The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-06
The Elections In Great Britain,

To appreciate the returns from the
British constituencies. in which contested
elections were held on Monday and Tues.
day. ono must keep in view certain facts.
OF the GO seats in the House OF Commons
103 belong to Ireland. in which king
dom the voting will begin to-day.
OF the 567 British seats I are allotted to the
English and Scottish universities OF the
o6) remaining seats 202 pertain to county
divisions from most OF which we cannot
expect returns until considerably later. But
q on Monday and Tuesday contests took place
in large proportion of the boroughs which
have collectively go seats, and in AMY OF the
metropolitan districts. which. oil together
and including the City proper. return SO
members. MIR. GLADsrONEs success in q
majority OF the county divisions may be
taken for granted. for even in 1885 he
demonstrated noteworthy control of the
agricultural voter. But without large
gains in the 26s borough and London con-
stituencies, it will be impossible for him to
transform the minority which backed him
In the last Parliament into working ma
5ority. 1t should also be remembered that
81 seats. most OF which belong to Great
Britain and only part OF which pertain
to county divisions. have been uncon tested,
and OF these So have returned Unionists
The latter start, therefore. thirteen ahead
The net result OF the contests which took
place on Monday was gain OF eight seats
for the Gladstonians. These figures were
very far from pointing to sweeping victory.
for Mr. GLADsroSE's friends had counted
on q gain OF twenty. and they would have
rnQha II onpll thn,, Il In,
lists In all the constituencies which the lat
ter carried in 1886 by maiorities Of less than
90. But this the GladstOnians failed to do
In many instances. For instance. Ashton
under-Lyne. which they lost six years ago
by only one veto. they now lose by 1856. In
Bury st. Edmunds the majority against
them In 1856 was only 1856; IL is now over
SDO. AT Pontefract. where they were de-
feated at the last general election by about
200. they are again beaten, this time
BY AZ. Kings Lynn. which they lost
six years ago by go. they agaln
lose. although only by 10. In these
nnd other Instances tho majorities to
TO overcome were very small yet tho Glad
stonlans had not strength enough to do it.
We may add that in soma cases, where
tho adverse majority had not been
mr5e, The GlaGstoMians suffered the
election to go against thcm by de-
huit-a Tact which indicates extreme
oearth OF pccuniaIy resources. Thus
the East division OF Dorsetshire, where
seven months ago the Conservatives OBJ
talned only $50 majority. was at this time
uncontcStcd. On the whole, any one who
on Monday night would have predicted Mr..
GLADsroSEs SUCCESS would hGvo shown
himself not conyersant with the siguitl-
cameo cf the facts before him.
60 far rs the returns from TUESDAYS
elections were forthcoming when We
went to press, 1t could not be said that
tho situation had been improved from u
Gladstonian point OF view. Let US look
1rst ut borouSls. Nj. GLADSToNEs
friends lcso seats for Barrow-in- Fur
mics. Scarborough. Stockton-un-Tces VOL
vcrhampton. ard Perth. all Of which
they held in THO Parliament just dissolved.
Oa the other hand. they have wrested Great
Yarmouth. tho North division of Bris-
tol. and Newcastle-uuder-Lyn from tho
UnIonists. In tho metropolitan districts.
tsrday. they have carried the seats for
North Lambeth and West Isllngton
which were occupied in the last House by
Unionists. The defeated candidates were
HEsEY NJ. STANLEY and RICHARD CHAMBER
LAIN. n brother of the well-known Dissi-
dent liberal. Tho GlaGstonians have also
Valned a 8 st for st Pancras. North, II