about twenty to one
Lord Mount Severn , than whom not a busier man was there , would willingly have been proposer and seconder too , but he had no local influence in the place . Sir Francis Levison was proposed also by two gentlemen of standing . The show of hands was declared to be in favor of Mr. Carlyle . It just was in favor of him ; about twenty to one . Upon which the baronet 's friends demanded a poll . Then all was bustle , and scuffle , and confusion , every one tearing away to the hustings , which had been fixed in a convenient spot , the town - hall , not affording the accommodation necessary for a poll . Candidates , and proposers and seconders , and gentlemen , and officers , and mob , hustling and jostling each other .