21 NOVEMBER 1868, Page 3

The rout of the Conservative lawyers in these elections has

been something unique. The Attorney-General, Sir John Kerslake, has been defeated at Exeter, and his brother, Mr. E. K. Kerslake, has been defeated at Colchester. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Baggallay, has been defeated at Hereford ; Mr. Huddleston at Canterbury, Mr. II. Giffard at Cardiff, Mr. Garth at Guildford, and Mr. O'Malley at Finsbury. Almost the only practising Conservative lawyer we remember who has been returned, is the eccentric Mr. Wheelhouse, by the minority vote at Leeds, who might perhaps like to be Attorney-General even for a week. The Go- vernment, however, will scarcely want law officers in the House for the debate on the Address, and they will certainly not want them any longer.