South Wales Daily News

LONDON LETTER. l [RAOM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] tSFEClALLY WIRED. J LONDON, Sunday Night. TURNING THE BALANCE. aJSf '"AS •are1 beginning to sing very like being the form lo<* Friday night svenmg only a few returns were received on the day's polling »nd received ohMge in the relative position c/th but when the whole of the °lt ^f""6-8' to-morrow it is „„re thM1 Conservative majority will ha™i altogether, and that „e shlu d,fappeaSd high road to a substanW suCc« T^e Liberal victories in *>, m Division of Devon a • Tavisfcock Bedfordshire, are "V North people have taken to heart Mr A f advice not to nUt nf0; V ^adstones or in acres. Th?e ktl £ peers with the Duke of Wes Lw 2 B.edford' and other over-wealthv i brook' influence on the Sthr8W with the consequence ?h f dl8sentients, fluence had its effect on ^torial m- The present Duke of TWf 6,i ? refrained from identifUi v! has studiously political party, with fc? n**? mttl any constituencies mention^68*? tlle two the fold, and Mr Genr "D aVe refcumed t0 turns to the HOSTS ?USSe" agli? re" unless* his ancient L Co1rnm°ns, where, him aside, he mavK y rheumatism lays bright to fulfil the goes, and whatevJJ fv7 Wherever one politics form the Jji comPan7 he meets, versation. The n IV °jle SU^Ject of con- deep depression in ti barometer sh°Y-s tuencies, which iq lii, i county consti- land. This is «trJ I 7 tC\ extend to Scot" journals to-dav T^^ in troubles them nn' • ? question which stone will is ot. whether Mr Glad- large that hut as to how aJonty wIll be. TORY TRICKS. to light4ble circ^1nistances have come tricks which ai W*y» S are dark and fche tives played on V&m W ch the Conserva- the Metropolis ,qan- un^usPectmg people m How many seafadunn» the Present election, party bv LTt\ were losfc to the Liberal rtl impossiblo ? the1p°,lls 0n a Saturday polling static calculate, but at one working men" ln ™ «« alone, 140 consequence oTTh uUt from v°tmgi m' between air c.rush which took place reports co £ e f CIghfc °clock' stituencies fn.'?mber °I Liberals + d failure of the is directly W'n ^he seat in Peckham But not Jf- afctributed to this cause, officer imr. "with this, one returning Balfour hv ?Ved on tactics SCTvative the name of the Con- naner thr> Ca.ndldate first on the ballot Liberal can^j *n alphabetical order the Dosition d3date should have occupied that K ?dthe ^ral Council had ad- on the Hot ors to vot for the first name that iv In another division I know XenbvH, 0fficial n^ice of election Conservl*^ returning officer placed the oX WWefirat of alphabetical w^ irrilWhether «» arrangement was carried out on the ballot paper I cannot A CONSERVATIVE SPLIT, I Of fhZVeerns no probability of a settlement ^U8Co^vative spl^ in theSt. ^U8Co^vative splIt in theSt. t Vision of Hertfordshire. That ana tne C^y Gf London dispute make a TM°UA I^LXTURE- It was understood that H Mr Alderman Ritchie succeeded in taking the seat from Mr Alban Gibbs m the City he 7r.0lV ^esign in order to find a place for "f.Mother, Mr C. T. Ritchie, the President ot the Jjocaj Government Board. Now Mr h h 1 ba, a brother of the City mem- ber, has written to his Conservative competitor in the St. Albans Division sug- gfwg that they should both retire in favour ot Mr Ritchie, but Mr Bingham Cox. says he will have none of it. He does not know that Mr Ritchie wants the seat, or that he has not something in view else- where. Anyhow he intends to go to the poll next Friday. Mr Bingham Cox may be described as the choice of the local Con- servatives, while Mr Vicary Gibbs bad been rought forward by the official Con- it was but a short time ago that the Minister of Agriculture was brought down to Childwickbury, where Mr Blundell Maple has his stud farm, in order K f fifnbst support for Mr Gibbs, but the meeting was not a very enthusiastic one, and it wilÏ be no surprise if he retires, seeing he has little chance, in order to prevent the possibility of the Liberal candi- date winning the seat, a by no means un- likely contingency. THE EXODUS OF SOCIETY. After Henley and the Eton and Harrow match, the Society people who remained for those ImPOrtant functions are rapidly leaving town. The West End already is show- mg the autumnal tints in the shape of closed windows and covered furniture. There win, of course, be a brief revival later, but the season has been spoilt by the election, and dowagers with marriageable daughters must have a grudge against Lord Salisbury for having selected this period of the year for appealing to the country. More theatres are on the point of closing, or of being let to scratch companies for brief engagements. Meantime there is no sur- cease in the traffic, for the reason that London is being visited by crowds of holiday- makers from the country. The clubs have. begun their annual cleaning earlier in the season than usual. Several are already closed, and the members temporarily taken in by similar institutions. If it were not for the election returns, most of the clubs would be empty, and, as it is, they are very, sparsely attended. ENGLISH OPERA. It is a regrettable fact that English opera receives no support in this country. That the British public appreciate more folly the works of Continental composers is too plainly apparent by the proposal to convert the Royal English Opera House, in Cam- bridge Circus, Charing Cross, into a theatre of varieties similar to those two popular resorts, the Alhambra and Empire. The cost of constructing the Royal Opera House was exceptionally great to Mr D'Oyly Carte, whose subsequent losses in connec- tion with Ivamhoe were equally severe. After the brief and unsuccessful opening, the house has remained closed for some time, until at last a company has been formed, with a capital of £200,000, to carry it on as a Palace of Varieties. The Board will include Lord H. Brudenell Bruce, Mr Charles Wyndham, Mr George Augustus Sala, and Sir Augustus Harris, the latter of whom will, I understand, be the managing director. THE LATE MR E. L. SHELDON. A short biographical sketch is to be ? pub- lished of the late Mr E. L. Sheldon, whose sudden and untimely death we recently recorded. Mr Sheldon, though engaged in commercial pursuits, occupied the little leisure he had in literature. Be was, I believe, the author of a spirited translation of Flaubert's Salambo," and made contributions to literature in other ways. Though an American born, his charming home on the bank of the Thames at Hampton was the resort of many well-known people. He was a singularly quiet and unobtrusive man, and was, perhaps, best known to the out- side world as the husband of Mrs French Sheldon, the African explorer, who at the time of his death was on a lecturing tour in America, from which Mr Sheldon had returned but a few days before his fatal illness. The saddest part of the story is that his indisposition seemed so slight that it was thought unnecessary to communicate with Mrs Sheldon, and the first news she re- ceived was the announcement of her hus- band's death. It is needless to say that in these circumstances very many expressions of sympathy have been received from Mr and Mrs Sheldon's numerous friends. THE ART OF ADVERTISING. The great advertiser is a fearful and wonderful person. At one of the theatres over the water, where Romeo and Juliet is being performed, so little attention is paid to the unities of time and place that one scene represents an English street, with a modem public-house and signs describing the virtues of somebody's ales and another person's extract of beef. Some of the best theatres, however, are not above letting the drop curtain for advertising purposes. It is about time a protest was made against being confronted with the monotonous itera- tion of advertisers at every turn.

