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[rUNCH.j A real Arcadian sbepherd-A rural dean. THE NEW COitiltil-T PRACTICE.—Should go out "With the Cab-in-it that brought it in. RIVALS FOR THE ELECTION RoAST.- Jiugo, Lingo, and Stingo. FROM THE EAST LANCASHIRE BILL OF FARE.—A substitute for Cocky- Leeky-Lamb leeky or, if we like our menu in bad French, "Agnew au Leake." TEARS—ARTFUL TEARS."—Why is the Premier like a knowing woman ? Because he knows there is no secret for getting his own way like a good ,Cry. I I "KEEPING THE WORD OF PROMISE TO THE EAR."—Lord B. promised us "Conveyancing Re- form" in the Queen's Speech. His Government have kept that promise-in the legalisation of Conveyances at Elections Act. THE RISING GENERATION.—The senior master of one of our public schools having advertised a lecture on "Our Eyes, and how we see through them," a bold, bad boy wrote underneath, "Or, 4 Our Pupils, and how they see through us ?' "OUR RESERVES." Adjutant (referring to young militia officer attached for instruction): Sergeant, Mr Skipling doesn't seem to be getting on fast enough." Sorgeant (Drill. instructor) It's not my fault, sir, whatever You cann't expect it when his eyes is continually a-rivetted on all the young ladies as passes "AVAUNT!"—Free-kirk Divine (of advanced opinions, who has recently introduced an organ into his chapel): "I'm sorry to hear, Mrs M'Grawly, that you are by no means so regular in your attendance at church as you used to be." Fair Beggita (indignant at the pastor's htest iniquity) Kirk, indeed! Wud ye luurre me tae Rome wi' the rest o' them, wi' your orgins an' anthums an' sich like abominations? Na, na, until ye gie me th' Auld Hunder' again without the whustles, I'll tak' ma' speeritual comfort at hame! POLITICAL THEOLOGIANS.—Mr Eubule-Evans, in common with a certain "Moneo" and some other Scottish clergymen, whilst declaring their respect for Mr Gladstone's moral worth, at the same time express their regret that he should have advised the clergy to take an active part in the election." They feel, perhaps, that the only election which men of their cloth ought to take an interest in is that "election" which Calvinistic divines contra- distinguish from "reprobation." THE MONK OF MID LOTH irN. -Not one of the electors by whom Mr Gladstone was "heckled" in Midlothian has been so perfervid as to revive the question he once used to be asked, whether or no he had turned Papist. After all that William has written about Vaticanism, such an inquiry would now be asinine as well as impertinent. But, Lord Dundreary might inquire, if the Right Honourable William were to go over to Rome, what fraternity might he be expected to join ? The Oratory, of course
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[FUN.] ELECTIONEERING ITEM. First Voter: I hope that'ere Wilfrid Lawson won't get in, Bill." Second ditto No he 'aves fur too much to say fur hisoelf. I calls him a nondescrip—a windmill as goes by water." A "Top" STORY.—Old Gent (to boy in whom he takes an interest) How dare you, sir? Your poor mother pays for your schooling, and I find you playing tops in the street with a young rascal like that?" Boy: This yer boy, sir P Please, sir, I was try in' to get 'im to come to school along 0' me, sir! That was all, sir! CONSULTING AND INSULTING. First Miner: Fine dawg, Bill; named 'im yet ? Second do. No, not yet, Jarge." First do. What say to call 'im Gladstone ?' Second do. Oh, no, that would be an insult to the statesman." First do. What say to call 'im Beaconsfield ? Second do.: "That would be an insult to the dawg."
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[JUDY.] ONLY Too TRUE.—It's not every loafer can afford his quartern. QUERy.-Are the trunks of the sea elephants (daily expected at the Brighton Aquarium) water- proof ? IN SEASON.—It is a very curious fact that Lent discourses are not always borrowed sermons; sometimes they are stolen. SERVE HIM RIGHT.—A certain sporting gent, at a supper party the other day, wished he was a bed. He was laid upon heavily. THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE !-Why do the per- formances at Maskel lie and Cooke's chiefly de- pend on magnet if: a ? Because they are so attractive, EXACTLY.—We are told "the evening wore on," but we are never told what the evening wore on that occasion. Was it the close of a summer's day? TRADE'S IMPROVING.—Urchin: "Please, sister wants a penn'orth o' reck, two penn'orth o' lemon kali, and three penn'orth o' toffy. And sister wants to know if you can't give her a hextra ha'- pen'north as she's a good customer ? She'll be sure to send back your empty bags." CANDID, ANYHOW.—Young Lady: "Do you understand music, Mr Jones?" Jones: "Well, no I do not; but I remember my music master telling me when I was young that I would make an excellent musician if I could only learn." Young Lady Why didn't you learn ? Jones "Well, I suppose it was because I-I was so doosed stupid." (Young Lady thinks there is no doubt about it).
