ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 274, 19 November 1874, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

•-;• | ' (?ER; TABAROA.) ■hi (■■ ; ' >.; I : New York, Not. 5. - The result of the elections in twenty-three iStatci glves'tbe Democrats^ majority ia the next Congress. The press considers this a condemnation of Grant's administration, and against hii re election to tfie Presidency "-"- , November 7. The result of the elections for the next Senate shows forty Republicans and thirtythree Democrats, and for the House of Rep-e---sentativea 1 1 1 Republicans, and 181 Democrats. r London, November 7. Mr Gladstone, in a pamphlet entitled "Political Expostulation," which is addr. ssed to the English R <n an Catholics, challenges them injustice to themse vesani the country to demonstrate how P. pal obedience can be " "~ reconciled with cvl allegi nee. The balance of the Victorian loan has been taken up by the Associated Banks. ' \ The missing Sydney letters via Brindisi arrived . via Southampton. The blame is officis'ly attributed to the Sydney post office authorities. The bankruptcy is annouo.ed of Abraham Depass. . • . The new steamer Osyth has sailel for Melbourne. . . Seven hundred and forty bales of New Zealand hemp have been sold at good prices. Arrived— -November 6: Queen. It is reported there will be ro war between* China and Japan, China agreeing to pay the Japanese 500,000 t*e!s to ea c Fo mesa. November 9. ■ Archbishop M inning has written a letter in answer to Mr Gladstone's pamphle', affirming that the dt crease of the Vaican isunaffe ted by the civil allegiance of ihe Catholi' s, which is as pee, true, and loyal as that of any subjects i> the Empire, The civil allegiance of every Christian, he adds is limited by his conscienc >, • Madrid, November 9. Don C «rlos and staff have arrived at Htendaye. Sp in demands th ir interment. [This messag- is understood to mean that Don Carlos and have arrived at Htendaye or Andaye, a stmll town on the right bank of the Bidas oa, in France, »ni that Spa n demands their interment, that is, their retention by the French Government within French territ «ry.] November 10. The reported entry to Hteudaye is contradicted. . Londox, November 10. Mr Dforaeli, at the Lord Mayor's banquet, dwelt upon the contenlm.nt and solid prosperity that prevailed in the country. A«ontiderable revival had taken place in trade, and the revenue wa< fully realising anticipations. The policy of the Government was to consolidate the colonial possessions, and to establish an identity of interests with the m ther country abroad. There was a general desire to maintain peace.