The Liberals of Hackney have very wisely fixed on Professor
Stuart—who contested with so much spirit the University of Cambridge against Mr. Raikes--as successor to Mr. Fawcett; and we heartily hope-that he will be elected by an even greater majority than the Liberals obtained in 1880, though that majority was over 8,000. The present times, however, are even more critical. Mr. MacAlister, who is contesting the borough in the Conservative interest, is professedly going for a duty on corn. "The farmers," he said, "were taxed, and he would tax in the same way the food which came from abroad." Mr. Lowther, M.P., who spoke on Thursday night for Mr. MacAlister, assured the meeting that the Lords would in a few days throw out the Franchise Bill by a larger majority than that of last Session. Mr. Lowther, who is the stormy-petrel of the party, hardly knows what the Lords will do, but no doubt he does know what they will do if Lowtherism is to be the order of the day. Pro- fessor Stuart has been speaking with admirable force and Lucidity, and Hackney ought to give him a majority of 10,000 at least.
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