CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3832, 9 April 1881, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Ueuter's Special.]

London, April 8 Colonial Loans.

Tenders for the Tasmanian loan of £300,000, at 4 per cent., were opened today, and were found to contain applications amounting to four times'the sum required. The loan will be allotted at £99 6s Bd.

The tenders for loan for the Colony of Fiji of £150,000, being interest at 4£ per cent., were also opened to-day, and the amount asked for was likewise found quadrupled. The whole loan will be allotted at £99 ICs.

It is announced that the Duke of Argyle has resigned .his position as Lord Privy Seal in the Ministry. His Grace's resignation is' due to a difference of opinion with his late colleagues as to the provisions of the Irish Land Bill which has been introduced in Parliament. Beaconsfiel&'s Health. A bulletin issued this morning states that Earl Beaconsfield's relapse has left him exceedingly weak, and uneasiness is expressed as to his state. Great general anxiety is felt at the critical nature of his lordship's illness. Rome, April 8. The Chamber of Deputies has negatived a vote of confidence in the Ministry. Cairoli and his colleagues have accordingly tendered their resignation to the King. London, April 7. The 'Varsity Boat Race—Oxford Wins. The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race to day, over the usual course on the Thames, and resulted in an easy victory for Oxford by three lengths. London, April 7. In the House of Commons to-day the bill introduced by Government for the amendment of the Irish land Jaws was laid on the table and read a first lime. The measure provides for the erection of Courts of Law to fix rents, which shall thereafter remain unaltered for a period of 15 years. The Courts will also undertake the regulation of land tenure ; and a Land Sales Commission will be appointed to make grants to facilitate emigration to assist tenants to purchase their hold, ings, and to bay land from land holders who are willing to sell. It will be optional with landlords and tenants to invoke the aid of the Courts. It is intended that the Act shall be partially retrospective. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £15,400,000. There is an active demand for most descriptions of Australian hides. Prices are one-eighth of a penny higher.