0 wing to the death of Mr. John Torr, the
junior Member, which occurred on Friday, there will be a contest for Liverpool before the next general election. The event was unexpected, but the Liberals will not bewithont a candidate, as they have been seeking one for the general election, and will, it is believed, fix upon Lord Ramsay, the eldest son of the Earl of Dalhousie. Lord Ramsay is evidently a strong man, who wins over men inclined to object to the selection, who speaks unusugly- well, and who expresses most determined, though moderate, Liberalism. He admits, for example, the great difficulty of the situation in the East, but holds that the Government have dealt with it on wrong lines throughout; and that they have made their difficulties in Afghanistan for themselves. He is earnest for the extension of the county suffrage, and for a thorough reform of the Land- laws, on the principle of sweeping away primogeniture, entail, and settlement. It is believed that the Nine Hundred will accept him unanimously, as their Executive Committee have already done, and that the seat will be fought for with earnest deter- mination. As Liverpool has always been considered a Tory stronghold, the election will be one of the most important ever held in England, and far eclipse the struggle for Sheffield or for Barnstaple, which latter will be important chiefly because it is such medium seats that it is necessary to recover.
