, 1881-11-12
BY MAIL.
n LIBERAL VICTORY.


The Berwick election, which took place on
Wednesday, ended III a vast majority for the
Liberal candidate, Mr. Jcrllinghan1-in indeed,
Il majority almost perplcxing in its nlagni-
tude, when one looks at tho history of Ber-
wick elections for sUme time past. In Ber-
wick, tie largest majority on either side has
never been much over hundred, and usual
" nluc1l less, white Berwick was just the
place where one could never predict how tile
election would go. Asour readers know, the
Liberals lost Il scat there last year, and
it was very GENERALLY expected that we should
lose the second scat when Sir D. Marjori-
banks was raised to the Peerage. Mr.. Jcr-
uingllanl, however, was returned OIL Wedncs-
day, not by majority Of 100, but by a ma
iority OF very nearly two to one, iii spite OF
being Roman Catholic, and Of advocating
the settlement by. the Governments of the
Dradaugh difficulty. A1r. birmingham pollcd
1,oi0 votes to only - given for the Conserv-
ativc candidate, Mr.. Irottcr; majority, 5i7.
since the lust eicction. and this may, PERHAPS
Of the Liberal fortunes.
The Paris Unircrs. Tapal sheet, cxu}ts
over the return OF Mr. birmingham for Bcr-
wick. rs {: confirmation of tho slow but ire
sistible PROGRESS OF Catholicism in England.
With some 1orgetfniness OF disfranchised
Arundel, it describes him rs tile first Catholic
elected BY an Eng!isl, borough since tlekefor-
nat,n1. and after mentioning the respectable
figure .polled BY a Catholic at Sheffield last
year, it says: MIR. Jern!Nglla,n's election
makes Il brilliant breach in the last rainparts
of the .AnEelican establishment. Elizabeth
and Cromwell mnstlave shivered 1T it iii their
grayeS.'
THE IRISH So-rESr CRY IN FRANCE.
i PARIS, Oct. Go.-M. lie nolinari remarks in
the DcDdts on the Irish crisis:
:''I it was 4 question Ut an opeu conflict,
the English Government would easily gain
tenants follow out to the letter tile advice Of
the authors nf the manifesto, It they rigidly
abstain fron, paying rent, will it be easy to
compel them? There are nearly Go9,0U oc--
cupiers in Ireland, at least two-tlliNls Of
will it be easy to expel 3o0, 900 or HOO 600 fam
lies from their miserable cabins? Some ex-
alnples will be male; those who begin the
rent strike will be nl,ilesly ericted. and
these eyiftions Of people without resources
lead others to retlect-,. This is possible,
but must not be too, confidently reckoned
upon. The Irish agitators WELD two for
midable weapons, Of which the English Gov@
er1,ment cannot deprive thcln-subsidieS from
fis eoroas aau pd%sr at the disposal % Il tie
English Government, it will not, therefore,
be easy to overcome the Irish agitation. It
is the struggle Of the lion and the. gn1t.. The
Land League is ostensibly dissolved, but If
its spirit continues to animate the people; If
its advice is followed; if rent ceases t0 be
paid; if those who 10 not pay are llldennl-
lied by American and other subscriptions;
and if those who pay are 'boycotteh,' this
Intangible civil war may be indetinit!y pro-
lonsvd, and make the British lose all pa
tcnce.'
THE FRENCH 3IAEC11ISG on KAIRouAN-
TIE Al.AN SACHEn CTT1. Il:
L5Mi13s1 Spectator, Oct. -:
The French; who were marching on kai-
roruu last week, are marching Oil K:iroiian
still. Il is only a hundred miles fsun 1'unis,
;luu the resistance is: not strenuous; but so
had is the cOtn,nissarlat SO defective is the
Wa;er supply, and 50 heavy is the number Of |
:ick, that up to Friday afternoon only ru-
NOR Of the occupation Of the city had been
received. The Generals are afraid that as |
the three columns converge, the Arabs will |
make a rush behind them on the coast |
towns, and massacre all they find. They /
are, therefore watching all points which |
llie Arabs must .pass-that is, iii practice. |
All places fairly Supplied with wells-anI |
are* still halnpcred with want of soldiers.
II. Failre, i deputy spccially dispatched to
Inquire, reports that of ;s5, ,059 lnen sent to,
Tunis l., 900 are sick, and the sickness is not
light. T'he inyalius Iaud>at AarseiIle.s worn
20 the bone, and as exhausted as il they hld