Mr. Disraeli has destroyed his partyall over the United Kingdom;
but nowhere so completely as in Essex, once the most faithful of Tory counties. At the last election but two Liberals were returned for the ten Essex seats. This year the Liberals have carried two for the Southern division, two for Colchester, and one for Maldon, and have an excellent chance of both seats for the North-East. If they gain both, Essex will show seven Liberals to three Conservatives ; if they gain one,—a certainty,—she will return six to four ; and if she returns no more Liberals, the list will be five to five, that is, Essex will be extinguished, a loss to Mr. Disraeli of six seats. This result is due in great measure to the enfranchisement of county Dissenters, to the hatred excited by the clergy, who are almost everywhere preaching the Real Presence, and to the growth of many new towns. The fact is the more remarkable, because Essex (lees not contain a really great proprietor, and both sides have abstained to a most creditable degree from intimidation.
