1 AUGUST 1903, Page 2

The three-cornered election at Barnard Castle, Durham, ended in the

return of the Labour candidate, Mr. A. Henderson. He received 3,370 votes, while Colonel Vane, the Unionist, obtained 3,323, and Mr. Beaumont, the Liberal, only 2,809, against 5,036 given to Sir J. W. Pease in the election of 1900. As both Mr. Henderson and Mr. Beaumont were opposed to taxes on food, the majority against Mr. Chamberlain's policy is 6,179 to 3,323, or nearly two to one. We have dealt elsewhere at length with the results of the election, but one remarkable feature of this election is that nearly or quite all professional reporters described Mr. ilenderson's chance as hopeless. Demos, as usual, was silent till he roared.