REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2011, 8 February 1883, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Received February 7,2 p.m.) London, February 6. A vacancy having occurred in the representation of Haddingtonshire in the House of Commons, owing to the succession of Lord Elcho to the Earldom of Wemys on the death of the late Earl, an election took place to-day, and resulted in the return of Lord Elcho, the eldest son of the present Earl, by a large majority over Ids opponent, Tinlay, the. Conservative candidate. T. -M. Healy, M.P. for Wexford, Ireland, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons. (Received February 7, 9.5 p.m.) It has transpired that Earl Spencer was guarded by a detective on his journey from Dublin, and remains under the same protection while in London. His Excellency attended the meeting of the Cabinet to-day, but nothing is known as to the object of the conference with Ministers. The Gazette to-day announces the appointment of Mr Hensman as At-torney-General of Western Australia. (Received February 7,2 p.m.) Capetown, February G, The House of Assembly has passed a resolution approving of the withdrawal of the Cape Government from Basutoland, but demanding that the details should be presented to the House of the proposed settlement of the future of that territory. St. Petersburg, February 6. An Imperial ukase has been issued, summoning the chief of the nobility,

the prefects, and Russian princes to the Czar’s coronation at Moscow in May next. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.] London, February 4. Eight men have been charged with complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, and of these o‘Brieu, Brady, and M'Oafferty have been fully identified as having been seen lurking in the grass near the scene of the murders. The medical evidence shows that the wouuds on the bodies exactly correspond with those likely to be inflicted by the amputation knives found in a loft belonging to another of the prisoners, James Carey, a resident in Dublin. The prisoners at first laughed at the charge, and then appeared greatly alarmed. The most intense excitement exists in Dublin over the arrests.