31 AUGUST 1907, Page 3

The result of the by-election at Bury St. Edmunds last

Saturday was declared the same evening, Mr. Walter. Guinness, the Unionist candidate, being returned by a majority of 890. At the General Election Captain Hervey carried the seat by 434 votes, and thus the Unionist majority is nearly doubled. The Tariff Reformers make a great deal of the fact that Mr. Walter Guinness was a strong adherent of their views. We expect, however, that it was chiefly to the fear of the Socialistic tendencies of the Liberal Party that the increase in the majority was due. In any ease, the minute size of the constituency robs the election of any importance. The winning candidate only polled 1,631 votes, while the defeated candidate numbered but 741 supporters.