The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-07 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

CAMBRID GE, MA r 6.
At twelve o'clock this election ended, when the
numbers were—

Goulburn
Peel 54)5
Cavendish 630
Palmerston . . . . 610
The two former were declared duly elected : the
candidates then retired to their Committee-rooms;
the successful ones were hissed vehemently, and
partially applauded; the unsuccessful, partieulaq
Cavendish, most fervently cheered. Shortly after-
wards Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cavendish left the
town ; the populace• took the horses from the carriage
of the latter, and drew -him out of Cambridge
amidst deafening acclamations.
We see, with more regret than anger, this unfor-
tunate result, to which the senseless fears of the
country clergy, and the in•erested miscalculations of
certain resident fellows, have jointly contr:buted.
The victors will -probably .be the first to lwrrent
their triumph, which,hewever, can be but short.
It is a circumstance worthy of remark, that when
Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Palmerston stood against
Gotilburn and Bankes in 1826, Lord Palmerston
was returned by the majority of 630, being Mr. Ca-
vendish's minority in the present election; and
1829 'Mr. Cavt-ndish was returned against Mr.
Bankes by 609, being one less Onus Lord Palmer-
ston's present minority.
We have not time now to analyze the poll, but
as an illustration of the superior intellect and talent
ranged on the side of Reform, we-publish the follow-
ing list, which shows that sixteen Professors voted
for the Reform candidates, and five against them :
Foa.
. .

Haviland, Physic.
Lee, Hebrew.
Musgrave, Arabic.,
Babbage, Mathernatios,
Cumming, Chyrnistry.
Airy, Astrondny.
Clark, Anatonly,
Smyth, Modern History
Henslow, Botany.

edgwick, Geology.
Farish, Application of the
• Sciences to the Arts.
Starkie, Law.
Hewett, Medicine.
Whewel, Mineralogy.
Pryon,
Barnes, Casuist

Turton, Regius Divinity.
Geldart, Civil Law,
Scholefield, Greek..

AGA!:

Jarrett, Arahit.
Lax, Astronomy,

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION.
The contest was continued -te-day with undimi-
nished spirit on the part of the Marquis of Chandos
who polled his " pocket votes" end other descrip-
tions of suffrages usually reserved for the close of
an eiEction, the 13uckingbarn policy being evident';
to take the county by a coup de main, if possibk
before the other party can be expec'ed to come up.
ras Mr. Grenfell spends nothing in bringing free-
holders to the poll, &c., and as Mr. Smith is net by
any means so lavish of his money as Lord Chandos,
the blue and orange voters will come up slowly, but
(should the contest be continued) we believe surely.
It is the opinion of the best informed persons, that
were all the voters for the county (7,000) polled,
there would be a majority of two t one for Mr.
Smith against Lord Chandos, and it ;.s confidently
believed, should the contest continue a few days, that
Mr. Smith will be placed at the head of the poi!.
What is to become of Mr. Grenfell, with his tactics,
is another question.

AYLESBURY ELECTION
This election commenced yesterday, when the
rumour some time in circulation with respect to an
intended contest, turned out to be well-founded.—
The third man who comes forward to -dispute the
field with Lord Nugent and M. Rickford, the late
Merebor?, is the Hon. Thomas John Hamilton
Fitztnaurice, commonly called Lord Kirkwall. This
gentleman is grandson of Lady Orkney, a Countess
in her own right, and will succeed to the title on
the decease of his grandmother. He resides at
Taplow, in the southern part of Bucks, but has
hitherto been little known in the county. In
Aylesbury Lord Kirkwall possesses no personal in-
fluence—his only claim to the representation of the
borough rests upon political considerations. He pto-
fesses himself, in an ill-written and ungrammatical
address, " devoted to his King and to the Constitu-
tion in Church and State," and "determined to sup-
port and defend the agricultural interests, the inte-
rests of our learned Universities, and the charitable
institutions of these realms" With respect to Re-
form, he pushes the usual inconsistency of the
Tomes as far as it will well go, and says, " with the
principle of the Bill few Englishmen can disagree;
but there are parts of the details which I think no
honest Englishmen can vote for." The friends of
the old candidates, however, are confident of success.
It should be stated that Aylesbury is what is
called "a pot-boiling borough," and with the ad-
joining hundreds, contains about 2,000 voters.
The returning officer, who is one of four con-
stables of the town, having summoned a Court of
Electors for ten o'clock yesterday morning, the
candidates, their friends, and a large body of voters
attended.