TERRIBLE FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S. THE TOWN IN RUINS. A CATHEDRAL DESTROYED. DAMAGES, FOUR MILLIONS STERLING. ST. JOHN'S, Sunday. d The city of Sfc. John's, the capital ot Newfound- land and seat of the Government, has been over- taken by the most disastrous fire known since e terrible conflagration of 1846, which the present visitation has considerably surpassed both in- extent and value of the property destroyed. Two-thirds of the city are in rums, and the damage is estimated at not less than four millions sterling, the loss being twice as great as that suffered in 1846. The fire broke out in a stable m the eastern suburb at about five o'clock on Friday afternoon, and was not subdued until about nine o'clock yesterday morning. The houses m the vicinity of the stable were all built of wood, and as there had been no rain for the past month everything was as dry as tinder while there was a great scarcity of water. In face of these cir- cumstances, combined with a high wind, which favoured the flames, the firemen were absolutely powerless. Within a short tune after the first outbreak a dozen houses were ablaze, and it soon became apparent that the wind was driving the fire down upon the heart of the city. The breeze hurled flaming I brands upon the shingled roofs of the houses, firing them far and wide, while tongues of flame leaped with awful rapidity from street to street. The conflagration at length bunied a track-down into Water-street, the principal business thoroughfare of the city. Here were stores and warehouses full of valuable and inflammable mer- chandise, timber wharves, coal yards, and fac- tories. With such material, the fire soon gained a terrible hold, and swept the entire street from Beck's Cove to the railway wharf, the heat being so intense that stone and brick buildings were consumed almost as quickly as wooden edifices. Nearly a mile of wharves were burned, and not a house is left along the whole street. Spreading eastwards from Longshill the fire attacked in succession the Masonic Hall, St. Patrick's Hall, three churches, the Customs House, and the Athenaeum, besides ,destroying private houses over an immense area. The inhabitants were paralysed by the rapidity with which the flames spread, and only tried to save their furniture and effects, leaving their dwellings to destruction. One of the greatest losses sustained is that of the fine i Anglican Cathedral, which cost £100,000. The structure is now merely a mass of unsightly blackened ruins, the arches and roof having fallen in. Among the other bnildings. destroyed are -the residences of Dr Llewellyn Jones, the Bishop, the school-house, the Presby- terian Church and Manse, the Gower Methodist Church, the Congregational Church, St. Andrew's Church, the Court House, and the Orange Hall. Besides these more, than half the merchants' stores and offices and the principal wharves and jftiops were all burned. The Atlantic Hotel was also destroyed, as well as all the printing and newspaper establishments, but the Union Bank escaped. The fire at length stopped at Devon- row, the houses in which were uninjured, the last buildings reached by the flames being Harvey's Bakery and Lendberg's Brewery. Beyond these was an open space, by which the progress of the conflagration was checked. The steamer Sharpshooter and some other vessels lying in the harbour were burned. The heat and smoker were stifling, and the sea of Are raging over so. great a distance for 16 hours presented an ap- palling spectacle. Over a vast area nothing is to be seen but tottering walls and. chimneys. At least 10,000 people are homeless, and how they are to be sheltered and their immediate wants provided for it is hard to say. The sufferings of thousands of the poorest inhabitants are terrible, most of them having lost absolutely everything. Multi- tudes are sitting in the fields and the streets beside the little of their household goods that they have saved. The majority are absolutely ¡' ruined, and their despair is most pitiable. The only hope for many lies in the assurance that, as on former occasions, the mother country will liberally subscribe for the relief of the sufferers.— Reuter. ST. JOHN'S, Sunday.—The latest' inquiries show that the calamity was even greater than at first reported. The amount of food left in the town is only sufficient to last 10 days, and large numbers, wbo have no moons of subsistence; lefll, and no employment, must be fed and sheltered by charity. News has been received that her Majesty's ship Blake has left Halifax with tents, food, and clothing for the distressed inhabitants. Promises of help in the form most required have also been received from New Yorkand Boston. and the Montreal Government is ■ erecting huts and tSnts to shelter the destitute, and the: Legislature will be summoned to meet forthwith in order to vote relief and pass acts for the re-building of the houses destroyed by the flames. The total loss by the fire isnpwjestimated at 20,000,000dols., of which only about 3,000,000 dols. are stated to, be insured. Food and clothing are the articles: most required. As the fire progressed furniture and bedding was immediately brought from the houses and stored in the English Cathedral,, and the sacred edifice was almost entirely filled when it also became enveloped in the flames.^—Reuter,

A FRENCH CONSUL RE- CALLED. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT. BERLIN, Saturday Evening.—An extraordi- nary affair occurred in Leipzig, at an early hour this morning, which, in more excitable times, might have had very serious consequences. M. Jacquot, the French Consul at Leipzig, went on a carouse last evening, and at three o'clock this morning, when in a state of hilarious drunkenness, he entered an "early life,' kept by Herr Bauer. He at once began making sarcastic and insulting remarks to the people sitting at the tables, with £ nat,Ural result thafc a row ensued, which culminated in the Consul shouting, You are a lot of dirty German pigs." Several men immediately fell upon M. Jacquot and gave him asound drubbing, which was interrupted by the arrival of a posse of police, sent for by the alarmed cafe keeper. M. Jacquot was taken to the police station and charged with drunkenness and assault. He refused for a time to give his name and abused the police officers in the most violent manner; finally he stated that he was the French Consul. On this being confirmed by inquiries, he was released from custody. No information of this scandalous business was sent to the Imperial Foreign Office by the Saxon Government, and not a word of complaint or inquiry was received from Paris, but full particulars were supplied by telegraph to M. Herbert, the French Ambassador who, upon the facts disclosed, telegraphed to Paris that it was not a matter for diplomatic correspondence. In the result M. Ribot tele- graphed from Paris this evening recalling M. Jacquot, and it is not expected that anything more will be beard of this curious business.— Central Netes.

ENGLAND AND AMERICA. THE SEIZURE OF A BRITISH STEAMER. WASHINGTON, Saturday.—The British* ChargS d'Affaires here has applied to the Secretary of State for the release of the British steamer Coqumtlon which was recently seized at Port Etches, Alaska, by a revenue cutter, the release to be subject to indemnity bonds to be given by the Canadian Government on behalf of the owners of the vessel. It is understood the Secre- tary of State will take no action in the matter until he has received an official report of the seizure.—Reuter.

THE CORK ELECTION. ALLEGED CLERICAL INTIMIDATION. A PETITION TO BE LODGED. The Parnellite leaders have decided to lodge a petition against the retnrn of Messrs William O'Brien and Maurice Healy, who were declared elected for Cork City on Thursday. This course is being taked in consequence of alleged clerical intimidation and undue influence. The peti- tioners assert that they are in a position to prove- that one clergyman thus warned his people:- It is a crime, a sin, a mortal sin of the deepest dye, to vote for the Pamellites, or to give them any support," while another urged on the electors that they would vote for murderers if they aup. ported Parnellite candidates.

