Cargill's attempt at an acceptance speech was drowned out by the crowd, which hustled him as he left and broke some glass both in the Guildhall and in the inn where he was staying.
Mitchell announced that he would rather be defeated than win by the means which had secured Cargill's victory, and promised that he would lodge a petition against the result.
[3] When the petition was heard before a House of Commons committee, Mitchell's lawyer produced evidence of bribery in Cargill's interest.
[4] However, when the hearing resumed on a later day, he protested that the committee had not allowed him to call the witnesses he needed.
[6] At the Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election in 1881, Cargill arrived at the town and announced his intention to stand,[7] but does not appear to have been nominated.