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... I THE ELECTIONS SINCE the substitution of secret for open voting and the abolition of hustings, elections have tended to become, from the artist's point of view at all events, rather tame, colourless affairs. In London especially they took place in such a quiet unobtrusive way that a passing stranger might remain in total ignorance of the fact that the inhabitants of the most populous town in ...

... HULL TOW COUCIL. I 1. . . I c The members of the Council were yesterday I 6put into the County Cour.t: and whether it was tbe uncomfortable nature of their quar- tea, or the fact that itie aggehdai paper wad a comparatively light one, they soon reeled off the business which 'came before them. The I . exed questign of the pumping station, which a1 promises to become a sore point with many c ...

... ? :LATESTl': NEWSi. # ?? __ _ _ - I }t ; AP4L D PAILY PACUkET OPiICE, . - MOnday, 6a.m. THE EUR PEAN BOURSES. French Rentas were firm day. Apriee, per Cent. Rente left off forthe account at 85f. 45c., and the Five per Cents ait 118f. 80c., showing a, arise of 10c. and. 28c. respectively up to yesterdays closing 'prices.- Foncier and Suez Canal Shares improved materially. O3f fforeign stocks ...

... I YESTERDAYS CONTESTS: :'R.Em S U L T S. z i ABINGDlON. Clarke (L), -428; Gibbs (C), 386. Representation - changed. ' L: A ADOVER. F. W. rnixton ?? Colonel H. Wellesley (c), 36a BARNSTAPLE. Crrden (a), 856; Lymingtou. (L), 811; Grenfell (L), 720. Conservatives gain one seat. RANBdRT. Samnuelson (L), 1,018; Bowles (c), 585. Representation unchanged. BEWDLEY. Harrison (L), 598; Webster (c), 530. ...

... . __ 1' 1. ?? It - .- ?? - . ?? ?? : I . *i'romn the annual reportof the Nati6nal bifehoat Thsti- tution we learn that during the Past year twelve new life. boats were placed on the following stations -Northum- berland, Blyth; Yorkshire, Unswick, 'Upgang, and I Whitby - Essex, Southend; Sussex, Eastbourne ; Isle of Wight, Brighatone Grange, Dorsetshire; Pools:; Cairmar- thenshire, Ferryside'; ...

... THE most unbending of Tories, no less than the sturdiest of Whigs, must bow to the inevitable Mr. GLADSTONE is Prime Minister of England. Not that alone: Mr. GLADSTONE is also Chan. cellor of the Exchequer. The hoary septuagenat rian, whose perennial clearheadedness is well-njgh matched by his vast powers of physical endurance - will wield the highest power of the State j5 g conjunction with ...

... ebt R tt ID I b ?; , k 1 -1, u 'O act -, ipavotl MARRIAGE with a deceased wife's sister has been' legalised in Canada. SIGsor FOLI has -obtained a verdict in the action which was brought against him by a music pub- lisher. The Servian papers. commenting upon the suc- cs of the Liberal party in England, expect a more rapid development of the Eastern question, and a solution in favour of Servia ...

... THE LIBERAL ADMINISTRA'ION. |Tie Observer ?? the various sugiestions for the reconstitution of the liberal Administration one which has met with considerable favour in important quarters is the following --Mr. Gladstone would be called to the Upper House, an2( assume the P'remiership as First Lord of the Treasury ; Lord Hartington would be leader of the House of Commons, and succeed to the War ...

... OUTRAGES ON THE WEST COAST OF I AFRIOA.-BRITISH EXPEDITION. The British and African Steam Navigation. Company's Royal mail steamer Volta ?? Gabriel), with passen- gers and mails from the West Coast of Africa, has just arrived at Liverpool. She was at Old Calabar on the 11th March, when a meeting was held on board her Majesty's ship Forester, called by Comamodore Richards, to enquiro into the ...

... THE POLITICA.L SITUATION. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. ILORD BEACONSFIELD'S LATEST PLOT. (From our London correspondencts.) LoNDON, Wednesday Night. The Queen this evening formally received and accepted the resignation of the Ministry. Mr. Montagu Corry, Lord Beaconslield's private secre- tary, hag been elevated to the peerage as Baron Bowton, of Rowton Castle, in the county of Salop. LonDoN, ...

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