LATEST RETURNS. GREAT LIBERAL VICTORIES. SEVEN SEATS WRESTED FROM THE TORIES. THE FLOWING TIDE IN THE COUNTIES. NOTABLE TRIUMPH BY MR BRYNMOR JONES. A HUGE MAJORITY FOR SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN. OVERWHELMING DEFEAT OF SIR MORGAN MORGAN. BALANCE OF PARTIES. The Liberals luve won seven more seats, representing 14 on a division. On the other hand, the Conservatives have won a seat from the Irish Nationalists in North Fermanagh. The Liberal party has now a net gain of 30 seats, or 60 on a division. When Parliament dissolved the Ministerial majority was 68, so that there are four more seats to be won by the Liberals before the majority is completely effaced. The present state of parties is indicated by the following figures Conservatives 191\ oie. Liberal Unionists 24/ Liberals 163"| Nationalists 24}- 191 Pamellites 4 J Majority on present returns 24 The number of members elected to the new House of Commons so far is 406. The total number to be elected is 670, so that there are 264 yet to be chosen. Taking the composition of parties at the time Parliament dissolved; we have the following changes, viz.:— LIBERAL GAINS. TOBY GAINS. Boston 1 Nottingham West 1 Durham 1 York City j Greenock 1 Rochester 1 Hereford 1 Scarborough 1 Stafford 1 W'lv'rhampton,West. 1 Lincoln 1 Stockton 1 Reading 1 Perth City 1 East Bradford 1 Barrow l Stockport 1 St Pancras (West) 1 West Ham 2 Edinburgh (West) 1 Grimsby 1 Glasgow (Camla- Whitebaven 1 chie) 1 Yarmouth 1 Belfast (West) 1 North Lambeth 1 Wednesbury 1 West Islington 1 Walsall 1 N'castle-under-Lyme. 1 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1 .North Bristol 1 Dublin (Sfc Stephen's) 1 Glasgow (StRollcx). 1 Dublin Uounty— Walworth 1 (South) 1 Bermondsey 1 Montgomery District 1 Salford, North 1 Londonderry City 1 Portsmouth 2 Fermanagh 1 Devonport 2 Oldham 2 Central Finsbury 1 Newington West 1 Hull (East) 1 Monmouth Boroughs 1 St. George's (London) 1 Limehouse 1 Bow „ 1 North Camberwell 1 North Kensington 1 Cambridgeshire,West 1 Wilts (Cricklade) 1 Somerset (North) 1 Pembroke Boroughs. 1 Lancashire (Ince) 1 Inverness Group 1 Durham (B.B.) 1 Bedford (North) 1 Northamptonshire (S. )1 Wiltshire (Devizes) 1 Leicestershire (Mid) 1 Devon (Tavistock, N) 1 I Gloucester (S.troud). I 50 20 SATURDAY'S POLLS. FLINT BOROUGHS—3,710. J. Herbert Lewis L 1.883 P. P. Pennant c 1,1524 Majority 359 Representation unchanged. 1885. ] 188Gb Roberts. L ,I Roberts.L 1,827 Pennant Ja;ckson U1,40 Majority I Majority 424 ST. A"RFWS GROUP. *H. T. Anstruther LU 1,066 J. M. White X 954 Majority 112 Representation unchanged. 1885. I 1886. Anstrnther L 1,256 Anstrnther U 1,132 Williamson L 1,256 Biassey L 716 Seat awarded to —— Anstruther. Majority 416 NORTHUMBERLAND (TYNESIDE)—13,727. J. A. Pease L 5,468 A. White U 5,018 Majority 450 Representation-unchanged. 1885. I 1886. Albert Grey L 5,782 Beaumont L 4,112 Broce C 3,440 Grey LU 3,990 Majority 2*342 Majority 122 ESSEX (WALTHAMSTOW) S.W—15,323. E. W. Byrne C 6,115 i' W. B. Wbittingham L 4,965 Majority 1,150 Representation unohanged. 1885. m | 1886. Buxton L 4,300 j Mahins c 4 4fcl Baring C 4,125 [ Spicer L 2^659 Majority 175 Majority 1,822 CHESHIRE (CREWE). *W. B. Maclaren 5,558 H. W. Chatterton 3^990 ,majority 1,568 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. jAtham L 5,089 | Maclaren L 4,690* Stephen C 4,2811 Twenlow c 4,045 Majority 8081 Majority 645 KILKENNY iNORTH >-5,879, Patrick MacDermott n 2 898 K. Kavanagh .U 314 .U Majority 2,584 Representation unchanged. — 1885. Manun p 4,084 174 Majority 3,910 In 1886 Mr Marum was unopposed. UNOPPOSED RETURNS. SURREY (Cbertsey).C. H. Combe, C. CAKMAHTHENSHXBE, W. (St Clears).J. Lloyd. Morgan, L. ANTRIM, JE. —Captain J. M. M'Cahnont. A COBK (South).-E. Barry, N.

BERKS (NORTH). In North Berks on Saturday Mr Pryce and-the Liberal party set themselves vigorously to the task of reducing or sweeping away the majority { of nearly two thousand obtained by the Conser- vative member, Mr Wroughton, in 1886. Mr Prvce has had Successful campaigns both in the villages and towns of this scattered district, and the attitude of the working men towards him is encouraging. The poll taken was heavy, the Liberals making every effort to brine uo voters. Mr J. S. Balfour, M.P. for Burnley, was among those who lent carriages. If the Conservatives win, it will be by a narrow majority. DEVON (BARNSTAPLE). Polling in the fifty parishes comprising the Barnstaple division took place on Saturday at thirty polling stations, owing to the scattered character of divisions, some polling stations being 30 miles from the central town. Thecom- plete returns are not to hand, but the poU is ex- T^» especially in Barnstaple, Jiideiord, and Ilfracombe. The rural voters have, rt M claimed, voted largely for Mr Bilson, the Liberal. Mr White, the Unionist, is supposed to have a majority at Ilfracombe. Both parties are conndent, but the popular feeling is that Mr Bilson wins. There is a good deal of excite- ment in the constituency, but no disorder. The result will be declared at one o'clock.to-day. In the last Parliament the division was, represented by Mr Pitt Lewis, Unionist. SUFFOLK (LOWESTOFT). The., polling in the Northern or Lowestoft Division of Suffolk took place on Saturday. The' day was beautifully fine till towards evening when rain fell rather heavily. The two candi- dates were Mr Harry Seymour Foster, Sheriff of London, Conservative and Unionist, and Mr James Judd, J.P., of Upper Norwood. There- tiring member, Sir SavileCrossley, Bart., Somer- leyton Hall, Liberal Unionist, who was returned by 583 in 1885, and unopposed in 1886, did not seek re-election. The candidates drove about Lowestoft, which is thecentre of the division, in the Mr Foster was helped bySirSaviUe « Harry Baflard, and Colonel Bagot (of Chester), MrColman, M.P,, gave Mr Judd assistance. The polling went on quietly and steadily in the division during the day, and both sides are very sanguine as to the result, which will be declared about midday to-day. Reports from the various agents in Lowestoft and country districts up to the close of the voting gave indication of a heavy poll. The Liberals rely upon the outlying country districts for victory, and these are said to have gone solid for Mr Judd. The number of voters on the register is about 13,000. WILTSHIRE (CHIPPENHAM). One of the keenest contests in Wilts was fought on Saturday, both the Unionist candidate (S>r John Dickson Povnder) and the Liberal candidate (Mr John Fuller) being local men and both very popular. There are about 8,200 voters, j tP01]1^ scions. Both sides have worked hard. Each side looked with great aaxietv for the rmit of the Devizes, or East Wilts, Division of Wilts, and the Liberals were triumphant when they found that Mr Lone was rejected by 138. Both the candidates visited the various polling stations during the day, the Conservative driving a coach and four, and at each place they were warmly received by their supporters. The poll is one of the heaviest on record, and each side claims a victory, but the general opinion is that the majority on either side will be very small, and the result to-day is being anxiously awaited. In the last Parliament the seat was held by a Conservative.

