The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-12 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM.

The sheriff made an official announcement of the
poll yesterday morning in front of the Exchange.
The numbers were—Osborne, 2,518 ; Amberley,
2,494 ; Jenkinson, 2,411 ; Cossham, 2,307 ; Faulk-
ner, 3. Lady Amberley and other ladies were on the
hustings, and party colours were again displayed.
As the sheriff proclaimed the state of the poll there
was a good deal of cheering and uproar. The num-
bers given to Mr. Bernal Osborne were received
with great applause, and when the hon. gentleman
came forward to address the thousands who had as-
sembled, he was received with tremendous cheering
and some groans.

Mr. OSBORIsTE, in the course of his address, said
the working men had a right to .the franchise,
and were as well to be trusted as the middla classes.
(Cheers.) The best Reform Bill, however, was the
best " passable " bill, and he should support the
present bill in Parliament—(cheers)--and also the
bill for the redistribution of seats.

Lord A3IBERLEY was received with cheers and
hisses. He rejoiced so far in the result of the elec-
tion, but he confessed that he was sorry that they
had not joined with him a gentleman who would
have been a zealous and earnest supporter of the
Liberal cause. (Cheers.) He acknowledged the
Conservatives had obtained a partial victory, yet
it was a victory of a very doubtful character.
They had strained every nerve in this election,
and what had been the result of their exertions ?
They had succeeded in obtaining the return of a
liberal. He was very sorry he could not hear all the
speech just made by Mr. Osborne, but one thing he
heard was, that he was an independent Liberal. That
was his (Lord Amberley's) own position. (Cheers.)
He was also an independent Liberal, and although
they had not stood together in this contest, he be-
lieved they would both support liberal measures in
Parliament, and he hoped also they should be able
to work together in everything that concerned the
interests of Nottingham and the country at large.
Sir G. JENKINSON said he did not like to leave
Nottingham without stating that he was proud of
the manner in which the election fight had been
conducted by the independent men of the borough.
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. H. COSSHAM thought that the 2,307 votes
which he had received had fully justified him in
coming forward for Nottingham. The fact that
not one man had been paid was an answer to the
calumny that he came there to disturb the Liberal
party ; and although defeated he was not disgraced.
(Cheers.) He wished to pour oil on the troubled
waters, and hoped that all differences would be set-
tled. If he felt any regret at the issue of the con-
test, it was not because he was not their member,
but it was that, in his person, Liberalism had been,
to some extent, defeated. (Cheers.)
Mr. FAULKNER also spoke amidst ironical cheers,
and a vote of thanks to the sheriff concluded the
proceedings.

lIENLEY-ON-THAMES ROYAL REGATTA.
Hitherto there have been occasions when the
Henley Regatta committee have had much trouble in select-
ing such clays for their annual meeting as would suit the
convenience of the majority of those who take part in it,
but their task has been easy this year, and the 20th and
21st of Juno have been fixed upon for this meeting of
gentlemen amateurs, when the usual valuable prizes will
be offered for competition, and boats from both universi-
ties and of the Kingston, London, Eton, and Radley Row-
ing Clubs are looked upon as certain to bo entered, as the
time for the regatta is admirably suited for all parties, and
there is but little doubt that it will this year be a brilliant
gathering.

AN EX-POLICE SERGEANT CHARGED WITH ROB-
BING A POLICE-STATION.—On Thursday, at the Liverpool
Police-court,
an ex-police sergeant of the county con-
stabulary, named Unsworth, was charged with stealing
three roulette tables from the police-station at Bootle. It
appeared that the tables had been confiscated from persons
found guilty of gambling. They were missed from the
station in 1864, and Captain Martin received information
that the prisoner had caused them to be pawned. He ac-
cordingly caused him to be arrested. Evidence of the
pawning by the prisoner's direction having been given he
was remanded, bail being refused. A woman named Car-
michael was also remanded on bail, on the charge of having
received tivy of the tables.