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Linlithgowshire has returned a Unionist by a majority of 169,

and that, too, against a very popular Gladstonian candi- date, Mr. Ure. In other words, the 'Unionist majority of 1893 is a trifle larger than the Gladstonian majority of 1892. Last year, Mr. McLagan (Gladstonian) carried the election by 161 votes (2,870 against 2,709). On Thursday, Mr. Hope (Conserva- tive) carried it, on a greatly increased poll, by 169 votes (3.240 against 3,071). The victory is said to be due to dislike of Mr. Gladstone's Scotch Disestablishment policy. That may or may not be so. No one knows fully the mind of the electorate. But this at least is evident,—that both Mr. Glad- stone and his policy are losing ground in Scotland.

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