, 1880-04-04
.,otner Report that the Chinese
Have Crossed the Russian
>. Frontier
rhs Religious Discussion in France
~ Increasing in Intensity.
,,,. r,n1orer Nordenskjold GlTen a Brill
liant Reception In Paris.
p,,n,, Balie7ed to Be Fast Losing His
Influence.
GREAT BRITAIN.
TIE TORY DEFEAT.


Cable Sp<ft1l ~ AE1 A't"n|t~
1o,,oy April a-The Liberals are IN
,zh fever of excitement over their over
r5eI,nhg and unexpected successes
~hieh continue to pour IN
T. uninterrupted succession. Brighton
.aa - sou,hampton have returned Liberia
ssnd;dates an aud it Is believed that Herbert
Gladstone has been elected for hiddlesex
+ ,rd R,aconstieId and other prominent ofti
cars of tAe Government returned to Lon
DIM to-day, and naturally are very much
ds;ectea over the defeat they have sustained
N a]I narts Of the Kingdom. It Is reported
+hat Reaeonsfeld will resign before the open
fug IT Parliament. He is very downhearted
Al The unexpected turn OF affairs, and refuses
tn se anybody except his most intimate
narsonal friends. Minor officials of
the Government, acting under the
direction of Beaconsheld, and the
other leaders now here, are to-day
Oyethauling the records Of the various de-
partments, and vigorous search is in prog
ress for such political documents as it is
undesirable the incoming Ministry should
see or handle.
for the polings Of this week are now IN, and
the result is that out of So seats, the Liberals
have carried as and the Conservatives 1S71.
THIS leaves the Liberals with a majority OF
Jos, There are only SGS seats yet to be voted
for, and 1t these the Liberals say they are
certain Of carrying at least lao. This would
el.able them. to confront the Coy,
Votes tttssHl ipc]pdipe the sixty Home-Rulers,
and With majority Of eighty without the
HomeRule1s. Such a result far outruns
the most sanguine expectations Of the Lib
erals azI they are almost Intoxicated with
their victory.
TIE ELECTIONS.
7b tAe 1F<stxrn As5oeiatsd Press.
LONDON, April a-The defeat at York
lcity) OF James lowther, Conservative, Chief
;deligas 4Ist by the Home-Rulers aud Sationalsts
The Austrian aud Turkish journals are
8stolnded at the English elections. The
opinion prevails at Berlin and Vienna that
England will be isolated il Gladstone be-
comes chief Of the Cabinet.
ADDITIONAL RETURNS.
Sir Henry T. Bruce, Conservative, Is
elected for Coleraine, a Conservative gain,
c. T. Butt andH Lee, Liberal, for South
ampt0n, Liberal gain of one; J. r. Holland
4nd "; 7, Marriott, Liberals, for Brighton, a
Liberal gain Of two; Hugh Mason, Liberal,
n1r 3oI AStton-under,Iyns, Liberal gain; J.
{an 9rrea Leger and UConnor, Home-Kulers,
Tor GaiTay City, q Home-iluie gain OF
1ofasllre Conservative loss; j. C.
b9lton, Liberal, for Sterltngshire, n Liberal
Eain; Joseph Cowen and Ashton W. Dixie,
4aoefals for Newcastle-upon-Tyn the
1o5meI reelected, Liberal gain; ". Davies,
i49efa. 1 tor rPelnbrokeslirc, a Liberal gain;
D.. n ysIdlne, Liberal. for Dumtricsllire, Lib
s,M sa'ni ". somers, Liberal, for Stalcy-
Aubyn Conservative, for Weistone Con-
seIyatise gain.
eos921 gp g lae present time, the Liberals hare
tie HomeRnless ID ~ ' @4
PRESS COMMENTS.
LONDON, April S-The Saturday Rcpte,p.
independent, says: THE constitueucies
Spula eu'llsa not have given much more Decided
10y sM,"Gf 70 Lord BeaconsieId's appeal, but
W.: wy ugy have given it nobody eau exactly |
-. t;rnd sely probably many electors were
~ .Ia.Q ~ tae government merely because it
aa.s aaa efea sig years i'll office, but there are
eoMe things the elections have placed beyond
,"a,esL noa They show that the publicans huye
aur thar exercised tlE Influence it was expected
d;eI III would; that the Liberals were not
sa,;a W cfotchets; that their party oreaui- |
eauon IS much improved; aud that the |
aor Aave as rule, neither abstajned !
,r [@ne eve !; OVER, hut have voted with their
,1111;ss1 1nG sSptstaator, tt Liberal says: "Nothing
lan ina Ae evidence they give how eosv it is to
1'e he,. ~ 4 England and not know ANYTHING
p, ver ts,,s eae leal opinion OF England. Where
Si sou went sou were told that yhateyer
isna iis5uu'en e. or Scotchmen might think, En-
Sith dju anti, WSuid support Beaconsdeld,s policy
THE SPECTATOR"
ihersi s u .i1 nc!e upon thesconseQuences OF the
orsla ala d victory, the Spectator saws: att isa
t'eiT eTf sna9 olow to the Tory Democracy, The
nd mn;t;tno 1ii WIG processes faith in the monarch
octaist M tiHat''ude must appeal to the latter on
risps rss grounds or undertake enter
peetiilv 41gu.rlng Tletg sacrifices that will
a1I1s. smses !. 20 other man viii ever wave the
one withdp'te ~ prestige as Lord Beacons1ieid has
eennS n SS!sn,out ~, striking stroke for it. in the
lent 0 PFtace, r. We are rid Of personal goyern-
INF tba u howeyeA in its effect abroad
eaeh;no 41oeral victory will be most far
y At S9 pMe we 90 not believe there viii be
ad rnnsc.te1sourg at all. Russia breads
aiefs es,'aa;snIta s certain views Of the Liberal
'tn uleas the Ministry, which can he c,,ercsd
rpls l'Itst conpacts. But millions OF
Ire ,, ati!uenlans, 4! and Bulgarians viii ~
,ss;h1H J.. nle prospect Of new carper made
ehi. SHY s u theiu. and their reioicing viii hs
iIi;onsso ~. itapared with the exaltatittii of our
ordrr th,t r. t1'dla, u, no longer taxed to death
ter nj tto at uie iremier may pose as ar
aud can haes h.s'tnies ,a.;es ct Central Asia. En-