The Middlesex Tories have fairly thrown down the gauntlet to
the Liberals. At a meeting of the Conservative Registration Committee, yesterday, it was resolved to bring forward, at the next election, two candidates—Mr. WOOD of Littleton to be one of them—for the repre- sentation of the Metropolitan County. The Tories claim a majority of l.534 votes upon the list of those whose politics are known ; and, allowing two-thirds of the disputed or unknown votes to the Liberals, still pretend to have a majority of 900. We place little reliance on these statements : we know that the Liberals, on what they think good grounds, claim a decided majority of the registered voters. But "fore- warned, fore-armed." The Reformers now see that it is not a question about bolstering up Mr. HUMS in his seat, but whether the County of Middlesex shall be represented by two Tories. Let steps be imme- diately taken to organize the Liberal party for the election, which cannot be very long delayed.
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