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Mr Alexander J. Ellis, F.R.S., is to suc- Dr J. A. H. Murray as President of the Philological Society, and will hold office for two iSir ^rom May next Messrs Smith, Elder, and Co. send us the wifttinUl^er °f the Transactions of tie Cre- eps aliKf ft °f En^d- Friends and oppon- TIAVP +v. the proposed system will be glad to ffraphv\Cfatv,ful an<i apparently exhaustive biblio- Mr e Subject in various languages which ThTl ?he 8?cretary, has compiled. from the Cape brings news S^honas a^le+le- have been defeated by the *r rnnnVrv Jv- fought most probable that « min Mouth Af is COQsidered the richest gold field now be tQ E«ro. peans, as tte Mashonas are r te £ to be peace_ able and ^-working Hitherto it has been very difficult ™ Penetrate into the Matabele country, as Lo Bengula their chief, would only allow Europeans to visit certain districts An important discovery has just been made by Mr J. B. Marsh in the record Office, viz., a prayer in the handwriting of Charles I., dated 1631, which turns out to be identical with the second prayer in the Ai on BasiUJce. The impor- tance of this identity in relation to the authorship of the Eikon, when the date of the prayer and that of the publication of the Ekon are considered, cannot well be overstated. An article by Mr Marsh on his discovery, in which the two forms of the prayer will be given in parauell columns, will appear in the Antiquary for May. A real Rembrandt, representing a youth, is said to have been discovered in a Moravian castle by the painter Blaas.. Mr Bret Harte has been appointed United States Consul at Glasgow—an appoint- ment which will be received with much satIsfac- tion in Scotland. v. + M It will be good news to many that Mr Ruskin has resumed the publication of "Fors Clavigera." He proposes to carry it forward, as he finds leisure, to the close of the eighth volume and the complete summary and indices of the whole will form a ninth volume, to be issued with the closing letter. The whole of the third and popular edi- tion, consisting of 2,500 copies, of Mr George Barnett Smith's "Life of Gladstone" having been immediately sold, a fourth edition is now in course of rapid production, and will be ready in a few days. Messrs Cassell, Petter, Galpin, and Co. have been entrusted with the publication of an important political work by Louis Kossuth, the chief interest of which centres in the fact that it gives the secret treaties of the details of the un- derstanding between England, the Emperor Napoleon, and Count Cavour during the import- ant period when the Italian kingdom was being established. The work will, we understand, be shortly ready for publication. More than two hundred thousand copies of The Financial Results of the Past and Pre- sent Government" have been issued by Messrs Whittingham and Co., of Gracechurch-street. A second canvassing slip, entitled The Growth of Expenditure," is announced by the same firm.
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The Queen is hastening back at the end of this week or early next. Foolish and officious correspondents, whose sham loyalty does the Crown untold injury, describe it as if the Queen regarded this plebiscite as a personal affront to herself. This is one of the evils of our recent mock Imperialism, that it has brought the Queen's name into party discussions when it has no business to be mentioned. But the Liberals may say to the Tory dogs, You barked first." The Cabinet-makers are still busy at work; but thes e industrious carpenters are as much in the dark as ever; so why talk of joinery work which is made one day to be taken to pieces the next ? One thing is almost certain there will not be room for all the old hands and the new, and as Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Cham- berlain must be taken on, it is thought that the new ministry will do without Mr Lowe at least. He sank one Cabinet with Ayrton's help. He will not be invited to sink another. There is only one opinion as to Lord Hur- tington's ability as a party leader. He rises steadily as a star unhasting, unresting," as Goethe describes his own course. No one, not even his intimates, suspected there was such staying power in him, such freshness of illus- tration, such ability in unearthing and running Protectionist fallacies, like those of Mr Ecroyd at Darwen. Lord Hartington was thought to be wooden the mere Marquis of Granby of his party; but he turns out to be something much more than a Marquis. He is a man all over, and even the Premiership cannot be long out of his reach. The most contradictory reports are flying about as to the course which Lord Beaconsfield will take: but in any case he has a clear fort- night before he will be called upon to make any decision, and by that time Her Majesty will have completed her trip to Germany and have returned to Windsor, when she will be ad- vised by the ex-Premier whether to send for Lord Granville or Lord Hartington. In all probability Lord Granville will be given the first offer, and will proceed to form an Adminis- tration, of which Lord Hartington will pro- bably take the Treasury and the Leadership in the Commons. Already there are rumours that Lord Derby will be offered the seals of the Foreign Office; but it is not probable that he will accept office at present. Mr