The election in North Hunts is likely to be a
very lively affair. Lord Esmd Gordon, the Marquis of Huntly, and other hearty Liberal Unionists have confided to the constituency their utter disapproval of the Home-rule policy of Mr. Sanders, and their consequent preference of the Conservative candidate, who is at least a hearty Unionist. Mr. Bright, too, has written a powerful letter to an elector of North Hunts, saying that the Conservative Crimes Act is a great deal milder than that which Mr. Gladstone's Government (including Mr. Bright himself) sup- ported in 1881; and that while he has always disapproved of coercion without a grave attempt to remove the sources of dis- content, this Government is making such an attempt at least as seriously as any former Government; and that in the meantime, he holds it quite right to strengthen the measures for the repression of crime. The contest will be a very close one, but we think it probable that Mr. Fellowes, the Conservative, will win.
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