CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3729, 7 December 1880, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Retjteb's Special.] London, December 6. A largely attended meeting, under the auspices of the Irish Load Laa&ue, was held yesterday at Waterford. The most prominent agitators were present, and addressed the meeting. Mv P; rneH made a speech on the occasion, and spoke bitterly against the action of the present Government, accusing it of having conspired against the rights of the people of Ireland. Washington, December 6. President Hayes has addressrd a message to Congress, in which he recommends that the national debt of the United Statas should be rerandei into 3 or 3| per cent, bonds in place of those now bearing interest at from 4 to 6 per cent. New Yobk, December 6. Owing to the extreme severity ef the winter, five million bushels of gram ere now lying ice-bound in Lake Erie. Shanghai, Dec. 6. News has been received that the Chinese Government has ordered a most formidable ironclad to be constructed at Stettin, a German pott in the-Baltic. London, December 4, Large withdrawals of gold have been made from the Bank of England for North America.