The election for the Flint Boroughs terminated yesterday week in
the election of a Liberal, Mr. Roberts, by a considerable majority. He gained 1,636 votes, against 1,511 given to the Conservative, Mr. Pennant, and his majority, therefore, was 125. At the last election, the Conservative candidate, Mr. Convey, came within four votes of his successful Liberal opponent, Mr. Eyton, but on that occasion there was another Liberal candidate in the field, Sir R. A. Cunliffe, who carried off 772 of the Liberal votes. It would seem, therefore, that while the Liberal Member just elected has not quite so many votes as the two Liberal candidates of 1874 taken together, the Conservative candidate just rejected hada good many more votes than the Conservative candidate of 1874. On the whole, the Liberal victory, though in itself a good omen, might easily have been more completely satisfactory in character.
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