CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1775, 23 December 1885, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS. ME GLADSTONE'S IRISH SCHEME. SAILING OF THE TONGARIEO. AN IRISH PARLIAMENT. THE EGYPTIAN DIFFICULTY. THE RUSSO-AFGH AN DIFFICULTY. Lottnoir. December 20. The Tim#9 in an article on Mf Gladstone's policy, says the conscience of the country i* deeply -hockrd as his oonversion, which might lead to a dis« rupii w of the E npire ; and the ftrtiol« urges the UioHerdt- 1 Tories (P Liberals) to reject the proposals. Mr O’Connor, M.P.. in an address to electors, spates that nothing short of the liberties extended to Can da wili satisfy the Irish people. lb' results of the election are now estimated as follows Liberals, 331; ConserfaUTes, 249 ; Parael* li»«-s. 8« • independent members, 4. The number of new members is 352. Servu has gir*n a premiss not to renew war, or to take steps that will prevent a union with other countries. December IS. Mf Gladstone announces that the article published in yesterday's Pall Mull Odette is without foundation. He deni ‘3 ih ft existence of auy such scheme a* th'it at* tribu’ed to hint by the writer of the article, and di*a» tows any intemi v of acting in the manner indie ted therein. Mr Glads nije takes the opponmiry of stating that announcements iu the newspaper* at present relative to the Use of policy he ha-4 determin'd to adopt are mere conjecture, as he has not as yet mile known his intention- t % anyone. The work of delimiting the Ha-iso*Afghan frontier has been brought to a ttsm-sl ill in corst queue? of iha extremely divergent news of tha representatives of England and Russia regarding the inclusion of Meru* chak in the territory of the latter country.

December 19. The R.M.S. Tongariro sailed from Plymouth for Auckland and " elllngtoa this afternoon. The Times states that Mr Gladstone has submitted to Her the Queen a plan for the re-establish* mentof an Irish i’ailiament. and further announces that her Maj-sty has referred the fcheme to her Ministers for approval. Sydket, December 2), Sir John Robertson is meeting with very serious obstacles iu his attempts to form a Cabinet. December 21. A fire, whi hj eventually attained to alarming propoitionn, broke out on Saturduy night, at Albury, New Seuth Whle . The flames destroyed the e-tire block in wh ch he Australian Mutual Provident Society’s offict-s aro situatfd, and spr ad to the priming office of the Albury banner newspaper, which wan burned to the ground, Ihe total bias ia estimated at £15,000, the bulk ofwhn hj i* covered by insurance. Sir John Robeitsou is meeting with very serious obstacles in hia attempts to form a Cabinet. Several of the gentlemen whose names have been mentioned as colleagues have declined U accept portfolios, and it is now considered doubtful whetuer ha will succeed in forming a Ministry