The Berwick election, which took place on Wednesday, ended in
a vast majority for the Liberal candidate, Mr. Jerningham—indeed, a majority almost perplexing in its magnitude, when one looks at the history of Berwick elections for some time past. In Berwick, the largest majority on either side has never been much over a hundred, and usually much less, while Berwick was just the place where one could never predict how the election would go. As our readers know, the Liberals lost a seat there last year, and it was very generally expected that we should lose the second seat when Sir D. Marjoribanks was raised to the Peerage. Mr. Jerningharn, however, was returned on Wednesday, not by a majority of 100, but by a majority of very nearly two to one, in spite of being a Roman Catholic, and of advocating the settlement by the Government of the Bradlangh difficulty. Mr. Jerningbani polled 1,046 votes, to only 529 given for the Conservative can- didate, Mr. Trotter ; majority, 517. The constituency has been much increased since the last election, and this may, perhaps, partly explain the favourable flow in the tide of the Liberal fortunes.
