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LATEST NEWS.
The English Elections.


Of the House tor the Central Division of |
and Joseph Chamberlain |
for the West Division. Neither was OPP !
posed Sixteen Tory candidates, seven
Unionists, eight Liberals and two Par
nellites have been elected to the new
House OF Commons in uncontested dis
tricts
In the election at Colchester H. J.
Trotter Conservative polled 1896 votes
and Sir X Causton (Gladstonian) FOL
This was the first contested borough,
and the result is considered to have spe-
cial significance. The "Pall Mall Ga
zette" said that if Colchester went Lib
eral the fact would give heart to the
party throughout the land. The result
shows that the Gladstonian candidate
lost ground. Among the districts in
which Conservative candidates were I'M
opposed were Blackburn and Croydon,
although at the last election the Liber-
ais made good fight at both places.
Michael Davitt has withdrawn from
tiIe contest in Lord Hartingtons con-
stituency, the Rossendale division OF
Northeast Lancashire.
Gladstone Defeats % L niOnist.
The Unionists were utterly routed in the
Parliamentary district of Leith borough.
At the last election Mr.. Jacks was returned
from the district by a majority of 1870
out of total poll of 8,84O votes. Al
though he opposed Home Rule he was
nevertheless considered invincible in
his district, but his hostility to Glad
stone turned thousands of the Leith
borough Scotchmen against him and
secured his defeat
a Row i'm Dublin.
Two Parnellites undertook to contest
two seats belonging to the Dublin Uni
versity against two Conservatives. The
students of the University attempted to
drive the Home Rulers out of the dis
trict. The Parnellites stood their ground
and there was plucky contest. The
students threw rotten eggs. The voices
of the contesting candidates were
drowned, but the Conservative candidates
were given fair hearing. Finally,
after three hours of uproar, the Provost
declared the Conservative candidates
elected.
Gladstone to Thomas O'COnnOr,
Gladstone has telegraphed as follows
to Thomas O'Connor:
h mo foh Iyo,,r ooy,, ho
pool with great interest. l hope the
Liberals will vote to man for support
ing the all-important absorbing policy OF
the Government"
Mr.. Chamberlain writes 81 do not
believe the Tories are pledged to coer-
cion / believe the Tory leaders are will
ing to go much further in the direction
of local government for Ireland than
hitherto"
Results.
A London dispatch of July I'd says that
at D. M fifty-two Conservatives, seven
teen GladstOnians, ten Unionists and
eight Parnellites had been returned
The feature of tO-day's polling is the
great number of absentees. 1t is feared
that the results of to-day's polling will
depress the Liberals.
a Close Contest.
LONDON, July 3d.-The returns up tC
O'Clock p. m. show the election of 12C
Tories, AZ Gladstonians, % Unionists
and II Parnellites. The results OF yes
terday's elections indicate nothing clear
ly except the close nature of the contest
The Unionists maintain the lead, owing
to the number returned without opposi
ton. Manchester returns three Glad
stonans and three Unionists; Liverpool
four Unionists and two Gladstonians
! Bristol, three Unionists and one Glad
stonian; Leeds, three Gladstonians anC
| two Unionists The only Scotch election
was in Perth, which returned a Glad
stonian by a small majority. Three
London divisions-East Paddington
! North PaddingtOn and the Strand-havt
given immense UniOnist majorities, re
| turning Lord Randolph Churchill, l.. L
! Conan and w. II. Smith. Gladstone
! denunciation of the Unionist candidate
! at Carlisle produced the return of the
! Gladstonian nominee, but Caine, al
though opposed by the Premier, sue
ceeded in Barrow The feature of the
election is the general smallness o
majOrities.
! An Offer of Arms.
George KeynOch, a principal member
! of the rifle firm in Birmingham, who Is
a Tory candidate for Aston Manor, in {
speech last night said that if the loyal
! lists of Ireland were obliged to appeal tC
arms he himself would be prepared tt
contribute within forty-eight hours ter
thousand as good rifles as were ever
made, together with two million car
/ tridges. This remark was received witt
deafening cheers by the auditors.
Comments of London Journals.
LONDON, July 3D. The Times,
commenting on the elections, says
/ Though no conclusive numerical advan
tage has been gained by either side, it il
evident that even with the transfer o
! the Irish vote, Mr.. Gladstone barely
holds his own in the boroughs.
The DAILY News" says: The results