FRIDAY'S POLLINGS. ARMAGH n' r1T??,^ugh 3,489 C. L. Falkiner C 2,242 *BIane p 49 Majority. 1,247 Nationalist gain from Parnellites. In 1885 and 1886 Mr A. Blane (P) was un- opposed. BUTESHIRE.—3,159. C W xt. ifi. JVL Smith j Majority. 453 Representation unchanged. „ t 1885. 1886. Robertson c 1,374 Robertson c 1,364 McLean. L 1,090 McNeill L 819 Majority 2841 Majority "545 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, WYCOMBE (SOUTHERN).—11,546. ♦Vicount Curzon c 5,030 A. H. Hawkins j, 3 988 Majority. 1,042 Kepresentation unchanged. 1885. 1886. C 5,092 I Curzon C 4,620 Canngton L 4,239 Gilbey 3!537 Majority. 8531 Majority 1,083 BEDFORDSHIRE—BIGGLESWADE (NORTHERN)—14,798. G, W E Russell L 5,800 *Viscount Baring LU 5,056 Majority 744 Liberal gain of a seat. 1885. 1886. L 6,037 Baring U 4,853 Barttelot C'4,422 Magmac L 4,371 li615 J 432 DENBIGHSHIRE (BROMFEELD). *?'fbt Hon. G. O. Morgan, Q.C 'L 4,188; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet .C 3,423 Majority. 755. Representation unchanged. 1885. laafr Morgan (L) 3,831 Morgan(L) 3,536 Wynn(C) 3,438 Wynn (C) 3,510- Majority. 3931 Majority 26. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY (Two aeats)-4.352. *Hon. D. Plunket c 2,188 C 1,609 Oo:onel Lowrv Q The first two are elected. The first two are elected. 1887 (Bye).—Madden, C, 1,316 Parsons, C 712. 1886.-Plunket, C, 1871; Holmes, C, 1,867; Johnston, N, 57 Counsell, N, 56. 1885.-No contest. DEVONSHIRE (TA VISTOCK WESTERN)— 11,720. H. F. Luttrell L 4 458 Col. R. T. White-Thompson L u 4'241 Majority 217 Liberal gain of a seat. I 1885. I 1886. Ebnngton L 5,390 Ebrington £ TJ 3917 Terry C tf,172 Phear £ |^2 Majority — 2,218 { Majority 1,195 DERBYSHIRE (MID).-I0 085 i 4,899 J.S. bandars 3,907 Majority ~992 Kepresentation unchanged. 1885, 1 1886 Jaeoby ^L 5,447 |Jacoby t 4 569 Bawow c 3,067|Se«ly_c 3,'706 Majority 3^5841 Majority 863 DURHAM (BARNARD CASTLE)-10,960. *Sir J. W. Pease L 5 337 W. Rolley. v LU 2$4 Majority 2,413 Representation unchanged. 188& 1886. I< 5,962 Pease (L), unopposed. .C 2,457 Majority. 3,505 I r DURHAM (SOUTH EASTERN)—14,199. J. Richardson L 5,560 *Sir H. Havelock Allan. U 5,396 Majority. 164 Liberal gam of a seat. 1885* 1885 P»7^°Ck AUan • h 2'%? Havelock Allan.UL 4,984 BIho6 C 4,858 j Boyd L 4,045 Majority 749) Majority -939 • a n»n D0NEGAL (EAST)—7,051. A. O Connor •pj -t E. T. Herdman.U 2^783 Majority 763 Representation unchanged 1885. igcfc A O'Oonnor P 4,089'[ A. 0*ConnorV:P 3,972 Lea L 2,992 Boiler Stoney C 2,551 Majority 1,097 i Majority. yiii ELGIN BURGHS-4,182. *R.A3her 1650. J. A. Grant ^09 Majority. 541 Representation unchanged. 1885 and 1885—No contest. u n.r FERMANAGH (NORTH)-5,937. t T Pane 2,793 J. Jordan 2,488 Majority 305 Conservative gain of a seat. 1885. 1886 Redmond ..p 3,235 Redmond .P 3,128 Bloomfield C 2,822 j Arcbdale C 2,862 Majority .„ 4331 (Majority Ii66 GLAMORGANSHIRE (SOUTH)—12,481. *Arthur John Williams 4,743 Sir Morgan Morgan C 3,825 Majority. 918 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Williams l 3,945 Williams L 3,497 Llewelyn c 3,351 | Mowatt U 2,177 -I Majority. 5941 Majority. 1,320 GLOUCESTERSHIRE (STROUD, MID)— t> T 11,069. Brynmor Jones L 4,612 v*. H. Holloway C 4,409 Majority 203 Liberal gain of a seat. 1885. 1 1886. 4,646 i Holloway C 4,620 Holloway C 4,333 1 Stanton L 3,911 Majority 333j Majority 709 Majority 313 Majority 709 KERRY (W.) *SirT. Esmonde N 2,461 LSR" J Natiomdist gain from the Parneliites. 1885. 1886 Harrlngt.on .P 2,fDll E. H.a.nington (P), unop- Rowan C 262 I posed. KILMARNOCK GROUP-1216. *S. Williamson. t cnn c. s. DKW 4$5 Majority 775 1 unchanged. PSihiS!1^ C Williamson886*L 4,564 L 3,613 Sturrock C 3 870 galrymple L 1,862 „ 55 Majority 794 Agg. Lib majority 1,775 ISLE OF WIGHT (one seat)-12,957. Oir Kichard Webster c 5 699 s. f. Mendi Majority. 461 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886 C 5,495 Webster C 5,271 L 5,059 Stewart L 4^013 Majority. 436 Majority 1^258 Majority. 436 Majority 1^258 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE—5,700. M. J. Stewart C 2,485 A. Young L 2,454 Majority 31 Representation unchanged. e. t 1885. j 1886. Stewart c 2,526 Stewart C 2,471 L. 2,4921 Young L 2,406 "M! ~~65 KENT, TUNBRIDGE (SOUTH WESTERN.) 12,494. A. S. Griffith-Boscawen .C 4,821 • Capt. F. Pavy 3,888 Majority 933 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Norton C 4,533 | Norton (C) unopposed. Verney .L 4,2101 AlaioKity 323 J LEICESTERSHIRE (MID.). J. E. J. Ferguson I« 4,715 *E. De Lisle C 3,992 Majority 723 Liberal gain of a seat. 1885. 1886. Ferguson L 4,733 De Lisle C 4,075 Cnraon C 3,693 Ferguson L 3,940 Majority 1,0401 Majority 135 LANARKSHIRE (SOUTHERN)-8,818. *J. H. Hozier C 4,032 T. C. Heddlewick .L 3,664 Majority 368 Representation unchanged. 1885. I 1886. Hamilton L 4,583 Hozier c 3,577 Hozier C 3,245 Hamilton L 3,559 Majority. 1,3381 Majority 18 LINCOLNSHIRE (BRIGG)-10,341. *S. D. Waddy L 4,448 J. M. Richardson.C 4,021 f Majority. 427 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. 1885. 1886. Meysey Thompson L 5,643 Waddy L 3,887 Atkinson C 3,590 Richardson C 3,7^2 -I Majority 2,053 Majority 165 LANCASHIRE (NORTH BrCKPOOL)- 13,124. ♦Sir M. W. Ridley C 6,536 T. Walker .L 3,487 Majority. 3,049 Representation unchanged. 1885. R1886. Stanley (C), unopposed. Stanley (C), unopposed. LANCASHIRE, NORTH (LANCASTER- 9,995. *J. Williamson L 4,755 Sir G. Storey.U 4,075 Majority 680 Representation unchanged. 1885. I 1886. Marton G 4,387 Williamson L 3,886 McCoan L 3,530 Marton C 3,691 Majority. 857 Majority. 195 LANCASHIRE, NORTH-EAST (CLITHEROE)—15,212. *Sir U. Kay-Shuttleworth. L 7,657 W. E. Briggs jj 5,506 Majority. 2,151 Representation unchanged. 1885, Kay-Shu ttleworth .L 6,821 Thursby c 4,462 Majority 2,359 In 1886 Sir U. Kay-Shuttleworth (L) was re-r turned unopposed. LANCASHIRE SOUTH-EAST (PREST- WICH)—12,827. -R. G. Mowbray c 5,718 W. Agnew 5,563 Majority. 155 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. 'Buckley L 5,414 j Mowbray C 4,843 Mowbray C 4,686 |( Buckley L 4,704 _I Majority 7281 Majority. 139 GROUP-13,198. **R. C.;Munro-Fergusson L -5,795 ;W. H. Bell 4,093 Majority 1,702 Representation unchanged. 1885. 18%. "Jacks L 6,355 I Gladstone (L) returned Thorburn C 2,485 I upposed. Majority 3,870 New election August 20, 1886, on Mr Gladstone electÎng to sit for Midlothian :— Munro-Fergusson L 4,204 Macgregor c 1,527 Jacks u L 1,499 Munster 1 3 Liberal majority 1,175 MAYO (WEST)—10,644. *J. Deasy N- 3,456 J. 0. C. Power .L 609 Majority. 2,847 1886.—No contest. 1885.—Deasy, N, 4,790 Stoney, 0, 131. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (SOUTH)-9,251. D. C. Guthrie L 3,930 T. Leslie-Melville-Cartwright C 3,882 Majority. 48 Liberal of a seat. 1885. I 1886. Knightley C 4,074 Knightley C 4,003 Fitzgerald L 4,012 Carmichael L 3,687 Majority 62 Majority 315 OXFORDSHIRE (HENLEY)-8,731. 'Hon. F. Parker C 3,688 Sir Walter Phillimore .L 3,269 Majority. 419 f Representation unchanged. 1885. ) 1386. Harcourt C 3,778 | Parker C 3,674 Maude.. L 3,2581 Phillimore L 2,600 Majority 5201 Majority 1,074 PERTHSHIRE (WESTERN)—7,966. *Sir D. Currie U 3,422 A. Ure L 3,053 Majority. 369 Representation unchanged. „ 1885. I 1886. Cume L 3,786 Currie.UL 3,269 Mordy C 3,290 Omond L 2,329 Majority 496 Majority 940 ROSS AND CROMARTY. Galloway Weir L 3,171 Provost McLean L U 2,413 Majority. 758 Representation unchanged. 1885. i 1886. Macdonald..Crofter 4,942 j Macdonald L 4,263 Ferguson L 2,925 | J. P. Grant.LU 1,197 Majority 2,017) ROSCOMMON (N.)—9,730. M. Bodkin.. N 3,250 *J. J. O'Kelly .P 3,198 Majority 52 Nationalist gain from the ParneHites. 1885. I 1886. p Kelly p 4,664 J. O Kelly (P) unopposed.; Mullany P 1,438 Robertson. C 366 SWANSEA DISTRICT.—10,047. *Sir Hussey Vivian. L 5,959 H. Monger LU 933 Majority. 5,026 Representation unchanged. There was no contest either in 1885 or 1886. SURREY (REIGATE)—11,081. Henry Cubitt C 4,750 F. E. Barnes L 3,057 Majority. 1,693 Representation unchan. 1885. I Lawrence C 4,726 In 1886 Sir Trevor Law- Carpenter L 2,762 rence (C) was unopposed. Majority 1,964 SUSSEX (EAST GRINSTEAD)-8,754. A. S. Hardy C 3,987 Sir E. Jenkinson L 2,449 Majority 1,538 Representation unchanged. 1885. I 1886. Gregory C 3,530 Hardy C 3,289 Heald L 2,579 Heald L 1,877 Majority 951 I Majority 1,412 SUFFOLK (EYE DIVISION)-10,321. *F. S. Stevenson L 4,701 Hon. L. Holland C 3,431 Majority 1,270 Representation unchanged. 1885. 61886 Stevenson L 5,356 Stevenson* L 4,544 Soawell, C 3,360 Reade 'U 2,938 Soawell, C 3,360 Reade.U 2,938 Majority 1,996 Majority 1,606 SHROPSHIRE (NEWPORT NORTHERN)— 11,337. *Colonel Kenyon Slaney C 4,815 W. H. Lander X 3,530 Majority 1,285 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Bickersteth L 4,694 f Slaney C 4,460 Newport C 4,333 Higgins L 2,884 Majority 3611 Majority. 1,576 x SOMERSET (WELLS)-10,230. •Sir R. H. Paget C 4,335 Beaumont Maurice L 3,395 Majority 940 Representation unchanged. 1885. Paget C 4,201 Raili X 3,335 Majority 866 In 1886 Sir R Paget (C) was elected without opposition. TYRONE (MID.)-7,678. *M. J.Kenny N 3,667 E. C. Thompson C 2,698 Plunkett P 13 Representation unchanged. „ 1885. 1886. Kemny p 4,299 M. J.Kenny P 4,136 Moore c 2,657 Moore C 2,149 Majority 1,642 Majority 1,387 Moore c 2,657 Moore.C 2,149 Majority 1,642 Majority 1,387 WESTMORELAND (KENDAL)—6,000. Capt. Bagot C 2,838 J. A. Farrer L 2,209 Majority 629 Representation unchanged. 1885. Bective C 2,690 Cropper L 2,427 Majority 263 In 1886 the Earl of Bective (C) was unopposed. WILTSHIRE (DEVIZES DIVISION)—9,987. Chas. Hobhouse L 3 896 W. H. Long C 3,758 Majority 138 Gain of a seat to the Liberals. 1885. I 1886. Long C 3,849 Long C 4,123 Barber L 3,752 Phillips L 2,397 -I Majority Majority ],726 WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST)-9,827. Austen Chamberlain XJ 5,111 Oscar Browning L 2,517 Majority. 2,594 Representation unchanged. 1885. Hastings ..L 3,685 Bosanquet c 3,194 Majority 491 In 1886 Mr Hastings (U L) was not opposed. In 1892 Mr A. Chamberlain was returned unop- posed for the 'seat vacated by Mr Hastings' expulsion. WESTMEATH (OUTH).-5,304. *D. Sullivan .N 2,523 C. O'Donoghue p 1,076 Majority 1,447 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Sullivan N 3,618 Sullivan (X) unopposed. Smith U 200 Majority 3,418 YORKSHIRE (THIRSK AND MALTON)- 12,220. J. G. Lawson C 5,890 H. T. Reckitt L 3,544- Majority 2,346 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. IDawnay c 5,996 j Dawnay (C) was unop- Tarton. L 4.533 j posed. Majority 1 I YORKSHIRE (HOLDERNESS)-9,670. •Commander Bethell C 4,158 J. H. Anderson .L 3,693 Majority 465 Representation unchanged. 1885. Bethell C 4,166 Smith L 3,537 Majority 629 In 1886 Commander Bethell (C) was unopposed., YORKSHIRE (RIPON)-10,199. *J. L. Wharton C 4,266 H. Leatham .L 3,654 Majority. 612 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Barker.L 3,985 Wharton C ,4.113 Wharton .C 3,820 Ponsonby.L 3,125 165 988 YORKSHIRE (OSGOLD,CROSS).-615. J. Austin L 5,160 G. B, Dobson C 3,284 Majority. 1,876 Representation unchanged. 1885. 1886. Ramsden L 5,153 f J. Austin .L 4,008 Hardy C 3,053 | Sir J.Ramsden..UL 3,010 -I Majority 2,110 i Majority 998

