In the East Aberdeenshire election, caused by Mr. Essle- Imont's
acceptance of office under the present Government, the majority was reduced from 1,624 at the General Election, to 1,326 on Saturday last. This is not, however, at all a greater reduction of the majority than is to be expected at a by-election where no one has any sort of doubt as to the result. In East Clare the election petition resulted in favour of the sitting Member, Mr. W. H. K. Redmond (Parnellite), who was not unseated. In Central Finsbury the petition was -withdrawn, Mr. Naoroji retaining his seat. In the Mont- gomery boroughs, Mr. Pryce-Jones also retains his seat, _Baron Pollock being in favour of dismissing the petition, while Mr. Justice Wills, who thought that there had been treating, did not persist in his opinion against the judgment of his colleague. The general result of the election petitions has certainly been to make all seats very uns ale against which there is any petition. Hardly any seat against which a petition is brought can be considered perfectly safe.
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