ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1905, 2 April 1880, Page 2

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[eeutee’s TELEGEAMS.J LONDON, March 31. The Markets. Consols are at 98»-. Adelaide wheat has declined one shilling, and is now quoted at 58s per 49611)3, ex warehouse. Australian beef and mutton tallow are unchanged. The wool market is strong. Arrivals for the next auctions amount to 170,000 bales. Banking NewsThe Oriental Bank Corporation pay a dividend of 2 per cent, for the half-year. The Bank of South Australasia pays 51 per cent, and carries forward £BOOO. LONDON, April I. The General Elections. The general elections continue. Ninety Liberals and sixty-one Conservatives have now been returned for the new Parliament. The Liberals, so far, have gained twenty-five seats which were held in the last Parliament by Conservatives, and the latter have gained nine seats formerly held by Liberals. The election for Birmingham resulted in the return of Messrs John Bright, Muntz, and Chamberlain, the former Liberal members. For Hackney the late Liberal members, Messrs Holmes and Fawcett, also have been re-elected. For Westminster, the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir Charles Russell, the late Conservative members, have again been returned.