Cross has not been given a chance of taking back his Water Bill to try and make its terms more palatable to Londoners, and there is no little dismay among the companies lest the Government should set up some competing scheme which would bring the monopolists to terms at once. We shall not have long to wait before the new Home Minister signifies his in- tentions. In all probability the new Water Trust, which was a sham, will be merged in some enlarged powers of the Metropolitan Board and a reformed Corporation. This is the only safe way of dealing with the question. Mr Cross should either have done nothing, or made his Water Bill part of a larger question. In an evil moment fer himself he made a compromise, and so fell into a water-butt, and has been drowned. Brewers and bankers, men of hideous omen, Auriferous fellows of immense abdomen, Flashy directors with their diamond rings Such is the sum of our Six Hundred Kings." This was the forecast made a fortnight ago in one of the Society journals of what our new Parliament was to be; but events have singularly falsified this forecast. More directors than one have been thrown out. There is Mr Saul Isaac, the little Isaac, the Jew of Nottingham, who has been ploughed. Another of these Hebrew Conservatives, Baron Grant, has been rejacted at Kidderminster. Cruelest spin of all-Lowther has not got in for York! The mechanical majority is, in a word, a thing of the past. Mr Edward Jenkins has wisely retired from Parliament because he saw that Parliament would soon retire from him. But he is Hot going to play the rule of Ginx's Baby," and be trundled about in helpless infancy from one retreat to another. He is as active as ever in his trade of political squib-maker, and, like the firework-man at the Palace, he only disappears in a blaze of crackers in one place to let off rockets in another. His project of an evening comic has not died out; but there are difficulties in the way of producing even one decent joke per chem. Hence the hitch. One of the first projects of the Liberal party will be to start a powerful daily in London which shall be really a representative paper, something like the Scotsman or Manchester Examiner. Such a project has often been venti- lated but now the money is, it is said, forth- coming, and Lord Bosebery is credited with a disposition to stake a large sum on its success, Professor Bryce axcl probably Professor Rogers, the new Metropolitan members, will write for it, and, if it succeeds, it is intended to punish the Times by leaving it out in the cold with re- gard to communiques. Fleet-street, we are told, may soon put up its shutters if this comes about. Those who frequent the Joame museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields-and considering the in- teresting nature of the collection, its frequenters are wonderfully few-will miss the face of Miss Martin, who has for many years past assisted her brother-in-law in its curatorship. Miss Martin was the daughter of John Martin, whose illustrations of Milton, and whose strange weird paintings of the "Plains of light," "The day of judgment," &c., exercised a greater in- fluence on the last generation perhaps even than Gustave Dore's more powerful but more sober delineations of the supernatural have done on this. Martin's pictures are laughed at now, and he is generally spoken of as a clever madman; but there is a real sublimity about some of his works, which has perhaps never been yet fully recognised. His daughter was widely known and respected in artistic circles, ana her comparatively early death is much re- gretted. Mr Renan has found two friends amongst the English clergy. The Dean of Westminster has been assiduous in his attentions to him, per- sonally conducting him round the Abbey. The Rev Mr Harveis has been equally affectionate. The author of the Life of Jesus made his visit to the British Museum almost immediately upon his arrival, and called also upon the Poet Laureate and Mr Alma Tadema. It will be interesting to know whether he obtains an interview with his theological antagonist hardly, perhaps, rival-Canon Farrar before his return to Paris. The "boldness and novelty" of Mr Augustus Harris's venture at Drury Lane have found favour in the eyes of the public. Madame Angot" in her gorgeous dress is drawing such audiences to the national Theatre as have not been seen there since the most prosperous runs of the late Andrew Halli- day's Dramas. And deservedly so. Such a ballet and spectacle as that presented by the Calypso Gardens have not been witnessed in London at any of the large houses by the present generation of playgoers. The caste is admir- able. It was a happy idea of Mr Harris to complete his bill by the addition of Lady Audley's Secret." The entertainment at Drury Lane is now one of the fullest and most varied theatrical and operatic shows in London.—At the other houses there is nothing new to report. "The Upper Crust continues to Draw crowds to the Folly. Mr Toole has struck ile"—as he generally does with a piece of Byron's-and added a most amusing character to his gallery of stage impersonations. There have been signs of langour in the Dramatic World; but now that the Metropolitan Elections are over one may look to see the theatres in every part of London doing better than they have done during the past three weeks.
