ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2374, 11 November 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[EKITTiiE’S TELEGEAMS.]

LONDON, November 9.

The lord Mayor’s Banquet.

At the annual banquet given by the Lord Mayor to-day the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone made a speech, in which ho referred at length to the position of affairs in Ireland. He stated that the Irish were fully utilising the benefits sought to he provided by the Land Act, and the situation in Ireland had materially improved. Mr Gladstone further said that one of the earliest measures next session would be a Bill for the Reform of the Procedure of Parliament. Such reform, he stated, was urgently necessary, and he asked the assistance of all political parties in bringing the same into effect. Earl Granville also made an important speech. He stated that a cordial agreement continued between England and Prance, in regard to Egypt. Alluding to the Anglo-Prench treaty negotiations, he said that the Government attached no magnified cconomio importance to the conclusion of the treaty of commerce with France, although politically such would be valuable. His Lordship concluded by stating emphatically that it was impossible for England to conclude a treaty with France of a retrogado character.

NEW YORK, November 9. The Elections.

The elections, which have just taken place for New York State, have resulted in the return of Democrats to the House of Representatives.