CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3313, 4 August 1879, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Ekutsb's Spbciai to Pbbss Asbnct,)

London, August 2. The Secretary of State for the Colonies in the House of Commons last night, declined to produce the papers relating to Australian defence, and regretted ; their publication in the Colonies. Beblin, August 2. Germany and the Vatican hare at length oome to an amicable agreement as to the Btatut of Priesthood and Catholic subjects in the German Empire. . ■.'; „,.". St. Pbtmsbubg, August 1. '\ One hundred arrests have been made on the estate of the Grand Duke Conitau.tine. „ .' .",. ,:■: .., -.-• ■-■-"■... | ■ : Pabis, August 1. : The French Chambers have prorogued. The Chamber of Deputies hare reduced the Bishops' and raised the Priests' salaries. The Senate Committee rejected the Ferry Bill. Constantinople, August 1. The evacuation <of the territory of Roumelia is finished. ; London, August 1. i A letter from Lord Harris lengthily ret plies to Gibson. London, August 2. \ Capetown news to 15th July says Lord Chelmsford has resigned, and is returning to Durban. Three per cent, consols, 98. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £21,375,000. i The arrivals of wool up to date is 320,000 bales. The total probable quan« tity to be offered, including that left over from last auctions, is 350,000 bales.

London, July 31. Five per cent. New Zealand 1040 loan, ■lO4£, :;/,.; .. ;■• ■■ ; ■: -„

English harvest prospects are improving. The weather has been showery for several days, and the harvest will be a month late. -

European harvest prospects are un favorable except in Russia.

The prospectus of the Panama Canal has bean issued. The capital is £16,000,000. An official statement of Admiral lAmnon, of the United States, navy, declares the Panama route to be impracticable. '

At Goodwood Isonomy was first; Bear, second; Parole, third.

The supplementary army estimates asked for the Zulu war are £3,000,000, converting tbe surplus shown in the Budget into a deficit of £1,163,000. whioh the colonies will reimburse (sic), ■ ' The deficit is pronounced to be met by issue of treasury bonds.