We have lost Shaftesbury, of course, partly because Mr. Danby
Seymour swallowed the League whole, and partly because a section of the Grosvenor family has turned Tory, as the re- mainder will probably one day do, the present Marquis having been a leader of the Cave. Almost every elector voted, and Mr. Benett Stanford, a popular resident landlord, was seated by 603 to 534, but the change is really explained by a letter from the Dowager Marchioness of Westminster to Mr. Danby Seymour. He had with some grace declared that she could not be deeply interested in opposing him, for her son was on his Committee, but she begs " to undeceive him," and declares that she is "deeply interested for the Conservative cause," which she holds, and her late husband, it seems, held, to be essential to the preservation of our religion and loyalty. Her ladyship adds, with a true femi- nine touch, that as Mr. Seymour's religious principles differ from her own, she cannot be surprised at his being ignorant or disre- gardful of the Fifth Commandment. It would be worth while to bring that letter before the Courts, and try whether it did not come within the law against undue influence. Mr. Danby Seymour would then be seated.
