The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-10 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

NOTTINGHAM.

The nomination for this borough took place yes-
terday morning at 10 o'clock. Spacious hustings
were erected outside the Exchange-hall windows, so
that the crowd of electors and non-electors was in
the great market-place. About 45,000 persons were
present. There was a great deal of hooting, groan-
ing, &c., from the opponents of the different candi-
dates as the latter made their appearance on the
hustings. Mr. Bernal Osborne appeared to be the
popular candidate. There were plentiful cries of
",No. 30," "Pump-handle Cossham," " Cowjuice,"
" Traitor Osborne," " Baby Lord," " Tory Baro-
net," &c., and the Nottingham " lambs" were bois-
terous, without using the violence they were guilty
of at the last election. There was a great display
of party colour on the hustings. Lady Amberley was
conspicuous by an abundance of yellow (the Radical
colour of Nottingham) trimmings, while Lady
Jenkinson (who was also on the hustings, besides a
number of other ladies) was dressed in blue, the
Conservative colour. It was one of the most ex-
traordinary nominations that has ever been known
in Nottingham. The windows of the great market-
place were filled with ladies and gentlemen, and at
every signal from their own party on the hustings
the waving of hats and handkerchiefs and the tre-
mendous cheering of the crowd which had assembled
in the market-place were most exciting. Sir Robert
Clifton was on the platform, while Lady Clifton
occupied one 'of the window s in the market-place.
The mob were on the whole good-humoured, and
did not display the " lamb" propensities for which
they were so notorious on some previous occasions.
A great number of police were present, and a num-
ber of special constables were in readiness. There
was also a troop of the 15th Hussars stationed at
the barracks ready at a moment's notice.
Dr. RANSOM proposed Lord Amberley as a fit and
proper person to represent Nottingham in Parlia-
ment. (Groans, hooting, cheers, and cries of "He
is not big enough; he is only a baby.")
Mr. HowITT seconded the nomination.

Alderman BRADLEY proposed and Mr. VICKERS,
jun., seconded Mr. Handel Cossham. (Loud cheers,
terrific yelling, groans, and shouts of " Go to Bris-
tol," " pump-handle, "a"pump-juice," &c. )
Mr. SQUIRES proposed and Mr. TURNER seconded
Mr. D. Falkner.

Mr. JAMES propcsal and Mr. TIMPENNY seconded
Mr. Ralph Bernal Osborne. (Immense applause
and groans, and cries of " Traitor," " Tory in dis-
guise," " Go bb Liskeard," &c.)
Mr. F. C. SMITH proposed and Mr. W. PARSONS
seconded Sir George Samuel Jenkinson. (Cheers
and groans, " We-won't have him," " Go home,
you Tory Baronet," " Seven shillings a week to your
labourers," &c.)
Lord AMBERLEY was received with cheers. He
said he should nothave come forward as a candidate
for this town except at the express invitation and
desire of the united Liberal party—(cheers and
groans)—but, having received such invitation, he
considered it his duty not to decline the contest,
however arduous it might be ; but to endeavour by
coming forward to unite the Liberal party in Not-
tingham—(cheers and hisses)—and to obtain a vic-
tory for the Liberal cause. (A voice—" You're only
a baby.") Of the other candidates who had come
forward he should say nothing at all, because it had
been all along his desire to avoid giving a personal
character to t his contest. (" Cossham does all that.")
He was determined to maintain that course to the
end. (Bravo.) Whatever disguises his opponents
might assume, he might fairly say that it was a con-
test between Liberalism, on the one hand, and Con-
servatism on the other. (Groans.) That being the
case, he wished to put before them the contest about
which they were going to decide. Whether they
looked to the question of Liberal reform, whether
they looked to the question of free trade or of reli-
gious liberty, they would find that the great mea-
sures that had done so much for the prosperity of
the country had been passed in spite of the opposi-
tion of the great bulk of the Conservative party, and
although in, some cases they might have yielded at
last it had been a tardy and ungraceful concession.
Whenever they had any new measures to propose
they would have from that party the same persistent '
opposition which they had had to meet before.
'Therefore it was not on behalf of himself individu-
ally, but on behalf of the Liberal cause that he asked I
for their support in this election. (Cheers and
groans.) He trusted that those who invited him and
Air. Cossham—(tremendous groans, and shouts of I
"Go back to Bristol," "pump juice," &c.)—to con-
test this borough would stand by them to the last
—(interruption)—and would by their strenuous
exertions succeed in procuring their return. If their
choice fell upon him, it would be his endeavour to
perform, in the most conscientious and zealous
manner, the duties that would devolve upon him,
so that they might not say that they had got an
incompetent member. (Cheers and groans.)
Mr. COSSHAM was received with terrific yellings,
yells from 10,000 throats, and cheers from his
friends on the hustings. He trusted that this con-
test would be conducted in a fair and orderly man-
ner. (Cries of " Well done, pump-handle.") He
had the honour of being invited to the town in con-
nexion with Lord Amberley—(groans)—by the
Liberal party.. He could not boast of the claims
which his lordship possessed, but they had invited
him by the almost unanimous voice of the consti-
tuency. (A Voice—" That's a lie.") His views
on political subjects were of a most liberal charac-
ter. Most of them had had an opportunity of hear-
ing those views--(" A deal too often ")—and he
asked them if those views were not in harmony with
the great majority of the Liberal party. (Cheers
and uproar.) He had spent nearly twenty years in
the great Liberal cause. (A Voice—" Go to
America.") He rejoiced to stand there by the side
of Lord Amberley. His lordship did not go so far
as he did in politics. But he believed him to be an
honest and noble-hearted politician, and one who
-would leave his mark in the history of the country.
(Uproar.) Reform was now hanging in the balance,
and that was why Conservatives, w ho hated Reform,
had brought Mr. Osborn" to divide the Liberals,
but they would not succeed. (Uproar) They did
not want buffoons or jesters in the House of Com-
mons. After a few more personal remarks
Mr. Osborne, he said that Sir George j„:111.1:
the Conservative candidate, did not know as much
of commerce as he did of a bull's foot.

