THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 160, 28 August 1886, Page 3

THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS.

The veriicfc of the English boroughs is the most decisive ever pronounced by the Euglish democracy against the English Minister, The majority against Gladstone in these boroughe at the last election was six ; it is now 106. The final analysis of the polling gives the Unionists' 1,524,107 votes and the GladBfconiane 1,147,765. For the lowest estimate of the popular vote there must be added the electorate of 113 Unionist seats which were not contested, a total of 1,005,104 votes, ani that of 104 unconte3ted Gladetonian seats, a total of 805,877 votes. The popular vota results in a Unionist majority of 272,882. Right Hon, George Otto Trevelyan, who, with Chamberlain, resigned from the Cabinet to oppose Gladstone's Irish policy, was defeated gas the Unionist candidate in Havvick for Parliament. In the last election Trevelyan was' returned as a Liberal from Hawick without opposition. Thia year John Dillon stumped the district against him, denouncing him for his opposition to the Premier's policy toward Ireland and pointing out the, unreasonableness of Trevelyari's attitude in view of the fact that he had been Chief Secretary 1 for 'Ireland and by actual observation knew ' the merit's' of ' the '" issue; The're'eult has' been that "out of ~0,016 votes ! polled 1 in' the Hawi6k bbroiigh; 1 Brown, the. Gladstone ' candidate',' received ! a 'majority pf 30? obtaining 2523, to' 2,493, secured Jby Trevelyan" i <••/*- • <<■ } ' « THe'Tories and 'Unionists 'combined beat Timothy; Healy,' ParnfellitOn" South' Lbndoriderry, Thomas 1 Lea', the ' Unionist' cahditate,receiving 1 4, ! 737 VqtesioHealy'a 4;620. The 1 entire' poll' wag 9,369; ( the' vdtes* falling 6'ff '5iS froin ! last'etecti^'";H6aly,- ho^'ever, inorg'aaed' hi's'Vote' '-BO6'"bvW~t£a'tt\^6'lleH laWyeVr, bUUhrLibbraU'faUd^TbH^ab'ml bin'ea;dh Lefeijnioniet, -inVteaU 61 (JiviS] in£ ,dh;tKe vr To?ieB^ J ftnd 0 , lafeefala'^aß *lasb

; Major E. ''J".; Sanderson,' Tory, has been elected^ for 'Armagh' over Mr ! 'Williamson 1 , 1 Parfaellite, by a'vote of 4,572 to 1,177, an 1 increase of 380 ov*er I;he ' Votes ' obtained ' by Sanderson in the last election,' although ttfe 'total vote of the district fell away 818." "Eight thousand Orangemen paraded in Glasgow. They subsequently held a maks meeting. A resolution was adopted ' declaring " that, if necessary, they ' would establish an armed union' of the Irish and their English and colonial brethren, arid 'resist to death the separation bf England' and Ireland. ' Labouchere, in an interview^ tfaid : "The Liberal defeat arises from Gladstone's failure ■to 1 ' make the Land Bill clear, the' Radicals not' seeing the force of buying out the landlords. The cry of ' Three acres and a cow ' baa not done any good. It would have been better to talk of ' Half an acre and a calf.' The labourer would understand that. Ido not think the Tories will adopt a home-rule policy. It is not to their interest to settle the Irish question, but rather to keep it open; The Tories used Chamberlain nicely, but he does not tee it. They will throw him over when it suits their purpose. It will be a long time before the Irish question is settled. It cannot possibly <be settled by the next Parliament. The counties know nothing of the question. When they have been educated Gladstone will win, hands down. This will be the great work of the Radicals in the near future." Earl Roeeberry has succeeded Earl Granville as leader of the Liberal party in the Lords, in consequence of the lattar's retirement from public life, and will assume that position on the assembling of Parliament. The Queen's departure for Osborne on the very day of the resignation of the Ministry is once more the occasion of sharp comment. Her absence involves a delay and much inconvenience, and must seemingly be due to some overpowering reason. A high official of the royal household was lamenting her departure yesterday, -when he was asked why the Queen werlt. Bis only answer was a shrug of the shoulders Gladstone's friends rather strongly intimate that he may be spared the journey, because the Queen will not want his advice respecting his successor. Justin McCarthy cables to the "New York Herald "as follows : Gladstone never looked better, of late years at least, than he looks now. He is not in the least cast down, although unquestionably the result of the elections was a surprise to him. He has entirely got over the surprise, and is well satibfied with wbat he has done, and full of eagerness for the general conflict. Advanced as he is in years, there is yet good hope that he Will bring the fight to a successful end.

The Feeling in Ireland. *' United Ireland " says : The truce with landlords is shattered, and the Irish people have not the least intention to estrange the English masses. It would be impossible to produce a more eloquent example of the policy of ramming English rule down Irish throats than is afforded by the Marquis of Salisbury's appointment as Irish Viceroy of the Marquis of Londonderry, inheriting, aa he does the blood and name of the cutthroat Castlereagh. " Freeman's Journal" says : The appointment of the Lord of Londonderry to be Viceroy of Ireland and Sir Michael Hicks ' Beach to be Chief Secretary is ominous of coercion. Irishmen must be prepared for this. The loyalist is delighted over the appointment of Londonderry to the Lord >v Lieutenancy. The city is placarded with appeals to Irishmen to assemble in their thousands to make the greatest demonstration possible on the occasion ot the departure of Lord Lieutenant Aberdeen and his wife from Ireland next week. The call is signed "By order of the citizens and Trades Council i Committee," and among other things says : " Irishmen, by the nature of your farewell > to the Earl of Aberdeen and his noble wife, prove that you appreciate the efforts of England's greatest statesman to secure concessions of Ireland's inalienable right to ; home rule." In view of the results of the English elec- • tions, the Pope requested a congregation t extraordinary on ecclesiastical affairs to > examine attentively the whole Irish ques- > tion, in order that he might determine . upon the ceuree te be pursued by the . Irish clergy in certain contingencies.