7 JANUARY 1882, Page 10

It is proposed to bring forward a tenant-farmer, Mr. Samuel

Rowlandson, for the seat in the North Riding of Yorkshire vacated by the death of Viscount Helmsley. The farmers propose to raise funds for paying the expenses of the electior„ Mr. Rowlandson is a Liberal, and a man of some note in York- shire, for his part in resistieg railway overcharges ; and as a tenant-farmer, he will, of course, have the enthusiastic support of the Farmers' Alliance. We should hope that his prospect of carrying the seat by a good majority is excellent.