Mr.Ayrton's name was whispered.

Major Lumley was recommended by Mr.Bernal Osborne.

Dr.
Kenealy proclaimed himself ready to come to the rescue of the Whigs.
Mr.Tillett, of Norwich, Mr.Cox, of Belper, were invited, but neither would consent to oppose a good Radical who had fought two elections at Northampton and had been the chosen of the Radical workers for six years.

At last Mr.William Fowler, a banker, accepted the task of handing over the representation of a Liberal and Radical borough to a Tory, and duly succeeded in giving the seat to Mr.Mereweather, a very reputable Tory lawyer.

Mr.Bradlaugh polled 1,766, thus adding another 133 voters to those who had polled for him in the previous February.
That election gave me my first experience of anything in the nature of rioting.