2 JULY 1870, Page 3

Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, Liberal, was on Saturday returned for Bristol

by 7,827 votes, against 7,266 given to Mr. Hare. The 'Conservatives assert that they have diminished the Liberal majority, but considering that the winner was a stranger and the loser a local man, that many Liberals were exasperated by the petition against Mr. Robinson—believing it to have been a Liberal petition—and that there was no very exciting matter before the public, the majority seems quite sufficient. It should not be for- gotten that Mr. Odger, who was defeated by Mr. Robinson in the recent test-ballot, on this occasion fairly supported the party which had rejected him.