It seems to be believed that Sir George Campbell will
be accepted as the Liberal candidate for the Kirkcaldy Burghs, vacant by the death of Mr. Reid. Sir George is a resident in the neighbour- hood, is a thorough Liberal, surrenders a well-paid place in order to stand, and is wanted in the House of Commons, where there is now no thoroughly experienced Indian administrator who can speak well. Lord G. Hamilton has it all his own way, and wants criticism from somebody who cannot be put down by an offhand or well got-up reply. Sir George Campbell, moreover, is no mere Indian. His pamphlet on Irish Land Tenure greatly assisted the framers of that measure ; he is a county philanthropist,—rather a rare character ; and he has the capacity, if he chooses, to take up a role at present unfilled,—that of the late Joseph Hume, who, as people have now forgotten, was also an Anglo-Indian. In any case, if the electors of Kirkcaldy send him up, he will not be reckoned only among the " fine brute votes."
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