The prospects of a Liberal victory in West Surrey are
evidently improving. Last Wednesday week a Conservative meeting, held under the auspices of the Godahning and Witley Conservative Association, and presided over by Viscount Midletcu, was at- tended by so many more Liberals than Conservatives, that after the Members had addressed their constituents at some length, a working-man proposed a vote of confidence in the Govern- ment, which Lord Miclleton, for some mysterious reason of his own, declared to be out of order, but which the Conservatives were so little able to resist that they oozed away from the plat- form through a side door, amidst loud cheers for Mr. Gladstone, for the Government, and for Mr. Lane-Fox, the Liberal candi- date of West Surrey at the next election. At Egham, on the con- trary, last Wednesday, a most harmonious and enthusiastic Liberal meeting was held, to hear an excellent lecture by Mr. 'George Whale on the principles at issue between Liberals and Conservatives, after which a masterly and humorous speech was made by the Rev. Malcolm MacColl, concluding with a vote of confidence in the Government, which was supported by Mr. Eadie, and carried unanimously amid general cheering. Mr. ,Cubitt and Mr. St. John Brodrick must look out for their seats, whether the County Franchise Bill is passed or not before they next meet their constituents.
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