Another seat lost to the Liberals! Mr. Arthur Peel has
been beaten at Coventry by Mr. Treherue, the Conservative candidate, by a vote of 2,263 to 2,129. The election is very discreditable to the borough, Mr. Treherne being in the matter of the French treaty a mere Protectionist. He affirmed that free trade in ribbons had ruined the operatives, hinted that he " would rather take a black eye than lose his election," and denounced the influence of Lord Leigh—gained solely by help afforded to the operatives—and he received most of the workmen's votes. Mr. Treherne, moreover, is a person who thinks it humorous to tell his supporters, " He had a parrot at home which cried, 'Damn the Whigs!' and though he should be very sorry to use such language himself "—who taught the parrot ?—" he could not say that his feelings towards the Whigs were more friendly than those of his parrot." The Coventry workmen ought to he ashamed of themselves. It is rumoured that the Liberals will also lose Tamworth, the two great landlords dictating too much ; but Mr. Shaw Lefevre seems to be safe for Reading.
