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New Zealand Mail, Issue 426, 10 April 1880, Page 14

News by Cable.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

London, March 31.

The general elections for the new Parliament have commenced. Up to the present time ten Liberals and eight Conservatives have been elected unopposed. 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. Calcutta, March 31.

According to the latest news from Cabul, General Stewart's force 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 future movements will be.

Consols, 98J. Adelaide wheat has declined one shilling, and is now quoted at 58s. per496lbs., ex warehouse. Australian beef and mutton tallow are unchanged. The wool market is strong. The arrivals tor the next auctions amount to 170,000 bales.

The Oriental Bank Corporation pays a dividend of 2 per cent, for the half year.

The Bank of South Australia pays 5£ per cent., and carries forward£Booo.

April 1,

The general elections continue. Ninety Liberals and sixty-one Conservatives have now been returned for the new Parliament. The Liberals so far have gained twenty-five seats, which were held in the last Parliament by Conservatives. The latter have gained nine seats formerly held by Liberals. The election for Birmingham has resulted in the return of Messrs. John Bright, Muntz, and Chamberlain, the former Liberal members. For Hackney, the Liberal members, Messrs. Holms and Fawcett, have also been re-elected. For Westminster, the Right Honorable W. H. Smith (First Lord of the Admiralty), and Sir Charles Russell, the Conservative members, have been again returned. The election for the city of London took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Alderman Cotton, Mr. Philip Twells, and the Right Hon. John Hubbard, Conservatives ; and the Right Hun. G. J. Groschen, Liberal, all of whom represented the constituency in the last Parliament.

The election for Falmouth took place to-day. Sir Julius "Vogel was a candidate, but was rejected. The homeward mails via Suez and Brindisi, which left New Zealand in February, were delivered here to-day. The Bank of England weekly returns show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be £16,600,000 being over £'1,000,000 less than last week. Gaixe, April 1.

The P. and O. Company's steamship Hydaspes, which was recently disabled, has been repaired, and has sailed for Australia.

New York, April 1.

It has been announced that a World's Exhibition will be held in this city in the spring of 1883.

London, April 3.

, The returns of the elections, so far as known, show that 271 Liberals and 141 Conservatives have been elected, showing a majority of 130 to the Liberals The total number of seats gained by the latter is 59, and their majority is already sufficient to make them quite independent of the support of the Home Rule party. It is generally thought to be quite probable that Mr. Gladstone will not accept office should the Liberals come into power.

The election returns so far as known show that 175 Liberals and 103 Conservatives have been elected. The Liberals have gained 48 seats and have lost 18. Leeds has returned Mr. 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 the Liberal candidates have been elected by a large majority for' Southwark, thus reversing the decision of the 13th February, when a Conservative was elected to fill the place of the deceased Liberal member.

Both Liberal candidates have been returned for Chelsea.

The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,930,000 quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 345, ; best mutton tallow, 355. The total stock of tallow in London on the Ist instant was 17,500 casks. New Zealand wheat, per 496 lbs., ex warehouse, 475. c.f.i. A Queensland loan of £3,000,000 at 4 per cent, is announced, but £2,000,000 only will be issued at present. The Liberals have gained 17 seats today. The total numbers gained being Liberals 50, Conservatives 20. The sitting members for Lambeth and Tower Hamlets have been re-elected. Two Liberals have been elected for Marybbone by a large majority. Mr. Hadlaugh, a Radical candidate, has been elected by a large majority for Northampton. The Right Hon. James Lowther, chief secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, has been defeated by a small majority for sTork.

A change of Ministry is considered inevitable, and the Times publishes a paragraph stating it is quite probable that Lord Granville will form the new Cabinet.

Arrived : The ship Rakaia, from Wellington (left December 19).

The wool market continues firm. St. Petersburg, April 3. The relations between Russia and China are considered as being very critical, the letter having declined the ratification of the treaty releasing Russia from restoring Keeldja. A report is also current that Chinese troops have crossed the rive Amoor, thereby constituting open hostility to Russia.

Bombay, April 5. A report has reached here from Cabul that Mohamed Jan, the leader of the Afghan tribes at Ghuznee, has been killed.

London, April 5. The election for Middlesex took place to-day and resulted in the return of the two former members, Lord George Hamilton and Mr. O. E. Coope. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, a son of the exPremier, who contested the election, was defeated.

Mr. Gladstone f has been elected for Midlothian, by a large majority. In the elections now proceeding, the

net Liberal gains, so far, are 62. Dublin returns one Flome Ruler and one Liberal. The Right Hon. R. Lowe has been reelected by the London University. The Times, in a leading article, has reason to believe that the Ministry will resign before Parliament meets. It is announced that Sadrali has been appointed to sovereign rule at Candahar, under British protection.