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UNCONTESTED SEATS. t?cs.~ Constituency. Members. Yoie^. L. C. 1 Aberdeenshire,E. Sir Alex. Gorden 4,619 1 Armagh Capt. Beresford.. 608 1 Banfshire W. Duff 2,537 1 Beaumaris Morgan Lloyd 2,548 1 Bury, Lancashire R. N. Phillips. 6,820 2 Cambridge Uni-Right Hon. Spen- versity cer Walpole > 6,038 Beresford Hope.. ) 1 Cambridgeshire.. Hon. H. W. B. 1 H.BBanRodwelV! j 10>055 1 E. Hicks 1 Cardigan Bo- roughs D. Davies 2,159 1 Camirvon W. B. Hughes 4,056 1 Cirencester Major Master. 1,153 2 Cornwall, West.. St Aubyn „ A1„ Vivian f '»Ui/ 2 h.r. County Galway.. Mitchell Henry., i Kn11 Major Nolan. &'UA1 2 h.r. County Kerry. Rowland Pon- sonby Blenner- 1 hassett > 5,427 Sir Rowland J Blennerhassett 1 Denbighshire G. O. Morgan 7363 1 Sir W. W. VV yn 1 Derbyshire (S.).. T. W. Evans. ) 1 Sir H. Wilmot, } 8,582 Bart ) 1 Devon, North ..Sir Stafford Nortcote > 9,377 1 Sir T. D. Acland ) 2 Devon (South) Sir Massey Lopes ) n QAK J. C. Gamier. 7>84& 1 Drogheda B. Whitworth. 787 2 Dublin (county).. Right Hon. Col. Taylor f A7f\ft Honl. T. Hamil- j 4758 ton 2 DublinTJniversity D. Plunkett ) „ E. Gibson ) d'47i 1 Elgin. Sir George Nac t QQP Pherson Gran 1 Forfarshire W. Barclay. 3,459 1 Flintshire Lord Richard „ Q7ft Grosvenor j 1 Frome CT. Samuelson. 1,427 1 Frome IT. Samuelson. 1,427 2 Glamorganshire.. H. Hussey Vivian 10»,n C. R. Talbot. U>6b0 2 Glo'stershire (E.) Sir M. Hicks- Beach > 8,726 Yorke ) 2 Hants (North). Sclater-Booth ) c Beach } 5>816 1 Hertfordshire. Cowper 2 Abel Smith j 9,794 Halsey ) 1 Hythe Sir E. Watkin. 2,748 1 High Wycombe.. Col. Carington. 1,949 1 Huntington Hinchinbro ik. 1,038 1 Inverness Burghs C. F. Mackintosh 2,859 1 Kirkealdy Burghs Sir G. Campbell. 4,405 1 Lanarkshire, N.. Sir G. Colebrooke 9,686 1 Leith Boroughs. Mr Andre Grant. 9,739 2 h.r. Limerick, County Synan ) 0'Sullivan 6>ws 2Lincoln, Mid H.Chaplin ) Stanhope | 8.546 1 Lisburn Sir Richard Wal- lace 691 1 Liverpool Lord Ramsay 1 Lord Sandon. J 61,026 1 >> E. Whitley ) 1 Montrose Burghs Right Hon. W. E. Baxter 8,130 1 Morpeth Burt 5,648 2 Norfolk, North.. Sir E. H. K. ) Lacon J 6,406 Mr Ed. Birkbeck ) 2 No'thamptonshre Sir R. Knightley, (South) Bart J 5,761 Cartwright ) 1 Paisley W. Holmes 5,496 1 Radnor Marquis of Har- tington 9J2 1 Ross and Cro- •. marty A.. Matheson 2 Rutlandshire G J. Noel i n _nQ Finch 1>'UJ 2 Sandwich H. A. Brassey. | E. K. Hugessen.. ^U41 2 Shropshire (N.).. Vis. Newport. _QQ Stanley Leigh ton j > 2 Somerset, Mid Paget ) Q Gore Langton ) °>447 2Somerset, East.. Sir Philip Miles.. ) Q Q„Q Lord Brooke j 2 Sussex, East G. B. Gregory ) t A OQQ M. D. Scott } 2 South Hants. Lord Henry Scott Francis Cromp- ( 9,522 ton ) 2 Suffolk (West). Thornhill ) e Q„K iBiddell } 5>875 1 Swansea Dillwyn 14,634 1 Tavistock Lord A. Russell.. 850 2 h.r. Tipperary, ip. j. Smyth ) Q „aK County J. Dillon ) 9»765 1 Walsall. Sir G. Foster. 9,695 2 War'ickshire (N.) Newdegate Bromley -Daven- j 10,643 port. ) 1 Wenlock C. T. W. Forester ) „ 1 A. H.Brown. ) M90 2 West Sussex, Sir Walter Bar- tlellot 3,871 Earl of March ) 1 Wick Burghs John Pender. 1,405 2 Wilts (South). Lord Henry Thynne r Viscount Folke- i stone 1 Yorkshire, North Viscount Helms- ) Riding ley f'19,783 1 F. A. Millbank.. ) 48 53
CARNARVONSHIRE ELECTION.
