At eleven o'clock—
Titmouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Delamere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 — Majority 48
| Titmouse | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
| Delamere | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
| — | ||
| Majority | 48 |
At twelve o'clock—
Titmouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Delamere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 — Majority 34
| Titmouse | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 94 |
| Delamere | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60 |
| — | ||
| Majority | 34 |
At one o'clock—
Titmouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Delamere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 — Majority 45
| Titmouse | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 129 |
| Delamere | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 84 |
| — | ||
| Majority | 45 |
At this point they remained stationary for some time; but Delamere had polled all his worst votes, Titmouse almost all his best. The latter had, indeed, only seventeen more in reserve, independently of the Quaint Club, and the still neutral twenty accessibles; while Delamere had yet, provided his promises stood firm, and none of his men were hocussed or kidnapped, forty-five good men and true—and some faint hopes, also, of the aforesaid twenty accessibles. For a quarter of an hour not one man came up for either party; but at length two of Delamere's leading friends came up, with faces full of anxiety, and recorded their votes for Delamere, amid loud laughter. About half-past one o'clock a prodigious—and I protest that it was both to Lord De la Zouch and his son a totally unexpected—rush was made on behalf of Delamere, consisting of the twenty accessibles; who in the midst of yelling, and hissing, and violent abuse, voted, one after another, for Delamere. Whether or not a strong pressure had been resorted to by some zealous and powerful gentlemen in the neighborhood, but entirely independent of Mr. Delamere, I know not; but the fact was as I have stated. At two o'clock the poll stood thus—