The Earl of Dalhousie died suddenly on Tuesday without any
previous illness, probably of heat apoplexy ; and by his death Lord Ramsay becomes the Earl of Dalhousie, and his seat for Liverpool is vacated. The Liberals of Liverpool, of course, earnestly desire to see Mr. Rathbone again returned for that city, and it is possible that so many Conservatives will concur in that desire,—especially as the seat vacated is the minority seat,—as to render his return highly probable. But it is not to be hoped that if a strict party contest takes place, the Liberals can carry a borough where they so lately failed. As we have elsewhere argued, however, it will not be a very prudent Con- servative policy to throw needless discredit on the minority principle, by attempting to snatch the seat from the hands of the Liberals.
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