CARNARVONSHIRE ELECTION. TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MR WATKIN WILLIAMS, Q.C. GREAT LIBERAL MAJORITY. CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE CON- SERVATIVE CANDIDATE. The polling took place on Tuesday, and with the exception of the customary cheers and groan- ing for the respective candidates and the singing of the juvenile bands the proceedings passed off very quietly. There were twenty seven polling places, and owing to many of them being in isolated districts, the returning officer (Mr Owen Owens, solicitor, Pwllheli) deferred the counting until Wednesday. At Penygroes, it is said that five-sixth of the electors voted early for Mr Watkin Williams. The whole of those on the register in Carnarvon and district also voted; and here again the Liberals obtained a majority of promises for Mr Williams. Lleyn and Nevin dis- tricts were said to be unanimously Liberal in their opinion whilst the bulk of the electors extending from Penygroes to Waenfawr, and covering Llan- rug, Llanberis, Llanddeiniolen, and Llandinorwig, showed by their unanimity and enthusiasm that they were decided Liberals. Mr Watkin Williams drove through Bangor in the morning; and al- though the town had been gaily decorated in honour of the Hon. Douglas Pennant, he was greeted with warm cheers. At Bethesda it was evident that the Liberal candidate's eloquent address of the previous eveniug was deeply rooted in the minds of the electors. A few "Cynffonwyr wearing the blue ribbon were to be seen saunter- ing about, shouting "Douglas Pennant am byth." But the bulk of the intelligent quarrymen pro- ceeded to the polling booths in a quiet manner, and, doubtless, they acted conscientiously and fearlessly. The feeling at Conway and Llandudno was said to be divided; but there was clear a majority of Liberal promises. Amongst the early votes recorded were those of Mr R. Davies and Mr Bulkeley Hughes, the re-elected members for Anglesey and Carnarvon boroughs. The poll closed at five o'clock, and both parties were san- guine of success. The ballot boxes, after the polling, were in the first instance taken to the Royal Hotel, Carnarvon, Mr Pennant's head- quarters, but the Liberal committee insisted upon their removal to the county hall, and to their being kept under close surveillance during the night. On Tuesday evening, crowds of people paraded the streets of Carnarvon singing political ballads, and shouting "screw" and other epithets after all the leading Tories which they met. No serious breach of the peace was committed. STATE OF THE POLL. Immense crowds of people flocked to the town from all parts of the county on Wednesday morn- ing to hear the result of the polling. The counting commenced at ten o'clock at the County Hall, and finished about a quarter to two, when the state of the poll was declared as follows :— MR WATKIN WILLIAMS, Q.C. 3,303 HON. DOUGLAS PENNANT 2,206 Liberal Majority 1,097 The result was far beyond the most sanguine expectations, and created a sensation throughout the county. The Conservatives were perfectly horror stricken, as they firmly believed that their candidate would have been returned with an over- whelming majority. It is said that their confi- dence in Mr Pennant was unbounded and even the Liberals were inclined to disbelieve that they had achieved, in the face of the strong territorial influence and lavish expenditure which were arrayed against them-nearly every lawyer in the county being retained on the other side-such a brilliant victory. Immediately after the result was made known, Castle-square presented an unusual appearance. About six thousand persons assembled in front of the Castle Hotel, and their enthusiasm was intense. The appearance of Mr Watkin Williams on the portico was the signal for deafening cheers, which did not subside for some time. A Liberal brass band from the neighbour- hood of Llanllyfni struck up See the conquering hero comes," but the strains were nearly drowned by the jubilant shouts of the excited populace. Mr Williams, the victorious candidate, was accom- panied by Mr Darbishire, president of the Liberal Association; Mr J. Lloyd Jones, Plas-y-bryn, Mr Hugh Pugh, Llysmeirion; Dr. Roberts, Llan- ddeiniolen Mr R. D. Williams, secretary of the Liberal Association Dr. Ellis, Bangor; Mr W. Cadwaladr Davies, do, and others. Mr Watkin Williams briefly addressed ,the vast crowd. He said he should like to say just a few words, if it was possible to make himself heard in the enthusiasm which prevailed around him. The Liberals had triumphed in this great contest, and a Liberal had been returned again for Carnarvon- shire by the most significant majority of over a thousand votes (loud cheers). In the moment of victory they must not exult over their opponents, and he was glad to have this opportunity of saying publicly that the election had been fought fairly and honourably by both sides, and that nothing could have exceeded the courtesy, fairness, and straightforwardness which had throughout charac- terised his honourable opponent. The under sheriff (Mr Owen) had carried out his duties admirably and to perfection, and in a manner which would have delighted every lover of the ballot (cheers). The votes had been counted admirably, and so perfect were the arrangements that it was impossible for anyone to ascertain from what pait of the county had come this large majority of over a thousand. Words failed to express his feelings, and the only way by which he could best testify how greatly he valued the trust the Carnarvonshire electors had placed in him, was that they would find him attentive to their local interests, and in Parliament their honest, faithful, and true representative (cheers). They had crowned the triumph he had achieved in the Denbigh boroughs in 1868,and for the second time he should go back again to Parliament with the proud consciousness of having successfully assaulted another of the greatest Tory strongholds in North Wales (loud cheers.) The great majority would give him that strength in the House of Commons which he never had before. He felt that he was representing a great section of the people of a large and important county, and, whilst doing his duty independently, they would find in him an honest and faithful exponent of their feelings (loud cheers.) Mrs Watkin Williams also bowed her acknow- ledgments, and Dr. Ellis and other speakers addressed the vast croud, which separated