Mr. D. FALKNER was received with ridicule
and
partial cheers. He pulled off his coat before he
spoke, and made a most eccentric speech in the
midst of uproar.
Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE was received with tremen-
dous cheers, waving of hats, hissing, &c. He said
he addressed them irrespective of class or station.
lie craved their indulgence while he answered
calumnies and put the issues of this contest on their
Proper footing. (Great cheering, and uproar from
a Amberley's side of the hustings.) Were they
read '>
tingly,. ere Thea bell wethers on that side of the hus-
congratuiatecitet7. 'fled not to hear his voice. He
a goodly arraly this great constituency that they had
That was an of
candidates standing before them.
been cast on theii7r to the aspersions which had.
five candidates before them. fame.
(Cheers.) They had
a lucky number, five ,t,h era. (Groans.) Five was
the number which carried
the Bill for the extensi:
He hailed No. 5 (Cheers.)
with
,acclamation,
the franchise.
tell the paid hirelings and the chain
, and he would
should be the first of the number iriti Liberals that he
be," and cheers.) They have tarkienve. (" You must
five candidates. (Laughter, and a
I;%oto.ek of their
lieve you, my boy," and great uproar. c; I bc-
the teetotallers who were interruptin) g ;h othse were
knew so well how to behave themselves. (ecmonen
tinned uproar.) These were the men of purity
(Laughter.) These were the devotees of water..
(Immense laughter.) Why, if they would do this
upon water, what on earth would they do upon beer?
(Great laughter.) They (the five candidates) pre-
sented the appearance of a happy but not of a united
family. They knew they' were all Reformers
though differing somewhat ifi 'degree. He should
define them what they were. They had their Li-
beral Reformer, they had their Liberal and inde-
pendent Reformer, which was himself (hear, hear)
—and they had their spouting, longitudinal Re-
former, and that was Handel Cossham (hooting and
uproar) ; they had their moderate Reformer, .that

