EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6061, 21 April 1881, Page 5

EUROPEAN CABLEGRAMS

[PER S.S. 'TAE.VRtTA' AT RUSSELL.] LoNbo_\', April 12. Lords Cairns and Salisbury are the rival candidates for the leadership o£ the Opposition, rendered temporarily vacant by the illness of Lord Beaeonsfield. It is rumoured that Lord Salisbury's chances have been endangered by the secret' pledges given M. Waddington, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the Tunis difficulty, which it is thought mayjpossibly compromise England. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the determination of Mr. Patterson, the Victorian Minister for Railways, to surrender all patronage of his department, expresses the opinion that such action is perfectly in consonance with the Democratic institutions of the colony, and that the party control of departments is calculated to endanger the popular rule in Australia. The Spiritist medium Fletcher was sentenced to a years' imprisonment for imposition. The election for St. Ives seat, which became vacant on the death of Sir Charles Reod (Liberal), has resulted in a Tory candidate being returned. Mr. Dillon, member for Tipperary, delivered a speech strongly condemning the Irish Land Bill of the Government. He counsels Irish members to oppose its passing.