BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7948, 25 January 1906, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE ELECTIONS. LONDON, January 23. Mr G. Oavo, K. 0., Unionist. hag been elected for tho Kingston division of Suirey, replacing Mr T. Skewes Cox, who sat in the same interest. The following constituencies have re-electod their representatives in tho la3t Parliament:—Mid-Antrim: Hon R. T. O'Neill, Conservative, who has held the seat since 1885. Lewes Division of Sussex: Sir!'. Aubrey - Fletcher, Conservative, member since 1885. Torquay Diviison of Devoushire: Mr F. LaylandBarratt, Liberal, who won tho seat from the Conservatives, in 1900. Handaworth Division of Staffordshire: Sir H Meysey-Thompson, Liberal Unionist. Ormakirk Division of Lancashire: Hon. Arthur Stanley, Conservative. The present member was elected in 18S8, ou the death of Sir A. B. Torwoud, and was unopposed in 1900. Prom Division of Somerset: Mr J. C. Barow, Liberal, who has represented the division with a short interval since 1«92. East Norfolk: Mr R. J. Price, Liberal. Mr Price's majority over the Conservative candidate at the last election was 830. Ludlow Division of Shropshire: Mr Rowland Hunt, Unionist, who won the seat at the by-election in 1903, following the death of Mr Jasper More. The polling for East Worcestershire resulted aa follows:—J. Austen, Chamberlain, Unionist, 10,129; Mr Morgan, Liberal, 5,763. Liberal candidates have gained the following seats:—Ross Division of Herefordshire: Mr Gardiner, replacing Captain P. A. Clive. who was private secretary to Mr Austen Chamberlain, when Chancellor of the Exchequer. Woodstock Division of Oxfoi'dsbire: Mr G. H Morrell. Bodmin Division of Cornwsll: Mr Roberts. South-eastern Essex: Mr Rowland Whitehead. THE NEW CONSERVATIVE! LEADER. LONDON, January 23. The Right Hon. Akers-Douglas, member for St. Augustine's Division of Kent, who was Home Secretary in the Balfour Government, will lead the Conservative " Party in the House of Commons until Mr Bal four, who was defeated at Manchester, is elected for another constituency. » A GROWING ELECTORATE. LONDON, January 23. The electorate at Romford, where Mr J. H. Bethel was returned by such a large majority, has doubled since the last election. , INTERFERENCE RESENTED. Received January 24, 10 p.m. LONDON, January 24. Cornish miners badly mauled Mr Thome, Socialist, and Member for West Ham South, when attempting to support a Socialist caudidate for Camborne. (Camborne is a town in the west of Cornwall). ! STATE OF THE PARTIES, Received January 24, 10.17 p.m. LONDON, January 24. The state of the parties up to the present is as follows:—Liberals, 285; Labour, 44; Nationalists, 77; Unionists, 123. A REMARKABLE LETTER. MR MICHAEL DAVITT'S VIEWS. Received January 24, 11.35 p.m. LONDON, January 24. Mr Michael Davitt, id a remarkable letter to the Freeman's Juiirnal, rejoices at the approaching secularization of the English and Catholic schools, and declares that the asinine stupidity of the Irish Bishops instigating Mr Redmond to assist Mr Balfour to enact the Education Act, 1902, was the chief cause of tho triumphant Radical majority, pledged to secularise the schools, but not pledged to Home Rule.

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