The two parties in the West Riding have finally selected
their candidates for the vacancy in the Northern Division. The Con- servatives will run Mr. F. S. Powell, a wealthy manufacturer noted for local liberality, who says in his address that he intends to support the policy set forth in Lord Derby's speech, that he will favour denominational education, that he approves sanitary laws, but that he disapproves any Licensing Bill which provides for anything except strict regulation and the prevention of adulteration. The Liberals have accepted Mr. Isaac Holden, also a manufacturer, who announces himself a Radical, will support Mr. Alien in his motion for Disestablish- ment, will seek to separate religious from secular instruc- tion, to repeal Clause 25 in the Education Act, and to establish School Boards everywhere, and affirms the right of the State to control the sale of liquor. Mr. Holden qualifies his dis- like to the Education Act by saying we must pay due regard to the existing schools, but it is clear that his election, like his rival's, will be a blow to the Government. Little is yet known of the result of the canvassing, but the local victuallers' association has recommended all publicans to postpone political differ ences and vote for Mr. Powell.
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