Mr. Caine has fought a hard battle for Liverpool, and
we do not know at the time we go to press how the contest has issued. The election was conducted with perfect order. The card trick was practised by the Tories not for the sake of bring- ing out the state of the poll, but in order to distinguish and bring up those who had not voted. The Liberals worked much better than on former occasions, and during the greater part of the day both sides were uncertain as to the result. The Tories closed their ranks, Mr. Torr swallowing the Orange pledges whole, while the Licensed Victuallers also decided in secret session to support the Tory. However, the reaction against the alliance between Beer and Bigotry was exceedingly strong, and induced a certain tenderness of apologetic feeling even towards Mr. Caine's permissive-billism.
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