The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-26 00:00:00

WHIG NOMINATION BOROUGHS.

We are glad to find that the Honourable Arthur Trevor, M.P.
for Durham city, has given notice of a motion for "a return of
the number of electors in the:boroughs ofallation,Morpeth, Rich-
mond, and Tavisteek;-.the tenure on which they claim to vote,
and the mature of that tenure, whether leasehold or tenants 'fit
will." To this list, we beg to suggest to the honourable mem-
ber, he .shetild Add ca,lne and ligness.•' .the latter-the more
. especially, as it is announced that .Lord Cupid Palmerston is
about to .woo its
.pure Suffrages. A.few such motions .as Mr.
Trevor's, perseveringly followed-up, will serve to show the cor-
rectness pf our opinion expressed .at the time,—au. opinion
declaratery of intense disgust at the jesuitry and hypocrisy of
the disfranchising clauses of,thelreform.aet as managed by Lprd
Jiihnßussell and Co. Boreughs were condemned because con-
:servatives were supposed to,liave paramountinlluence in them,
.whilst others were preserved and moat anxiouslyro‘errated Cur
.no other reason than because they were under the dictation of
! Thus _Appleby, a county town, was sacrificed, whilst
,Catne, tke.'were held sacred! But to the list to which Mr. A.
Trevor's motion applies:7--
Mahon is a borough in the hands of Abe Earl
who, through his agent, Mr. Allen, recommends the candidates'
to the electors, who, being all tenants, &c. of the noble lerd,
most independently obey orders. The number of electors is
snore considerable ihan in the other whig nomination boroughs;
but, as -Mahon is a nomination bproogh, its having about. 600
electors matters very little. That part or Mr. Trevor's motion
which refers ttithe'liature of the tenure, whether tenancy at will
or not, will apply to this -borough most peculiarly; •Mr. J. C.
amstlen is oue of the members. His father, Sir J. Itafniden,
owns every house•in Huddersfield, which, he being a wing, was
of course created a borough. To give it the appearance of lode-
pendence ,his son sits for another place. Sir C.Pepys is the
other member, or ratheri•vre should say, is:to be again.
Morpeth. A constituency of 300; a pocket borough of the
Earl of Carlisle, a sleeping cabinet minister under arl Grey..
The former member, Captain Howard, was onfottunittely killed ;~
some two years ago in Dublin, and was. immediately succeeded-
by his brother, the present member, who will •be succeeded'
his brother, Lord Morpeth, after the next election for the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
Richmond is another pocket borough .belonging to the same
clique, it being.under.the nomination of Lord Dundas, who is a
connexion of Earl Fitzwilliam, who is about to be a connexion.
of the Earl of Carlisle! The constituency is about 250, the pre-
sent member being the Hon. Thomas liundas and Alexander
Speirs, a selative !
Tavistock is known quite well enough without our describing
it. It is as rotten as possible, belonging, through .the grace of
Henry VIII. and church robbery, to .the Duke .of Bedford!
Amongst its representatives since :1830 we.find Lord W.R.ussell,
Lord John Ru,sell, Lord liusell,.Mr. Russell, and Lord Russell
again! There are rather mere than 20) electors in this inde-
pendent borough !
Now a word or two for Totness and Caine.
Totvess is pleasantly allowed to elect Lord .Seymour, eldest
son of khe Duke of Somerset, and Jasper Parrot, who is allowed
to go shares for fear of being troublesome. This gentleman is,
it is said, about,to lend .his seat to Lord Palmerston, who will
condescend to ,tepresent,the free and independent constituency
of Totness,heing about2oo in nunilier.! •
Caine. :This .is.t4e jewel of the lot! It belongs to the Mar- •
,euis of Lansdowne, and is, .of eonrse, representted • by his son,
.the. Earl of Kerry. The number of.electits is.somew,here about
180,. whose greatest .honour the boast, Ahat.eace.they were al-1
lOwed ,to accept as a .member Thomas liab-bablile4babudostr,
Macaulay! Here is.a pretty dist for Lord ,tohni.o rejoice oven!'
,Rtit.sve will leave the..tuatter4to.4kr.-Ttevor,:who,-weslitubt mot,
will/ran/2'y fife .pur e.tabig,s)by ,nroymg•the existence Aff such abor
"inflations as. 110411 a.tion boroughs.

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