THE SITUATION IN ENGLAND.
RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS. By Telegraph. — Press Association.-—Copyright. London, July 28. The net Conservative and Unionist gain in the election is 90 seats, equal to 180 votes on a division. Deducting the Liberal majority cf 28 in the last Parliament, the new Government has a majority of 152 on a division. Mr Chamberlain, in the course of his letter to a correspondent, attributes the victory of the Conservatives entirely to the strong feeling against Home Rule and the preference for domestic and social reforms as compared with revolutionary legislation. The Irish Catholic states that a highlyhonoured clerical dignitary writes, suggesting that a National Convention should arrange to withdraw the Irish members from the Imperial Parliament, where their presence would be little better than a mere mockery, owing to the Unionist majority.
THE POLICY OP THE NEW GOVERNMENT. London, July 27. Mr "W. H. Long, President of the Board of Agriculture in the new Ministry, states that, while the Government is unable to remove the agricultural depression,, it, is intended to lighten the burden of taxation by relieving real estate at the expense of personal property.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2575, 30 July 1895, Page 2
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189THE SITUATION IN ENGLAND. New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2575, 30 July 1895, Page 2
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