Mr. Fawcett was not elected for Hackney with quite the
rush we had hoped for, Mr. Stephenson and a portion of the Wesleyans objecting at the eleventh hour to his anti-Sabbatarian opinions. Of course Mr. Fawcett refused all compromise, and his gallantry seems to have brought him in, though not at the head of the poll. The return was—Mr. Holms, 10,906 ; Mr. Fawcett, 10,476; Mr. Gill, '8,994—the latter a decent vote, but deducting the publicans, not a heavy one. If the same persons, as would appear probable, voted for Mr. Holms and Mr. Fawcett, nearly 20,000 electors must have abstained ; but the vote for Hackney is never a very heavy one. It is remarkable that throughout the proceedings Mr. Fawcett's relation to India appeared to tell heavily in his favour, the only instance we know of the kind, and one which suggests that the mass of the electors know -rather more of the great dependency than average Members believe.
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