quietly after the national anthem had been played by the band. In the afternoon, thousands of persons wearing the bluff colour paraded the streets. The Con- servatives were evidently ashamed of their defeat. and dared not don themselves with the blue lest they should be mobbed. Thousands of quarrymen thronged the streets, singing party songs and glorifying in the victory. A few of the principal Conservative leaders assembled in fron t of the Royal Hotel, the head-quarters of the de- feated candidate, in the expectation that the latter would make a short address prior to his departure from town. Strange to say, Mr Pen- nant drove away without saying a word, and ap- peared exceedingly depressed. The Liberal mobs crowded before the residences of some of the pro- minent Conservatives, and the majority of the business establishments were closed. Mr and Mrs Watkin Williams left by the 3.45 p.m. train. They were drawn in an open carriage through the town to the.railway station, headed by a brass band and thousands of persons. The number of spoiled voces was thirty-one. The Liberals only anticipated a small majority, and they- have been naturally surprised at the gratifying result. Fog signals were placed the lit." of rail'un- just outside the Carnarvon station, at!il )eir t e- station on the way to Banger. Mr Vv"atkin UM- liams changed trains at Bungor, and all alighting was met by a great crowd, who gave him a pruicci reception. Among the sever,il others which accorded, we noticed Thr-v cheers for the new Ministry," and the same for the "new Attorney- General," &c., &c. We hear that early in the afternoon a person received a telegram from Car- narvon which contained the magic intelligence that the Hon. Mr Pennant was at the head of the poll. No sooner had the gentleman scanned over the tele- gram than, without doubting its veracity for a moment, he hastened to break the glorious tidings in ye citye," and with the speed almost of elec- tricity the flags,-the staff tips of which could be seen in all the windows which were left ajar,— were thrust out at full length and allowed to wave gaily in their victorious pride. And not only were the colours displayed to express their joy, but the places of business, almost without exception, were at once closed, and the town presented the appear- ance of a general holiday. The glorious news was also carried to Port Penrhyn, and flags were at once hoisted on all the ships in honour of the supposed triumph. But there was one thing more to be done to complete the arrange- ments for the grand reception of the hero, which must not by any means be overlooked; the carriage must be in waiting at the station, and, of course, the harness must consist of ropes alone, and the motive power must be supplied by the willing arms of the hon. gentleman's supporters. This was soon done, and Mr Pennant's admirers were promptly at the station in readiness to convey their victorious representative in honour and O'lnl"t7 to Penrhyn Castle. But, alas the telegram was a myth! and with a speed, quicker, if possible, than before, the flags were taken in, and the carriage was hurried to its shelter, with the ropes stowed away-anywhere so as not to be seen. The real result of the poll being known, the town wore a most gloomy aspect, but it was somewhat enlivened by Capt Pritchard-Rayner making his appearance before a public house, and delivering a most consoling address to a crowd who assembled there. He said he did not care so much for the defeat in Anglesey as he did for the Carnarvonshire defeat. But they must attribute it all to the ballot-or, as he termed it, the "black hole." Cannons were fired at the George Hotel, Bangor, and the village of Menai Bridge was quite en fete in honour of Mr Watkin Williams' triumphant return. A Llandudno correspondent states that the return of Mr Watkin Williams was received in that town with tremendous enthusiasm. The event has created universal excitement, as the Conservatives were claiming at least 300 of a majority for Mr Pennant, and the disappointment can be better imagined that described. Ringing cheers were again and again given for the successful candidate. The result is disbelieved by the Conservatives, and they seem in a state of bewilderment. Last night a large torchlight procession, headed by the Gloddaath brass band paraded the streets, which were crowded. Several prominent Liberals addressed the assembly from the balcony of the Liberal com- mittee-rooms. Mr B. Woodcock, in speaking of the success, said they had returned a true Welshman, not a representative of land or slates, but a representative of brain power. The results of the Liberal gains throughout the country were received with ringing cheers. The enthusiasm at the Conservative Room has ceased, and there seems apparent nothing but Egyptian darkness. Mr Watkin Williams last night passed through Denbigh en route home to Ruthin. He was met at the station by an enormous crowd, who gave him a great reception. He briefly thanked them, saying that he was truly proud of having achieved such a noble victory in Carnarvonshire, and well pleased that Denbigh had remained true to its principles and returned a Liberal to succeed him. He shortly afterwards left the town amidst great manifestations of rejoicing. His victory gives intense satisfaction in Denbigh. The numerous telegrams from all parts of England and Wales which poured into the Liberal committee rooms questioning the accuracy of the majority by which Mr Watkin Williams was re- turned testify to the very general interest the con- test had excited. The Conservatives attribute their crushing defeat to two causes, defective organisa- tion, and the influence of Lord Newborough, a nobleman very popular in South Carnarvonshire, and who, consequent upon the dispute which fol- lowed the late appointment of the county treasurer, resigned the chairmanship of quarter sessions as a strong protest against what be regarded political jobbery upon the part of a section of the bench. His secession, and the strong opinion he expressed in favour of the candidature of Mr Watkin Wil- liams, possibly brought over about 500 votes of which the Conservatives had the benefit in 1874 but as regards the majority there is little doubt that the farmers and quarrymen, being now con- vinced of the ballot, have voted in accordance with their convictions, and have resented the coercion of their landlords and employers.
