The canvas in the North Riding is going on very
briskly, and next Tuesday the campaign will be decided. There has been a certain amount of Whig defection from the Liberal cause, Lord Grey, for one, having written a very fierce attack on Mr. Gladstone, and expressed his strong desire for the success of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Guy Dawnay, who is not only Conservative, but Protectionist, and not only Protectionist, but a Lowtherite. Mr. Lowther has, indeed, been fighting Mr. Dawnay's battles, with his usual zeal and judgment. At York, on Wednesday, he declared, amidst tremendous uproar, that reli- gion had no worse enemy than the political dissenter,—where- fore, of coarse, the political dissenters are heated up to a white- heat on the Liberal side. Mr. Rowlandson, on the other hand, though deserted by Lord Zetland, is strongly supported by Lord Zetland's brother, Mr. Dundas, and by the Whigs of Yorkshire in general. The Prime Minister, too, has expressed his strong interest in the election, and his wish for the return of more tenant-farmers to Parliament at a time when important legisla- tion is likely to affect so gravely the interests of tenant-farmers. And Mr. Rowlandson is certainly just such a representative of that interest as we want. His speeches have been moderate and in excellent temper, as well as in strong contrast to the speeches of some of his opponents ; and his chances increase every day. The Yorkshire farmer is a shrewd creature, who is not likely to be taken-in by so very obvious a bait as a five- shilling duty on foreign corn. Yorkshire, too, unlike Lincoln- shire, has not suffered very greatly by the recent bad seasons ; moreover, Yorkshiremen are too shrewd to take up lost causes with enthusiasm. We are sanguine of success, we confess, and shall think less of Yorkshire sagacity for the future, if the nominee of the Protectionists should win.
