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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3341, 6 September 1879, Page 2

Yesterday was a most eventful day all OTer the colony as no less than ten or twelve contested elections eventuated. Perhaps the most important was that for the two seats ot the constituency of the City of Wellington, and the result can be considered a great victory for the Government, and will in a measure make up for the defeat of the Ministerialists at Dinedin. The gentlemen elected for the Empire City are the nominees of the Liberal Association, though one of them ptofesses to be an independent Liberal.

The Toic« of Grej Valley and If okitika, the two. important Wentland consti-i-tuencies has also expressed itself ia favor ;of the Liberal policy with Sir George 6r»j at its exponent, by electing four Grejit* Liberals as their representathrei. Coming nearer home, we find that public opinion must have undergone much change lately on the East Coast—which has always been considered a con« stituency inimical to Grey—the electors having put in a staunch Greyite. At Eden, the old veteran, Mr Whitaker, bas been beaten by a young politician, Mr J. A. Tole. Both gentlemen expressed Liberal views, the only difference being the adhesion of the latter to Sir Gearge Grey, as his leader. With the exception of Sir William Fox, who has lost his seat, the great guns of the Opposition seem to hare been victorious in their own electorates. Atkinson, Bowen, Bolleston* Bryce can all complacently smile and think of the ordeal they, hare passed through. The leaders of the Ministerial parly have, however, done even better, as so far not one of the leading Ministeralists have in vain appealed to their constituents. From a detailed table given elsewhere it will be seen that the Government have a nice little majority, while the elections for the balk of the northern constituencies, in which nothing but Greyism will go down, have yet to take place; We think the Government can safely depend on at least 12 or 13 supporters from the Provincial district of Auckland, with a good sprinkling from southern electorates. One thing is certain—the Liberal party will have an overwhelming majority, and the Greyite Liberals will predominate.