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glory. Sir John Kerslake, the Attorney-General of Mr. Disraeli's last

Administration, was a very popular Tory candidate in a borough where a contest had been hopeless under the old electoral law, and where it was not even thought of in the election of 1868. Yet the declaration of the poll showed that Mr. Arnold got 341 votes against 499 for his popular Tory opponent. We will not say that that is a promise of success for the next election, but at least it holds out hope, and in a season of "Conservative reaction," the attempt was a very gallant one.