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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1001, 23 February 1883, Page 3

LATEST NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. [REUTER—COPYRIGHT.] (Received Feb 23, 2.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb/22. The death is announced of Lord Egerton, of Tattoh, aged 77. (Received Feb. 23, 11.40 a.m.) - ~ * PARIS,'Feb 22. - Jnles Ferry has succeeded in forming a Cabinet. The various portfolios have been allotted as follows:—Ferry, Premier and Minister? of Education j Minister of War, ‘Ronsca tr; * -Minister •••of:' the;, Interior ; Chalienfj’el "'I/aobar, ’ 'of Foreign Affairs ; Firard,' Minister of Finance; Frnn = (? Brun), - Minister for the Colonics; Horishon, Minister of Commerce. ; Ferry, ft has transpired, asks President Grevy to issue a decree, placing the Dynastic: princes who hold nppointuients in' the army upon the Teiifed-list..-• ■•’•-■■■ -/T ; PARIS, Feb. 22. , Forty,’ the,.new Premier, in the course of aspecch in the Chamber of Deputies, |q-daypurged the necessity of-' bringing the “ pretender-incident”.to a -close, and thereby solidifying the Republic, and avoiding- irritating arid fruitless-debates.

AUSTRALIAN.

'*■: - j_RBUTER—COPYRIGHT.] (Received, Feb 23. 1-30 a.nj.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 22. Thi&.pSll i rig; ; for tliegeneraUielectidn s took place to-day, and up to .the present time,- 10 p.m.-j the returns show the following number of- candidates have been returned—Constitutionalists terialists!, Independents 4, Liberals 25 (? 23).; The elections have generally passed] off quietly, but there is, cPnkidernble excitement in the city to-night, and the; streets are.thronged. Sir Bryan O’Loghlen was present when the result of the jidll was announced. * His name was at the bottom* of the poll. The returns, incomplete., . Among the defeated^candidates are’Sir John o’Shatm|ssy] * Sir Bryan O’Loghlen, MessraJiGarinson,' ".11. !*• Smith, and Longraore. The following ar& among those returned, Messrs Madden’; Langridge, Nimo, Berry, Francis, Patterson, Service, Pearson, Mirams, and Major Smith.*/

(Received Feb 23, 12.20 p.m.) /The .returns are now tohand regarding the election of a members to the eighty-four seats in the -Assembly; Some, however 5 , are as yet incomplete: The Argiia, in its issue c this mqrning, gives the* following classification, of elected member Ministerialists, 7 ; Constitutionalists, 37; • Liberals, 32; Independent, 8. The Age classifies them as'follows : Constitutionalists 33* Liberals 35, Ministerialists 16. The general result, however, "indicates a balance of power between Constitutionalist and ‘Liberal parties anclconfirms the probability of the formation of a Coalition Ministry.

(Received Feb. 23, 2-5 p.m.) . MELBOURNE? Fob. -23. Argus this morning, in classifying the' recently elected members of the Assembly, includes Langdon, Con-? nor, Cnnningham, Wixen, Cameron, and who .have hitherto been classed as Independents, in'its list of Constitutionalists.! j-. -■ .'i

; v ELECTRIC LIGHTING. (PER PRESS .ASSOCIATION.) ‘ : , ! CHRISTCHURCH, This day. : A very snccessfnl trial of theiGulchen system of electric lihgting was made last 1 night at the Kaiapoi woollen factory, which" "is henceforth to be .lightfd\byr : Uiis :^syßtem. V/ ; HEAVY RAINFALL. [per PRESS ASSOCIATION.] , ‘ ; WANGANUI, This day. - It has been raining heavily here since midday of Wednesday. The river is in high bat no damage is yet reported. , ;[ JUVENILE OPERA TROUPE.,: (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION .) iSi WANGANUI,.This day. Stanley and Derbyshire's 'Juvenile Opera. Bouffe Company: . completed a fairly successful season here last night, and proceed next to Wellington/' MAIL BOATS. , (PER; PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, This day. The City of New York,- with, the, January English mails, left San Francisco for Auckland on? the 14th inst., four days’-later than time-table date. The Zealandia, with the January Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 19th insti, three days earlier than lime-table date. SELWYN ELECTION. (PER PRESS CHRISTCHURCH, This day. 1 "E. J. Lee addressed a crowded meeting of' electors' of the Selwy'n district last, night, and avowed' himself... a thorough supporter of the Government, He was very well . received, and a unanimous .vote of thanks accorded him for his address. - ,