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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 40, 16 February 1880, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London; February 13. F. H. O'Donnell, member for Dungan in the House of Commons, moved an amend- . roent on the address conveying censure on • the Government regarding Irish affairs,;: but was defeated by a majority of 128 against 12. The Irißb Distress Relief Bill, promised in her Majesty's speech, passed the second reading. Obituary— Sir E. W. Bagge, member for Norfolk. /, Lord Lymington, the .Liberal candidate, has been elected for Bornshope, defeating .. Mr Carden. . . > Sir Micbael Hicks Beach, replying to Mr . Macarthur in the House of Commons, said that the Queensland management of Torres Island has been faultless. He also intimated that the Government had not at present any intention to extend the jurisdiction to New Guinea. ■Three per cent consols 96 -£. The total amount of bullion in the Bank of England is IG£ millions. The steamship Garonne has arrived from Adelaide. Five per cent New Zealand loan 103£. i , Best Australian beef tallow, 365 ; best Australian mutton tallow, 38s 9d. The House of Commons after a short debate refused for the second time to aVsist in the' introduction of. a Bill to perpetuate , the royal charters of Banks. February 14. In the House of Commons, the motion brought, forward by ,Mr St., John Wheelhouse, iQ.C.,-and l member, for^Leeds, for the .purpose pf getting a Select Committee ap- .;' pointed ;to enquire into : the question of free trade in relation , to its effects upon the commerce and condition of the country, was negatiyed.;}' ...- -i ;j .• .• .;• .'; . - : ; ; Clarke, the Conservative candidate, has been elected , in the place. . of Locke, the deceased member fdr-Southwark, -defeating Dunn, the Liberal candidate, and Shipton the Radical. . - ; ' : February 15. In the sculling match on the Tyne, Boyd beat Hanlon easily : . ■ .* . .Calcutta, February 15. The latest intelligence from Cabul is that , Mahomed Jan still continues to incite the different tribes to attack the 1 British forces. Berlin, February 12. The Reichstag has been opened. The Imperial, speech justified the increase made in the main army, on the ground that the armaments going on amongst their neighbors rendered the course necegßary, but the speech also pointed out that the course of action being pursued implied no departure from the pacification policy laid down for the 'guidance of the German Empire. :