The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06

Trouble is reported at the busting in Wind
Sor, The Liberals have gained one seat in
Southampton.
fMsldnlgat-Twenty-t three Conservatives and
naSod - 5ea are elected or returned unop-
posed 10 DAY by twenty flour constituencies.
Inc conservatives gained seyan seats To-day.
Inc Liberals gained seat in Bolton
Inc home-rule candidates II. raturneJ from
D9hgarvan and Cork county. Samuel Plim
soil is reelected in Derby and Holmes in uacL
ney. The election OF the latter will doubt,eA.
be annulled. The. O'Donoghue is elected IRA
lee by a majority of three over home-ruler
968. ~
Elections were held in the metropolitan dis
trlcts to day. but no results ale yet announced.
The count of votes cannot be com pleted till late
tomorrow.
LONDON, Feb. $3.50 A. M.-Rioting was
genera Yesterday in the pottery districts of
Staffordshire.
At Hanley, desperate fight took place be-
tween two mobs. One man was killed and
many severely wounded. Among the injured
were several SPECIAL constables and policemen.
AT Tunrstall the authorities closed all the pub
lie houses. The mob seized the ballot boxes,
which were recaptured by the police.
Similar scenes were enacted at Longton anl
Burslems The Mayor of Wolverhampton and
graphed late yesterday afternoon for military,
ana asking for the immediate dispatch of all
available troops.
IN Ireland it runs high between the clerical
county -
flot occurred yesterday in Askeaton, IN
shot dead. '''n "eio
LONDON, Feb. Ga A. M.-Ashburv and
Snute, conservatives, are elected at Brigbton.
winch were represented in last Parliament nv
Fawcutt and White advanced Liberals. Mr..
Fawcult yesterday stood at the bottom of the
poll. The polling in Manchester yesterday re-
suited in the election of two Conservatives and
one Liberal, Sir Thomas Bazely, member of
the last Parliament. John Bright stood at the
bottom of the poll aud the Conservatives gain
ed one seat. The Liberals gained a seat al
Blackburn and the Conservatives held theiI
own at Solford.
End II the Ashantee War.
The following highly impOrtan Mt despatch from
Sir Garnet Wolsey, commanding the Ashantee
expedition, was rec ived to-day by the Secreta.
~ of State for Washington:
"Ali the white prisoners held by the Asian.
tees have been delivered to me. The king &C
cepts my terms for the cessation of hostiities
demuity of 100000. We halt for few days
thirty miles from Cooinasse.'
Good Prosper for the Iasurgents.
New YORK, Feb "a private letter from
Havana says the affair at Trinidad is regarded
as an exceptional case, and not aI all indicative
of a general uprising of the negroes and the
burning of plar tations. The opinion prevails
chat the Insurgents will soon be able to cross
the old Tr0cc in considerable force. Hereto
fore they have been able occasionally to cross
in small parties Should they succeed in cross
ing in large numbers the burning of plantations
is inevitable. A secret organization is thought
to exist, with qualifications extending to all
parts of the island, the object of which is to
give moral and material support to the insur.
gents. who, if successful in their operations in
the central and eastern departments, will en-
deavor to pass into the Villas district 1t is
concluded that the Spanards are just now in
eight place, and need m n and money to carry
on the war. The want of both is apparent, and
is telling very severely against the Spanlards.