▁up ▁two ▁candidates ▁of ▁his ▁own , ▁Edmund ▁M ask ely ne ▁and ▁George ▁C live , ▁a ▁London ▁bank er ▁and ▁cousin ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁general ▁" C live ▁of ▁India ", ▁and ▁there ▁followed ▁a ▁vig or ously ▁cont ested ▁and ▁expensive ▁election . ▁C live ▁had ▁paid ▁his ▁own ▁exp enses ▁in ▁the ▁contest , ▁but ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁still ▁ow ed ▁his ▁cousin ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁gu ine as ▁which ▁had ▁l ent ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁purpose , ▁which ▁gives ▁some ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁scale ▁of ▁exp end iture ▁involved . ▁ ▁The ▁politics ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁was ▁complicated ▁by ▁the ▁acc ession ▁of ▁King ▁George ▁III ▁the ▁previous ▁year , ▁which ▁had ▁dis rupted ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁established ▁party ▁and ▁fa ction al ▁align ments . ▁A ▁for ged ▁letter ▁was ▁apparently ▁circul ated ▁in ▁Pen ry n , ▁seem ing ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁New castle ▁supported ▁the ▁Bass et ▁candidates , ▁and ▁this ▁s way ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁votes ▁among ▁Custom s ▁officers , ▁who ▁dep ended ▁on ▁government ▁favour ▁for ▁their ▁liv elihood . ▁ ▁The ▁Fal mouth ▁and ▁Ed gc um be ▁candidates ▁won , ▁receiving ▁ 6 8 ▁votes ▁each ▁compared ▁to ▁ 6 3 ▁for ▁C live ▁and ▁ 6 1 ▁for ▁M ask ely ne , ▁but ▁from ▁this ▁point ▁on wards ▁the ▁Fal mouth ▁influence ▁was ▁broken ▁and ▁in ▁future ▁elections ▁it ▁was ▁Bass et ▁who ▁found ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁nom ination ▁in