We cannot learn the result of the contest at Woodstock
in time for this impression ; but it is expected to be close, though the Duke of Marlborough, who is a Liberal and promised to be neutral, has gone over to his brother's side. All the carriages of Blenheim have been placed at his disposal, and, of course, the local tradesmen remember that though the privileges of Woodstock will pass away with this election, those of Blenheim will not. We think the contest unwise and unfair, as Lord Randolph Churchill has been selected for office by his party ; but it certainly requires self-command to maintain that opinion in the face of his Address. It reeks with insolence. He denounces his opponent, Mr. Corrie Grant, a young and clever, though pushing, barrister, as a " carpet-bagger,"—which is exactly what he will himself be in Birmingham,—rails at him for bringing an unjust charge against Lord Mayors, and then "admits that, challenged to make good his assertion, he promptly followed the example so often set him by the illus. trious chief of the Liberal party, and publicly and fully apologised." Apology is a sin in Lord Randolph's eyes, and one of which he is certainly never guilty. He has never apologised, even for his outrageous attack upon Lord Gran- ville. He prefers eating his words to explaining them.
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