Two by-elections have been held in the past week. In
South Edinburgh, where a vacancy was caused by the elevation of Mr. A. Dewar, K.C., to the Scottish Bench, polling took place yesterday week with the following result :- Mr. Charles H. Lyell (L.) ... 8,694 Mr. R C. Glyn (II.) Liberal majority ... ... 2,327 The total poll was about 3,000 less than in January last, and the Liberal majority practically identical. The by-electionat Crewe, caused by the lamented death of Mr. Tomkinson, was held on the same register as that on which the General Election was decided. On that occasion the Liberal candidate polled 7,761 votes, the Unionist 5,419, and the Labour candidate 1,380. On Monday Mr. W. S. B. McLaren, who sat for the division from 1892-1895, was returned by a majority of 1,598 over Mr. Welsford, the Unionist candidate, their figures being 7,639 and 6,041 respectively. Neither of these elections can be regarded as of significance in indicating any pronounced change in public opinion.
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