10 APRIL 1880, page 2

The Times' Correspondent At Constantinople Forwards A...

great importance. He says that Sheikh Hussein, the Grand Shereef of Mecca, who has just been. assassinated, was believed at the Palace to be favourable to the revival of the......

The Government Have Lost But Few Of Their Conspicuous Mem-

bers. Most important is the failure of Mr. James Lowther, —the Chief Secretary for Ireland,—whom York has very wisely placed at the bottom of the poll, for a worse Chief......

Mr. Herbert Gladstone Has Failed In Middlesex, And Failed By

so large a number that it is obvious Middlesex must have its constituency enlarged before it would be of much use con- testing the county again. But in the course of his canvas......

Mr. Lowe, In Returning Thanks On Tuesday For His Re-election

by the London University,—a re-election carried, as we ven- tured to predict, by nearly two to one,—made a short and rather disappointing speech, in which he withdrew his......

The Farmers Are Evidently Finding Out Their Friends. The...

are no longer rejected in the counties as if they were enemies of agriculture, and in many places Liberal representa- tives of the tenants have been returned. In Bedfordshire,......

The Continental Courts Appear To Have Been Stupefied By The

result of the Elections. They are accustomed to trust their diplomatic agents, and the Envoys are accustomed to. trust official assurances, mildly tempered by the views of "......

Mr. Walter Sat As The Liberal Member For Berkshire, But

has steadily supported Lord Beaconsfield. His seat is, therefore, attacked by Mr. Rogers, with a result which will be known to- night, but with a seriousness which has alarmed......