MR WATKIN WILLIAMS AT BtTHKSDA-
MR WATKIN WILLIAMS AT BtTHKSDA- On Monday, Mr Watkin Williams paid a second visit to Bethesda, the Tory stronghold. Remembering what occurred upon his previous visit, when he and Mrs Watkin Williams were waylaid and pelted with stones just when leaving the village, it was deemed prudent that there should be a daylight meeting in the Market Hall, which was well filled. The Rev G. Roberts pre- sided, and on the platform were Mr and Mrs Watkin Williams, Mr R. Davies, M.P., and Mrs Davies, and most of the prominent Liberals of the district. The Chairman, amidst loud cheer- ing, introduced Mr Davies, who won a Liberal success in Anglesey, amd hoped that Carnarvon- shire, on the following day, would follow the example of Flintshire, Flint Boroughs, Apglesey, and Anglesey Boroughs by returning Liberals, and ousting the few Tories who yet misrepresented Wales (cheers). Mr Watkin Williams, who was received with loud cheers, spoke for some time in Welsh, and said he was satisfied that the Carnarvonshire people, like those in England, had had quite enough of a Beaconsfield Government, and wanted men like Gladstone and Bright back again in power (cheers). Let them show that they really meant it by their votes. He had that morning received a letter from Mr Jones-Parr -(cheers)-who said he was sure of his return. When he asked where the Tories were, he was told they had hidden themselves in the holes of the mountains, and he wanted to know if there were any in Bethesda (cries of "No"). An attempt was made to coerce the electors by denying the secrecy of the ballot, it being stated that the Conservatives would Lave no difficulty in finding out who had voted against them but to refute this he had only to repeat Mr Pennant's own admission that it was ab- solutely secret. He was proud and grateful, and moved to the utmost degree by the recep- tions he had had in all parts of the county, even in the Lleyn district, where the Liberal cause had been reported to be the weaket (cheers). By this election he felt assured that they would add to the Liberal majority in the House of Commons. The verdict of the country had al- ready been given-not the voice of Banpor—and it had spoken unmistakably againstthecontinuance of Lord Beaconsfield in power, so that it was un- necessary for him to speak much upon politics. He had had a hard time for the last throe weeks* travelling loiag distances, and delivering many speeches, so that he must be excused from making any long speech. He had heard it re- ported that he had been ill-used at Bettwsycoed on Saturday nIght, and that, being unable to get to the tram, he had to drive through to Bethesda. There was not a word of truth in the statement (cheers). Ou the contrary, they had a splendid ————MHIP i reception at Bettwsycoed, and a grand ::C!J.6 and the place was decorated with flags and banners and the reason they were so late was because ther had to attend another grand meeting at Fennnchno in the evening. After what had been said about his previous rece ption at Bethesda he had 'htermined to come down amount them aab u-how that it was untrue that the people 01 that place had any unkind feeling towards him, aid the enthusiasm and extent of the present meeting was an ample refutation of any such statement (cheers)..He hoped the Welsh would how by their action at the "polling booths that they were determined to have representatives who would properly represent their feelings and opinions iu Parliament, and that they would no longer be trodden under foot by a Tory Govern- ment, but, following the example of Manchester Salford, and other large constituencies—( a voice "Anglesey," and cheers)—bring back and retain in power an administration which would restore national prosperity (cheers). Mr R. Davies, who was received with great enthusiasm, addressed the meeting at length in Welsh, and referred to the religious disabilities uuder which Welsh Nonconformists had long suffered, and which were removed by the Liberals. As an instance of past intolerance, he mentioned that he was the first dissenter in Anglesey who had served the office of high sheriff, been elevated to the magisterial bench, or had had the honour of representing the county in Parliament. (Cheers). He called upon the Nonconformists of Carnarvonshire to be true to their principies, to disregard, as they had done in Anglesey, landlord dictation, and to send to Parliament a man like Mr Watkin Williams, who was an honour to any constituency, Welsh or English. (Loud cheers). The Rev T. Roberts complained that the Tories represented that the Liberals had no reSpect for Lord Penrhyn. They respected Lord Penrhyn quite as much as the Tories did, but the real question before the electors of Carnarvonshire wtis whether they should support Lord Beaconstield through Mr Pennant or send up Mr Watkin Wiiliams, who had no sympathy with and would not support a Tory Government. (Cheers). Mr Rowlands (Treflys) and other speakers followed, and the proceedings, which were enthusiastic and orderly, terminated with the usual compliment to the chairman.
