LATE CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 5360, 3 December 1885, Page 4

LATE CABLE NEWS.

. London, November 22. The barque Parthia, which sailed for Sydney on Saturday, tikes 310 domestic servants as immigrants. Rumors are current on the Stock Exchange that the Victorian Government intend to raise a loan of from four to .: eight million pounds. 1 November 23. A Shanghai firm are building four large steamers at Greenock, which they intend placing in the China-Melbourne trade. ! Twdve thousand Roumelian Militia have been sent to reinforce Prince Alexander in Bulgaria. Widdin is now invested by the Servians. ; : : - --' November 24. Lord Salisbury regards the result of the election contest with triumphant hope. & r Servians are retiring to the frontier to await the arrival of the second reserve, which "is being called out. J. T. SimesandCo., wool brokers, have " ~ -suspended payment, owing to heavy land '-/investments made by the firm in the colonies. Their liabilities are under £200,000. The Sportsman, referring to the negotiations for an Australian eleven to visit England next year, thinks it would be better to postpone the visit until 1887. The British Government has definitely decided to annex Burmah. The French Presidential election takes ! place on December 11th. M. Grevy is . almost sure to be re-elected. r It is reported that the Premier of Canada will confer with the English postal authorities regarding the transmission of English mails for Australia by the Canadian Pacific railway to connect with a fast line of steamers, as proposed by the Dominion Government. The firm of John Elder and Co., shipbuilders, Glasgow, has been converted into a company. . iSggji;,- November 25. ' u v ;i There is an increasing opinion that a reIggfe vival of trade, which has been so depressed '^lately, is imminent. The elections are proceeding quietly, and the Hon. Colonel Stanley has been returned unopposed. Mr J. E. Gorst has been re-elected for Chatham. Thirty-five Tories have, been elected and thirty-two Liberals^ Amongst the latter are Mr G. Otto Trevelyn and Mr Campbell Bannerman, who were returned unopposed, while Sir A. D. Hayter and Mr J. Passmore Edwards have been defeated for Bath and Salisbury, respectively. The Right Hon. A. W. Peel, Speaker, has been elected. In Ireland two Parnellites have been r«turned. The nomination of Miss Helen ; :#Taylor has been refused. The Hon. W. ■%^R' Smith, Secretary of War, has been re-■-■:'^''"turned by a majority of over 3000. The Tory vote has been relatively strong in many of the other contests, and appears to be increasing. The Radicals have carried the day at Birmingham, The returns at present give the Tories a majority of eleven. It is reported that the loss on the Inventions Exhibition will amount to £16,000. The Bank of South Australia is applying to have an amendment made in the |: Act, which will permit them to carry on business in London. ■ The Hon. Sir Chas. Dilke has been returned for Chelsea by a majority of 176. There is an enormous increase in the Tory vote at Birmingham. Mr Hennicker '':■'. iHeaton, of Sydney, who contested Canterbury election in the Tory interest, has been returned by a majority of 979. The . Tories still continue to gain advantage. So far as the elections have yet gone, j flevanty-one have" been returned in the Tory interest, Liberals fifty, Radicals ten, Independents two, and Parnellites five. In London the Tories were chiefly returned. Edinburgh, Derby, Portsmouth, York, and Ipswich returned all Liberals. Brighton, Devonport, Southampton, Ply- ■■•■■■ mouth, all Tories. Liverpool returned eight Tories and one Parnellite ; Sheffield and Leeds returned three Tories ; Bristol and Salford returned two Tories. Among those elected are— H. Labouchere for Northampton, C. Bradlaugh for Northampton, W. Marriott for Brighton, Hon. A. J. Mundella for Sheffield, Sir W. V. Harcourt for Derby, Sir Michael Beach for Gloucestershire, Hon. R. Bourk for Kings Lynn, C. B. Stuart" Worthley for Sheffield,, E. Ashmead Bartlett for Eye, ;c Hon}f|&^' J. Goschen for Chatham, and ;,.: Hessre^Biadden, Powell, and Howard " Among those defeated are the Hon. H. Childers for Pontefract, Hon. C. J. Shaw-Lefevre for Reading, Lord A. Russell for Tavistock, H. J. Holmes for Hackney. The proposals of the Hawaiian Government to America and the European Powers asking for local autonomy relates only to the Marshall, Gilbert, and Caroline Islands. Commenting on the elections, the Times states that the recent attitude taken up by Mr Chamberlain has destroyed the chance of the Liberals. Mr J. Kynaston Cross, oi Bolton, has been rejected. The Ottoman Commission has been delayed, Prince Alexander objecting to it.