SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 498, 25 March 1869, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

London, February 16. Mr Ripley, for Bradford, Mr Guinness, for Dublin, and Mr Phillips, for Westbury, have been unseated. Mr Samuelson has been elected member for Cheltenham. Disastrous gales have occurred in England, causing immense loss to the shipping . and. property, and heavy floods have occurred in England and Ireland. The debate in the House of Commons on the address on reply to the Queen's speech, was marked by brevity and moderation. Mr Gladstone announced that he will move, on Ist March, the consideration of the Acts concerning the Irish Church. Lord Cairns, in the leadership of the Conservative party in the Lords, takes the * place of Lord Mabnesbury. ' A banquet has been given in the Fisl - mongers' Hall to Mr Gladstone, who

pledged his word- to lose no time in introducing a measure for the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and fully satisfying the expectation of those members who consider the Irish Church question of paramount importance. February 17. Parliament was opened yesterday >by the Lord Chancellor, the health of the Que.en having prevented her personal attendance. The speech from the Throne states that foreign relations are most satisfactory, and expresses a belief that other powers cordially desire the maintenance of peace. It expresses satisfaction at the settlement of the Turkish and Greek- difficulty, and trusted that negotiations between America and England would place the friendship of the two countries on a firm basis. Her Majesty had learned with grief the atrocities that had taken place in New Zealand, but felt confident that' the Colonial Government and people would repress outrage with prudence and modera-' tion. It promised measures for extension of rating and education, improvements in Bankruptcy Laws, and in the Ecclesiastical arrangements for Ireland. These measures would demand the highest wisdom of Parliament. The speech conclude J. by expressing confidence that Parliament would regard every legitimate interest involved, and would be guided by a desire to preserve the loyalty of the Irish people. The Estimates will exhibit a diminution of expenditure, At the first sitting, Mr Gladstone announced that the consideration of Irish matters would take place on the Ist of March. Sir B. Guinness has been unseated for Dublin. A reduction of 10,000 men in the military forces is contemplated. Sir Charles Treyelyn tendered his resignation in the Ministry, which Mr Gladstone refused to accept. •The Cambridge boat's crew have again challenged the Oxford men to row on the 20th March. Shares in the British and Indian Telegraph Company have been allotted. Obituary.— Marquis of Anglesey, M. Moustier, Fuad Pascha. Greece has accepted the declaration of the Conference after the resignation of the Ministry. Bismark had made an important speech, denouncing the spread of false and alarming reports by the French press, and said that it was to the interest of both countries to stop their intrigues. The French official press is now angrily discussing the passage of a Bill now passing through Belgium Chambers for preventing the cession of a portion of the Luxemburg Railway to a French Company. French troops have promptly suppressed a rising in Algeria. The Spanish Liberals have agreed to a Triumvirate, composed of Generals Prim, Serrano, and Livere. Luero has been elected President of the Cortes. Freedom of religious worship has been declared to be an accomplished fact. . The assassin of Governor Hargoes has been condemned to death. The Romanian Chambers have been dissolved in consequence of their factious opposition to Government. In consequence of a request from Cuba 6000 Spanish troops are about to be dispatched to that Island. The Paraguayan war is over. ' The flight of Lopez is confirmed. General Grant, on receiving the formal notification of his election, declared he would honestly carry out the principles of an economical retrenchment. The assassin of Mr d'Arcy M'Gee has been executed at Ottawa. French transports continue to arrive at Civita Vechita, bringing arms and ammunition. February 18. Earl Cairns has assumed the leadership of Conservatives in the House of Lords. The French press calls upon the Belgian Government to induce the Senate to reject the Luxemburg Bill. The Conference has declared that the rupture between Turkey and Greece being now over it has been dissolved. February 19. Admiral Sturt has been appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital on a reduced salary. In the House of Commons last night, Mr Lowe, in replying to Mr Fawcett, said that the Indian Government telegraphed they had spent L 7,600,000, 600,000 on account of the Abyssinian expedition, whereof L 4,000,000 had been repaid. It is reported tha^E the Belgian Senate had advocated the adoption of the Luxemburg Railway. Cable telegrams from New York of yesterday, state that a. Committee of the Senate has unanimously recommended the rejection of the Alabama treaty. Two directors of a merchant company there have been committed for trial. The reception by the Queen of addresses of the Houses of Parliament have been postponed. . The tone of the French press towards Belgium is very threatening.