THE NEW PARLIAMENT. —9 The. following., members have been returned to the new Parliament. The letters at the head of the columns represent Liberal Unionists, Con- servatives, and Liberals. In the case of Ireland, P indicates Parnellite C," Conservative; N," Nationalist. GREAT BRITAIN. L.U. C. L. Aberdeen, North—Dr Hunter 1 South—Prof. Bryce 1 Ash ton—J. E. Addison .„ 1 Aston Manor—Grice Hutchinson 1 Bath—Colonel Murray 1 „ —E. Wodehouse 1 Birmingham, North—W. Kenrick 1 South—P. Williams 1 „ East—H. Matthews. 1 Bethnal Green-E. Pickersgill 1 Bethnal Green, North East-George Howell. 1 B&ttersea—J. Burns 1 Buteshire—A. G. Murray 1 Bedfordshire, North—G. W. E. Russell 1 Bucks, Wycombe—Viscount Curzon 1 Bury—Sir H. James. 1 Birmingham Edgbaston—Geo. Dixon 1 Brixton—Lord Carmarthen 1 Boston—W. J. Ingram 1 Birmingham, Central—J. A. Bright. 1 „ West—J. Chamberlain 1 Bordesley—J. Callings 1 Brighton—Sir W. Marriott 1 „ G. Loder 1 Bury St. Edmund's—Lord F. Hervey 1 Birkenhead—Viscount Bury 1 Bolton—Cross and Bridgmann 2 Bristol: East—Sir J.Weston 1 West—Sir M. Hicks-B £ aeh 1 South—Sir E. S. Hill.. 1 North—CLarles Townsend 1 Burnley—Spencer Balfour 1 Bradford Central—Shaw Lefevre 1 „ East?—W. S. Csline 1 West—A. Illingworth 1 Blackburn-Hornby and Coddington 2 Bedford—Samuel Whitbread 1 Barrow—C. W. Cazer 1 Cardiff-Sir Edward Reed 1 Clapham-P. M. Thornton 1 Chelsea—C. A. Whitmore 1 Cambridgeshire, Chesterton—H. E. Hoare 1 Cheshire, Wirrall—E. T. D.jCotton Jodrell. 1 Colchester—Captain Leyland 1 Coventry—W. H. Ballantyne 1 Canterbury—J. Henniker Heaton. 1 Cheltenham—Agg-Gardner 1 Chatham—Col. iloyd 1 Cambridge—P. Fitzgerald 1 Camberwell, North—E. H. Bailey 1 Peckham—F. G. Banbury 1 Cambridge University—Sir J. Gorst and Prof. Jebb 2 Carlisle—W. C. Gully 1 Christchurch-A. Smith. 1 Carnarvon (North)— W. Rathbone. 1 Chester—R. Yerburgh 1 Croydon—Sidney Herbert. 1 Cheshire Crewe—W. B. Maclaren 1 Carmarthen Boroughs—Major Jones 1 Dundee—J. Leng 1 Dundee-E. Robertson 1 Deptford—C. J. Darling 1 Denbigh Boroughs—J. T. Kenyon 1 Dorsetshire, South—W. E. Brymer 1 Durham, North- Westem-L. A. Jones 1 Darlington—T. Fry 1 Dudley—B. Robinson. 1 Devonport—E. H. Kearley 1 „ E. J. Morton 1 Derby—Sir W. Harcourt 1 Alderman Roe 1 Derbyshire (South)-H. E. Broad 1 Denbighshire, East-Osborne Morgan^ Derbyshire, Mid—J. A. Jacoby 1 Devonshire, Tavistock-H, F. Luttrell 1 Durham, South East—J. Richardson 1 Durham, Barnard Castle-Sir J. Pease 1 Dorsetshire (t)-Hon H. Sturt 1 Devonshire Tiverton-Sir W. B. Walrond 1 Dover—G. Wyndham 1 Dulwich—Blundell Maple 1 Dewsbury—Mark Oldroyd 1 Durham—M. Fowler 1 Edinburgh University—Sir C. Pearson flp 1 Exeter—Sir H. S. Northcote 1 Ealing—Lord G. Hamilton 1 Essex Walthamstow—E. W. Byrne 1 Elgin Burghs—R. Asher 1 Edinburgh—West—Viscount Wolmer '1 south—H.Paui x t. East—Dr Wallace 1! 1 Central—W. McEwan 1 Finsbury—C. Bruce. 1* Finsbury, East-J. Rowlands 1 „ Central-D, Naoroji 1 Fulham—W. H. Fisher 1 Flint District—J. H. Lewis i Fifeshire Eastern—H. H. Asquith 1 Greenock—John Bruce T Gateshead—W. H. James 1 Glamorgan (West)—D. Randell 1 Glamorgan—Rhondda—W. Abraham 1 Glamorgan, South—Arthur Williams 1 Gloucestershire, Mid—Brynmor Jones 1 Glasgow and Aberdeen University— J. A. Campbell 1 Glasgow—St. Rollox—Sir J. Carmichaei i „ Central—J. G. Baird 1 Bridgeton—Sir G.Trevelyan. „ 1 Tradeston—C. Corbett 1 „ Blackfriars—A. D. Provand 1 „ College-Dr Cameron. 1 „ Camlachie—A.Cross 1 Grantham—H. Lopes l Greenwich—T. W. Boord 1 Glo'stershire: Tewkesbury—Sir J. Dorington 1 Robinson 1 Great Grimsby—Henri Josse 1 Gravesend—D. Palmer i Hackney, South—Sir C. Russell J. JJi* i „ North—W. R. Bousfield "i I „ Central—Sir A. Scoble 1 Hampshire—Andover—W. B. Beach. 1 Hampstead—E. B. Hoare j Hanley—W Woodall .WW"?. i Hoxton—Professor Stuart 1 Haggerston—W. R. Cremer .WWW" 1 Hartlepool—C. Furness. 1 Hastings—W.Noble i Holborn—Gainsforcl Bruce .WW* 1 Halifax—T. Shaw "i „ J. Stansfeld 1 Hythe—Sir E. Watkin 1 Hammersmith—Goldsworthy i Hull, West—C. H. Wilson. i Hull, East—C. Smith ] 1 „ Central—H. S. King 1 Huddersfield—W. Summers *i Hereford—W. H. Grenfell 1 Hawick—T.Shaw j Inverness Group—G. Beith I Ipswich—Lord Elcho i Sir C. Dalrympie .WW 1 Islington West—T. Lough ï i East—B. L. Cohen North—G. C. Bartley 1 South—Sir A. Rollit 1 Isle of Wight—Sir R. Webster T 1 Kent, Tunbridge—A. S. G. Boscawen 1 Kilmarnock—Stephen Williamson 1 Kirkcudbright—M. J. Stewart. i King's Lynn—T. G. Bowles 1 Kent: Dartford (N.W.)—Sir W. H. Dyke. 1 Kent—St Augustine's—A. Akers Douglas. 1 Kensmgton, North—F. C. Frye 1 Kidderminster—A. F. Godson, i Kensmgton South—Sir A. Borthwick 1 Liverpool: Kirkdale—Sir G. Baden Powell 1 Abercrombie—W. F. Laurence # 1 East Toxteth—Baron De Worms. l Walton—J. H. Stock 1 Scotland Division—T. P. O'Connor 1 West Derby—W. H. Cross i [ i West Toxteth—R P. Houston 1 Everton—J.' A. Willox Exchange—R. Neville ? T. i Lambeth North—F. M. Coldwells j „ Kennington—Mark Beauioy 1 Lewisham—JohnPcnn j Lincoln—W. Crossfield j Lancashire (Chorley)—General Fielder. 1 Leicester—J. A. Picton and Sir J. White- head, 2 Leicestershire (Melton)—Marquis of Grajihy *i Leicestershire, Mid—J. E. Fergusson i Lancashire. Xorth—Sir Matthew Ridley 1 „ elitheroe-Sir U. Kay Shuttle- worth 1 *a Ii orth-J. Williamson. 1 „ L.U. C. L. „ South-east—R. G. Mowbray 1 Lancashire, Ince—S. Woods j Bootle—Colonel Sandys* 1 Lancashire: West Houghton—E. G. Stanley 1 Gorton—W. Mather "i Lanark Govan—John Wilson 1 North-East—D. Crawford 1 Par tick—J.P.Smith "j Leeds, East—Lawrence Gane 1 „ North—W. L. Jackson [ 'j „ South—Sir Lyon Playfair 'j „ Central—G. Balfour 1 „ West—H.Gladstone ï London University.. Sir J.Lubbock. 1 London City—Sir R. Hanson i A. G. H. Gibbs 1 Leominster-.1. Rankin. 1 Lincolnshire, Brigg—S. D. Waddy. 