AftGLESEYELECTION-
AftGLESEYELECTION- RETURN OF MR RrCHARD DAVIES. The polling, which took place on Saturday, passed off very quietly, and there were few outward indications of a Parliamentary election. Arrange- ments were made by the under-sheriff (Mr Rice Roberts) that the counting of the voting papers should take place at Llangefni, as being more central than the county town of Beaumaris, and most of the boxes from the nine districts into which the county was divided were conveyed thither by road. The counting commenced at eight o'clock at night, in the county court, and at ten o'clock the numbers were announced as under by the high sheriff (M.ajor Platt): Davies (L) 1394 Pritchard Rayner (C) 1085 Majority 309 There were 27 spoilt votes, and two cases of personation. The result was received with loud cheers by the Liberals, who, in the face of the strong territorial influence arrayed on the side of Captain Piitchard Rayner, who has been nursing the constituengy some time, did not anticipate such a large majority. Mr Davies briefly addressed the crowd from a window of a house near the county court, and expressed his thanks for the honour again conferred upon him by the electors of Anglesey.—Mr S. Dew and other speakers followed. —A torchlight procession, headed by a brass band, subsequently promenaded the town in honour of the Liberal member. Captain Pritchard Rayner, addressing his sup- porters at the Bull Hotel, said that he was well satisfied with the result, as he had achieved a moral victory through the reduction of the Liberal majority from 837 to 309. He did not believe the newly-elected Parliament would laat more than a year, and whenever another election took place he should again fight the Conservative battle in Anglesey. En route between Llangefni and Menai Bridge there were illuminations in honour of the Liberal victory and Mr Davies had again to express his thanks at Llanfair, Gaerwen, and Menai Bridge. The result was awaited with great anxiety in Car- narvonshire. The smallness of the poll-2309 polling out of a constituency of 3171, and 117 fewer than were polled in 1868—has excited surprise; but the L berals account for the falling off, both in their majority and in the number polled, to the in- fluence of the landlords, which has never before been exercised to a greater extent. In 1874, Mr Davies had the influence of the late Sir Richard Bulkeley and the Marquis of Anglesey, but this year there were fewer active workers for the Con- servatives than Lady Bulkeley. The proceedings after the declaration of the poll at Llangefni were tolerably quiet. Mr Davies wisely declined the wishes of his supporters that he should be "chaired through the town, and it was in op- position to the feelings of the Liberal committee that the brass band played in front of the Con- servative committee room, an act which gave rise to a scrimmage, in which the individual who played the big drum was captured and taken into the enemy's camp, and the subsequent proceed- ings interested him not. Mr Morgan Lloyd, the member for the boroughs, was working for Mr Davies at Holyhead, when he was followed some distance by a mob, said to be a mixture of Tories and followers of Mr Fanning Evans. One of them, a foreman at the new harbour works, struck Mr M. Lloyd a violent blow, but the ruffian was speedily col-lared, and handed over to the custody ot the police. LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT ME NAT BRIDGE. On Monday evening, a grand demonstration was made at Menai Bridge is honour of the return of the Liberal candidate. The town was extensively decorated with bunting and triumphal arches, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed everywhere. Mr and Mrs Davies, accompanied by Messrs J. R. Davios and Henry Rees Davies, drove in a carriage from Treborth Hall about six o'clock, and were met at the entrance to the town by the members of the Liberal Association and a vast crowd which greeted them with loud cheers. The horses were detached from the caniage, and preceded by the Llangeini Brass Band, it was drown through the streets. In Bulkeley square the carriage was brought to a standstill, and an open-air public meeting was held under the presidency of Mr Dew, chairman of the Anglesey Liberal Associa- tion. Amongst others present were Capt. and Mrs V. rney, Rhianfa; Mr Bulkeley Price, the Moorings; Dr Hughes, Menai Bridge Revs. Joseph Jones, Menu Bridge; John Williams. Brynsiencyn; and O. Evans, Bethel; Messrs John Morgan, Caduant; T. Jones, Brynowen; M. Williams, Llandegfan; R. C. Jones, Menai Yilla-te race Thomas, Liberal election agent, .Ac. A brief but excellent opening address having been given by Mr Dew, Mr Richard Davies, M.P. rose to address the crowd, and was greeted with ringing cheers. Speaking in Welsh, the hon. gentleman expressed his thanks to the Liberal electors of Anglesey for having for the second time placed him at the head of the poll by a majority which would deter any Tory from again venturing to force himself I into the representation of the county through 1 the influence of the landlords (loud cheers}. He had every wish to let < bygones be bygones, and not to say a sii,ple disrespect; nl word or anything which could give < offence to the other side; but he could not avoid] remarking that the Conservatives, out of respect < to the intelligent electors of Anglesey, might have?; (Continuation on page 8.) I; I