The election for the Montgomeryshire boroughs has ended in the
return of the Palmerstoniau Mr. Tracy, in spite of the great local influence of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Pugh, who is said to have had all the great influence of the houses of Powis, Vane, and Wynn. - The principles of the two, how- -ever, were nearly identical, except, perhaps, upon Church- rates, upon which Mr. Tracy wished for some change which would satisfy the Dissenters; and Mr. Pugh was not opposed to one that would satisfy the Church. The difference be- tween their principles was a distinction without a difference, but the distinction between their chiefs was a distinction with a difference ;—all the distinction was for Lord Palmerston, and the difference (no trivial one) was a difference with Mr. Disraeli. The majority for Mr. Tracy was 115-422 against 307.
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