Sir George Campbell was returned for the -Kirkcaldy district of
burghs on Tuesday, by a majority of 1,811 -to 1,171, the vote thrown including more than three-fourths of the names on the register. The large number of votes -for -his opponent, Mr. W. J. Harker, excited some surprise, as Mr. Harker was at first con- sidered almost a comic candidate,—a "fifth-rate Benealy," as he was called on the hustings, who did not understand politics, or 'Scotland, or anything else, except that he disliked Sir G. Campbell. It would appear, however, that the Tories voted for him, that the friends of the Establishment desired to keep out his opponent, and that a considerable section of the working-men believed his promises of securing local advantages to the district. The majority, however, adhered to the Liberal candidate, who -will be by far the best-informed man in the House on Indian affairs, who thoroughly understands English, Scotch, and Irish tenure, and who may yet prove on general politics a formidable debater. Lord George Hamilton, at all events, will not have for the future .quite such an easy time of it.
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