Dr. Lu. who seconded the nomination of Lord
Nugent at the last election, was present on this
occasion, to do the same good office by the new man.
This appearance of tergiversation excited the most
unlimited disapprobation among the voters, who
assailed the learned civilian with every species of
verbal contumely and reproach.
Mr. WING, felt much pleasure in proposing their
old, tried, faithful, and consic,tent friend, Lord
Nugent, as a fit and proper representative.
Sir T. AUBREY seconded the nomination,
Mr. T. DELL propose:; to the electors their tried
and faithful representative Mr. Rickford, who had
supported the Reform Bin, and woad pledge him-
self to oe.ntinue his support.
&r T. C. SHEPPARD Mt great pleasure in sup-
porting Mr. Rickford.

• .
Mr...., Prat:KEW peeposed Lord Kirkwall.
Dr. LF,, came forward to second the nomination,
and wi.'s neeived at the cow:no-lament, and in
various parts of his speech with marks of disappro-
bation and impatience, If the electors would hear
him, he felt satisfied be could refute the base charge
of being a ttd,itOr to Lord Nugent, and that he
should to able to justify his conduct in suppoiting
Lord :Kirkwall. The last time he met the electols
in that place he had the satisfaction of coming for-
ward as seconder to Lord Nugent, and he might add,
that ba heartily approved of the public conduct of
lAis Lordship sad Mr. Riekford, not only then, but
Isince, U. to within the last two months. Further,
he was one of those who had been pleased to find,
that his Majesty had taken Lord Grey's administra-
tion under his protection—(A voice in the cro..vd,
" Tho Administration protects the Kin,,..")----and
lie left gratitivatieti at the declaration of Ministers
in t'-vour of peace, retrenchment, economy, and
Retwro. Be was a friend to Reform.—(" Yes to a
i niil4, arid water measure," exclameden elector)—and
1
was happy when lie heard that :Ministers were going
1 to bring in a Bill for the ankvidtrent of the repre-
setnation. But he certaisdor thought that there wa4
something very myswilotis in the way-in which they
kept the contentAef,llie Bill from the public :_y_
public e1ag..R44,. appeared to him to hacAo.tbLt :7,,
fairly 11::)-ze4, in support of the Pt.
ctkutlie:Bill. Me. 11"4.shi,`"„aght to know so e_
who must be
of the country, were very
":furet.he house of
thing of the intexesta
f
ed of it. For hie own part,
smtu.cici34.dievitidedid
disapproved of
Some of the wises