1 Lincolnshire Horncastle—E. Stanhope. 1 Sleaford—H. Chaplin 1 Lanarkshire (South)—J. H. Hozier 1 Leith-R. MunroFergusson. 1 Montgomery District—Sir Pryce Jones 1 Middlesex :Uxbridge—F. D.Dixon-Hariland 1 Merthyr—D. A. Thomas 1 Pritchard Morgan 1 Manchester North West-Sir W. H. Houldsworth 1 Manchester, South Sir H. Roscoe 1 South-West—Jacob Bright. 1 East—A. J. Balfour 1 North-East—Sir J. Fergusson. 1 North—C. E. Schwann 1 Middlesbrough—J. H. Wilson 1 Mid-Cumberland, Penrith— J. W. Lowther 1 Montrose Burghs—J. S. Will 1 Maidstone—F. S. Cornwallis 1 Monmouth Boroughs-A. Spicer 1 Morpeth—T. Burt 1 Marylebone West—Seager-Hunt 1 East—E. Boulnois i Norwood—C. Tratton 1 Northampton—H. Labouchere and Manfield 2 Northamptonshire, South—D. C. Guthrie 1 Northamptonshire. North—Lord Burgh ley. 1 Northumberland, Berwick—Sir E. Grey 1 Notts Rushcliffe—J. E. Ellis 1 Newcastle-under-Lyme—W. Allen 1 Newcastle-on-Tyne—John Morley 1 „ C. Hamond 1 Nottinghamshire—Viscount Newark 1 Nottingham—South, H. S. Wright 1 West, Seeley 1 East, A. Morley 1 Newington—Walworth—W.Saunders 1 Norwood-C. Tritton 1 Newington (West)—Captain Norton 1 N orwich-5. Hoare 1 J. J. Colman 1 Oldham—J. M. Cheetham 1 J. T. Hibbert 1 Oswestry—S. Leighton 1 Oxford University—Sir J. Mowbray and J. G. Talbot .„ 2 Oxford—Sir George Chesney 1. Oxfordshire. South—Hon. F. Parker 1 Plymouth—Sir E. Clarke 1 Sir W. Pearce 1 POltsmouth-J. Baker 1 W. Clough 1 Peterborough—A. C. Morton 1 Perthshire—Sir Donnald Currie. 1 Pembroke Boroughs—C. F. E. Allen 1 Peebles and Selkirk—W. Horburn 1 Pontefract—Hon. R. Wynn 1 Peurhyn—Cavendish Bentinck 1 Perth City—W. Whitelaw 1 Preston—Hanbury and Tomlinson 2 Paisley—W. Dunn 1 Paddington :— South—Lord R. Churchill 1 North—J. Aird 1 Reading—G. W. Palmer 1 Rochester—H.D.Davis 1 Rutlandshire—G. H. Finch. 1 .0 Rotherhithe—J. C. Macdonna 1 Rochdale—T. B. Potter 1 Ross and Cromarty—G. Weir 1 Strand-W. F. Smith. 1 South Shields—J. C. Stevenson 1 Stoke-upon-Trent—Leveson Gower 1 Stafford C. E. Shaw 1 Sheffield Brightside—A. J. Mundella 1 „ Central—Howard Vincent 1 H.illam—Stnart Wortley 1 „ Eccleshall—Ashmead Bartlett. 1 „ Attercliffe-Hon. B.Coleridge. 1 Stockport—J. Leigh 1 —L. J ennings 1 Salford—South—Sir H. Howorth l West—LeesKnowles 1 North—Holland ? 1 Sonthwa.rk, West-R 1 „ Benaondsey—R. V. Barrow 1 Stalybridge—T. Sidebottom 1 Southampton—T. Chamberlayne 1 F. H. Evans 1 Salisbury—E. H. Hulse 1 Somersetshire, North—J. C. Warner 1 „ Wellington—Hood 1 Surrey. Wimbledon—H. C. Bonsor 1 Suffolk, Sndbury—W. C. Quilter. 1 St. SetonKarr "h. 1 St George's, Hanover-square—G. J. Goschan 1 St. Pancras North—T. H. Bolton 1 St. Pancras South—Sir J. Goldsmid. 1 St. Pancras East-R. G. Webster 1 St. Pancras West—H. R. Graham 1 Sunderland Sam. Storey 1 E. T. Gourley., 1 Staffordshire Burton Division—Sydney Evershed n 1 St. Andrew's Group—H. Anstruther 1 Stirling—C. Bannerman 1 Swansea—R. D. Burnie 1 Swansea-8ir Hussey Vivian 1 Shropshire, North—Colonel Kenyon Slaney 1 Suffolk, Eye—F. S. Stevenson 1 Somerset, Wells—Sir R. Paget i Surrey (Keigaw)—II. Cubit 1 Sussex, East—Hon A. G. Hardy 1 Stockton—T. Wrightson 1 Scarbrough—SirG. SitweIl. 1 Shrewsbury—H. D. Greene WW"! U 1 Taunton—A. P. Allsopp 1 Tynemouth-R. S. Do in W W W" 1 Tyneside—J. A. Pease 1 Tottenham—Joseph Howard. 1 Tower Hamlets :— Whitechapel—S.Montague. «. 1 „ t. e'ø-J. W. Benn 1 Mile End—S. Chaxrington 1 „ B<S# &,hd Bromley—J.lkL Mac- donald I „ Stepney—T. W. Isaacson 1 „ Lifl^ehouse—J. g. WaUace 1 Poplar—S. Buxton. 1 Westmoreland—Capt. Bagot 1 Wiltshire (Devizes)—C. Hobhouse 1 Worcestershire, East-A. Chamberlain 1 Worcestershire West—A. Baldwin 1 West Bromwich—J. E. Spencer 1 Winchester—W. Miers 1 Worcest-er-Hon. G. Allsopp 1 Wandsworth-H. Kimber 1 Windsor—F. T. Barry 1 Warwick—Right Hon. A. W. Peel, the Speaker 1 Wolverhampton: South-C. P. Villiers 1 East—Right Hon. H. H. Fowler 1 West—Sir A. Hickman 1 Woolwich—Colonel Hughes 1 Warwickshire, Tamworth—P. A. Muntz. 1 „ StraXford-on-Avon—F. Mitford 1 •Wiltshire, Crickdale—J. Husband 1 West Aberdeenshire—Farquharson 1 West Corn wall—T. B. Bolitho 1 Whitehaven—T. S. Little. 1 Wednesbury—W. Lloyd i Walsall-F. Lloyd 1 Westminster—A. Burdett Coutts 1 Warrington—R. Pierpoint._ „ 1 West Ham South—Archibald Grove 1 North—Keir Hardie 1 Wigan—F.S.Powell i Wakefield—A. Charlesworth .1 1 Walworth—W. Sanders i York-F. Lockwood 1 „ —J. G. Butcher ] *i Yarmouth—A. Moorson ? i Yorkshire (Holderness)—Commander Bethel 1 1, (Thirsk&ndMolton)—J.G. Lawson 1 „ Ripon)—J. L. Wharton 1 „ (Osgoldcross) — J. Austin 1 „ Hallamshire-Sir F. Mappin 1 Keighley—Isaac Holden 1 Yorkshire (Elland)—T. Wayman 1 IRELAND. P. U.&CN Armagh—E. McHngh 1 Antrim, Mid—R. T. O'Neill 1 Armagh (Mid)—D. P. Barton 1 Antrim, South—W. Macartney 1 Armagh, North—Colonel Saunderson «. 1 Belfast: West—H. A. Forster 1 East—G. W. Wolff 1 North—Sir E. Harland 1 South — W. Johnston 1 Cork, Mid—Dr Tanner 1 East—Captain Donnellan 1 Cork City—W. O'Brien 1 Maurice Healy. 1 Cork County (North-East)—W. O'Brien 1 | Donegal, East—A. O'Connor. 1 Dublin University—D. Plunket 1 „ —E. Carson 1 Dublin South—H. Plunket 1 Dublin City, College Green—J. E. Kenny 1 „ St Stephen's Green—W.Kenny 1 Dublin Harbour—T. Harrington 1 St Patrick's—W. Field. 1 Down, West—Lord A. Hill 1 Galway City—J. Pinkerton 1 Kerryir T. Esmonde 1 King's County (Tullamore)—Dr Fox 1 Kilkenny, North—P. MacDermott. 1 Kilkenny City—T. Curran 1 Limerick City—F. A. O'Keefe 1 Londonderry City—J. Ross 1 Mayo. West—J. Deasy 1 North Cork—J. C. Flynn 1 Newry—P. G. Carill. 1 Fermanagh, North—R. M. Dane 1 Roscommon, North—M. Bodkin 1 South Mayo—J. F. X. O'Brien 1 Tyrone, Mid—M. J. Kenny 1 Wicklow, East-J. Sweetman 1 ¡Wrford, West-A. West 1 Waterxord—J. E. Redmond 1 WestMeath—D. Sullivan 1

