The result of the Liberal test-ballot at Bristol has been
to put the local celebrity far above the other two in the poll, to put the Metropolitan celebrity, Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, Ex-Governor of the Bank of England, second, and Mr. Odger, the working-class candidate, lowest of all. The return was as follows :- Mr. Robinson 4,558 Mr. Kirkman Hodgson 2,761 Mr. Odger 1,861 leaving the majority for the local celebrity over the London cele- brity 1,797, and over the working-class candidate 3,197. Since the results of the test-ballot were known there has been some grumbling on the part of the other Liberals against Mr. Robinson, and there seems to be some chance that they will not even now be heartily united. A Conservative, Mr. Hare, has come forward, to take advantage of the division in the Liberal camp, if it should prove serious.
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