The second election superintended by the Anti-Corn-law League has resulted
in the return of the candidate whom they patronized, and Mr. WARBURTON is Member for Kendal. The little borough —one of the creations of the Reform Act of 1832—was considered a very safe one for Liberals ; and therefore, as soon as there was a vacancy, several who were excluded at the last general election started up. This distraction of many objects bred a hope in the opposite party, who ventured on a contest for the first time. They made a violent effort ; carrying their eagerness so far as a treach- erous resort to poisoned weapons directed against the personal character of the Liberal candidate. Ile is returned ; and some of the Tory papers affect to slight the defeat of the " Ministerial" candidate,—as, say they, Ministers can evoke no enthusiasm of sup- port. Meanwhile, the second election that has occurred since the League began its new career is the second also on its list of suc- cesses: and, this time, it has been instrumental in restoring to the House of Commons one of its most accomplished Members ; the influence of whose exact knowledge and business-like energy is con- stantly exemplified to us, in the abolition of a disgraceful nuisance that infested our churchyards, with the benefit to science effected by his Anatomy Bill, and in the daily use of the Penny Postage, that he carried against both Whig and-Tory leaders.
