The contest between the gentry and the tenant-farmers in North
Shropshire has ended in the victory of the latter, their candidate, Mr. Stanley Leighton, receiving 2,737 votes, as opposed to 2,700 given to his opponent, Mr. Mainwaring. This is not a heavy vote, as there are 7,552 electors, but of these 2,304 voted for Mr. Jebb in 1868, so that a little more than the whole body of Tory voters must have joined in the election, which was not a party one, but a class-fight, both candidates being Conservatives of nearly the same stamp. A similar contest was decided in Dorsetshire on Thursday, but with a very different result. It was hoped that in this case the farmers' candidate. IL. if owler, would be much more acceptable to Liberals, /Ulla would rsceive some votes from that side. He was, however, severely beaten, Mr. Digby being returned by 3,060 to 1,866.
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