The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-17 00:00:00

3.15 p.m.

Hoathcoto 2131
Hardy ~. 1215
Gladstone ... 1158
Majority for Hardy —57
The supporters of Mr. Gladstone, who had been invited
by the committee to make a point of tendering as many of
their proxies as possible to-day, were most unremitting in
their exertions ; but at four o'clock, according to their own
score, had only decreased the lead to 50.
Hoathcote being ... 2170
Hardy 1236
Gladstone 1186
The 4.30 announcement of Mr. Hardy's committee gave
a majority of 73, viz.:—
Hardy 1257
Gladstone llB4

Majority ...

.. • -73

The publication of the above number was followed by a
further return at 5 o'clock from Mr. Hardy's committee,
when Sir W. Hoathcote had polled the large number of
2298, Mr. Hardy polling 1316 to his opponent's 1237 ;
majority, 79 for Hardy.
At 5.30 Hardy was still ahead, and at the close of the
day's poll, he had a majority, according to the return of his
committee, of 74, the numbers appearing thus at the finish :
Heathcoto „.. 2437
Gladstone
„ 1323
, 1397
Hardy
•••
Majority for Hardy on the three days' polling, 74. Tho
poll will finish on Tuesday. Neither party have yet polled
the whole of their promises.
The following well-known personages supported Mr.
Gladstone to-day :—Mr. John Kohl°, Mr. M. E. Grant-
Duff, M.P., Mr. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., tho Marquis
Mr. W. IL Gladstone,
School), hBooml)o,
zeKlery.
of Kildare, the Rev. Bryan Kie;
M.P,, the Dean of Peterborough, Professor John Coning-
ton, Rev. Henry
rper, Mr. E. A. Freeman,
Richards Rev.
C 'Lo e. Archdeacon
Randall, W. Chitty, Revii.eWsse.YU(platoenrch:nnt
(Magdalen), Dr. Greenhill, Dr. ,
the Rev. Dr. Treffry, Mr. Charles Forster, M.P. for Walsall,
Dr. Francis Hoisey, the Rev. John Griffiths, M.A., Keeper
of the Archives. For Mr. Hardy :—The Lord Justice
Clerk (Edinburgh) ; Chancellor Maesingberd, Mr. George
Ward Hunt, M. the Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., the Hon. C.
.R. Trefusis, M.P., Mr: W. Malcolm, M.P., Archdeacon
Clarke, Bishop of Moray and Ross, Professor Mansell,
Archdeacon Garbett, Right Hon. J. Inglis, Mr. G. Solider-
Booth, M.P., Sir Philip Perring, Bart the Warden of
Wadham.

FATAL RESULT OF AN ELECTION QUARREL.—
CHELTENHAM, Friday.--The recent election which, as
has already been mentioned in The Sun, excited a great deal
of party spirit, has, unhappily, been the cause of loss of life
by violence. To-day an inquest has been hold before Mr.
Lovegrove, coroner for Gloucestershire, on the body of
Wm. Lynes, a messenger for Col. Berkeley, who died yes-
terday morning from the effects of a pistol shot wound re-
ceived on the previous night. It appeared from the evidence
ailduced before the coroner that on Wednesday night (the
day of the poll for Cheltenham), about 9 o'clock, the de-
ceased was standing in the High-street, Cheltenham, when
a band of music passed playing the tune of " The Bonnets
of Blue," blue being the colours of the victorious party.
When the band passed Lynes he shouted, " Hurrah for the
bonnets of yellow," yellow being the colour of Mr. Ber-
keley. On this Mr. John Thomas Glass, eon of the parish
clerk of Cheltenham, a supporter of Mr. Schreiber, said
something to Lynes, who called out "Berkeley for ever,"
saying that he had worked hard for Mr. Berkeley. Glass
thereupon drew a four-barrelled revolver from his pocket,
and exclaiming, ," Here's Berkeley for ever' for you,"
fired it at Lynes, who immediately fell on his knees,
exclaiming, " Good God, I'm shot ! I shall die." A crowd
csllected, the pistol was taken from Glass, and it was found
that three of the four chambers were loaded with powder
and ball. After the occurrence Glass, who had been ob-
served to be in a very excited state all day, seemed sud
denly to become calmer, and assisted in raising Lynes
from the ground. When Lynes said " I'm dying," Glass
seized hold of him and said, " No, no, not so bad as that,
I hope." Lynes was carried to the Cheltenham Dispen-
sary, and on the road exclaimed, " The Lord have mercy
and
fabnu'itlyb."einWg charenrihede
on me. God help my poor wife
ddotowbny, the surgeons, he
arrived
a
p e
wn soaur
ny d heloofeklel
partially recovered. The shot had taken effect in the un-
fortunate man's mouth, and proved fatal. He lingered
until next morning, when ho expired. Glass alleged,
through his attorney, that the affair was an accident, that
he had no intention of shooting Lynes, and only pointed
the pistol at him by way of threat. The inquiry stands
adjourned.,