The three elections of this week have left the balance
of parties unaltered. At Tewkesbury, on Saturday, Mr. Martin (Liberal) was elected by 380 votes against 298 ; majority, 82. At the General Election, the Liberal majority was only 9, so that Mr. Martin has now greatly improved on the position then won by Mr. Price. At Bewdley, on Monday, Mr. Enoch Bald- win (Liberal) was elected by 611 votes, against 491 given for Mr. W. N. Marcy (Conservative) ; majority, 120. At the General Election, the Liberal majority was only 68, and not only has the Conservative vote fallen off, but the Liberal vote has increased since that election. At Lichfield, on Thursday, the Conservative candidate, Mr. Levett, was returned by 578 votes, against 534 given for Sir John Swinburne, the Liberal candidate ; majority, 44. Here the Conservatives slightly in- creased the majority which they gained at the General Election, which was then only 16. Taking into account, however, the Gravesend election, there is every evidence that the English Liberals are very far indeed from repenting of the decision which they announced so decidedly in March and April last.
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