The elections at Limerick, completed, and in South Nottingham, still
pending, excite an interest proportionate to the general poli- tical flatness of the season. The result of the Limerick election is rather remarkable. The Tenant League put forth a candidate who has been completely distanced at the poll; they also rather sup- ported the Protectionist candidate, Mr. Dickson ; but the man who has succeeded is a Ministerialist member of the Carlton Club. Limerick, however, although it is a large county, has a very small constituency ; not six hundred have polled. Smith Nottinghamshire will not be quite so accommodating, nor can the result be so perfectly satisfactory to Ministers. The con- test lies between the tenant-farmers and a kind of modified land- lordism. The landlords have put forth Lord Newark, who, if we remember rightly, is a Conservative of that liberalized class whir& used to go by the name of " Young England." The tenant-farmers have put forward Mr. Barrow. If the landlords gain, so will the Opposition ; if the tenant-farmers gain, their Member is not likely to prove very convenient to Ministers.
