A seat for Manchester has been vacated by the death
of Mr. Callender, and the consequent contest will be one of great interest to the whole country. Manchester ought to return a Liberal, as Mr. Callender was only a third Member, but Manchester is the most Conservative of Liberal boroughs, and the Liberals will fight with a second-rate candidate, Mr. Jacob Bright, the representative of women's suffrage and every imaginable "ism." He deserves well of Manchester, but there must be thousands of Liberals who will vote for him with reluctance. The Tories have not yet named their candidate, but it is understood that Sir Hardinge Giffard, whom they ought to return, will be again postponed to some local magnate. That poor Sir Hardinge ! Could not the Government send him to Wales, and let him pledge himself to the Burials Bill?
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