The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1886-06-26 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

THE EXPIRING PARLIAMENT.  Although the life U the expiring Parliament has been unusually short, the changes which have occurred since the general election have been somewhat numerous. Before Parliament met the deaths of two members were announced—Sir George Harrison, the Liberal member for South Edinburgh, and Professor 11• Kane, Conservative member for MidArmagh. Two deaths have since taken place. Mr. John Brooks, Conservative member for the Altrincham Division of Cheshire, died rather suddenly. and Mr. Foster, who represented the Central Division of Bradford, after a long illness The losses by death were therefore equally divided between Liberals and Conservatives. A vacancy also occurred through the appointment of Mr. Grantham, who had been returned for Croydon in the Conservative interest, to a judgeship ; and another, in Flintshire, through the acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds by Lord R. ' Grosvenor, who has since been raised to the peerage. Four seats were rendered vacant— Galway. Carlow. the Ossory Division of Queen's County, and Monaghan—owing to Mr. T. P. O'Connor, Mr. E. D. Gray, Mr. A. O'Connor, and Mr. T. Healy having been returned for other constituencies, for which they elected to sit. To fill these various vacancies, Mr. Childers (L) was chosen at South Edinburgh; Sir J. P. Corry (C) at Mid-Armagh; Sir William Brooks (C), in the Altrincham Division of Cheshire; and Mr. Shaw Lefevre (L), in Central Bradford. The Hon. Sidney Herbert (V) was elected for Croydon ; and Mr. Samuel Smith (L) for Flintshire. In Ireland. four Parnellitea (including Captain O'Shea) were chosen to fil the vacancies caused by the double return of Parnellites—Captain O'Shea, Galway ; Mr. .1. A. Blake, Curlew; Mr. antra, Orisory Division of Queen's County ; and Mr. P. O'Brien, North Monaghan. By none of these changes was the relative strength of parties in the House affected. Petitions were presented against the return of eight members, but in four cases they were dismissed. Ths members who successfully suet the petitions are Biros Ferdinand de Rothchild (I.). Aylesbury , Division of Bucks; Mr. E. St ittird Howard (L), Thornbury Division of Gloucestershire; Mr. Gent-Davis (Cl, Remington ; and Mr. Durant (L), Stepney. In the remaining four cies the members were unseated Mr. Ballard (C), at Norwich ; Mr. Dancan Barrow; Mr. Jesse Collings (L) and Mr. West (1.), Ipswich. In the elections which followed, Mr. S. Hoare (C) was returned for Norwich, Mr. Caine (D L) fir Barmy, and Mr. C. Dalrymple (C) and Lord Elder (C) for Ipswich. This was therefore an absolute gain of two seats to the Conservatives. Counting Mr Caine as a member id the Liberal party, though he was an active opponent of tl e Irish proposals of rho Government, the number of Libends in the House wax reduced from 333 to 331, and the Conservatives increased from 219 to 951. It may also be noted that the tie in the St. Andrews Burghs between Sir R. Anstru, her (I) L) and Mr. Willi:too:on (I.) NVoS decided in favour of the former ; and that Mr. G. V. Morgan (L). on seeking re-election at Battersea. t 0.114 returned unopposed. Baroneteiter h.ave been einfsrred on five Conservative members—Mr. William C. Brooks, Mr. Kite iril Green. Colonel Richard Paget, Mr. Archibald 'lrr-Ewing, and Mr. Edward Birkbeek. Mr. Trevelyan, on the sleuth of his fattier, his jest sue...veiled to a baronetcy.  In the House of Lords, the deaths have i been four times more numenum than in the House of Commons. The dealt* include the I Earl of Guilford (from a f ill in the hunting field), hoed Broughton. the Earl of 8, redbrok, the Earl of Chichester, Lod Penrhyn, Lord 1 Forester, the Earl of Nhaftshury (who coot_ ! nutted suicide when temporarily Invole), Lord Cardwell, Lord Waveney, Lord Melville. Lord ' Amherst, Lord Vivian. Lord Redcoat de, and ' the following .eotch representative peers:— Lord Borthwick, Lord Ste dhallan, and Lord Haltom, These deaths are in the proportion of five Liberals to eleven Conservatives. Among the peers whw It taken, or have been entitled to take their seats by succession are : The Duke of Abercorn, the Earl of Buckinghamshire, Lb. Earl of Erne, the Earl