CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 69, 20 April 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(reuter's telegrams.) London, April 15. The ship Calypso, bound from Port Chalmers, was entering the Thames yesterday, when she collided and suuk. The crew and passengers were saved: Later. — The *hip Calypso, which was sunk in the Channel yesterday, coilided with the General Steam Navigation Company's steamship Hawk, near Margate. The Hawk proceeded on her voyage, and the extent of the injuries she received are therefore unknown. It is stated that the Hawk's lights were not burning at the time of the collision. [The Calypso insurances effected in the colony are:— Standard Company, £3000; Union, £3000; Victoria, £5000 ; South Britis'.., £4000 ; Colonial. £2000; National, £2000; Katavia, £5000; Pacific, £16,000; United, £112 ; Globe, £2000. Total, £42,112. The cargo is valued at £87,000. The balance is insured in England.] The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £16,000,000. Sir Stafford Northcote and the Uight Hon. Lord John Manners have been decorated with the Order of the Cross of the Bath. London, April 15. The elections are nearly concluded, and the returns, so far as known, show that 349 Liberals and 235 Conservatives have been elected, thus leaving a majority of 114 for the Liberal party. Sixty.three Home Rulers, including twenty-five followers of Mr Parnell, have been returned to Parliament. The elections for the large boroughs have shown a gain of 57 seats to the Liberals, and in the counties they hava gained 47 seats which were formerly held by Conservatives. The Home Rule party have gained seven seats.