The by-election at Bury in Lancashire, caused by the resignation of Mr. Kenyon, has resulted in the first gain of a seat by the Liberals since the General Election. Mr. Foulmin, a journalist. and_ newspaper proprietor, has defeated Mr. Harry Lawson, the heir of the London " Daily Telegraph," converting a Conservative majority of $49 into a Liberal majority of 414. It is true that English constituencies do not asa rule love turncoats, and Mr. Lawson's recent conversion from Radicalism to Liberal Unionism was extremely sudden. Tiere is of course always a danger of unfairness in imputing motives, but as Mr, Lawson is a" Pro-Gouneil and professes to be a Liberal whose ressive" member of the London County only differences from his old colleagues are on the subject of the War and Home Rule, it would have been so easy, and on the face of it so natural, for him to throw in his lot with Lord Rosebery, that one is inclined to search for some other reason for his conversion than that which he puts forward, And then oe can help reflecting that the "Daily Telegraph" thas become practically a Conservative organ, that it is an immensely valuable property, that it could hardly change its politics without great dan.er to its value, and that Mr. Lawson wal in the natural course soon be its principal proprietor. He is clever and ambitious, and he would find it difficult to succeed as a Radical statesman while running a Tory paper.
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