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Captain Shemrd Osborn has put out an admirable address for

Birkenhead, which he is going to contest with Mr. Laird. He is a true Liberal and Gladstonian, and maintains, as a naval officer who has studied the subject minutely, that naval expenditure may be greatly reduced without reducing the effectiveness of the Navy. He is just the kind of man we want in Parliament to back up our civilian Admiralty reformers,—such as Mr. Stansfeld and Mr. Childers, and we heartily hope he may be returned.