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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 place...in the presence of an immense crowd of people, there being about 35,000 people present...The 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 seconded...Mr. 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 suffrage...The 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.