Argus' Special.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 14 April 1880, Page 2

Argus' Special.

The English Elections.

London, March 31.

The elections are proceeding,, and excite intense public interest. Present returns to band give Liberals elected 21, Tories 33. Admiral Sir John Hay, Bart., a Conaervatire, and an old member for Stanford has been defeated. Mr Borthwick, proprietor of the Morning Post, who stood in Conservative interests, has been rejected

London, April 1

Returns received from various parts of the kingdom indicate that the Liberals have gained already 16 seats. The right hon. Mr Gochen, who was in the last Gladstone administration has been returned.

The Liberals have gained 32 seats previously held by Conservatives, and the Tories have gained 10 seats previously held by Liberals. The Right Hon. C. E. Ohilders, a member of the Gladstone administration and acting agent for the Colony of Victoria, has been re-elected for Pontefroy. O'Donoghue, a prominent Irish member, who has lately given his adhesion to the Home Rule party, has again been returned for Tralee. Mr Gladstone, despite the fact of his contest in Midlothian, has been returned for Leeds with a majority of ; over '11,000 votes. The greatest triumph of Liberals has been Southwark, for which Mr Clarke had been returned only a few months ago, in the Conservative interest. The Liberals oarried the two seats by a large majority. For Chelsea Sir Chas. Dilke, one of the prominent members of the Radical party, has been returned by a large majority, and the second' seat was wrested from the Conservatives.

. April 3rd. Latest election returns give the number of Liberals who have secured seats as 235, Tories 126. The gain of the Liberals up to the present is fifty-one. Much surprise is expressed by the Continental Press at the success of the Liberals, and has created a bad impression at Berlin and Vienna, as it is feared that the accession of Mr Glads'one to power will mean the breaking up of the entente cordiale between England, Austria, and Germany, in the settlement of affairs in the East.

China and Russia.

Owing to the rejection of the Kuldja Treaty by the Chinese Government, very strained relations exist between Russia and China. The Chinese Government insist upon the promised retrocession of the Kuldja, provided without objectionable conditions are sought to be attached by Eussia. Both powers are massing troops on the frontier, and war is regarded as inevitable. The activity of the Russian police in the search after the perpetrators of the Winter Palace outrage continues. A courier despatched by Prince Lubid, the Russian Ambassador at Paris, was arrested on his arrival at St. Petersburg on suspicion of^ being implicated in the Nihilist conspiracy.

The Emperor of Germany.

The health of the Emperor of Germany is causing much anxiety. He is seriously indisposed. The Freycinet Cabinet are exhibiting great energy in carrying out a scheme for the improvement of international communication.

In Prance a proposition has been submitted for the construction of a grand canal between the city of Bordeaux, and the town of Narbonne, upon the gulf of Lyons. Commercial.

New Zealand wheat is worth from 55s to 56s per 4961bs ex warehouse. There has been a fall in the wheat market to the extent of Is 6d per quarter. Ox hides are quoted at 54s 8d to 51s 2d. Wheat is drooping owing to the large arrivals from America and elsewhere. At New York quotations are falling. Wool is very firm with a steady enquiry. The sugar market is stagnant. London, April 5. The returns of the elections completed give the following results:—'Liberals, 275; Tories, 140. Majority for Liberals, 135.

Much excitement has been occasioned throughout Ireland, through the discovery of a diabolical plot, which was to seriously injure if not murder a candidate for .Parliament. Mr Gray, who was contesting the seat for Carlow, had arranged to address a meeting at Borrin at Burrisdown. The meeting had assembled, when it was discovered that a quantity of dynamite had been placed under the platform with the evident intention of blowing the candidate and his supporters into the air. Foitunately, the timely discovery frustrated the plot. The utmost indignation prevails about the attempted outrage, which is assigned to the bitterness arising from politioal animosity.

London, April 2. The Emperor of Russia, The health of the Emperor of Russia since his return from Cannes has been in a declining state. The change of place failed to afford the least relief. By latest advioes no hopes are entertained of his recovery. London, April 3rd. Intelligence has been received of the death of Mahommed Jan, the most prominent leader of the Aftghan insurgents. He commanded the Afffhan battle of Charassiab, and the more recent attacks on Cabul. After his discomfiture by

General Boberts he retired to Ghuznee, where he was organising a national reliance. He has been killed while fighting against the Flazaras, a powerful tribe, who, incensed at the destruction of .their village by the Ghilzais, and assistsd with arms by the British, have been for some time past pressing Mahommed Jan severely. It is believed that the result of his death will be the capture of Ghuznee by the advancing forces under General Stewart, with little or no resistance.