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London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 18.

num English and one Irish county were yes-
terday the scenes of Liberal victories. East Sussex,
which at the last general election gave Mr. DODSON
Lord Pavarregy for a colleague, yesterday replaced
that nobleman by a liberal member in the person
of Lord EDWARD CAVENDISH. In North Staf.
fordshire Mr. Bums= has been returned at the
head of the poll in the room of Lord Is-
orsritz. In South Wilts, which has been
represented by two Conservatives since the eleva-
tion of the late Lord HERBERT to the peerage,
Colonel Barnum", the noble lord's successor, is
anomeded by Mr. T. T. Geova. In the county of
Cavan, Colonel MAXWELL has been replaced by
Mr. SANDERSON. There is no Liberal lose to set
against these gains, which are clear additions to
the effective force of the Government.

These victories, which have not been won with-
out much healthy, vigorous effort, should animate
our friends for the contests which lie before them
in the present week. Great pains are to be taken
to-day by the Conservatives of East Surrey to place
a member of their party in the seat just vacated by
Mr. Ancoex, the colleague of Mr. Local KING;
but we cannot believe that the constituency will
prefer either of the Conservatives who have bean
nominated to • gentleman with the personal and
hereditary claims and large parliamentary ex-
perience of Mr. CHARLES BUXTON. In West Kent,
which but lately was represented by two Conser-
vatives, Sir JOHN LUBBOCK and Mr. ANGEBSTRIN
offer themselves on Liberal principles. The Liberals
of West Kent are sufficiently numerous to return
two members if they will only prove true to them-
selves ; and they are fortunate in their candidates.
The election for North Warwickshire, which will
be decided on Thursday, is exciting great interest,
owing to the exertions of Mr. GEORGE FREDERICK
Mua-rz to emancipate the constituency from
the uncontrolled domination of the Tory party.
In the neighbourhood of important sesta of
industry there must be • sufficient number of
Liberal freeholders to return one Liberal candi-
d►te, with the aid of Liberal occupiers. A remark-
able contest is going on in the Isle of Wight. Sir
Jogs SIMEON, the Liberal candidate for the county,
is a Roman Catholic, • circumstance from which
the character of the opposition to him may be in-
ferred. One of the greatest landed proprietors
in the island is also a Roman Catholic. But this
gentleman, Mr. W. G. WA•D—who during the
Tractarian controversy, when both be and Sir JOHN
SIMEON were members of the Church of England,
became known as the author of • work on "The
" Ideal of a Christian Church "—far from counts
mincing the candidature of his co-religionist, sup-
ports the Conservative, Sir C. Lococx, of whose
committee he was for • time • member.
Sir JOHN SIMEON belongs to that school of
Liberal Catholics which, while accepting the
authority of the Church as supreme and final in
matters of faith, does not attribute to the hierarchy
plenary authority to direct the laity as to their
conduct in all the relations of civil life. On that
account he is more obnoxious to the displeasure
of Mr. WARD, who is an Ultramontanist, than •
Tory Protestant. We submit that in such a case's
this true Liberals have a special duty to perform.
Sir JOHN SIMEON is peculiarly entitled to their
support—we do not say on account of his religion—
but on account of the independence of mind which
he combines with the profession of the ancient faith.
Political liberalism, we venture to say, stands in
need of such illustrations of its comprehensiveness
u Sir JOHN'S case supplies, and it will never fulfil
its minion until experience shows that it is capable
of alliance with the utmost variety of religious
belief, and the fullest sincerity of religious devo-
tion. We should expect to find infinitely more
fairness in legislation at the hands of Catholics of
Sir JOHN Simeon's school than from Protestants of
the type of Sir C. Locotit, who is conducting his
election in the style of controversy with which Mr.
WHALLEY has made the public familiar.
But assuredly of all the connty elections of the
week, none is more important than that of South
Lancashire. Ten days agn we ventured to observe
that the failure of Mr. GLADSTONE to obtain re-
election at Oxford would cause the eyes of the
whole kingdom to be turned towards South Lanca-
shire ; and this is what we are now witnessing. It
is len thaw three weeks since a number of the
leading Liberals of the constituency met sad
agreed to nominate Mr. GLADSTONE for South Lan-
cashire, in conjunction with Mr. JAMBI HEYWOOD,
the tried friend of religious liberty, and Mr. Yaws
THOMPSON, a gentleman who has the work of life
before him, but whose character and proved abi-
lities render him in every way worthy of their
confidence. If the various and eminent qualifica-
tions of these candidates do not of themselves re-
commend them to the electors, nothing that we
could say would avail. But on that point we have
no doubts. We are only anxious lest the liberal
electors, from want of thought or false con-
fidence, should fail to understand the necessity

of using their utmost exertions to secure
success. It should be remembered that the
battle in South Lancashire is being fought
at a great disadvantage. First, there is the
prejudice created by long acquiescence in the
possession of the three seats by the Tories—an
acquiescence which it is natural to attri-
bute to the weakness of the Liberals.
The necessary absence of Mr. MAD/rows from
the scene of the election operates in the same
manner ; it is only gradually that the electors of