The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-11 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

NOTTINGHAM—Pour/co DAY.

The polling commenced yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. The town was in a most excited state.
After the nomination on the previous evening Lord
Amberley and Mr. Cossham attempted to address
the electors and non-electors from a window of their
committee-room in Market-place, but the people
would not hear them. Mr. Cossham attempted for
nearly an hour, but the crowd would not submit.
At 9 o'clock the polling stood thus :

LIBERAL STATEMENT.
Amberley •.• ... 543
Cosshara ... 536
Osborne ... 452
Jenkinson ... 448
Faulkner ... 0

INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley 143
Cossham ... 140
Osborne 117
Jenkinson ... 147
Faulkner ... 0

After the first hour's poll, the friends of Lord
Amberley and Mr. Cossham were most sanguine.
Party colours were worn freely in the town, and
both women and children appeared to have caught
the political contagion. Sir Robert Clifton assisted
Mr. Osborne during the whole of the day.
At 9 30 the poll stood

LIBERAL STATEMENT.
Amberley ... ... 810
Cossham 313
Osborne ..• ... 645
Jenkinson 644
Faulkner ... ... 0

INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley ... ... 606
Cossbam i.. ... 596
Osborne ... ... 576
Jenkinson ... ... 575
Faulkner ... ... 0

At this time Mr. Faulkner amused the inhabitants
by parading the streets with his supporters, a few
boys and girls, arrayed in all sorts of colours, and
declaring his belief that he should be the first on the
poll.

The polling proceeded rapidly, and Mr. Osborne
and Sir George Jenkinson began to recover a little
of their lost ground. But the statements of the
rival committees were still greatly at variance with
each other. At 11 the state of the poll was as
follows :

LIBERAL STATEMENT. 'INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley 1,477 Amberley ... • 1,470
Cossham 1,443 Cossham 1,440
Osborne 1,234 Osborne •
1,380
Jenkinson ... 1,208 Jenkinson • 1359
Faulkner ... 2 Faulkner ▪ 1,353
As every hour's poll was posted the excitement
increased. Lord and Lady Amberley, accompanied
by Mr. Cossham, drove past the different commit-
tee-rooms and through the thoroughfares of the
town in an open carriage, arrayed in party colours,
while Lady Clifton also drove about in a handsome
equipage, and received the untiring applause of Mr.
Osborne's suppOrters. The whole town was alive
with excitement, and thousands were assembled in
the Market-place. At 12 o'clock the poll stood
thus :-

LIBERAL STATEMENT. INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley ▪
1,600 Amberley ... 1,553
Cossham 1,562 Cossham ... 1,500
Osborne • 1,391 Osborne ... 1,496
Jenkinson 1,364 Jenkinson 1,481
Faulkner ... 3 Faulkner ... 3

Half the time allotted for the polling had now
elapsed, and the excitement grew more intense.
At 1 o'clock the poll stood thus :
LIBERAL STATEMENT. 'INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley ... ... 1,934 Amberley ... ... 1,649
Cossham ... ... 1,867 Cossham ... ... 1,602
Osborne ... ~. 1,824 Osborne ... ... 1,660
Jenkinson .. . 1,782 1,
Jenkinson ... ... 1598
Faulkner ... ... 3 1 Faulkner ... ... 3
The " Independent" statement gave Osborne the
lead, and the greatest exertions were used by that
gentleman's supporters to keep ahead. The Libe-
rals relied on their statement, but did not relax their
exertions.

At 2 o'clock the Liberal Committee's statement
placed Mr.. Osborne ahead of Mr. Cossham, the
poll standing thus :

LIBERAL STATEMENT. INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
Amberley 2,138 Amberley 2,097
Cossbam 2,048 Cossham ... 2,069
Osborne ... ...2,096 Osborne ... 2,032
Jenkinson 2,049 Jenkinson 2,009
Faulkner ... 3 Faulkner ... 3
The excitement at this period was equal to that
at the last election, when Sir Robert Clifton was
returned. Osborne and Jenkinson were distinctly
the popular candidates, and wherever they appeared
they were greeted with tremendous plaudits. Dolls
were paraded in ridicule of Lord Amberley.
As the poll drew to a close the excitement among
the immense mass of people in the market-place can
hardly be described. At half-past 2 the Liberal
Committee gave the numbers thus :
LIBERAL STATEMENT. I INDEPENDENT STATEMENT.
3 P.M.

Amberley ...2,243 Amberley
,121
Cossham
••• •• 2,135 Cossham •••
•„. 2
2, 237
Osborne ... ... 221 2,234 Osborne 7
Faulkner 3 Faulkner 2,178
Jenkinson
.. 2,170 Jenkinson •
8
•
At 4 o'clock the following was the conclusion of
the poll :
Osborne
Atnberley
•.,
Jenkinson
Cossham
••• •••
Faulkner
•••
Mr. OSBORNE addressed his supporters in the
middle of the Market-place. He said this was a
great triumph of the Independent Society—(great
cheering).— and he wished to enforce upon them that
order and sobriety were the rules of that society.
People who ha I won could afford to be tolerant;
they could afford to smile at calumny. How had
this contest been won ? By straightforwardness ;
by the working men he would say. At 12 o'clock
the parochial authorities were 200 ahead at the poll,
and, although he never despaired, he felt some trepi-
dation that he should not go back as member for
Nottingham. But Sir Robert Clifton told him he
might wait awhile until the working men had come
from their dinner, and they would give the other
party their dessert. They did come from their din-
ner, and if the other party were not satisfied with
their dessert it was not the fault of the working men.
It was a triumph of the people of this town over a
rampant and dominant section, and they could now
no longer have the town at their feet. (Loud cheers.)
They (the working men) began this contest with fair
means, without maligning anybody, and were deter-
mined to struggle for independence. They had won
that independence. He wished to learn humility in
the time of triumph. He was too sensible of his
own shortcomings to take any advantage of an op-
ponent. Although he was placed at the head of the
poll, he knew it was by no merit of his own ; but it
was owing to the people of this town, who would
not see a man persecuted for his political opinions.
Sir Robert Clifton, Lord Amberley, and Mr.
Cossham also addressed the electors.

2,532
2,512
2,426
2,323

The day passed off without violence. The sheriff
will make an official return to-morrow.

NORT HALLERT ON.

The polling took place yesterday. The Conser-
vative candidate took the lead from the commence-
ment, which he slightly increased at every successive
return up till 12 o'clock. At 9 o'clock Mr. Lascelles
was 8 in advance, at 10 o'clock, 22 ; at 11 o'clock,
28 ; 12 o'clock, 33. At 1 o'clock the numbers stood
—Lascelles, 211; Wrightson, 183, which reduced
the Conservative majority to 28. At half-past 2 the
numbers were—Lascelles, 211; Wrightson, 199.
The Conservatives it is generally thought have a
majority now in the borough, as great endeavours
have been made to create votes.

At the close of the poll, Lascelles, the Conserva-
tive candidate, had 224 votes; Wrightson, the Liberal