The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12 00:00:00

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Nearly 60 election results wcre declared in the
course of Saturday, and from them there accrued a •
• Further net gain to the Liberals of 12 seats, the
number of Liberals returned being 29 as against 17
Conservatives, and the majority of Liberals over
• Conservatives being brought up to 70. Of the Libtrals
returned 18 were by English constituencies, girls by
Walis, and eight by Scotland- the - stOry returns
were England 10, _Wales one, Ireland one, Scotland
none.
In Cambridgeshire .which at the dirojution was
represented by three Conservatives, , a :Lkberal .was
returned, one of the late members heinedereated ; a
division of Cheshire rettirned a Tibcral, Mr. Ligh,
another late nfeinber, being at the Fottona bf the ;
in Denbighshire Mr. -O. Morgan defeated, Sir-
W. Wynn; in the Barnstaple diVaion of Delon-
shire the Tory condidate was rejected in favour
of the Liberal; and the Saffron WaKden
and Walthamstow divisions ,of Essex etch, re-
turned a Liberal, the zandidate elected for the latter
being Mr. E. N. Buxton, late chairman of the Lonilon
School Board. In Berwickshire Colonel David Milne-
Home, formerly member for Berwick-on-Tweed, was
defeated by the late county member, Mr. Marjori-
banks. By the defeat of General Alexander in South
Ayrshire the Liberals gained a seat, and the House
loses a gallant gentleman who distinguished himself
in the Crimea and has never recovered- from the
serious injury to the knee he then sustained. A
division of Lancashire returned Sir U. Kay-Shuttle-
worth, who had no seat in the last Parliament, but
was a prominent member of the previous ore. 'Sir
Farrer Herschell, Mr. Gladstone's Solicitor-General,
was defeated- in his candidature for a division
of Lancashire, and in the Cockermouth division
of Cumberland Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the famous
and witty champion of local option, was
rejected for the Conservative candidate, who
headed him by 10 votes. Sir -F. Herschell
is the twelfth member of the late Government who
has failed to obtain re-election, the others beirg Mr.
Childers, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, Mr. E. Ashley, Mr. J.
• K. Cross, Sir A. Hayter, Mr. J. Hans, Colonel
Gerard Smith, Lord Kensington, Mr. G. W. Russell,
, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Caine. Of the present Ad-
ministration only four members have lost their seats,
viz., Sir M. White Ridley, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. G.
Dawnay, and Mr. Dalrymple. Mr. Stanhope (Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade), Mr. Akers Douglas
(principal Whip), and Sir H. Fletcher (Parliamentary
Groom in Waiting) were elected on Saturday for
Lincolnshire (Eforncastle), Kent (St. A ugustines), and
Sussex (Lewes). The candidates returned by Ireland
were all Parnellites with one exception, who Was a
Conservative, and all those elected by Scotland were
Liberal.
Up to last Sunday there has been 582 members
elected after contests, in which 4059,741 electors
have gone to the polls, giving an average of 6976
electors for every member returned. The Liberal
electors number 2,010,765; Conservatives, 1,826,559;
and Nationalists, 222,417. In England, the electors
number 3,132,235—name1y, Liberals, 1,600,549;
Conservatives, 1,528,197; Nationalists supporting
Mr. T. P. O'Connor at Liverpool, 3489. In English
counties there have gone to the poll 923,199 Liberals,
and 728,119 Conservatives. In Welsh counties 72,810
Liberals, and 46,180 Conservatives; Scotch, 156,965
Liberals, 97,151 Conservatives;' Irish, 173,800 Na-
tionalists, 54,788 Conservatives; 22,277 Liberals. In
boroughs the numbers stand *thus: England, 797,105
Conservatives, 678,323 Liberals; Wales, 21,220
Liberals, 18,178 Conservatives; Scotland, 113,271
Liberals, 58,369 Conservatives; Ireland, 44,804 Na-
tionalists, 38,325 Conservatives, 4847 Liberals.
The following is a continuation of the returns from
Saturday last. The figures following the names indi-
cate the ma.prity gained over an opponent, except in
the cases of two member constituencies and pollings
in which more than two candidates took part, when
the figures represent the detailed retzzns :
Antrim, East—Captain M`Calmont, C., 2316.
Argyllshire —D. If. Macfarlane, L., 3340;
McKinnon, 1., 28.56; MacCaig, L., 670.
Ayrshire, South—E. Wason, L., 1910.
Berwickshire—Hon. E. Majoribanks, L., 2533.
Buckinghamshire, Buckingham—Captain Verney,
L., 1456.
Cambridgeshire, Newmarket—G. Newnes, Ti, 971.
Carmarthenshire, East—Mr. D. Pugh, L.,'2365.
Cheshire, Hyde—T. G. Ashton, L., 556.
Cornwall, Camborne—C. A. V. Conybeare, L., 399.
Cumberland, Cockermouth—C. J. Valentine, C.,
10.
Denbighshire, Bromfield—Rt. Hon. G. Osborne
Morgan, L., 393.
Derbyshire, Mid.—J. A. Jacoby, L., 2380.
Devonshire, Barnstaple—Pitt-Lewis, L., 843.
Donegal, East—A. O'Connor, P., 1097.
Dorset, East—Hon. Pascoe Glyn, L., 697.
Durham, Bishop Auckland—J. Paulton, L., 3627.
Essex, Saffron Waldron—H. Gardner,..L.,. 17491_

Essex, South Eastern—Col. W. T. Mukha, C.,
207.

Essex, Walthamstow—E. N. Buxton, L., 175.

