The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. General election. 'The nomination of candidates for election to serve in the next Parliament as representatives of the city of Manchester took the presence of an immense crowd of people, there being about 35,000 people writ commanding the election having been read, the four candidates - Mr. Bright, Mr. T. M. Gibson, Sir John Potter, and Mr. Turner - were severally proposed and Gibson, for himself and Mr. Bright, declared he was in favour of manhood suffrage, provided the man was sane and u
The Manchester Election: the Hustings in St. Anne's-Square, 1857. General election. 'The nomination of candidates for election to serve in the next Parliament as representatives of the city of Manchester took the presence of an immense crowd of people, there being about 35,000 people writ commanding the election having been read, the four candidates - Mr. Bright, Mr. T. M. Gibson, Sir John Potter, and Mr. Turner - were severally proposed and Gibson, for himself and Mr. Bright, declared he was in favour of manhood suffrage, provided the man was sane and unconvicted of crime. Sir John Potter and Mr. Turner were understood to say they were in favour of household Mayor then took the show of hands in favour of each candidate, and declared the election to have fallen on Mr. John Bright and Sir John Potter'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.
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