7 AUGUST 1869, Page 2

The Nottingham petition against Mr. Seely has failed. The petitioners

withdrew it on Monday, each side paying its own costa. Baron Martin said all the charges had broken down. The evidence about bribery was ridiculous, the petitioners only alleg- ing two tenders of 4s. 6d. each, the rioting was not serious enough to deter voters of reasonable nerve,—what is "reasonable nerve ? " Baron Martin would vote if there were a rocket battery in front of him,—while the "Lambs "had been employed in good faith for the maintenance of order. Mr. Seely was, therefore, declared duly elected, but told that next time he must apply to the Mayor, and not supply his own special constables.