ENGLISH NEWS. (PER JAVA CABLE.) HOKITIKA.

Evening Post, Volume X, Issue 11, 28 February 1874, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS. (PER JAVA CABLE.) HOKITIKA.

28th February. The s.s. Claud Hamilton. Captain Bowden, arrived yesterday fiom Mcl- ; bourne. She left Port Phillip at 6.30 p.m. on the 21st, and brings 24 saloon, and 50 steerage passengeas. 300 tons of cargo for all ports, and one race horse for Wellington. She was tendered at 9 p.m.,' and sailed north at 9.30 p.m. London, 12th February. Iv 604 elections, the Conservatives gained 92, the Liberals 32 seats ; two Conservative candidates were returned for Middlesex, the former Liberal member, Viscount Enfield, was defeated. The Press urge the speedy resignation of the Ministry. The Kaffir outbreak in Natal has terminated, the rebellions chief having surrendered. Vienna, 12th February. The Emperor Francis Joseph has proceeded on a visit to St Petersburg. London, 16th February. The elections have now virtually concluded. The result shows the return of 358 Conservatives, 299 Liberals, about 200 new members have been returned, and 44 Home Rulers. The Conservative re-action is universal, especially in Scotland, Lancashire, Middlesex, and Sussex. The Right Honorable George Young, Lord Advocate of Scotland, has been defeated at Wigton. , The Queen is at Windsor. A meeting of the Cabinet will be held to-day to decide about the resignation of the Ministry. There was a most disastrous fire at the Pantechnicon, Matcomb-street, Belgrave Square. An establishment for the sale of carriages and the warehousing of property, pictures valued at .£250,0001 and an immense quantity of valuable furniture, have been destroyed. St Petersburg, 1 6th February. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, was most cordially received. The Czai, in drinking the health ol his gueßt, said the friendship oi Austria, Russia, Germany, and England combined would secure the peace of the world. London, 14th February. The following members of the Government were defeated : — Chichester Fortescue, President of the Board of Trade, at Louth ; Hon A. Greville, Junior Lord of the Treasury, at Westmeath; Lord Otho FitzGerald, Comptroller of the Queen's Household, at Kildare \ Ayrton, Judge Advocate General, at Tower Hamlets j Hibbert, XJnder-Secretary Home Department, Oldham ; Viscount Enfield, Under-Secretary Foreign Department, Middlesex. Bank return stronger. Gold exports have ceased. Australian securities have improved. Wheat drooping, owing to large expected arrivals. 17th February. Gladstone goes to Windsor to-day to tender the resignation of the Ministry. Her Majesty has accepted the patronage of the Bengal Famine fund. The Emperor of Russia is expected to visit London about the Ist of May. Cape Coast news of 26th January states that the troops were expected to enter Coomassie on 29th January. The termination of the wai is anticipated. 18th February. Colonial wool sales opened tins evening. Total arrivals upwards of 160,000 bales. Upwards of 5500 bales offered. The attendance of both home and foreign buyers was large, and the bidding commenced with great spirit. The prices range the same as last series. Mails from Australia via Brindisi and 'Frisco were delivered in London yesterday. The following vessels were amongst the recent arrivals in time for the wool sales : — Lady Bowen, Patriarch, Ramsay, Glengaiine, Bessmore, Duke of Sutherland, Superb, Thompson Ranie, Agamemnon, Macduff, Miltiades, Mermerus, Hampshire, Jerusalem, Gartside, Lafra, Outalpa, Darra, Adelaide, Craigendarow, Halcione, and Countess of Kintore. 19 th February. The Queen hns accepted Gladstone's resignation, aud Disraeli is engaged in the formation of a new Ministry. The elections are concluded. The returns show 351 Conservatives, and 302 Liberals. Cardwell, Chichester Fortescue, and Viscount Enfield will be raised to the peerage. There is an indication of the revival of the Eastern question, it being discussed by the German and French press. Obituary — King Lunabillo, Sandwich Isles.