Three per cent. Consols are quoted at 98 3-eighths ; brandy, 10s. 6d. London, April 6. Arrived: The Waikato, from Auckland (December 23).

Beki,in, April 6.

The Federal Council has rejected Prince Bismark's stamp duties, and in consequence of the action taken Prince Bismarck has resigned. It is, however, probable that the Council will reconsider their resolution.

(SPECIAL TO " AGE.") London, March 23. The Pope is chargined at the reply of the Czar of Russia to his Holiness', congratulations upon the anniversary of., his (the Emperor's) accession to the Russian throne.

March 24.

The Times expects that the Tory majority will be decreased, and may, perhaps, be extinguished by the general election. -

More contests will take place over the approaching elections than at previous elections. The publicans and English Catholics, from the Duke of Norfolk downwards, support the Tories. Tipperary and New Ross have offered to rereturn Sir Charles Gavan Duffy to Parliament.

Mr. Birch, Governor of the Bank of England, in addressing a meeting of London Liverymen, made reference to the approaching general election, and declared that nothing could be more inimical to the best interests of the country than that Mr. Gladstone and the Liberals should be returned to power.

March 25.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, has left for Germany, and there they will remain for a short time at the request cf the Emperor William. The immediate object of the visit of Her Majesty to Germany is to attend the ceremony of confirming the three eldest daughters of the late Princess Alice.

March 26.

Mr. Brown, member of the Senate of the Dominion Parliament, has been seriously injured in a personal encounter. His antagonist shot him in the thigh,: inflicting a dangerous wound.

March 27

The Imperial Government and the Indian authorities have arrived at a definite understanding as to the future administration of affairs in Afghanistan. An official telegram has been forwarded to the "Viceroy of India, from Calcutta, to the effect that the British propose immediately to undertake the entire political and administrative charge of the northern and eastern portions of Afghanistan, there being no possibility of any native princes being capable of enforcing obedience at the hands of hostile tribe. Great excitement has been caused at St. Petersburg owing to the discovery of an extensive system of embezzlement carried on for a considerable time in connection with the Customs. Responsible officials, charged with fraud, have been arrested, and the affairs of the department investigated. Already it has been found that the defalcations amount to some millions of roubles. In connection with the volunteer demonstration, the last military improvements were introduced. The signalling corps sent up several balloons for the purpose of observing, with which telephonic communication was maintained. The experiments as showing the utility in actual warfare were considered highly satisfactory. March 29.

Lord Derby has publicly declared his views and wishes in relation to the pending general elections. His secession from the ranks of the Tories is complete, as he has expressed himself as most anxious that the appeal to the constituencies should result in the unequivocal success of the Liberals throughout the country.

Earl Grey, the veteran statesman, who for the last half-century has been identified with the Liberal party, has published an address, which appears in the Times. Hi 3 Lordship takes marked exception to the programme foreshadowing the policy of Gladstone and his friends, and allows it to be inferred that his sympathies are with the Government, whom he encourages to persevere in the course they have adopted, more especially in connection with foreign affairs. He expresses a hope that their policy will meet with the approval of the constituencies throughout the country. The Times attaches much significance to his Lordship's views, and regards it as a favorable omen of success in the approaching general election. Great public excitement prevails over the general elections. In several large centres of population party demonstra-

tions are on the increase. Political bitterness and serious disturbances have occurred in several places. At Chester the mob committed great excesses, and at Dundee, where the Liberals are in the ascendant, the authorities have much difficulty in preventing outrages against life and property.

[argus special.] London, March 27.

On the Continent deep interest is taken in the approaching general election in Great Britain. The eagerness of the Liberals to obtain sympathy of the French has been noted by Mi Gambetta's organ in the Press, which reproaches the Liberals with having permitted the bombardment of Paris, and says that although Lord Beaconsfi eld's Government has often shown weakness, yet it has roused England from the lethargy in which it was steeped by the Liberals, who would make the arsenals into cotton mills.

The leading French, German, and Austrian journals urge that Lord Beaconsfield's Government should receive the support of the country at the election. The Vienna papers declare disgust at Gladstone's rancorous attack on Austria, who, they assert, cannot trust the Liberals.

General Chanzy, the French Ambassador, leaves St. Petersburg in the same manner as Prince Orloff, the Prussian Ambassador, left Paris. Russia refrains from demanding the extradition of Hartmann from England. His reported confession of his being the originator of the plot to blow up the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg is denied: •

A Russian army corps has reached the Kuldja frontier.