New-York tribune., 1874-02-23

also. and beating Mr.. Daniel Grant, the second
Liberal candidate by nearly 2,0O0 votes. Yet Mary
lebOne has been radical borough. Mr.. Forsyth
owes his success firstly to the Licensed Victuaers,
secondly TO the unsuitable character of Mr. Grant
n candidate at least here. For the two seats three
Liberals into the field the sitting member, Sir
Thomas Chambers, Mr.. Daniel Grant, and Mr..
Thomas Hughes, who long since announced that he
should not again contest his old borough Frome.
Now Marylebone is peculiar constituency, with a
large admixture of pubieans and shopkeepers. Tothe
one Mr. Hughes was unacceptable because he does not
90 for unlimited drinking; to the other because of
his cooperative opinions Ii was seemingly bold
step to offer himself in such a borough, but really
Mr.. Hughes had great strength there The work
ngmen were for him, and the very large number of
wealthy and well-to-do residents would have voted
for him regardless of politics. for Mr.. Forsyth was
the only Conservative candidate and people of this
kind like to vote for gentleman. They would
have taken pleasure in supporting Mr.. Forsyth,
man of culture and position, and Mr.. Hughes, who
has those claims and wide fame Of higher sort ID
addition. But Mr.. Daniel Grant put himself up
also, and that made three Liberal candidates for
two seats. Mr. Hughes from the beginning en-
deavored to induce Mr.. Grant 10 agree TO
arbitration, Sir Thomas Chamberss clam
sitting member being recognized by both. Down
to almost the last moment Mr. Grant refused every
proposition to that end then finally, on Monday
night, agreed to leave it to the Attorney to
say which should retire. The Attorney-General
took queer view of his duties as arbitrator and left
it to Sir Thomas Chambers who, feeling his own
seat in danger had every temptation to prefer the
weaker candidate and gave his verdict in favor OF
Mr.. Grant. The result was the election of Mr.. For
syth and Sir Thomas Chambers Mr. Hughess with
I,f4 oE I ,hara1 Ia fhatia
and the seat was lost Mr.. Hughes is a still greater
loss, he being one of those men whom the House of
Commons can i'll, afford to spare lif for no other
reason than his relations to the workingmen and
their confidence in him. Some day or other he will
find seat no doubt and but for the suddenness of
the dissolution n safe one would have been provided
for him at the start.
The Pernssive Bill people are happy in the return
of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, their leader in the House,
and the leader of the Temperance movement in the
country. more conspicuous Liberal, Mr.. L. A.
Leatham to whom the ballot owes much of its sue
cess is again returned for Huddersfeld. Edinburgh
SENDS back Mr.. McLaren, Mr.. Brghts brOther-in-
law by nearly 5000 majority over Tory candidate,
Mr. Macdonald, whose prOposers were Sir John War
render, Bsronet. of Warrender House. and William
Rodger, hairdresser The mixture did not succeed,
the second Liberal candidate, Lord Provost Cowan,
being also chosen. Mr. Sumner will be glad TO hear
| that Mr. Henry Richard, the advocate Of Interna-
tional Arbitration, was returned from Mertbyr
Tydvil. The second seat in that constituency was
contested between Mr. Fothergill, one of the great
| iron masters of Wales and Mr. Halliday. the work.
lngmen's candidate and the same who engineered
the formidable strike of last year. Mr.. Fother-
gill won It, and once more the working
men, strong as they are numerically, and
well organized also, have shown themselves
unable or unwilling to send one Of their class
to Parliament Nottingham, a radical stronghold,
has yielded to the enemy but solely from divisions
and fends in the garrison, Three Liberals and one
Independent strOve for the two seats and two Con-
servatiyes had little difficulty securing them. One
of the defeated Liberals was Mr.. Henry Labouchere,
the Besieged Resident" who withdrew last week
from Southwark in order to promote George Odger's
success At tNewcastle-on-Tyne, which used to give
two Liberals four five thousand majority with no
particular trouble, Tory has conquered one seat.
Mr. Headlam, the old member, is ousted by Mr. Ham
ond whose third fourth attempt has at last been
rewarded. Newcastle, like Stroud disquieted the
Ministry last month"; not by returning Tory but
because its Liberal majority reckoned too small
They will be not less disquieted by ;he present
performance. Mr. Cowens fresh victory is in itself
matter of rejoicing; but the failure to bring Mr..
Headam in with him, shows that the breach in that
town between radical and moderate Liberals is past
healing They coalesced for the purposes of the
election, but it seems nothing could persuade the
radicals to support Mr.. Headlam Loyalty, though
Mr. Governs good faith is beyond question. In a
recent letter, printed think JAM "A, am made to
speak of Mr.. Cowen as editor and owner of The
Netrcdstle Journal which | cannot think was ever
sleepy enough to write. His paper is The NercGsle
md 10 TLo ta oh
my description applies as the most radical, and per-
haps, the most powerful, English newspaper out of
London.
Mr. L. ATaylor, whose name is well known in Amer
lea Is again returned for Leicester, by larger vote
but smaller majority than at the last election, and
with him radical colleague. Mr. Macarthur. Mr..
Taylors seat thought to be in peril by reason Of
Tlchborne party in the town which wanted him
to espouse the cause of the Claimant. Mr.. Taylor
may have thought one Whalley much Que
House of Commons could aftord-at any rate. be
altogether declined to identify himself with the de-
fendant Whether the Tichborne people avenged
themselves by swelling the Tory vote may be doubt
full but they have done Mr.. Taylor no HARM No
body who knows him would expect him to yield to
dictation in any FORM Mr. Taylor is one OF "a minor
ity in the House always ready to risk odum in be-
half of Just and unpopular measure; with marked
talent for debate and business but unhappily with
uncertain health.
man of singular fame comes once more back
to the House from Sheffield Mr. Roebuck. He was
beaten by 5000 majority in 1865, and the memory OF
his hatred to us was then so fresh that think We
rejoced over his fall. aud reckoned the number of
our mschievous enemies in Parliament less by one
which still left good many. 1t was not for love of
U.S. however that Sheffield then rejected him, but
because the workingmen resented his opposition to
trades unions. He stood Yesterday as IN independ-
ent candidate and in first by 300 votes over