TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 250, 6 April 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

London, April 1

The Homeward niaiis via Brindis which left New Zealand in February,i vv:*s"o delivered to-''ay.

The Bank of England's weekly return e-hows the total reserve of notes and bull'on lo be L16,600,00C, being over L 1,000,000 less than last week.

The election for Falmouth took place to-day. Sir Julius' Vogel was a can didatc but was rejected. April 2.

Tho election returns, as far as known show that 175 Liberals and 103 Convatives have bee n elected. The liberal have gained 48 seats and lost 13. L»eds has returned Mr Gladstone by an enormous majority. Lord Hartington has been rr-oli'et(d for Now Raduor without opposition. The Conservative papers foieshadow a change of Ministry. Both Liberal candidates: have heim elected by a large majority for rfcuthwark, thus reversing the decision of the 13th'February, when a Conservative was elected to fill ihe place of the deceased Liberal msmbcr. Both Liberal candidates havs been elected for Che 1 - sea.

The total quantity of afloat for Great Britain is 1,030.000 quarters . ■ ■ ■ ! Best Australian beef tallow, 34s ; Lost mutton, 355. Tho total stock of tailow in London en ' Ist April was 17,'>00 casks. New Zealand wheat, per 4901bs ex wj'.rehousp, ,47s c. f. and ; i. The Queensland loan of J L 3,000,000 at 4 per cent, *s announced, but L 2,000,000 only will be issued at preBC'nt, Loth Li be al candidates havo been elect 4 by large . majorities for Chelsea. . ':.": -Apr'l,3. The Liberals have eained 29 to-oay, tlie total numbers gained being 5o Liiwrals, Conservatives 20.. The sitting members for Lower Hamlets, K , have been ro-elccted. Two Liberals luve eWted- for Mary!elxme by {large majoi itii s. Bradlaugh, a rrdical candidate has l:«en elected by a large majority for Northhampton. The Right Hon. Jamrx Lowther, Chief Secretary to : the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has been defeated by o small majority for York. A change of Ministry is inevitable, and the Times publishes a paragraph stating tli» tit is quite probable Lord Granville wi'l fi rm a Ministry. St. Pbtj.ip.sburo', April 3. The relations between Russia and China r.re consi loved very critical, the lattir having declined ilia ratification of the treaty releasing Russii from assisting Kalkdja ; a report is also current that Chit est troops hare crossed the ri v( r Angf-r, th ereby constitut in g open hostility to Russia.