CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2983, 6 September 1878, Page 4

CALOGRAMS.

(Eeoteb's._Speciali to Pbess Agency.)

H.M.S. Eurydice has been towed into Portsmouth.,, : The 'Court Martial attri» buted no blame to anybody.

A railway collision has 1 occurred /at Sittingbourne, by which eight were killed and thirty injured.

A storm destroyed the town ofMMisero r letz, in Hungary, janjl 100 lives were lost.'/ The market for securities is disorganised in consequence of anticipated enetr-loaii.!' It is'beli^eS'the'proposed VictorianM&n of £4,000,000 will prove a. .failure. „ { . ( v ml. > ■ Th r§ llleW'^eaknd's p^r ceni;! ConkoU* dated is quoted at 101; J!*Tew Zealand 4|, 94. ■ r , t ......, t „ .., n , A double murde^of a mbit atrocious 5 kind has taken place ; at I^orthanipton , ; A sergeant of militia "shot 'the quarter- 5 master and pay sergeant; ,-, { .< « . A.®igl.fen>p;er osW^ hyfcM& awarded to Victoria by the Paris Exhibition Commissioners, including gold,' silver'j and bronze medals. The Sussex, match resulted in a draw."

Australians v. the Players., The first inningl^fM c (Hfa/dtfs frMtitj and lAus^ tralians 77. Many of the beif; among^ the Players were excluded, b^ing'to a'dispute 4 about payment. London (undated); The Playerj match,,was. w,on Jby^the Australi|n£ i^fijiyj^i^etaliSpoffQrih's bowling was very effective. The Sultan has approved of the British proposals for reforms in Asia Minor, including the appointment ofialEurQpean,": in Turkish pay, at the, head of eaten village,to supervise taxation, and the,administration, 4d&l justice ?i MB i gendarmes 'tio* be mainly ■ officered by Kuropeans; with increased powers to Consuls::: .: , : ; _ Substantial pecuniary assistance is to be given to Turkey :tb' prevent her\ excuse on the plea of poverty. Gladstqne.^in. tKe r 'V Nineteenth Centur^iCsCronglylconaenins: the protection policy of the colonies* . nearly ten millions since the settlement of the Itbbtern qqestion. .p, i[ j[ )f The "stock, j^ar^et^is^,d,u,U., .Consols are ninety-four ■ and 1 Mve:eigM9. ' The market fprjColonial Government debentures is .heavy and^depressed.. ■*.* ,-j r Thei' tone of tfie 'wool'market is firm and healthy, and Uie sustained interest is shown by^the-gOjpd masters pE^the;trade. Prices, cbnipared' t witn the last, series, ihow'W'-sligfif a'dya'ncet-for, scbu'red, "and irood greasy'frbm'a'li'alf-penny'tb a penny; ckslJ)redsu'ncl«ft.gea;i^J^?' I-•• (-''. Thercdrnmaiikeiis quiet; 'The foreign arrivals are vefryCJlaffee.^ :Heavy continuous rainft haveidamaged the crops in the North ,of England.' The Continental wheat harvest is generallygood. * ■< r , Pabis, September 2. Victorian exhibits' have obtained ten gold, thirty-two silver, and forty-one bronze medals, besides honorable mention in thirty-three instances, and several more to come. t , It is expected that' the full'awards of the Paris Exhibition for Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide will be received at once. "■' , , ,