was Sir George Jenkinson (cheers) ; and they had
their eccentric Reformer, Mr. Falkner. They had a
nice lot ; what they called in the hosiery trade,
" choice articles." All agreed that some Reform was
was to be chairman of the line. He asked their
necessary, but all differed on the rate of going and who
support upon understood well - principles. He was no
wealthy capitalist, versed in
the arts of seduction,
seeking to make a mercantile investment in Parlia-
ment. He was no spouting demagogue, who had
forgotten the ninth commandment, and borne false
witness against his neighbour. (Great cheering, and
" That's Cossham.") That was not the doctrine he
taught in his Sunday-schools ; he had not purity on
his lipsand pollution in his hands. (Loud cheers.)
No,e stood before them the free candidate of a free
people, adopted by the popular voice. (Tremendous
cheering.) He was not put forward by a secret con-
clave of parochial oligarchs who wished to saddle
them with a member of their selection. (Cries of
" No. 30 !" " Down with it !") He disowned any
coalition. (Cheers.) He disowned entering into
anything dirty. He would not be the creature of a
dirty conspiracy, and he would not be content to
enter Parliament as a mere Tory tool or Whig no-
minee. (Cheers.) If he went to Parliament he must
be sent unfettered; he would be no provincial dele-
gate or peripatetic spouter. That spouter they could
well understand. (Loud cheers.) ("It's Cossham!")
The spout was a material appendage of the pump—
(laughter)—and the handle they knew must be at-
tached to the pump. (Loud cheers.) What were the
claims of the candidates that stood before them?
(Great uproar.) He did not speak to those who were
wasting their breath to the whistling winds,
but he
spoke to the free electors of Nottingham. (Cheers.)
He did not appeal to those water-doctors ; he did not
apPeal to those who were doing painful penance by
being kept from their beer. They had five candi-
dates ; who was the first ? (Cries of " You,
Bernal !") Of ccurse he should be to-morrow, if not
to-day. (Great cheers.) Of Lord Amberley he did
not wish to say one word of derogation. Lord Am-
berley's opinions he did not question, but what- he
did question was this. Lord Amberley had formed
a coalition which would have the effect of disuniting
their borough. Lord Amberley, the son of the
Prime Minister, had coalesced with a stentorian
visionary—(True !)—who had by his ranting non-
sense rendered himself a nuisance to all practi-
cal politicians. (Great uproar.) Let them be calm,
for a clear stage and no favour. He should not lose
his temper, but their opponents would lose their
election. No doubt they had seen in the Midland
Counties' Bouncer—he meant the Nottingham Ex-
press—an article headed " Notes to the Liberal
Electors of Nottingham." He assured them on his
honour that those notes were forgeries. Those notes
would be acknowledged in no bank in England.
They had seen one candidate (Mr. Falkner) take off
his coat to address them, but they would not see
him, the independent candidate, turn his coat for
anybody. (Cheers.) What were the principles of
the coalition which -were formed against him? Lord
Amberley professed to be a moderate Whig ; it was
not certain what he was. They were putting a
jibbing horse by the side of a runaway. (Loud ap-
plause.) Mr. Cossham was against opening places
of amusement on Sunday. Lord Amberley was in
favour of opening the British Museum on Sunday.
Mr. Cossham would vote for the Permissive Bill—
Lord Amberley would vote against that Bill. He
should be told that these were minor differences.
Now, how did they agree upon great political ques-
tions? Lord Amberley was for a limited liability in
the suffrage ; Cossham was for universal suffrage.
Lord Amberly was for reform in ecclesiastical matters;
Cossham was for entire separation of Church and
State--(groans)—and, like those interesting crea-
tures the Siamese twins, they had one body, but ap-
peared to have different minds. Mr. Cossham called
them crotchets which ought to be dropped at a gene-
ral election ; but would they look upon anything so
bad as placing a moderate Whig with a runaway
Radical? [A voice—" We won't have them."] The
character and independence of the borough were at
stake. Were they content to be ridden over by a set
of arrogant persons ? (No, no ! never !") • Were
they prepared to be treated like slaves, and driven
to the poll like lambs to the slaughter? If they
were, he was not the man for them. If they were
not prepared to support him as the champion of I
freedom of selection, he was not prepared to ask
them for their votes. It was an easy matter for Mr.
Cossham to tell the dupes who would vote for him
that he would go further than the present Reform
Bill. What would Cossham do if he went to Par-
liament ? Those extreme men were the easiest to
be managed by the Government Whips. They were
easy to be counted upon. They voted for measures
which were impossible to be carried ; but on all
other questions they would go with the Govern-
ment. This was poor patriotism, which " naught
enricheth them, but makes you poor indeed." His
opinions on the great questions of the day were well
known—were not spoken for the first time. His
votes were before the public. (Cheers and uproar.)
They might as well hold their tongues and be quiet.
He had a loud voice and a strong heart, and a re-
liance upon them. He did not mean to be hissed
or whistled down by the emissaries of that mon-
strous coalition. They had heard about the reduc-
tion of the franchise. His opinions upon that ques-
tion were uttered when Lord Amberley was in his
perambulator (great laughter), and before Mr. Cos-
sham was being polished as a Bristol diamond. lie
always thought that the Act of 1832 wasgiven more
to the middle classes than to the working men, and
he had always thought another supplementary Act
was necessary to give votes to the working men.
Let there be no mistake ; he was for moderate and
judicious measures of Reform. If sent to the House
of Commons he would go as a true Reformer. He
hoped that a bill would be brought in against bri-
bery and corruption, which he considered to be the
plague spots of the British Constitution. Referring
to the Nottingham Express. which had charged him
with coming as nominee of the Carton Club, he said
he had placed the libel in the hands of his solicitor.
(Loud cheers.) Mr. Osborne then retired amid im-
mense plaudits.
Sir G. JENKINSON was greeted with cheers and
hisses. When the hon. baronet rose to address the
crowd a quantity of metal spoons and plates were
held up by Lord Amberley's supporters and friends.
Sir George said he presumed the spoons which were
held up on Lord Amberley's side were to feed my
Lord Amberley. (Great laughter.) He appeared
before them last but not least, for if last to-day he
hoped to be first to-morrow. (Cheers and uproar.)
He congratulated the moving mass before him upon
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wearing the beautiful colour—blue, and that the
Gsorefiant
He then vindicated himself fro th m e numerous calum-
nies that had been spread by Mr. H. Cossham and his
party. He would apply to Cossham three lines of the
Church Catechism. When the question was asked,
" What is your duty to man ?" the answer was
46 Keep your hands from picking and stealing ; your
tongue from evil speaking." He thought Zr. Coss-
ham's accusation beneath contempt. (Loud cheers
and uproar.) Sir George professed himself a Liberal
Conservative, and was in favour of a reduction of
the franchise, and he would give his best support to
any measure which would tend to diminish bribery
and corruption at elections, and which would cut out
that canker-spot in the representative system.
A show of hands was then taken, and declared.to
be in favour of Mr. Osborne and
Sir G. Jenkinson.
demanded for Lord Amberley, Mr.
A poll was then deman
Cossham, and Mr. Falkner.
A vote of thanks accorded to the Sheriff con-
eluded the proceedings, which had occupied four
hours.