TO-DAY'S POLLINGS. —— "J"t-:(1 The following are the constituencies in which polling will take place to-day :— ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Bedfordshire (South). Middlesex (Harrow). Cambridgeshire (East). Monmouthshire (South). Carnarvonshire (Eivion). Norfolk (South). Cheshire (Knutsford). Nottinghamshire (Basset- Cornwall (Launceston). law). Cumberland (Egremont). Oxfordshire (Mid). Derby (Chesterfield). Shropshire (Wellington). Derbyshire (N orth- East). Somersetshire (Yeovil). Devonshire (Torquay). Staffordshire(North-West) Hampshire (Basingstoke). Staffordshire (Leek). Hampshire (Fareham). Surrey (Epsom). Herefordshire (South). Sussex (Rye or East). Kent (Sevenoaks). Yorkshire (Normanton). Lancashire (Newton). Yorkshire (Morley). Lincolnshire (Spalding). Yorkshire (Doncaster). Middlesex (Brentford). SCOTCH COUNTIES. Aberdeenshire (East). Caithness-shire. Renfrewshire (West). IRISH COUNTIES. Antrim (North). Londonderry (South). Armagh (Mid). Mayo (North). Down (South). Tyrone (East). Kerry (East).

LOCAL POLLING FIXTURES. The following dates have been fixed for the nominations and the pollings in the various constituencies of South Wales and Monmouth- shire, viz.;— Date of Counties. Polling. Breconshire July 14 Cardiganshire July 15 Carmarthenshire East July 12 „ West July14 Glamorganshire East July 15 Mid July 12 Rhondda July 14 Forest of Dean July 14

