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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 51, 28 February 1874, Page 2

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[Cablegrams.] „ ■') , London, Fcb 1 3. At 604- elections, thel Conservatives have pained 92, and the Liberia 32 seats. Two Conservative candidates arc returned for Middlesex, where the former Liberal member Viscount Enfleld was defeated. Ihe preps urge thfl speedy resignation of ihe Ministry. The Kaffir outbreak at Natal has'terroinated, and the rebellious chief has sain enderedj ■ Vjenna, Feb 12. The Emperor Francis J seph has proceeded on a visit to St Petersburg. London, Feb. 1 6. ■ The elections have now virtually concluded, and the result shows 353 Conservatives against 299 Liberals. About 200 new members are returned, and 44 home rulers The Conservative reaction was universal, especially in Scotland, Lancashire, Middlesex, and Surrey. The Bight Hon. George Young, Lord Advocate of Scotland, was defeated at Wigton The Queen is at Windsor. A meeting of the Cabinet is being held to-day, to decide upon the' resignation of the Ministry. A most disastrous fire has occurred at the Pantechnicon, Mortcombe-street, Belgrave siure, an establishment for the sale of tarriages and the warehousing of property. Pictures valued at £250,000, and an immense quantity of valuable fiirniiure were destroyod. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria h*B been most cordially received. The Czar in drinking thehealth of his guest said that irun^sbip between Außtria, Germany, end England would secure th* peace of the world. London, Feb ]4. The following memberß of the Government have been defeated :— Chicheeter Forteecue, President of theßord of Trade at Loutb; the Hon A. Greville, junior Lord of the Treasury at Westmeathj Lord Otto Fitzgerald. Comptroller of the Queen's household at Kiltiare; Ayrt( n, Judge Advocate General bt Tower -Hamletj; .Hibberd, Under Secretary of the Home Department at Qld'.vam; Viscount Er,fi Id, Under Pecretary of the Foreign Department; at Middlesex. . The bink returns are stronger. The gold exports have ceas d Austniliin securities bare improved. Wheat is drooping owing to large expected arrivals. February 17 Mr Gladstone goes to Windsor to-day to tender the resignation of the Miuißtry. The Q'ieen has accepted the patronage of the Bengal Famine Fund. , The Emperor of Kussia is expected to visit London on the Ist of May. Cape Coast news to January 26 states that the troops are expected t) enter Commassie on the 29th of January. The termni'ition of the war was anticipated on the 7th of Feb. The London colonial wool Bales opened this evening. The t >tal arrivals are upwards of 160,000 ba'es Upwards of 5500 were offsred for sale. '1 he attendance of both home and foreign buyers was lerge, and the biddings commenced with real spirit. Prices rango the fame as at the hut series The mails fron Australia via BrindM and San Francisco were delivered in London yesterday. '. : Ihe following are amongst the recent arrivals in time for the wool sales :— Tady Bowen, Patriarch, Ramsay, Glengairn, Benmoro, Duke of f utherland, Superb, Thomson, Kamey, Agamemenon, Macduff, Miltiades, Mermaid, Hampshire, Jerusalem, Gartside, L^lra (Jutalpa, Adelaide, Craigendaroch, Danae, Halcyon, and Counte-s of Kin to re. , February 19. ", The Queen has accepted Mr Gladstones resignation, and Mr Disraeli is eDgaged in the formation of a new Ministry. • Mr Ca r dwelJ, Chiche^ter Fortescue, and Viscount Enfield will be raised to the Peerage. There'are indications of the revival of the question-being.' discussed in .the "German end French Prets . , . Qb'ituaVy :' King Lumalilo of the Sandwich" Islands. , ' .. ••