Falkirk, Boroughs—J. Ramsey, b., 3104; S.
Mason, C., 2204; J. G. Weir, I. L., 814.
Fermanagh, South—H. Campbell, P., 1393.
Fifeshire, East—J. Boyd Kinnear, L, 1950.
Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury—J. R. Yorke, C.,
182.

Inverness-shire—C. F. Macintosh, L. Crofter,
3555; R. M‘Leoi, C., 2031; Sir K. Mackenzie, L.,
1897.

Kent, St. Augustine's—A. Akers-Douglas, C., 2260.
Kerry, South—J. R. O'Connor, P., 2609.
Kilkenny, South—P. A. Chance, P., 3866.

King's dennty, Tullamore-Dr..T. F. Fox, P., 3377.
Lancashire, North Lonsdale-W. G. Ainslie, C.,
225.-Lancashire, Clitheroe-Sir.H.Kay Shuttleworth,
L., 2359.
Leitrim, North-M. Conway, P., 4145.
Lincolnshire, Horncastle-Right Hon. E. Stanhope,
C., 865.
Londonderry, South-T. M. Healy, P., 4723;
Colonel M'Calmont, C., 2342; Mr. W. Findlater, L.,
1816. _ • .
Longford, South-4. Connolly, P., 2725.
Montgomeryshire-S. Rendel, L., 655,
Norfolk, South-Western-W. A. Tyssen-Amherst,
C. 320.
Northumberland, Tyneside-A. Grey, L., 2336.
Mor
Nottinghamshire, Bassetlaw-W. Beckett-Denison,
C., 295.
Queen's County, Ossory-A. O'Connor, P., 3666.
Radnorshire-Hon. A. H. J. Walsh, C., 67.
Renfrewshire, East-J. Finlayson, L., 498.
Roscommon, South-Dr. Commins, P., 5695.
Somerset, Wells-Colonel R. A. Paget, C., 866.
Somersetshire, Bridgwater-E. J. Stanley, C., 80.
Staffordshire, Kingswinford Staveley Hill, C.,
631.
Surrey, Kingston-on-Thames-Sir J. W. Ellis, C.,
1709..
Sussex, Lee/es-Sir H. Fletcher, C., 2131.-East-
bourne-Captain E. Field, C., 64.
Warwick, Rugby-H. P. Cobb, L., 1344.
Waterford, East-C. J. Power, P., 2056.
Wick Group-J. M`Donald Cameron, L., 45.
Wicklow, West-G. Byrne, P., 2850,
Wiltshire, Westbury-G. P. Fuller, L., 1694.
Worcestershire, North-B. Hingley, L., 3619.
Yorkshire, W. Riding,Osgoldcross-Sir J. Ramsden,
L., 2100.
Yorkshire, W. Riding, Holmfirth-Mr. H. J.
Wilson, L, 3143.
Yorkshire, N. Riding, Richmond-Sir F. A. Mill-
bank, L., 549.
Yorkshire, E. Riding, Buckrose-Mr. C. Sykes, C.,
296.
Leicestershire, Loughborough-J. Ferguson, L.,
1040. •
Cornwall, St. Ives-Sir J. St. Aubyn, L., 737.
Suffolk, Woodbridge-R. L. Everitt, L., 168.
Devonshire, Tavistock-Lord Ebrington, L., 2218.
Surrey, Chertsey -F. A.. Hankey, C., 1980.
• Middlesex, Ealirg-Lord George Hamilton, C.,
1672. •
Galway, East -Matthew Harris, P., 4513.
Tyrone, South-W. O'Brien, P„ 52.'
Wexford, North-J. E. Redmond, P., 5714. ,
Wiltshire, Cricklade-Story-Maskelyne, L„ 1751,
St. Andrew'S Burghs-S. Williamson, L., 1256;-
Sr R. Anstruther, L., 1256. A tie. .
. : • „ • .
Antrim, South--W. A. Macartney, 0., 1362.
Staffordshire, Handsworth-H. Wiggtn, L., 2950.
„ ,--.Western-Hamar Bass L., 714. ..
Mayo, South-J. F. O'Brien, N., 4825. . .
Notts, Mansfield-C. Ct. S. Foljamte, L. 4815.
Cork, North-J. C. Flynn, N„ 4880.
Tipperary , Mid -T Mayne,'N.,3oso . *.
Lincolnshire, Gainstukugh-S. 11b5,,
Yorkshire, West Riding,NEdwaid Crossley:L.
3458. • • " .- • • , •

Derbyshire, Western—Lord E. Cavendish, L., 882.
Denbighshire, West—West, L., 1594.
Donegal, South—Kelly, N., 3686.
Dorset, Shaftesbury—Portman, L., 1440.
Down, South—Small, N.,1000.
Durham, South-East Division—Allan,L., 749.
Leicestershire, Mitrket Bosworth—Ellis, L., 2597.
Leitrim, Southern Division—Hayden, N., 4286.
Monaghan, South—M'Kenna, N., 3771
Northamptonshire, North Division—Burghley, C.,
281.
Northumberland, Wansbeck—Fenwick, L., 3155.
Norfolk, North-West—Joseph Arch i Labour, 640.
Roscommon, North—O'Kelly, N.,4664; Mullany,
N., 1438; Robertson, C., 366.
Somerset, North—Llewellyn, C., 685.—South
Lord Kilcoursie, L., 1266.
Suffolk, Lowestoft—Sir S. G. Crossley, L„ 581.
Westmeath, North—Taite, N., 3393.