The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-22 00:00:00

THE BOROUGH OF AYLESU Y.

(From the Aylesbury News) •
As soon as the kno;tled.;:t of the death of Mr. P eii
arrived at Aylesbury, and before it was
flounced, a Mr. Hamilton, who had been preparing for
some weeks previously, declared himself candidate kr
die vacant seat, on the Tory interest. Who this Mr.
Hamilton is, nobody knows, excepting the Baroness
Wennian, and her testimony as to the eligibility of a
man to represent this borough, we are not prepared to
acknowledge.
With a Tory unopposed in the field, and with the
LifKral electors anxiously looking out f:;r a
candidate, vexed to see the Tory Committee I.ar,!
work with an open field before them, Mr. W. G. Ca-
vendish announced himself as the Liberal candidate,
and copies of his address, dated " Burlington House,
16th July," were plentifully cistributed in all parts of
the borough and hundreds. This announcement g:ve
universal satisfaction. Bright anticipations of sur•cts
bad lighted up the countenances of all the Lihera;,
while, on the other hand, the Tories looked as if they
thought defeat. probable. The cause of independence
and Reform, in Aylesbury, never presented a-more pro-
mising appearance, and the very name of Cavendish
seemed to inspire the Liberal electors, old and young,
Radical and Whig, with fresh vigour, strength, and de-
termination.

The contest certainly looked hopeful. The Liberals
had started their best man, anti the Tories their worst.
A man of f►mily, character, and old political connexions
was on the one side, and on the other was a man not
known in the borough at all, and not connected, even,
with the county. Every adventitious circumstance was
in favour of the Reform cause, and the Liberal candi-
date felt certain of winning—in which feeling his com-
mittee and friends strongly participated. Such was the
state of affairs, and such was the position of pars is in
this borough on Thursday ; when, as if instigated h)
the evil spirit of discord and love of mischief, Lord
Nugent declared himself as a candidate, insisted on his
claim to the votes of the Liberals of Aylesbury, and
announced his determination to "cast himself on the
support" of the Liberals and to spend no money in
supporting his principles. This public avowal threw
the whole party into confusion, and in this state
did Mr. Cavendish find his party upon his arrival at
Aylesbury. Instead of prosecuting his canvass, as was
his first intention, Mr. Cavendish very properly sum-
moned his committee, and a deputation of his friends
waited on Lord Nugent. In reply to the application,
his Lordship declared that nothing on earth should in-
duce him to decline going to the poll, if Mr. Cavendish
went to the poll ; he would not pledge himself to go to
'the poll if Mr. Cavendish withdrew ; nor would his
Lordship withdraw on Mr. Cavendish offering to pledge
himself to go to the poll. Under these circumstances,
Mr. Cavendish, after a short consultation with his
friends, announced his withdrawal from the contest,
leaving Lord Nugent to fight the battle in his own
lordly way, and pledging himself to come forward upon
the next occasion which may present itself.

It must be borne in mind that Mr. Cavendish an-
nounced himself in opposition to the Tory, Captain
Hamilton, and that Lord Nugent offered himself in
opposition to the Liberal, Mr. Cavendish. This simple
fact is sufficient to condemn Lord Nugent in the esti-
mation of all right-thinking men.
Our—opinion we distinctly avow. We think diet
Mr. Cavendish has proved himself, by his conduct in
this matter, to be a gentleman, a sincere friend to the
cause of Reform, and a man worthy the future support
of every elector professing a desire to advance Liberal
principles and to emancipate this borough from the in-
, tolerable thraldom of the Grenvilles. On the other
hand, we think that Lord Nugent has acted in a man-
ner that cancels all the debt of obligations the Refor-
mers owed himr for his former services in the cause, and
that gives but too much reason to confirm the su-pi-
c.ons of his sincerity which his inexcusable vote at the
late Buckinghamshire contest gave rise to. His Lord-
ship has now but one chance of again entering Parlia-
ment, and the sooner he adopts that the better for him-
self and all parties concerned. . That chance is to com-
plete his apostacy by announcing himself an anti-Whig.
and thus put an end to all speculations on the motives
by which he is actuated. Under the wing of his
nephew, and late representative, the present Duke of
Buckingham, Lord-Nugent might stand a chance for
Aylesbury.
Lord Nugent's plea for his late mischievous conduct
is altogether a groundless one. His claim to the pre-
ference of the Liberal electors is no better than any
other person's ; and, if it were, ought not all such con -
siderations to give way to the probabilities of success ?
In this case, Mr. Cavendish was thought to have the
best chance, and was started accordingly ; Lord Nu-
gent then mischievously presses his claims, drives Mr.
Cavendish from Aylesbury, and rejoices over the mis-
chief and ruin be has occasioned.
We have been arguing as if we acknowledged Lord
Nugent's claims to the support of the Liberals of
Aylesbury to be superior to Mr. Cavendish's. This
we are by no means prepared to do. We assert that
Lord Nugent's claims are entirely abrogated. First, by
his lonan desertion of us ; secondly, by his coquet-
tings with Liverpool and Marylebone ; thirdly, by his
late defeat, when the majority against him was 117 ;
and, fourthly and chiefly, by his Lordship's flying in the
face of his committee and supporters, and voting for the
Tory candidate at the last Buckinghamshire contest.
That inconsistent and unpardonable act, and Lord
Nugent's shameless defence of it, can never be either
forgiven or forgotten. Lord Nugent has no more claim
upon the Liberal electors than has Sir Francis Burdett
or Mr. Walter of the Times newspaper.
Lord Nugent's conduct leads us to suppose that he
came to Aylesbury with a fixed determination to do
the cause all the mischief he could, to confirm the
opinions which his county vote had given rise to, and
to prevent, if possible, the emancipation of this bo-
rough from the thraldom of the Duke of Buckingham•
Though inconsistent with his former public life, bio
Lordship is acting consistently with his last public act---
the vote—and we trust that the Liberal electors of this
borough will mark their senre of Lord Nugent's con-
duct by abstining from going to the poll. The Tory
must win ; and to attempt to oppose him, by voting for
Nugent, would be to sanction conduct the most dis-
grace ful and profligate, and to give a premium to mis-
chief dealers.

A few days ago, a tee-totaller, who was on
board one of the steam-boats, wishing to have a drop of
the " mountain dew," without running the risk of being
turned out of the Society, stepped into a small room, and
pulled what he supposed to be a bell, to summon the
steward, when down came a tremendous shower of water
on his devoted head, and he discovered, when too late,
that the place which he supposed to be the steward', room,
was nothing more or less than a shower bath.—Glavoti
Argus.

THE CROPS.—As was apprehended, the late
rather unfavourable farming weather we see has not been
unattended by mischief in some particular localities : some
of our country Contemporaries, whose anticipations were
the brightest last weeks.now speak in a somewhat subdued,
and even desponding tone, of our harvest prospects. It
is, however, plain that a little wind and rain at this season,
however inconvenient, and even partially pernicious, can-
not be either extensively or permanently injurious to the
growing crops. We incline to believe that the Corn-laws
make many of the fiirmers confirmed croakers—they are
over-apprehensive, and in every drop of rain, too much or
too little, they see ruin. Yes ; there is a closer connexion
between the proverbial complaints of farmers and the
criminal Corn-laws of the landlords than ignorance can see
or grasping selfishness will acknowledge.

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