CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3938, 12 August 1881, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[11eute.u's Special.]

London, August 10, The Irish Land Bill.

The Irish Land Bill was again before the House of Commons to day when further amendments by the House of Lords were rejected. It is expected that the Lords will be obstinate in insisting upon their amendments.

At a meeting of the Royal Society last night Mr Cosmo Newberry read a paper on the subject of Dixon's Gas patent. The speaker ridiculed the patentees specifications, and was confirmed in his opinion by others who addressed the meeting,-and finally a motion was carried unanimously declaring that kerosene is the sole illuminating ingredient of Dixon's gas.

Pahis, August 10,

M. Jules Ferry President of the Council of Ministers, made a speech to-day to the electors of Nancy, in the course of which he warmly denounced the action of the Irreconcilables in France.

Constantinople August 10.

The Earl of Dufferin, British Ambassador to the Pdrte, is urging the Sultan to initiate the necessary reforms in Armenia. It is understood that His Majesty is obstinate, and that Lord Dufferin is consequently bringing pressure to bear with the view to gaia his end.

New Yoek, August 10

Keports from Chicago regarding the Irish Revolution Convention now meeting there state that considerable discord has already manifested itself among the agitators, between whom there has been great wrangling on the subject of finance.