The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17 00:00:00

THE GOLDFIELDS IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA.

Latest Australian adviees state that u is very diffi-
cult to get any information about the newly-discovered
goldfields at Kimberley, in Western Australia. There
are about 400 miners at the diggings, but so far the
amount of gold that has reached Derby, where the
nearest stores are, 300 miles away, has been infinitesi-
mal. The Derby storekeepers say that the diggers
are making great finds of gold, but are keeping it in
hand to prevent a rush of colonists to the field. Life
has more than its share of disadvantages there, for
in warm weather there is no water within six miles of
the diggings.

The Fishmongers Company have nominated five
members of the 4 Court to sit as members of the general
and executive committees of the National Sea Fisheries
Protection Association, in the interest of the fishirur
nthistry; -

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Up to last Monday morning a total of 577 members
had been returned to the new Parliament, the follow-
ing figures showing the state of parties up to that
date :—Unionists, 62 ; Ministerialists, 151 ; Conser-
vatives, 290; Parnellities, 73; Speaker, 1.
In the following list which is a continuation of the
returns from last week—U stands for Unionist, M,
for Ministerialist, C, for Conservative, and P, for
Parnellite. The names in italics are of candidates
who were not members of the last Parliament:
Lancashire (R9ssendale)—Marquis of Hartington,U,
5399; Mr. Newbigging, M, 3949. No change.—(Gor-
ton)—Mr. R. Peacock, M, 4592; Lord Grey de Wil-
ton, C, 4135. No change.
Middlesex (Tottenliam)—Mr. Joseph Howard, C,
3941; Mr. C. E. Bretherton, M, 2061. No change.
Northumberland (Tyneside)—Mr. IV. B. Beaumont,
M, 4112: Mr. Albert Grey, U, 3990. Ministerial
gain.
Perthshire (Eat)—Mr. R. Stewart Menzies, M,
3504; Mr. Holland, U, 2195. No change.
Aberdeenshire (Eastern)—Mr. P. Esslemont, M,
4952; Mr. W. H. Lumsden, U, :1544. No change.
Armagh (North) -7:Major Saunderson, 0, 4572 ; Mr.
J. Williamson, P, 1677. No change.
Ayr Group.—Mr. R. F. F. Campbell, U, 2673;
Captain Sinclair, M, 1498. No change.
Bedfordshire (Biggleswade)— Triscoune Baring, U,
4853; Mr. C. Magniac, M. 4371. Unionist gain.
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury) —Baron F. de
Rothschild, U, 4723; Mr. C. D. Hodgson, M, 1780.
No change.
Cardiganshire —Mr. B. lowlands, M, 4252; Mr.
David Davies, U, 4243. Ministerial gain, Mr. Davies
having voted against the bill.
Carnarvonshire (Eivion)—Mr. J. B. Roberts, M,
4244; Mr. G. Farren, U, 1267. No change.
Cheshire (Hyde)—Mr. .1. IV. Sidebottom, C, 4328;
Mr. T. Gr. Ashton, M, 3885. Conservative gain.
Cornwall (Bodmin)—Mr. Leonard Courtney, U,
3763; Mr. J. Abrahams, M, 2101. No change.
Cumberland (Penrith)—Mr. J. IV. Lowther, C,
3676; Mr. W. Lawson, M, 3032. The Conservatives
take the seat, which was last keld by a Unionist, who
did not seek re-election.

