, 1881-10-30
A NeW Poem by Alfred Tennysou, Eli
titled 'Despair," and Said to
l5e Good.
The Steamer Calcutta and the Ship
Omba Lost in the South.
.ern Seas.
Sunday Mornings Budget Of Irish, English, and
Continental Gossip and Ere.
1ittiuns.
GERM ANY.

RESULT OF THE ELECTION.
LONDON, Oct. "a Berlin dispatch says
From the results of the elections already known
it may be broadly said thut tho URBAN l,optlla-
tion have pretty well pronounced against BIS
marck's economic policy, but reports from the
rural districts which have not yet been received
may turn the tide The victory Of the Progress
lists In Reriin is complete, although the Con-
serra1ises hare gained much ground here since
the last general election, which Ia Significant
The most striking aud significant fact brought
out by the election is tho great aud decided in
crease in the strength Of the Social Democracy,
not so much by members returned as by the
number OF votes given.
2lG DISTRICTS.
RERL1S, Oct :,9.-lteturns from Gig election
districts show that the Government has not
secured Il majority. Sixty new ballots nre nec-
essary. or the members ceexed. 81 belong to
the Centre party. Is nre Pro@rcssists. ~ Seces-
sonsts, Is National Liberals. - Conservatives,
. free Conservatives, Poles. IL I'rotestcrs and
rAtticularSts, aud belong to the Party Of tho
People. ALI candidates Of the Centre and Ad-
yanced Liberal parties are Reflected.
Herr Richter has teen elected to sit for Hagen.
THE SOCIALISTS
lost two electoral districts which ther formerly
represented. and must contestscrentecn second
ballots. ten agiiust Proyressists. Six seats have
sionists nnd progresslsts gained considerably.
The Free Conservatives are literally decimHted-
Their leaders, KarsoT, Narnbuhler. and Count
Drankenhur. are defeated 1t is not considered
that later returns will materially modify tho re-
suit now announced.
COUNT Won ARN!sI,
son of tho late Count Harry Won Arnim, who
was SO severely treated by Bismarck. llus con-
quered for tho Progressists district III Bran
denburg formerly held By the Conservatives.
ALTOGETHE1.
between twenty. and thirty Social Democrats
polled sufficient number of votes to necessi-
tate the holding OF second ballots. 1t Is not
doubted that ut least half of these will he re-
turned. Herr Rebel will agaiu 70 to the poll in
the SECOND ballot in Dresden well as in Bar-
lin. Among those who have been reelected the
best known nNt1leS are Herr Lasscr. Dr. Forck-
enbcck, and Or. FRlk. Herr Renningscn, Clcri-
cal, defeated Won Moltke at Essen. but tho lat
ter may be returned for Menel. DR.. Lucltls.
Minister of Agriculture, has apparently been
beateu by Secessionisr-
THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATURE
of the election Is the triumph Of those Liberals
who are specially obnoxious to Prince Bismarcl.
Thus. Eugene Richter Mt Hagen. obtained Il lne-
jority Of s.001, and Carl Mayer, who had been
bitterly persecuted by the Conservatives, gained
a decided: victory Ut Stuttgart. Count Won
MoI1ke is .1ndispused and confined to his room.
herr Stoccker has been defeated In four
electoral districts.
::30 DISTRICTS.
Results known in :t6 election districts are
analyzed as follows: There have been elected
.s Conservatives. II Free Conservatives. IS mem
bers o: the Centre party, p National Liberals ,s
Secessionis.s. 81 t'rogres=isrs, members Of the
purty Of the People, II Poles, and Il protes'er5
and },nrtictilnrisrs Eighty-nfne second buliot8