Excerpt from The Annual Register: A Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1900 On the same day (feb. 12) a writ was moved for an election at Plymouth to the seat resigned by Sir Edward Clarke, who found that his views on the war and of its Degreesnatice were not in accordance with those of his constituents. He council of the Conservative party conveyed to him the feeling of the electors, that as he habitually condemned the action of the Government. And advocated a repetition of the disgraceful blunder which followed on the re ulse on Majuba Hill, he no longer represented their views. Sir Clarke, while declining to admit the accuracy of the council's statement, said that he was anxious not to say a word which would widen the breach between himself and those whom he had represented for twenty years. He therefore with drew from Parhameut, to the great regret of those who, not sharing his Opinions, deplored the loss of a colleague who could fearlessly and indepen ently express his sincere convictions. Under the circumstances, the Liberals decided not to contest the seat, and the Hon. Ivor Guest was elected (feb. 19) without Opposition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.