Description: 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. This view shows the windows of Paget and Morley's Central Committee Rooms broken by crowds on 26 June 1865. (See also NTGM008985)