Two metropolitan elections were begun and two were finished yester-
day. In the City of London the four late Members were returned with- out opposition. Mr. Richard Martineau proposed, and Mr. Leaf seconded Sir James Duke. Mr. W. G. Prescott proposed, and Mr. John Dillon seconded Baron Rothschild. The Lord Mayor proposed, and Mr. G. Moore seconded Lord John Russell. Mr. Samuel Morley proposed, and Mr. J. P. Gassiot seconded Mr. Crawford. No other candidate being proposed, they were declared duly elected. All spoke. Sir James Duke predicted that the new Parliament would not be sitting for a month before they saw Lord John Russell at the head of a Liberal Government. (Tremendous cheering.) Baron Rothschild, like all the other Membera, insisted upon the proposition that England must be strictly neutraL Lord John Russell repeated his views on home and foreign policy.
In Finsbury there is a contest. Mr. Thomas Duncombe was proposed by Mr. Graham, and seconded by Mr. Shillibeer. Mr. Dennis proposed, and Dr. Wilkinson seconded Mr. Cox. Mr. Cunliffe proposed, and Mr. Hawse seconded Sir Samuel Peto. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Cox and Sir Samuel. Mr. Duncombe's friends demanded a poll, which will take place to-day.
The contest in Southivark also set in. There were three candidates —Mr. Locke, Sir C. Napier, and Mr. Apsley Pellatt. There was much noise and confusion. The show of hands was in favour of Sir C. Napier and Mr. Locke : a poll was demanded by Mr. A. Pellatt.
In the Tower Hamlets Mr. Butler and Mr. Ayrton were quietly returned without opposition.
At Greenwich four candidates were proposed. The Liberals Alderman Salomons, Mr. Angerstein, and Mr. Montagu Chambers; and the Tory Sir John Heron Maxwell. Alderman Salomons and Mr. Angerstein gained the show of hands. The other candidates demanded a poll.
Some returns of the polling -yesterday have arrived. At Carlisle num- bers were at the close, Sir J. Graham 538, Mr. Lawson 516, Mr. Hodg- son 475. At Cambridge, Mr. K. Macaulay 748, Mr. Stewart 744, Mr. Twisleton 675, Mr. Mowatt 660. At Beverley, Mr. Walters 605, Mr. Edwards 539, Mr. Walker 435, Mr. Glover 54. At Sandwich, Mr. Hug- gessen 497, Lord C. Paget 458, Sir J. Ferguson 404, Mr. Lewis 328.
In addition to the list of Members returned, to be found elsewhere, we have now the following returns.
Arundel, Lord E. Howard ; Beaumaris, Hon. 0. Stanley ; Bedford, Mr. S. Whitbread and Major Stuart ; Bewdley, Sir T. Winnington ; Birming- ham, Mr. J. Bright and Mr. Scholefield ; Brecon, Colonel W a t ki n s ; Bridg- north, Mr. J. Pritchard and Mr. Whitmore ; Bristol, Mr. H. Berkeley and Mr. W. II. Gore Langton ; Cardigan, Mr. E. Pryse ; Christchurch, Admiral Walcott ; 6litheree, Mr. J. T. Hopwood; -Ceekermouth, Lord Naas and Mr. os/. Pried ; ` enbigh District; Mr. T. Mainwaring ; Dudley, Mr. H. B. Sheri- dor • E3 e, Sir E. C. Kerrison ; Flint District, Sir J. Han mer ; Honiton, Mr.' d ph Locke and Mr. A. B. Cochrane ; Marlborough, Lord E. lit-nee a d Mr. H. Baring ; Northampton, Mr. C. Gilpin and Mr. V. Smith Nutting am, Mr. C. Paget and Mr. Mellor ; Pontefract, Mr. M. Mines and Mr. Ovc rend ; Portsmouth, Sir F. Baring and Sir J. Elphiastone ; Tavi- stock, S6r John S. Trelawny and Mr. A. G. Russell ; Wallingford, Mr. R. Melillo ,1 Wells, Sir W. G. Hayter and Mr. K. Jolliffe ; Wenloek, Colonel Forest...it. and Mr. M. Gaskell ; Windsor, Mr. W. Vansittart and Mr. G. M. !tope ;1 Woodstock, Lord A. Churchill; Wycombe, Sir G. Dashwood and Mr. T. Smith; Yarmouth, Sir E. Lacon and Sir H. Stracey ; Leith Burghs, Mr. Miller/; Montrose, Mr. Baxter.
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