CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3645, 1 September 1880, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

(Keuter's Spjeciai, to Association.)

London, August 30.

The homeward mails via San Francisco, which left Auckland on July 20fch, were delivered to-day.

Iv the House of Commons to-day, the adjourned debate in committee on the Irish Constabulary vote was resumed. Further discussion took place, but the Irish members abandoned the obstructive policy which they pursued on Friday night.

Mr Parnell made a speech, in the course of which he promised to use his influence to prevent outrages in Ireland, and to insure order in that country.

The vote for the constabulary was then passed, and the committee proceeded with the other estimates.

French and English Commercial

Affairs.

In the House of Lords to-day, Ear Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, presented papers relating to the bill which had been introduced in the French Chambers providing for the payments of heavy bounties to French shippers. His Lordship, in laying the papers on the table of the House, said that the proposed bounties were contrary to the spirit of the existing Anglo-French Commercial Treaty, and "would operate injuriously on English trade

Pabiß,s August 30. The Jesuits Accepting the

Decree,

All the Jesuit schools and other establishments in France have now been closed in accordance with the decrees of; the French Chambers. The schools hadMbeen evacuated by the inmates prior feo their being visited by the police for/ formal closing. \ London, Augxir*t 30. Lord Enh'eld has been appointed Atsistant-Secretary for India. \ In the House of Lords to-day (Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a questioar^Rid the Great Powers were discontented a^ the Porto's answer regarding Montenegro, and were now deliberating on their reply. He further stated that orders had beta giyon for warships to proceed at once io Hagiisa. , . • .

Tho cricket vi itch, Australians v, eighteen of-Hastings, at Hastings, was commenced to day. '] he Home team

went in first and were all disposed of for 245 runs. Spofforth and Bannerman were absent, -' Calcutta, August 30. INDIAN AFFAIRS. Further intelligence received states that General Phayre's army is now marching combinedly with that of General Roberts' on Ayoub Khan's position at ! Argandb, to north of Candahar.