PENRITH HERALD and EAST CUMBERLAND and WESTMORLAND NEWS. NO. 438-Sixth Week in Quarter Registered for Transmission Abroad. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1874. PRICE 1D. THE elections, at the time we write, are not far enough over to enable us to know how many workman representatives have been returned to the new Parliament. One paper calculated that at least six candidates of this class would be able this week to write M.P. to their names. Great efforts have been put forth by the trades unionists to secure direct labour representatives in Parliament, and there need be no surprise if these efforts, in some cases, have proved successful. MR. MACDONALD, the workman candidate for Stafford, had substantial pecuniary assistance from the Fifeshire miners. They voted a considerable sum towards his election expenses,and a capitation contribution towards his costs of living when in Parliament. MR. GLADSTONE, in a letter addressed to an old friend of the Liberal cause, has made known, plainly enough, what his views are on this subject of working-men candidates. The letter was apparently intended to assist the candidature of MR. HOWELL, whose name is pretty familiar in connection with working-class movements, and he begins by saying, "I have always been very anxious that some representatives of the working men should find their way into the House of Commons." One result at least of labour representation will be the removal of a cause of discontent which has always been made much of by professional agitators.