The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-13 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

The polling opened yesterday morning at eight
o'clock. whet on noususl Dumber of conservative motors
crowded round the booths. This " move gave Mr. Moor,
the conservative candidatv, a good pima os the Ant ro-
turn, at hslf.paet eight, whets the numbers wen—White,
249; Moor, 224; and Fawcett, 216—eight bolded. At
nine o'clock, however, Mr. Moor wee at the bottom
of the list—White, 454 ; Fawcett. 402; Moor,
386—Moor's minority, 17 Thence Mr. Moor con-
tinued to drop, making • gallant fight till the
dieser hour of the working °lame. After.hthat his de-
must was more raod. The figures issued from Mr. White's
committee room givo Mr. Moor's minorities es under : Half.
pad nine, 79 ; ten, 81 ; half-pad ten, 81 ; eleven, 83 ;
half-
pest eleven„ 70; noon, 70; half-past twelve, 102 ; one, 115 ;
half-pat one, 214 ; two, 317 • half-peat two, 395 ; three,
447 ; half-oast three, 484. The clam of the poll as issued
from Mr. Fawcett's committee-room wee—
White 3041
Fawoett
Moor 2367
Mr. White's committee gave the following return :
Whit* 3062
Fawcett
Moor

Majority for White 947, for Fawcett SI& A large crowd
assembled round the polling booths mid committee-rooms,
but no disorder wee manifested, and, on the whole, the day
paired over in ► very orderly manner. The official declara-
tion will be made this day from the hustings.

SOUTHAMPTON.

From the first, the lead at the poll was taken by
Mr. Rowell Gurney (C) and Mr. George Moffatt (L), and
it WAS steadily maintained until the Glom of the poll. At
half-past out, Mr. Digby Seymour (L), seeing that his
chant* wee hopeless, withdrew his claims in favour of the
other liberal cuedidatm, Messrs. Moffatt and Mackay,
and after hie retirement the polling on both Rides became
more • and spirited than before. As the hour ap-
proach for closing the poll the utmost excitement was
e►erywhere prevalent, and there were oceasionelly some
rather ruffimily displays of party feeling. The liberal re-
turn at 4 o'clock was as follows :
Moffatt (L) 1316
Mackay (14
Roes (C) 1212
Gurney (C) 1328
The conservative return differed widely from the above, as
the following statement will show :
Gurney
Rose 1427
Moffatt
Mackay
Seymour 448
As soon as the result of the contest was made known, the
sueossoful candidates, Regan. Garner and Moffatt, addressed
meetings of their supporters. About 5,000 pumas bad
congregated in the High•street, and Mr. Moffatt attempted
to address them from the balcony of the Royal Hotel, but
the uproar was so great, and the boo. gentleman and his
friends were pelted by the mob in such a per.istent manner,
that they were compelled to beat a retreat. He afterwards
delivered a brief speech in one of the rooms of the
hotel. Meanwhile, the mob outside (motioned to conduct
themselves in a most uproarious manner, and the confusion
that prevailed utterly defies description. Sticks and
missiles of various descriptions were brought into requiii-
deo, and occasionally the most furious onslaughts were
I made upon particular individuals.

NOTTINGHAM.
THE RIOT ACT READ.
At 11 o'clock the poll stood ae follows :
Morley IIOM
Paget
Clifton 1213
Marten
About 11 o'-lock the mob became very violent and the
windows of some of those who had rendered themselves
°boo:iota to the Clifton party were smashed. Further
violence being appreheoded, and the special coostables and
regular police not being deemed sufficient to keep the
peace, the Riot Aot was read, and a squtdron of the 10th
Human and a detachment of the 83rd Foot were sent for
from the Cavalry Banscho, and they soon made their
appearanoe in the market-place. Nearly all the sbops in
the town were closed, u also a great number of pnvate
dwelling-houses, and the whole borough was one scene of
intense excitement.
At 4 o'clock the crowd in the Market-place numbered
more than 30,000 people. sod wheel the final state of the
poll was announced from Sir Robert Clifton's committee-
room the cheering was terrific. The polling at 4 o'clock,
according to Paget and Morley's statement, stood as fol-
lows:
Morley
Clifton , 2350
Paget
Marten
The excitement in the town is somewhat abated, and the
military have been withdrawn from the market-place.

WIN BURGH.
The nomination took plat* yesterday', when Mr.
Black wae_proposed far re-election by the LORD PROVOST
and Mr. WILLIAIt CRANSIRS, and the Lord Advocate by
Mr. JAMES 111CHARDSON and Dr. JOHN BROWN :
M'Lares was nominated by Mr. Boar, esessided by Mr.
LIVINGSTON! sod Mr. Miller by Mr. Wit.tdatt Dioartog,
esooaded by Mr. DAVID M•LARIN.
Indstbre eateedings were animated, sad there wee • con.
itsfusion of personality, but perfect order prevailed
is the *road.
Mr. lii.scs defended his ocoadsct in regard to the frau-
ebbe.
The Loan ADVOCATZ refined te his historical cos-
, Belies with reform, and denied that lie opponeete were
better reformer. than he was. He had, he said, learnt in
an older school than theirs. He applauded the measures
sod defended the peace policy of the rovenintent, and vin-
dicated their support of the late Lord Chencallor.
Mr. M'Lanett criticised the madam of Mr. Black on the
, reform question, and. in reply to his offer to consider any
I moderate fresebise bill, reminded him that he bad opposed
that of Lord Derby. He expressed himself attain of being
returned et the top of the poll.
Mr. Maus replied to the taunt that he said "ditto"
to Mr. Intereo, remarking that the ministerial outdidates
were divided on reform, while they wore united on all
peddle quietists
The Aow cof bands was largely in favour of Messrs.
Inters. end Miller, and a poll was demanded for Mr.
Sleek end the Lad Advocate.

GRAN/MAN.—A telegram from Grantham states
th►t there his bean considerable rioting there, that the
polling booth bad been pulled down, and that tin polling
was adjourned anal to-morrow.
POITISMOUTH.—The election took place yesterday
amidst great excitement. A number of pugilistic encoun-
ters took place amongst the roughs, provoked by the bri-
gade employed by the tarns ; sad owing to the mein-
meat which preveiled, and the fact ►hat the liberal eas•
didater sad the chairman of the liberal oornmities were
pelted +libelous. while passing threttgh the lows, it was
maridereit ilasimble that Yr. &MO and Mr. Sergeant
Gamine abseil not maks a public appeesanse.