
purest motives ; the number of these, however, is sup-
posed to be small, and there are some who venture to
say that it would be as difficult to select them, as to
pick out a needle in a bottle of hay. • Others are
shrewdly su'pected to have been influenced by those
potent and sovereign arguments of which sixteen were
found in the pocket of the celebrated Mr. Samuel
Long. Some are deserving of pity as the wretched
victims of the most atrocious coercion. Others are fit
objects of contempt, having been actuated by caprice,
disappointment, or personal dislike.
It may be observed, tlnnt those whose inconsistency
is least excusable, were ps•trticularly active in joining the
cuckoo cry of renegade, t ;raitor and apostate, applied
with such blackguard viru Icnce to Mr. Gibson, daring
the recent contest.

( Here follow the name of the political renegades.)
The following su►nmar. y tends rather to confirm our
theory, that corruption I tnd coercion are more easily
practised on those who I lave not recorded their votes,
inasmuch as it appears th at by far the greater number
of the " Converts" whose names we have given, are per-
sons who have only once given their votes in favour of
Reformers.

" Converts" who have on. :e voted for Reformers... 50
" Converts" who have tw ice voted for Reformers... 17
" Converts "who have tilt ice voted for Reformers... 15
" Converts" who have vc aed four times for Refor-

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If the 91 " Converts"l tad remained true to the cause
of Reform, Mr. Gibson n lust have been returned by a
majority of 82 ; as the poll would then have stood
thus :
Gibson polled ..

Add " Con' rerts " 9l
.--708
Sutton polled

Deduct "Cc Inverts" 9l
----626

82
Mr. Manners Sutton h as a right, if he thinks proper,
to boast of his own co nsistency, but he cannot, we
think, fairly boast of the ; ionsistency of his supporters ;
for had it not been for t! se apostacy or conversion (we
prefer the milder term) o f a considerable partion of the
Reform party, he would not have been elevated, even
for a time, to the post of representative of the borough
of Cambridge.
How must the Duke . of Rutland chuckle at the re-
sult of the late election• He must feel delighted be-
yond measure that the B reform Bill has, as regards his
borough of Cambridge, ( for such he of course still
oanncon-
siders it,) proved an en tire nullity. His dominion is,
as he thinks, again re: .tored ; and the Manners and
Manners Suttons, we t loubt not, look forward at no
distant day to Archbishoprics and Lord Chancellor-
ships, and Lord-Lieuter lantcies, and Speakerships, and
sinecures, as the fair am 1 legitimate reward of the suc-
cessful exertions of the 91
"
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emancipated borough.
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