CABLEGRAMS.

Clutha Leader, Volume VI, Issue 339, 9 April 1880, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS.

-~\.- r '-^'{\ : ,rl'; 1 London; March 31. '' /The general ' eleotions' for the new, Parliament have commenced, tfpto the pre-; SGnt.titae 10* Liberals and 8' Conservatives have been "elected unopposed. „ .Consols, 98^1 ' . ; ' \ Adelaide wheat has dAclinGdlls, and is now qxidted at 58s per 496 lb., ex warehouse. ""' ' . -Australian beef and mntton tallow are unchanged. '' ■ . '.'".' " : The- wooVimarket is strong.' The arrivals -; for - the next auction amount' 5 to 17Q;0p6 bales./ "," . ?The Oriental Bank Corporation pay a dividend of 2 per ceiit. , f or the half-year. The Bank of South Australia pay 5h per cent,, and carry forward LBOOO. - April 1. The general . elections continued 90 Liberals and 61 Conservatives have now been returned to the new Parliament. The Liberals, so far, have cai'ried 25 seats which .were held in the last Parliament by Conservatives, and the latter have gained nine seats" formerly held by Liberals. The election for Birmingham resulted in the return of Messrs John Bright, .^Muntz, and Chamberlain, . the former Liberal members. For Hackney, the late Liberal, members, Messrs Holmes arid Fawcett, have also been re-elected. For Westminster, the Right Honourable W,;;H; Smith, First Lord of the Admiralty, and ' Sir Charles Russel, Conservative members, have again been returned. ;'"'..';. . The Homeward mails via Brihdisi, irhichleft New Zealand in February, were delivered to-day. The Bank of England's weekly returns show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 16,600,000, being over L 1,000,000 less* than last week. The election for Falmouth took place to-day. Sir Julias Yogel was a candidate, but he was rejected. * April 2. The election i*eturns, so. far as known, show that 175 Liberals and 103 Conservatives^ have been elected. The Liberals have gained 48 seats and lost 18. Leeds has, returned the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by an enormous majority. Lord Hartington has been re-elected for New Radnor without opposition. The Conservative papers foreshadow a change of Ministry. Both Liberal candidates have been elected by a large majority for South wark, thus ueversing the decision of the 13th of February, when a Conservative was elected to fill the place of the deoeaaed Liberal member. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,930,000 quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 34s ; best mutton, 355. The total stack of tallow in London on the Ist was 17,500 casks. New Zealand wheat, per 4951b5. (ex •warehouse), 475 l Both Liberal cardidates have been elected for Chelsea. A Queensland loan of L 3,000.000. at 4 per cent, is announced, but L2 ; 000,000 only will be issued at present. Calcutta, March 31. According to the latest news from Cabul, General Stewart's fovce has arrived at Ghuznee, without meeting with any open hostility on the part of the enemy. It has not yet transpired what General Stewart's further movements will be. Paws, March 311 It has been officially stated that the French Government do not intend that their decree dissolving the Society of Jesuits shall further have the effect of expelling foreign members from France. Game, April 1. The P. and O. Company's steamship Hydaspes, which was recently disabled, has been repaired, and sailed for Australia. ' New York, April 1. It has been announced that the World's Exhibition will be held in this city in the spring of 1883. St. Petersburg, A pril 3. The relations between Russia and China are considered as being very critical, the latter having declined the ratifications of "the treaty releasing Russia from restoring Kujdja A report is also currant that Chines© troops have crossed the river Amoor, thereby constituting open hoatiiity to Russia.