10 AUGUST 1878, Page 2

The German elections, so far as they have yet been

determined, do not promise favourably for the Liberals. The Conservatives, it is said, are 112 strong in the new Parliament, against only 77 in the old. The Liberals are only 106 strong, against 176 in the old Parliament. This will throw a great deal of power into the hands of the Ultramontanes, whose number is hardly altered, —92, instead of 91. In Elberfeld, a Socialist was elected at the second ballot, and two other Socialists had previously been returned. Sixty second-ballots remain, whose results may still give the Liberals a working majority, if the Ultramontanes and Conservatives do not combine. But such a combination is quite on the cards.