The West Yorkshire election still supplies the main staple of
home news. In the course of the contest, a more positive form of opinion on one point has been evolved, and the contest turns in part on the Voluntary principle, of which Sir Culling Eardley is the representative. By the circumstances of the time, however, that opinion necessarily presents itself in a negative form : Sir Culling Eardley will not endow the Roman Catholic priesthood, nor vote for State education ; Mr. Denison will not derogate from the Establishment. Whichever way it turns, the election will have made little difference : the Voluntaries of Yorkshire have had a roll-call to show themselves and signify their persistence ; and our Postscript will probably announce that Sir Culling's opponent has been elected as the representative of the gentry.
