CONSERVATIVE ELECTED FOR PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8740, 28 March 1890, Page 2

CONSERVATIVE ELECTED FOR PARLIAMENT.

Lonpox, March 2G. Air Jiiuifs Somervill, a Conservative, replaces Mr John Sinclair, who has retired I'r.mi the Ayr Burgh*, defeating Runtlcdgo, a Gladstonian, by 130. PvIVIATB OF A'TSr :Af.l\. The Archbishop of Canterbury has decided to await the arrival of all the documents before consecrating Canon Saumarez Smith. BAJvQUST T ) IK W. RO' I^rw. London, March 27. Sir W. Hobinsonha* boon banquctted at Fishmonger.* Hall. In reply to the toast of his health, ho told his hearers that when Australia wa.-. federated, England must leave lut alone and not interfere in her domestic affairs. r\KVEiij nouMi*siotf report. The Home Rule Peers have signed a protest against entering the report of the Parnell Commission on the journals of the House of Lords. DICvTH OF PUKE OK MAN HESTER. The Council of the Colonial Institute have passed a resolution regretting the death of the Duke of Manchester, and recognising the valuable aid he had rendered them. I OKP SOMKR'IET CASHII£:>ED. Owing to the disclosures in connection with tho .-caudal at a West End Club, Lord Somerset, who hold a commission in tho army has been removed, and l>een deprived of his pension. ODLLAPSEO? HIE UVKRP .OL SThlklS. The Liverpool dock strike has collapsed. TAiLOiIS A.PPE ' LING TO NONUN ION I Kl>. The tailors have appealed to the nonUnionists to support them in their demands for the amelioration of their comdition. THK QUKTTA DT-A^TER. Th« Morning Post contains a statement that the officer on watch on the B. and I. Company's ill-fated steamer Quctta alleges that the ship had fallen away a lot from her course, although it had not been changed, and that she was under a full head of steam. IRISH LWD PUftCHVSEf R LT.. Tho Irish Land Purchase Bill creates a central land department. The payment of 4 per cent, for 41) years ensures a freehold. A special Board supervises aud amalgamates holdings and controls immigration and emigration, as well as seeo supply and the fisheries. The tenants pay the heavier amounts for the first five years in order to form an insurance fund and erect labourers' cottages. In other respects the bill is similar to Lord Ashbourne's Act. It is understood that Messrs. Parnoll and Davitt are opposed to tbe measure. BOULA.NQER OFFERS TO BCANO HIS TRIAL. Paris, March 2G. General Boulanger has offered to return to Paris and stand his trial for conspiracy and treason, on condition that the trial i 3 conducted fairly.