NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE result of the contest in North Lincolnshire is very un- favourable to the Government, and very unfavourable indeed to the Liberal Party. Mr. James Lowther, formerly the Tory Irish Secretary, who failed in the contest at York, in April, 1: :0, was the Tory candidate, and was more Tory even than the Tories. He attacked the Government on Ireland ; he attacked the Government on agriculture ; he attacked the Government on Free-trade ; and he used his tongue very freely on all these subjects. Colonel Tomline, the Liberal candidate, was not a very able representative of Liberal principles. He has a crotchet about coining silver, and men with crotchets on subjects of this kind are seldom very hard-headed men. Still, he gave sound Liberal promises, and did not scruple to use language about special agricultural burdens, in the way of taxation, which was not entirely consistent with sound economy. However, he was defeated, by a large majority. Mr. Lowther carried the day, by a majority of 471 votes, having polled 4,200, against only 3,729. It is a county seat lost, and lost to a violent Tory and light-headed Protectionist.
