The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.

orTiNGHAM, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The excitement in-
Ses here momentarily. After the grand derrionstra-
:Yil in the Market-place had concluded yesterday, the
which they
leaders instantly repaired to the out districts to
they had been appointed, and were in all received
the most flattering assurances of co-operation. In
the evening they re-assembled in Nottingham, and pro-
' ceded in a body to Bunker's-hill, where a commodious
_t
atform had been erected, and where the very largest
7 semblage ever beheld in this town had congregated to
receive them. Mr. Sturge was engaged at Snenton,
consequently could not attend at Bunker's-hill ;
but the enthusiasm with which his name was received
4ored me that his honest and straightforward de-
:faration of principle had won the hearts of all. Mr.
Guest was called to the Chair, and the meeting was
addressed by Commodore Mead, Dr. M'Douall, and
O'Connor. At the commencement of the pro-
'_eiedings an attempt was made by the " Blue lambs"
, " create a disturbance, but the power of the
People very speedily quelled the first symptoms, and
,tlinpelled the intruders to take refuge in the Bunker's-
1.
ittil public-house, one.of the rendezvous of Walter's fac-
-I°ll. A report was currently circulated that a thousand
(
Lillie lambs" were in readiness, but the warning and
re
of Mr. O'Connor insured their absence. After
re proceedings had terminated the vast assemblage fell
In° procession, and, preceded by a number of singers,
kale and female, perambulated the town to a late hour,
Passing through the market-place and the principal
streets in " full cry." As they passed -the George the
Vourth, Mr. Walter's hotel, they gave the Hon. Can-
' didate a taste of their " sweet, voices," but not in the
3arne key as when the Chartistst honetest
fellows in the world." At the Assembly-he room,s the
Meeting-place of the Tories, another note was sounded,
but not of approval. This morning all the corn-
: Mitte.,l.,s are on active service, and the Chartist
leaders are at their posts in the out districts, while
elown is alive with the busy bustle of speculation.
4- number of Dissenting ministers are now in town,
. Charged with the presentation of addresses from their
several bodies to Mr. Sturge and the electors of Notting-
ham. The Tories have several presses employed in the
Manufacture of squibs, but they are of the coarsest
breed, and are instantly met by spirited retorts from the
kurge Committee. A large body of non-electors pa-
raded the streets all night, as a watch upon the " Secret
• Service " Committee,_ and put several skirmishing par-
ties to the rout. The Walterites have not, up to the
Present hour, ventured upon a single open-air meeting,
neither have they announced their intention to hold one.
The demonstration:to-morrow;S.expFcted to surpass any-
thing of the kind ever witnessed in Nottingham, and
tIPon the day of nomination Mr. Sturge will be escorted
by an immense multitude to the Exchange. In short, as
far as I can judge, the arrangements of the several com-
mittees are admirable, and there are not fewer than thirty
at full work, principally composed of non-electors out of
VtPlohey. A number of Tory voters, for the most part
outcrs and bakers, are so thoroughly disgusted with
the compromise, that they have volunteered their votes
and services to Mr. Sturge.
Mr. Cooper, of Leicester, and other Chartist leaders,
have arrived in town this morning, and were instantly
dispatched to the out districts. From the best accounts
that I could procure, it would appear that the winner
Most poll about 1,900 votes, while the Whigs speak con-
fidently of registering 1,400 unpurchaseable ones for
Sturge ; and, upon the other hand, the Tories cannot
Muster of the same class more than one-half the number,
if so many.-

'SERIOUS RIOT AND DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT
OF THE BLUE LAMBS, OR TORY BLUDGEON-
AIEN,
Norrixonert, WEDNESDAY.—The Rev. Mr. Stephens
'laving been engaged to aid Mr. Walter in his election,
_Told the friends of Mr. Sturge having announced their
intention of holding a public meeting in the market-
Place at seven o'clock, the Blues imagined that a fair op-
portunity presented itself for trying a physical encoun-
ter- At six o'clock the Sturge hustings—a waggon—
was placed in the centre of the market-place, while con-
inderably higher on the ground the Blues had stationed
theirs—a, waggon, sheeted over the "rigging" with
plank. At seven the assemblage was great, and at a
few minutes past that hour Mr. O'Connor and his
friends mounted their waggon, which had been
repined by; the people to within a few yards