THE HOME ELECTIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2379, 7 July 1892, Page 1

THE HOME ELECTIONS.

London, July 2. Hitter opposition continues to be shown to Mr Stanley’s candidature. Party papers reprint passages from “ Darkest Africa,” descriptive of encounters with natives, and the streets of Lambeth are placarded with pictures of Stanley bullying mobs of cowering negroes. Mrs Stanley lias taken to the platform on behalf of her husband, and delivers thrilling speeches Mr Balfour, speaking at Manchester, and Mr Goscheu at Edinburgh, severely analysed Mr Gladstone’s speech at Edinburgh. The former declared that if the control over Ireland to be preserved by the Imperiid Parliament was only to be like that exercised over the colonies, it would be worthless, and merely a control on paper. He instanced Queensland and the Kanaka question, where tlio Government had found interference to be absolutely out of the question. Mr Goschon also ridiculed the colonial analogy, and asserted that the veto of the Crown could never be exercised over Ireland without raising a cry for separation. The control over the colonies themselves was of a very shadowy kind. Mr W. O’Brien left Limerick secretly by special train in order to avoid the mob. Severe faction fights have taken place in Ballina, Dundalk, and Newry, and many persons have been injured. Election betting in Liverpool is 0 to 4 against Mr Gladstone^

July 3. Speaking at Glasgow Mr Gladstone said that he did not fear the antagonism of the clerical party. The more liberty Ireland was given the less risk there would be of its being abused. His Bill gave promise of happy paternal relations between England and Ireland, and of a reign of peace. Mr Chamberlain argues that Mr Gladstone has failed three timesto make clear what his proposals really are. The Trades Council are quarrelling over labor candidates, and there is also some discontent in the ranks of the dockers over the elections.

In the riot at Waterford one person was killed. Messrs Redmond, Sheehy, and a Parnellite band stormed the committee room. The police charged the mob and' Mr Seeehy was wounded’ in three places. Many persons were severely wounded, and had to be taken to the hospital. The magistrates .at Kilkenny were assaulted, and a priest was arrested for aiding the rioters. Messrs Healey and 0’ Brien were burnt in effigy. Mr Gladstone stated that Ireland was sinking under an accumulated load of oppression, and he would not put his trust in the House of Peers but in God. The Scottish Home Rule Society have decided not to support Mr Gladstone. July 4.

Sir J. Mowbray and Mr J. Talbot, Conservatives, for Oxford University; Mr Baldwin, Conservative, for Worcestershire West; Mr Broad, Liberal, for Derbyshire, Southern division, Mr W. F. Smith, Conservative, for Gower (Glamorganshire), the Marquis of G randy Conservative, for Melton (Leicestershire) Mr J. A. Campbell for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities; Mr R. C. Jebb, for Cambridge University; Mr George H. Finch, member for Rutland ; and Sir C. J. Pearson, member for Edinburgh and St Andrew’s Universities, have been returned unopposed. Mr Grove, a Liberal, gained the Westham seat by a majority of 29. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Seely, (Unionist) has beaten Mr H. Broadhurst (Liberal) for Nottingham. For the City of York, Mr Butcher, a Conservative, defeated Mr A. B. Pearse, the Gladstone candidate. Viscount Bury a Conservative, has been returned for Birkenhead. The former members of the following constituencies have also been returned : Hastings, Bolton, Croydon, Preston, Maidstone, Carlisle, Hartlepool, Bedford, Gateshead, Worcester, Peterborough. Mr Leybland, a Conservative, has been returned for Colchester- Messrs Joseph Leigh (Gladstone Liberal) and L. J. Jennings (Conservative) has been returned for Stockport. Mr H. Champion (labour advocate) was defeated for Hazlewood. He polled 909 votes. The Liberals gain the following seats: —Boston (W. J. Ingram), Hereford (Greenfell), Stafford (Shaw,) Greenock (J. Burns, by a majority of 1000 over Sir T. Sutherland), Durham (M, A. Fowler) and Dudsey (Cain), The Unionists gain Rochester,for which seat Alderman H. Davies was returned. The former members of the following constituencies have been reelected : Bury St. Edmonds, Dover, Burnley, Pontefract, Ashton, Tynemouth, Rochdale, Exeter, North Aberdeen, Bradford West, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Huddersfield, South Nottingham, Derby,Cambridge, Blackburn, Staley Bridge, Bradford, Northampton, Kidderminster. Mr Miles a Tory, has been elected for Winchester ; Mr Bowles, a Tory, for King’s Lynn; Mr Lloyd, a Tory, for Chatham, defeating General Sir Andrew Clark by a majority of 377. Mr Ben Tillett was defeated for Bradford West, and the Marquis of Lome for Bradford. The Archbishop of Galway is expelling Parnellites. So far the Tories have won 20 seats, the Liberals 8, and the Unionists 5. A rail was displaced; with a view to upset three hundred supporters of Dr O’ Connor (McCarthyite), near Kildare, and serious accident was narrowly escaped.