EUROPEAN NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 137, 19 February 1874, Page 2

EUROPEAN NEWS.

ELEVEN DAYS TO POVERTY BAY. 4.

[By

Submarine Cable

via Austbalia.]

THE ELECTIONS. RUMORED RESIGNATION OF THE HON. MR. GLADSTONE. LONDON. February 7. Tiik Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, with several members of the Russian Court, have arrived at Moscow. The German Parliament was opened by an Imperial speech yesterday. The Emperor expressed his confidence in the efforts made by the great powers to maintain peace. Aiderman Cotton, and Messrs. Hubbers and Twills (Conservatives) and the Right Hon. G. J. Gosehen have been returned for the City of London. Two Conservatives have been returned for Westminster, For the electorates of Chelsea, Marylebone, Southwark, and Tower Hamlets, Messrs* Ayrton and Fawcett have been returned. Jacob Bright was defeated, and Thomas Hughes has retired. Roebuck has been elected for Sheffield. The Marquis of Hartington has been reelected for Radnor. 460 members have been returned. The Conservatives have gained sixty-one seats. The Liberals have ousted twenty-four Conservatives. Up to the present time, 283 Conservatives have been elected, and 229 Liberals. The latter have gained 27 seats, but the Conservatives secured 71 seats from the Liberals. It is asserted on good authority that Mr. Gladstone has resigned.