24 SEPTEMBER 1892, Page 2

The election for South Leeds ended on Thursday by the

return of Mr. Walton, Gladstonian, by 4,414 votes, against 3,466 given to the Unionist, Mr. Neville. In 1886, Sir L. Playfair had 4,665 votes, and his opponent only 2,925, so that 'the Unionists have increased by 541, and the Gladatonians declined by 251. That is satisfactory, as far as it goes ; but the moral impression is diminished by the fact that there was a great labour quarrel, in which the Irish resorted to their usual device of trying to terrorise opponents. The indignation thus created probably swelled the Unionist numbers.