According to the latest accounts which have reached us, the
Conservatives are exulting over their chances in the London boroughs with very little reason. It is not only possible, but quite probable, that the Metropolis will be as faithful as the Scotch Burghs, and return an unbroken Liberal vote. Mr. Odger is really behaving splendidly in Chelsea, working as hard for Sir Henry Hoare as if that very indifferent representative of the party were a decently good one ; the Lambeth trouble is over, Mr. Littler having taken himself out of the way ; the jungle of candidates in Hackney is being thinned ; the pledges in the City are most satisfactory ; and by Tuesday it is probable the candi- dates will have been reduced to one for each seat, a result sure to be fatal to Tory hopes. Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Mill, two most valuable members of the House, are the only two in serious danger, and the workmen can carry both if they will. The worst case is Middlesex, where a couple of very indifferent Liberal candidates are abusing one another like fish-fags, but the electors will remember that the question is not between them and Lord G. Hamilton, but between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli.
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