Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-09
COUNTY RETURNS.
English Liberals Encouraged by
Latest Results.
COLLISION ON 4 RAILWAY BRIDGE.
A Disastrous ire at St. Johns,
Newfoundland.
MR.. CLEVELAND OBJECTS
HOPE FOR GLADSTONE.
The Latest Returns in Great Britain's Elec-
lions.
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COLLISION ON 4 RAILWAY BRIDGE
MR.. CLEVELAND OBJECTS
HOPE FOR GLADSTONE.

The Latest Returns in Great Britain's Elee-
tons.
LONDON, July Sat 315 o'clock this after
noon the total returns received show the cleo
| ton of 1s6 conservatives, 154 liberals, % lib
eral-unionists, 20 anti-Parnellites and Par
nellites.
The Standd I'd says: "The latest election re-
turns dissipated the dream of Mr.. Gladstone
| that he would obtain a majority of his own and
| tend rather to discourage the belief that he
will get majority Of any sort Whatever the
future may have in store the contingency Of .
working home rule majority may altogether be
excluded
The Chronicle says: 1.-THE governments dis
graceful attempt to disfranchise workmen has
succeeded. From nearly every constituency
we have received reports Of the failure of work
men to reach the poll. It cannot be doubted
that the defeat Of Mr.. Jones. the liberal candi-
date at Peckham. was primarily due to this
cause"
One Of the worst disasters that has befallen
the nti-Parnelites is the defeat Of VIM. Muir
ply in the st. Patricks division Of Dublin city.
He was one of the best members Of the
last house. He is largely engaged as
contractor in the construction Of rail
ways and tramwnys. He il an associate
of the Institute Of Civil Engineers in Dublin
and q director of the Waterford and Limerick
Railway Company and of tho Belfast Tramway
Company. He is held in high respect by the
members of his party.
LIBERALS GAIN FIVE MORE SEATS.
The results of eighteen Of yesterdays pollings
received up to noon today show that the hber-
ais have gained i've seats.
Commenting upon the election before all these
gains were known the Pail Mall Gazette said:
''From the point of view of producing Glad
stonian minority the results of the polling are
sufficient. but with the view to making large
majority they will not do. While it looks as II
Lord Salisbury Is doomed, Mr.. Gladstone's ma
jority will not be rs large as many hoped it
would be-
Vanity Fair says that the queen is much
vexed at the defeat Of the Marquis Of Lorne,
the husband Of Princess Louise. who stood as a
Gberal-unionist in the central division Of Brad
ford, where he was defeated by Mr.. G. Shaw
Lefevre, the liberal candidate. Her mai
to his standing for election. and wishes
him to take the seat in the house of lords to
which he is entitled. The marquis declines to
take his seat in the house of peers Mr.. Shaw
Lefevre had 4,7i0 votes and Lord Lorne 4,245.
The liberal majority in 1886 was 49,
Up to the close Of yesterdays polling the ag-
gregate number Of votes cast was: Unionist,
1.lO0, 24S; home rule, ,093 ,el3; labor, 29,152.
LIBERAL GAINS IN THE COUNTIES.
y
although the polling in the boroughs
did not come up to their expectations,
when the elections take place in the
county constituencies the counties would
wheel into the liberal line and cause sorrow to
the unionists. Yesterday the liberals felt
rather blue over the county prospects, as the re-
turns did not appear to bear out their rose-col-
ored view OF the situation. A mild feeling Of
dependency prevailed over the outlook as il
was feared that Mr.. Gladstone's majority would
be greatly reduced by the county returns. The
liberals, Of course, did not give up hope of
having majority, but the figures showed that
they we're not making the expected gains in the
counties.
At noon today, when further results Of yes
terday's elections were at hand, the faces Of
those who were gathered at the National Liberal
Club showed that toa certain extent the counties
were wheeling into line At that time re-
turns had been received from eighteen county
districts and they showed that the liberals had
elected their candidates in FIVE Of them that had
formerly been carried by the unionists.
The result OF the election in the southeast
division OF Durham caused the liberals great
Joy. Here the liberal unionist majority of 1888.
amounting to 939 votes, was wiped out and the
majority of 4.070. A gain of 5000 votes in this
district was taken to augur well for the other
celebrates, and the sugury proved true one.
Almost Immediately afterward it wns an
nOunced that o liberal had Ousted conserve
tive in the Loughborough division of Leices-
tershire. Here Mr.. De Isle, tory who repre-
scented the district In the LAST parliament. he'd
been defeated by Mr.. Ferguson by majority
of 1913. This was liberal gain Of 848.
Then followed the reading Of the returns from
the south division Of Northamptonshire. These
showed that Mr.. Guthrie, the liberal candidate,
would vote with his party in the next parlia-
ment. He had defeated his conservative oppo-
nent by 48 votes. The majority was small, but
ii wss a liberal gain Of 376, and this was cheer
ing news.
Mr.. Walter Hume Long, parliamentary secre-
tary Of the local government board. stood in
the conservative interest in the Devises division
Of Wiltshire. The local government board is,
to use a slang expression, Tin hard luck" The
Rt. Hon. @. e. I. Richie, president of the
board, failed of election in the
Saint George s-in-the-East division Of the
Tower hamlets, a metropolitan district, and now
the parliamentary secretary Of the board has
been defeated. The liberal candidate who stood
against him overcame majority Of l,726 and
was returned BY majority of 1888, gain of
1884.
The next liberal gain was in the Bggleswade
division of Bedforlshire, where the liberal
unionist candidate, Viscount Barring, was de-
foafad hy vofas which xvaa a Eha~ol r.;~