after reging the Bill, and all that had been said
upon it;The had made up his mind (with difficulty
he confessed, but unbiassed by private interest) that,
if carried, it would do infinite harm—(Cries of
" No, no, it will do good")—and that instead of
being a Reform Bill it was a revolutionary Bill.—
(Groans, hisses, and cries of " Turn him out.")—
When he heard that Ministers had (as he thought,
imprudently) advised his Majesty to dissolve Par-
liament, be wrote a letter to a friend, stating that ie
Bedfordshire, in Bucks, and in Cambridgeshire, in
which counties he possessed property, he should
oppose the Reform Bill, by voting against its sup-
porters, and in favour of any persons who would
pledge themselves against this measure. In pur-
suance of this determination he had come forward
to support Lord Kirkwall ; not that he (Dr. Lee)
was opposed to Lord Nugent, but to the Reform
Bill. An imputation had been thrown out that he
was the nurse of Lord Kirkwall—(" So you ought
to be, for you are an old woman." Another voice,
" Then he is e dry nurse"), and the supporter of a
nominee of Lord Chandos. He denied this.—(A
person in the crowd," Do you mean to say you are
not an old woman ?") A week ago he did not
know that Lord Kirkwall was to be proposed there
to-day. Dr. Lee concluded by declaring himself
indePetident of party.
Lord KIRKWALL said this was the first time he had
had the honour and satisfaction of addressing them
in that place ; but, judging from the numerous pro-
mises he had received, it would not be the last.—
(Laughter, and eries of " You are very much mis-
taken., ') lie denied that he was the nominee of
any individual. An idea had gone forth that he was
the nominee of the Marquis of Chandos, the Duke
of Buckingham, and God knew who besides. No
such thing. When he had previously canvassed
Lord Glandes, the Noble Marquis declined to give
him his support : on canvassing his Lordship again
that morning, the only thing that passed was this—
that the Noble Lord promised Mr. Rickford one
vote, arid himself another.—(" Oh, you are the
lion's provider.") No, gentlemen, I provide for
myself, lam no jaelcall.—(A voter, " You are much
more like a jackass"—laughter.) With respect to
Reform, he professed himself favourable to the dis-
franchisement of every rotten borough proved to
hare been the seat of corruption; but he was not
for a sweeping clause that struck men off without
giving their cause a hearing. The reason why he
was opposed to the Reform Bill was because Mini-
sters had determined to force it down people's
throats, without giving way on any point.
Lord NunnNT advanced to address the Court,
amidst loud and continued marks of interest arid
enthusiasm. After an expression of personal kind-
ness for Dr. Lee, the Noble Lord proceeded to j
answer his lion. Friend's arguments. His Learned'
Friend said this was a revolutionary measure ; if so,
why did those who voted against the second read-
ing of the Bill permit it to be mid a first time!
NI ere " corporation-robbery," and revolution, things
to be dallied with and compromised ? What ! Dr.
Lee, a learned lawyer, compund a felony !—(A
laugh.) Bar, said his Learned Friend and the Noble
Lord, "we are friends of Reform." Every body
was a friend to Reform now. The Noble Lord
then proceeded to allude to the conduct of Sir R.
Peel, " an individual eminent among statesmen for
the narrowness of his views and for the propriety of
his demeanour ; but who, during the last few weeks,
had sbewn that he had at least lost one of his attri-
butes." Would itnot be well if Sir R. Peel, and
the other " bit by bit" and " moderate" reformers,
had informed us how far they were willing to grant
the people the enjoyment of their rights? His
Learned Friend objected to the present as being
" a sweeping measure" of Reform; in his (Lord
Nugent's) opinion this was its best recommendation.
btr. RacuFonD said the electors had done him the
honou: T 6 send him to four succeeding Parliaments;
he hoped they thought the sacred trust committed to
his hands had not been violated. He had advocated
every measure of Reform, and had been at all times
opposed to an extravagant waste of the public money.
On a show of hands, vey few were held up in
fev-our of Lord Kirkwall; for the other two candi-
dates the show of hands was numerous and about
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The "pocket voters" of the Buckingham family
polled for ttickford and Kirk‘iall.

ESSEX-CHELMSFORD, MAI- 6.

The polling,this being the market-day of this town,
was kept up with considerable activity throughout
the day, but as the great majority of the freeholders
of the county remain unpolled, the election cannot
be considered as yet decided. The reformers, how-
ever, are most 6 tfenuous and unceasing in their
exertions, and there is no doubt in the course of two
or three days the cause of Reform will be as com-
pletely triumphant in Essex as it has been already
in almost every part of the country.
Mr. WESTERN ltsd once more to repeat the ex-
pression of his delight and satisfaction in thus find-
ing the glorious cause of Reform triumphant.—
(Cheers.) Though their cause had all the certainty
of sueeess already, he trusted, however, that they
would Ist no respect relax in their exertions, and he
would conclude by saying " Reform," " Reform,"
" Return)."
Colonel TYRIILL was determined will to continue
to keep the poll open, and as many reports had been
propagated on the subject, and as several strata-
g►ems had been had recourse to by his opponents to
deceive the freeholders on that point, he begged to
state that he would give the freeholders due and
timely notice when it was his intention to retire.
They had been told by his Hon. opponent of what
had taken place in Kent : he would refer them to
the University of Cambridge, which was the famous
seat of learning, and was composed of the honour
and integrity of the country.
Sir FELIX AGAR would entreat them not to re-
lax in their efforts, and in a very short time they
must be crowned with victory.—(Cheers.)
The Court was then adjourned till the usual hour
to-morrow (this) morning.