6 AUGUST 1898, Page 3

The by-election in the Launceston division of Cornwall has resulted

in the return of the Home-rule candidate. The figures are :—Mr. F. Moulton (Liberal), 3,951; Sir F. Willa (Unionist), 2,683; majority, 1,088. In 1895 the Home-rule majority was 658, and in 1892, 984. We are sorry that Sir Francis Wills should have been defeated, but there is nothing in the elec tion to cause depression among Unionists.