Three elections have been announced this week : Sir John
Rams- den has been returned without opposition for the West Riding of Yorkshire ; Mr. Calthorpe, son of Lord Calthorpe, has been re- turned, against Mr. Pakington, son of the First Lord of the Ad- miralty, for East Worcestershire; Mr. Edwin James, the strongly pronounced Liberal, against Colonel Romilly, the more moderate Liberal, for Marylebone. These elections have been vaunted on our side as defeats of the Government ; but we cannot recognize them in that sense. They appear to us to have very little to do r-- with the Government. The electoral body, like the public at large, seems to consider that it does not much matter which of the nominal parties is in power ; since, in either case, it is toler- -- ably sure that affairs will be administered much in the same sense, and equally in deference to public opinion.. Meanwhile the elec- toral body as well es the public, at hetet that part of the electoral body which will Mir, hes a liking far strongly pronouneed opin- ions. Like the audience at the Victoria theatre it has preference for "a bould speaker." In the West Riding, Sir John Ramsdell is popular, and has but replaced his friend the Earl of Ripon. In Worcestershire, Mr. Pakington spoke with reserve, Mr. Calthorpe, by voice as well as inheritance, had a more pronounced look. In Marylebone, the bolder speaker has carried away the audience. It is remarked, indeed, that according to Dod the successful can- didate is returned by a positive minority of the electors—by only 3446 out of 19,712; a result carrying more than one moral. For our own part we are inclined to say, If so, the more shame for the "upper ten" of Marylebone who would not take the trouble to look to their own representation.
