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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE General Election is more than half completed as we write, and it is now evident that the balance of parties in the House of Commons will be left very much as it was when Parliament was dissolved. At midday on Friday there was a balance of gains to the Unionists of two seats. The most favourable feature of the polls from the Unionist point of view is the fact that they have gained three or four seats in Lancashire, and have reduced the Liberal majorities there to an appreciable extent. Taking the Election as a whole, the narrowness of many of the majorities on both sides is remarkable.

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