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eral. Its capital Belfast. defeats both Ministerial
candidates. sending Mr. johnson Of Ballykllbeg,
Tory who goes for disestabllshment, ana MI.
Mcclure. who is a Liberal Londonderry was a town
not less strongly Tory and Orange TO the backbone,
but Londonderry the scene of Lord Gland Hauiil;
TONS defeat, and superSedes the son OF the Lold
Lieutenant by q radical Liberal. NewTy and Sar-
rlckfergus both in Ulster ana both Tory ut thu ass
election, return Liberal members to the next House.
Elsewhere IN Ireland tho popular verdict IS tho
same. Galway returns two Liberals, gain OF one
the City OF Cork OF course roe ected Mr.. Maire and
his colleague Mr.. Murphy, whose loyalty to The Lib
eral party was never questioned. OF the members
thus far chosen throughout the island which awaits
its emancipation from ecclesiastical rule Lib
eral and II Tory Official influence. landlord mtimi-
datiOn and the violence which in too many cases has
been employed without stint or cOncealment, have
not all together suiced TO One-thlrd OF the
Irish seats for the Tories. The Protestant minority
of Ireland will give but small help to Mr. Dsrae in
resisting the overthrow OF the Protestant Church
In Scotland the most intensely Protestant Of coun-
fries indifference 10 the danger Of its cherished
creed seems still more stOid. The Scotch burghs arc
unanimous, their members Liberal to man, and OF
the counties there but four where family lhiu-
ence or political tradition has proved sr0ngehOugh 10
secure the choice OF Tory. DumDart0hsnfe, lnVer-
nersSshire Wigtonshlre. ana one otler MIch q. tlo
moment forget hang out their nags as iOIy s1IOns
holds. Against this forl0rn hope OF pOltlcal DsoJ;
the Liberals marshal phalanX OK 20 members anu
there are reGnforcements yet to come.
The counties have thus far done better Tor the LID
erals than the Liberals themselves eAPecuu-
North Lancashire being their only great disaster
lney return SO generally mere lOChi '"HuO"i''4'
that county contests have not much more imam h'l
merical interest outside their own limits. huhlhg-
| dOnshire reflects without n contest L0rd hODer6
| Montague, whose envy of America is so great that IN
speech last session he annexed Buffalo 70 CANADA.
| and then doubled bis blunder by sending q BRUSH
consul there after he had made it q colonial town.
/ North Leicestershire sends Lord John Manners,
whose unhappy cOuplet about arts and Learning, anu
the old nobility, ought to be IN BartIetts FAMILIAR
Quotations. but is not. Lord John has yindicated the
greatness of the old nobility by keeping board fence
| for year aud half about Hyde Park, % punish
! the Rcforners for having upset the old
ratings. In East Surrey there was con-
test Of some interest to Americans. Mr.;
| Charles Buxton, son of Sir Thomas towel
Buxton, was bitterly assalled as Mr. Mill had been.
for his share III the prosecution OF the Jamaica nlT-
| derer Eyre The Tories, IN TACT made dead set on
the district, but they were handsomely beaten, Mr.
Buxton having about 400 majority over MS highest
ODpOnentthree tunes as much rs lie nad at the lasG
election He might be more radical than he Is, con-
! sidering his name nor need the Tories owe him any
special grudge on accOuntO the Eyre business LOT no
withdrew, am sorry to say from the Jam9Ica Com
mittee when they decided TO ndlct Eyre for MURDER
Mr.. Buxton is an able legislator, with a clear head,
and students OF English politics VIII ma IN ms DOOR,
Idtd8 Of the DdN better collection OF current aTsu-
! ments on cOntrOverted points than exists IN any
! other shape so convenient and compact. lis father
the barOnet was beaten at Kings Lynn for which no
sat Jointly with Lord Stanley, and / suppose VIII
| not 90 back TO the House.
Much the most interesting event in the County
elections has been the speech of Mr. Disrael on his
| unopposed return for his old County OF Bucking-
| hamshire. Whatever shouts Of defiance hls over
| Jealous organs may continue 10 utter tue Iremler
! knows that the hour of his resignation has come
| He meets 10 in way so different from common that
it is difficult to read his address without some emo
| tion. He has exchanged the hooking in5inceTity OF
his ordinary for sober discussion and fair argu
ment. For once he recognizes his constituents, and
the people of England who the constituents OF tho
! Premier, as men who are on a level with himself
! There is something almost like fraukneSs IN tho
| speech. There Is an appeal for sympathy which
| seems almost genuine. There is a confession which
| sounds as If t came from the heart In this final
period of the power which he gained by lifelong
| hypocrisy, and has upheld by base arts. one would
be glad TO believe that he believes his declaration
that he never had one thought OF sinister charac-
! ter OrOf sclf-mtercst. q. W. b.