With a fresh breeze from the S.E. on: the line at Sh. folldived closely by the Alone at 3h, 02mm, 49s, the first of the flood soaking up on the Shanglidi shore. On the first tack' the Lamb' pat the Alone about, -dud°the latter getting into the strength of the ebb point,. in, anywite tend to clear the gran or lighten the very general darkness the grentissue in question.
'AS is well-known, the Into House of Comhibns consisted of 670 members, of whom England contributed 461 and: as is equally "well known, the Ivish return was made up of 86: Nationalists, 14 telegram of the 18th July gives the fullow. ing retarn:—.260 scote or 652 members. already returned, leaving, according, to Whitaker, only 18 returns to complete the tale, But if Ireland is to send her complement of 103, members to. St, Stephen's, i has to find occupants for 20 acts: whicl token we may gather that either the elections or Whitaker ur Reuter have gone wrong somewhere; and for choice the benefit of the doubt may safely be given to bury, and the Irish for Mr, Gladstone, the present telegraphed state of the polls would give Mr. Gladstone a majority of 32, and ex-Prime Minister will get, his shire of th only reasonable to suppose that the
29 Irish seats yet to be filled, the ultimo Liberal working majority looks very much like 42 at leaer. The gravest ingudl eon to be dependent upon the. correctness: of the figures given above. Perhaps, Sir, you maybe able to draw a different. deduction from the facts submitted, and arrive at some other conclusion from your reading of Router's reliable message.
Your, ete., Tory, 20th July.
[Our correspondent bases his calculations ona misapprehension. The return given ly Reuter does not refer tu countries, but to parties, and it is obvious that, the term Trish means Nationalists, "It. doos not follow that Ireland hus yet to return 29 members, becaueo in all probability she has elected some Unionists and Tories, included in the party returns.—Ep,
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