3 OCTOBER 1868, Page 2

There is really need for the Liberals to take care,

or they will lose many seats by their unfortunate rivalries amongst themselves. In Hackney, we conclude that Mr. Butler, formerly Member for the Tower Hamlets before Hackney was created a separate borough, a quiet member who is steady in his support of Mr. Gladstone, and has, therefore, a claim for past services, will be returned ; but there are two Liberal competitors, and naturally enough a Conservative has appeared, in hopes of profiting by their division. As far as we -can judge, Mr. Reed seems the man most likely to aid the Liberal cause. At all events, the fascinations of a public-house proprietor are of a kind we should not care to see the borough succumb to.