Denbigh Distiict -Mr. G. T. Kenyon, C, 1657;
Mr. J. E. Barlow, M, 1446. No change.
Derbyshire (High Peak)-Captain W. Sidebottom,
ri, al 62: Mr. H. Rhodes, M, 4001. No change.
Devonshire (outh Moiton)-Lora Dymingaw, -u,
4041; Mr. W. H. Walker, M, 2352. No change.
Down (East)-Captain Ker, 0, 5093; Mr IL
M'Grath, P, 2561. No change.
Dorsetshire (Western)-Mr. If. R. Farquharson,
C, 3672' Mr. Cary Batten, M, 2467. No change.
Dumbartonshire--Sir A. Orr-Ewing, C, 4249; Mr.
R. Munro-Ferguson, M, 4217. No change.
Dumfriesshire-Sir Robert Jardine, 4106; Mr. T.
M, 3252. No change.
Essex (Romford)-Mr. J. Theobald, C, 4233; Mr.
Hume Webster, M, 1755; Mr. J. Westlake, U,
1457. Conservative gain from the Unionists, Mr.
Westlake having last held the seat.
Glamorganshire (South)-Mr. A. J. Williams, M,
3497; Mr. J. Mowatt, U, 2177. No change.
Gloucestershire (Stroud)-Mr. G. Holloway, C,
4620; Mr. W. J. Stanton, M, 3911. Conservative
gain from Unionists. Mr. Brand, who voted against
the bill, did not seek re-election here.
Hawick Burghs-Mr. A. L. Brown M, 2553; Sir
George Trovelyan, U, 2493. Ministerial gain.
Leicestershire (Harborough)-Mr. J. K. Tapling,
C, 5708; Mr. H. Sanders, M, 4570. Conservative
gain, Mr. Paget, the late member, having voted for
the bill.
Lancashire North (North Lonsdale)-Mr. W. G.
C, 4003; Mr. W. M. Edmunds, M, 3263.
No change.-(Radcliffe-Cum-Farnworth)--Mr. R.
Leake, M, 4605; Sir F. Milner, C, 4559. No change.
-(Widnes)-Mr. T. C. Edwardes-Moss, C, 3719;
Mr. A. Birrell, M, 2927. No change.
Londonderry (South)-Mr. Thomas Lea, U, 4775;
Mr. T. M. Healy, P, 4619. Unionist gain.
Lincolnshire (Gainsboro')-Colonel Eyre, C, 4123;
Mr. J. Bennett, M, 4038. Conservative gain.-
(Spalding)-Mr. M. E. Finch-Hatton, C, 4561; Mr.
Halley Stewart, M, 4273. No change.
Monmouthshire (Northern).-Mr. J. P. Price, M,
4688; Mr. E. Jones, C, 3285. No change.
Norfolk (North-Western).-Loid Henry Bentinek,
C, 4054; Mr. Joseph Arch, M, 4064. Conservative
gain.
Northumberland (Hexam).-Mr. Miles M'lnnes,
M, 4177; Lord Melgund, U, 3220. No change.
Renfrewshire (Western).--Sir A. Campbell, C,
3434; Mr. W. Dunn, M, 2881. No change.
Staffordshire (North-Western)- Captain Heath-
cote, C, 5252; Mr. G. Leveson-Gower, M, 4459. Con-
servative gain.
Somersetshire (Nerth) -Mr. E. H. Llewellyn, C,
4252; Mr. G. Marshall, M, 2087. No change.
Suffolk (Stowmarket)-Mr. E. Greene, C, 3906;
Mr. E. N. Buxton, M, 3363. Conservative gain.
Sussex (Rye)-Mr. A. M. Brookfield, C, 4592; Mr.
J. G. De Router, M, 3094. No change.
Sutherlandshire-Mr. A. Sutherland, M, 1463; Mr.
R. W. MiLeod Fullerton, U, 583. This is a Minis-
terial gain, as the last holder of the seat was a
Unionist.
Warwickshire (Rugby)-Mr. H. P. Cobb, M, 4006;
Mr. M. C. Huszard, U, 3528. No change.
Wigtownshire-Sir Herbert Maxwell, C, 2920; Mr.
J. W. Coldstream, M, 1719. No change.
Yorkshire (Osgoldcross)-Mr. J. Austin, M, 4008;
Sir J. Ramsden, U, 3010. Ministerial gain.-(Ripon)
-Mr. J. J. Wharton, C, 4113; Mr. C. A Ponsonby,
M, 3125. Conservative gain of a seat held by a Unionist
who did not seek re-election.