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Liberal interest.
Mr. E. rare proposed and Mr. Patterson
seconded the nomination of Mr. Wrightson ; Mr.
F. R. Gibbs proposed and Mr. Yeoman seconded
the nomination of Mr. Lascelles.
Mr. WRIGHTSON then addressed the electors, and
said as he had had repeatedly to appear mni
them, having represented the borough
for aboa o
ot 30

years, his principles were pretty well known. He
spoke of the measures which had been passed by
Liberal Governments, and said it was a Govern-
ment worthy of such measures that he now sought
to be returned to support. He spoke at some length
of the influence and action which had been brought
to bear in the borough by the family of his hon.
opponent, and called on the electors to rally round
him at the poll.
Mr. LASCELLES also addressed the electors. He
deprecated the course of the present Government on
Reform, and said the measure introduced by the
Government was at the dictation of the party of the
hon. member for Birmingham. The distribution of
seats was as
,bad as the Franchise Bill. It tacked
Northallerton on to the Earl of Zetland's pocket
borough of Richmond. He was a Conservative and
would support the Earl of Derby.
A singular incident happened, which protracted
the proceedings to a late hour. Mr. Johns, can-
didate at the election last Ammer, desired to speak,
and to get a locus standi was proposed as a member
for the borough. A second gentleman was then
proposed on the other side, Mr. W. Trotter, of
Bishop Auckland. After the candidates had spoken,
Mr. Johns presented himself, but as the Tory por-
tion of the crowd would not hear him the proceed-
ings were protracted till a late hour, Mr. Johns
alternately sitting and standing for two or three
hours up to the time of the despatch of the .parcel.
The show of hands, therefore, could not be taken,
and Mr. Johns said he would sit till six o'clock in
the evening.
Mr. Johns at length spoke and retired. Mr.
Trotter also retired.

The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr.
Lascelles.

The proceedings lasted six hours.