The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-17 00:00:00

(FROM A MORNING PAPER.)

TUESDAY, JUNE 16.—The election commenced = this
morning, at the early hour of eight o'clock, without a
single speech from either the electors or the candidates
without, in fact, the candidates being proposed, and with•
out, of course, their being seconded. These facts being
premised, it may be easily imagined that a Cambridge
University election is a very dull affair; but what is
wanted in vivacity, it is fair to presume, is made up in
dignity and decerum ; and truly this is the case. The
Vice-Chancellor takes his seat at a table placed at the
upper end of the Senate-house ; upon the said table there
are two boxes, somewhat resembling a shopkeeper's till.
After the precept is read the poll immediately commences,
the manner of which being as follows :—Each elector, or
member of the Senate, is furnished with a slip of paper, upon
which is printed a notification in Latin to the effect that he
votes for Mr. C. or Mr. B. ; upon this slip of paper he
writes his name, and thereupon walks up to the Vice_
Chancellor, and presents him with the aforesaid paper,
who, after satisfying himself that the presenter is entitled
to vote, drops it into one of the above-mentioned boxes
or tills ; and there, for the time, the business ends.--
Such is the course of proceeding at the present election ;
but I am informed that at former elections the bribery
and other oaths have been occasionally administered.--
Speeches also have been let off—hootings have taken
place—and the windows of the Senate-house have been
broken. These doings are attributed to the Under-
graduates, who are now, for the most part, at home.
As for the candidates, Messrs. Cavendish and Bankes, I
may observe that Mr. C. is evidently the favourite with
the majority, though Mr. Bankes's friends profess to
be confident of his return. Mr. Cavendish is not more
than twenty-two years of age, and be appears much
younger. He is, however, a very intelligent, unassum-
ing looking man, and bears an excellent character.
He is said to be very studious and industrious, and,
during his residence at the University was never known
to be guilty of any one of those indiscretions for which
young Noblemen are too celebrated. He was walking
about the Senate-Louse the greater part of the morning in
a plain dress, occasionally talking to his friends, but appa-
rently took no part in the election. So much for Mr.
Cavendish. As for Mr. Bankes, he being before the
public, it is not necessary for me to dilate upon him. It
is said by his opponents that he has been put forward by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of feel-
ing the pulse of the electors with regard to a general elec•
tion. 'f he voting proceeded very languidly during the
early part of the morning. At twelve o'clock, when the
election was adjourned till one, the state of the poll was
as follows :

For Mr. Cavendish
For Mr. Bankes

Mr. Cavendish is said to have the great majority of the
lawyers with him, and Mr. Bankes the great majority of
the clergy. The result is generally looked upon as very
doubtful.

The venerable Baron Graham was in the Senate-house
this morning. He took his Bachelor's degree in 1766,
and is therefore one of the oldest, if not the oldest, mem-
ber of the University. He votes for Mr. Cavendish.
There are two other Judges down here who intend to
vote tier Mr. C. One of these is Mr. Justice Littledale.
Walking past All Saints' Church, I found a crowd of
about 200 persons assembled around the porch. On in-
quiry, I learnt that a marriage was about to be celebrated,
and that the individuals then and there gathered together
wished to get a sight of the matrimonial party. Now
about the Senate-house there were not more than ten per-
sons collected, and I therefore conclude, that the good
people of Cambridge take twenty times more interest in a
marriage than they do in the election of Members of Par-
liament for their learned University.
At the close of the day's poll the numbers were as
follow :
For Mr. Cavendish 234
Mr. Bankes 225

Several families are leaving Loughborough to
emigrate to North America.
A labouring man named SWALLOW, who
lived at Lincoln, lately hanged himself. Ile was found in
the course of Friday se'nnight lying dead on the kitchen
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