Description: Engraving from the 'Illustrated London News'. Election riots broke out between Charles Paget's and Samuel Morley's supporters in the competition for election as MP for Nottingham. Mr Morley, brought in groups of his workers from outside of Nottingham to testify to his good name as an employer in an attempt to refute allegations that he oppressed his employees. The workers and Mr Morley travelled to Nottingham from Mansfield by train on the 26th of June. They disembarked onto the platform to be bombarded with stones hurled by a crowd of angry rival supporters (rumoured to have been stirred up by Robert Clifton). The incident developed into a riot as a running battle between the two groups rampaged through Nottingham. The 83rd Infantry Regiment were called in to restore order. Samuel Morley won the election. (An aside note; on the left hand side of the picture note that demolition and alterations have begun which widened Sheep Lane, afterwards becoming Market Street)