Anglesey-Mr. T. P. Lewis, M, 3727; Captain
Rayner, C, 3421. A Ministerial gain.
Antrim (Mid.)-Mr. R. T. O'Neill, C, 4631; Mr.
Mg. Elvey, P, 933. No change.
Devonshire (Barnstaple)-Mr. G. Pitt-Lewis, U,
4222; Mr. I. S. Leadam, M, 2960. No change.
Donegal (North)-Mr. J. E. O'Doherty, P, 4263;
Colonel H. Stewart, U, 914. No change.
Herefordshire (Ross)-Mr. Michael Biddulph, U,
3968; Mr. T. Duckham, M, 1670. No change.
Lancashire, S.E. (Heywood)-Mr. Isaac Hoyle, M,
4200; Mr. J. G. Lawson, C. 3762. No change.
Norfolk (Northern)-Mr. H. H. Cozens-Hardy, M,
4084; Mr. A. Fellowes, 0,3324. Mr. Cozens-Hardy
was one of the absentees from the division.
Ncrthamptonshire (East)-Mr. F. A. Channing,
M, 4428' Mr. Agar-Ellis, 0,3012. No change.
Tyrone (North)-.--Lord Ernest Hamilton, C, 3219 ;
Mr. J.. O. Wiley, P, 2867. No change.
Wick (Burghs)-Mr. J. McDonald Cameron, M,
910' Mr. J. D. Bender, U, 686. No change.
Cheshire (Crewe) -Mr. MiLaren, M, 4690; Mr.
Twemlow, C, 4045. No change.
St. Andrew's District-Mr. H. Anstruther, U,
1132' Sir T. Brassey, M, 716. No change. At the
last general election there was a tie between Sir R.
Anstruther and Mr. S. Williamson, and on a judicial
investigation the former obtained the seat.
Nottinghamshire (Mansfield) -Mr. C. G. S. Poi-
jambe, M, 4870; Mr. Rolleston, C, 2833. No
change.
Yorkshire (Barnsley) -Mr. C. S. Kenhy, M, 5425 ;
Mr. B. C. IT. Wentworth, C, 2917. No change.
-S k ipton -Mr. W. Morrison, U, 4423; Sir M. Wilson,
M,4280. IJni6nist gain.
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Down (South)—Mr. M. MsArtan, P, 4730; Mr.
Corbutt, LI, 3816. No change.
King's County (Birr)—Mr. B. C. Molloy, P, 3266;
Mr. Bernard, C, 711. No change.
Oxon (Banbury)—Sir B. Samuelson, M, 3677; Mr.
L. M. Wynne, C, 3184. No change.
Staffordshire (Leek)—Mr. H. T. Davenport, C,
4324; Mr. C. Crompton, M, 3669. A Conservative
gain.
Sussex (East Grinstead)—Mr. A. Gatkorne-Hardy,
C, 3289; Mr. C. J. Heald, 1877. No change.
Worcestershire (Droitwich)—Mr. J. Corbett, U,
4031; Mr. Dodson, M, 2761. No change.
Carnarvonshire (Arfon)—Mr. W. Rathbone, M,
4072; Colonel Platt, C, 2950.
Cornwall (Truro)—Mr. W. Bicilford-Smith, U,
3522; Mr. Lough, M, 1546. No change.
Derbyshire (Mid)—Mr. J. A. Jacoby, M, 4569; Mr,
C. N. Seeley, LT, 3706. No change.
Devon (Torquay)—Mr. R. C, 3135; Mr'
L. Mclver, U, 3055. A Conservative gain from a
Unionist.

Dorset (South)—Mr. C. J. G. Hambro, C, 3477;
Mr. H. P. Sturgis, M, 2486. A Conservative•gain.
Essex, (Walthamstow)—Colonel IlfaHns, C, 4461;
Mr. A. Spicer, M, 2639. A Conservative gain.
Hants (Petersfield)—Viscount Wolmer, U., 3188;
Mr. W. Nicholson, C, 3077. No change.
Yorkshire (Spen Valley)—Mr. J. Woodhead, M,
4542; Mr. Boulter, U, 2200, No change.
Wicklow (West)—Mr. G. M. Byrne, P, 3531; Mr.
Hume Dick, U, 856. No change.
Wiltshire (Cricklade)—Mr. M. H. N, Story-
Maskelyne, U, 3401 • Mr. B. I. Costelloe, M, 1683;
Sir John Bennett, M, 1247. No change.
Pembrokeshire—Mr. William Davies, M, 4009;
Mr. C. E. G. Phillips, C, 3983. No change.
Stirlingshire—Mr.J. C. Bolton, M, 5067; Mr. E.
Noel, U, 4360. No change.