14 FEBRUARY 1874, page 2

The Canadian Elections Have Resulted In A Return Of A

four- fifths majority in favour of the new Government. Of 206 seats, only 50 have been carried by Sir J. A. Macdonald. That is a decisive verdict for the Tories, but as the......

The Election For Perthshire Is A Liberal Loss, But One

less or more makes little difference, and Sir Stirling Maxwell, of Keir, is a distinct gain to Parliament. If he will only work, he is the natural Tory Commissioner of Public......

We Were Mistaken In Supposing Last -week That Sir Fowell

Buxton's candidature for Westminster was supported by the- Licensed Victuallers. It seems that they supported almost unanimously the Conservative candidates. Sir Fowell Buxton,......

Next To The Westminster Election, Perhaps Even Beyond It,...

snot crushing defeat suffered by the Liberals has been in Middle- sex. The numbers there were,—LordsG. Hamilton, 10,343; Mr. Coope, ; Lord Enfield, 5,623; awl Mr. Lehmann.......

The French Correspondent Of The Nines States That A Book

has just been published in France by the Abbe Raboisson in which he proves, from the Book of Daniel, that the Comte de Chambord, foe of the Beast with ten heads, i.e., the......

The Famine News Is, On The Whole, Disastrous, The...

of the Daily News announcing that hundreds of deaths have occurred in Sarun, and that high-caste women are working on the roads ; according to the Times' correspondent, Dinage-......

Rumours Are Being Somewhat Eagerly Circulated Of The...

of the French and German armies. As they come from Germany, they must be demi-official, and must be intended to help on the new Military Bill which is to be passed this Session.......

Up To The Evening Of Friday The Result Of The

election for Wick had not been announced, but the Standard reported that the- counting had finished in six out of eight places, and that Mr. Bryce was believed to have won the......

The French Committee Of Thirty On The Constitutional Laws Is

said to have resolved to abolish voting by list for each department, and to substitute voting by arrondissement. The object of this change, which will, it is said, be carried......

M. De Broglie Has Been " Interviewed " By A

correspondent of the Telegraph, and has made a declaration of his ideas which, and his denials of his reported statements, we have criticised elsewhere. His words amount, on the......

By A Slip Of The Pen We Last Week Named

Mr. Perry Watlington, Member for West Essex, instead of Mr. Wingfield Baker, candi- date for South Essex. The latter's seat we believed to be unsafe, and he is dismissed, but......

Mr. Locke King, The Doughty Foe Of Primogeniture, Has Lost

his seat for East Surrey after holding it for twenty-seven years, and has lost it by a considerable majority, his return showing 1,300 votes fewer than the Conservative, Mr.......