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GAINS AND LOSSES. COMPARED WITH 1886. LIBERAL GAINS. TORY GAINS. Boston. 1 Nottingham West 1 Durham 1 York City 1 Greenock 1 j Scarborough 1 Hereford. 1 Wolverhampton West 1 West Ham (North). 1 j Stockton 1 West Ham (South) 1 Perth City 1 Stafford 1 St. Pancras (West) I Lincoln 1 Glasgow (C^vmlachie) 1 *Peterborough 1 j Belfast (W e"t; 1 Reading 1 Wednesbury 1 Bradford (East) 1 Walsall 1 *Hartlepool 1 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 3 *Coventry 1 Dublin (StStephen-s). 1 Stockport 1 Dublin Connty— *Burnley 1 (South) 1 Grimsby. 1 Montgomery District 1 Whitehaven 1 Londonderry City 1 V Great Yarmouth 1 Fermanagh (North). I *Kennington .II Newcastle under Lyme l Islington (West) 1 North Lambeth 1 Bristol (North) 1 *St. Pancras North 1 Walworth 1 Glasgow (St Rollox) 1 Newington (West) 1 Bermondsey 1 Salford (North) 1 Portsmouth 2 Devonport 2 "Southampton 1 Oldham 2 Central Finsbury 1 Tower Hamlets St. George's 1 Limehouse 1 Bow andbromley 1 Camberwell(North). 1 Kensington (North). 1 Hull (East) 1 Monmouth Boroughs 1 Cambridgeshire 1 Wilts (Cricklade) .I Somerset (North). 11 Pembroke Boroughs.. 1 j Inverness Group 1 J ^Lanarkshire (Govan) 1 { Lancashire (Ince).I Northamptonshire (S.)l t Wiltshire (Devizes). 1 Leicestershire (Mid) 1 Durham^S.E.) Bedford (North) 1 Bedford (North) 1 Devon (Tavistock.N) if Gloucester (Stroud) I Total 66 | Total IT *The asterisk denotes a seat returning a Con- servative in 1886, but which the Liberals won at a bye-election.

EXPLOSION ON A SWISS STEAMER. APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE. SEVERAL ENGLISH SUFFERERS. HEARTRENDING SCENES. LAUSA.V.NF, Saturday. -A most disastrous boiler explosion occurred about noon to-day on board the saloon steamer Mont Blanc at Ouchy, on the Lake of Geneva. The steam rushed into the first-class saloon, scalding the occupants. Nint- teen persons were killed and 40 others injured, 35 of them severely. Among the victims are a number of English and French visitors, including women and children. LATER.—Up to the present 22 deaths have occurred as a result of the explosion on board the Mont Blanc, whilst four others have sustained serious injuries. Among the dead there are six persons of Swiss nationality, eleven French sub- jects, a lady named Madame d'Humieres, who is stated to be of English birth, and another English lady named Ab))ott. The Mont Blanc is the largest vessel owned by the Lake of Geneva Navigation Company, and is only put on for the summer season, leaving Geneva every morning at nine, and, after going round the entire lake, returning at 8 p.m. This morning, as usual, she had on board a consider- able number of visitors and tourists. At ten minutes past twelve, whilst a passenger was em- barking at Lausanne for Bouveret, a terrific explosion occurred. The boiler itself was not affected by the explosion, but only the metal dome surmounting it. One of the plates gave way, and crashed right through the first-class saloon, emerging again at the other end. Two persons were killed on the spot, and eight others were scalded to death by the immense volumes of steam which filled the saloon. About twenty other passengers were seriously injured. Among the dead are two waiters and the wife of a restaurant keeper. On board a perfect panic prevailed, the passengers all rushing on to the gangway regardless of the risk of being pushed overboard. At the time of the explosion the steam gauge on the boiler registered a pressure of five atmospheres and three-quarters. Up to the present the cause of the disaster has not been ascertained. RwÜr. LAUSANNE, Saturday Evening.—It was only after the steam had evaporated that the officials were unable to make their way into the saloon, and here a terrible sight met their gaze. The steam had come in through the door, and thus blocked the only means of exit to the passages. It could, on the other hand, only very gradually make its way out through the port-holes, most; of which were closed, thus the agony of the passengers inside was prolonged. All of them were hurled, together with tables, chairs, and lamps, right to the other end of the saloon, where the steam scalded them terribly. Several of the iujured died within a short time, and the remain- der were taken to the hospital, many dying on the way. One passenger went and and jumped overboard, and was with difficulty saved. It would appear that the Miss Abbott who was killed is Miss Eva Abbott, of Brighton, and fur- ther that her mother and bister were also killed. They were on their way to Montreux. They are the only English sufferers, and there were no casualties among the Americans the engineer and all but one fireman who was killed escaped unhurt. The Be-rue de Jjausannc states that it is informed from an oiiicial quarter that the committee of inquiry which inspected the Mont Blanc a month ago found cracks in the ship's boiler, but none in the metal dome surrounding it. The committee considers these cracks as not affecting the soundness of the boiler, but never- theless only agreed to propose to the authorities for a navigation licence for one year for the Mont Blanc. The Lake of Geneva Navigation Com- pany had furthermore undertaken to change the boilers this year. --I,'euter. LAUSANNE, Sunday.—The death-roll in the Mont Blanc disaster has now been raised to 26, three more of the injured—a M. Frederic Brument, of Amsterdam, and his mother and Mdlle. Poupardine—having succumbed in the course of last night. M. Brument's little sister still survives, but her life is despaired of. The doctors who have been attending the victims state that nothing could equal their agony, many of them imploring the physicians to kill them at once and put them out of their misery. When they were first removed from the. steamer, many of them asked to be into the water there and then. It is considered nothing short of marvellous that the list of victims included so few English. There were many English on the saloon deck at the time, and the wonder is that the deck itself did not give way. It has been alleged in some quarters that before leaving Geneva yesterday the engineer commented upon the bad state of the engines. He has, however, totally denied that he made any such remark, and the only warning received of the disaster was the sharp hissing of steam in the boiler, the gauge registering full pressure as the boat left the Lausanne Pier. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral of the victims, who were mostly French, as instructions are awaited from their families. Those who have not been identified, however, will be buried here probably on Tuesday. The body of the captain of the Mont Blanc has been taken charge of by the French military authorities. M. Poupardin will convey the bodies of his wife and two daughters back to Marseilles for interment in that city.— Reuter.

THE ANARCHIST RAVACHOL. PARIS, Sunday.—Regarding the execution of Ravachtol, several journals state M. Deibler, the executioner, left yesterday for Rennes, to execute a murderer sentenced to death on July 11th, while others declare that the guillotine was as a matter of fact despatched from Mont Parnasse station yesterday evening, but diverted at Vierzin, whence it was forwarded to Montbriam. Deibler is said to have started from a station near Paris, and he is believed to have been seen in the evening in a train pa-sing Rambouillet. On the other hand the Matin publishes a report of an interview with an Anarchist who declared that Ravachol's friends had caused an application to be forwarded through his counsel to the Minister of Justice demanding that the con- demned man should be brought up before the Versailles assizes with the other persons con- cerned in the theft of dynamite cartridges at Soisy-sous-Etoiles, who are to be tried at the end of AugusL-Reuter.

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