It was a little unfortunate, however, that these three Cor vative should have chosen thi by-election for fulminating their thunder, The news that a Conservative seat had been lost, and a majority of over nine hundred turned into a minority of just three hundred must have come as an anti-climax at the end of these eloquent orations. Of course the Government with a majority of close'upon a hundred and fifty can afford to lose a few by-elections; but it is discouraging to find that there is a wave of re-ction in the constituencies, even if it does no immediate harm, The Times attributes the defeat in this Lancashire country division to bimetallism, and no doubt the feeling in favour of bimetallism is pretty strong in Lancashire. But the Dimetallists surely know that they have even fess to hope for from the Liberals from the Conéervatives.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.