CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4011, 5 November 1881, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Reutjbb's Special.]

San Fbancisco, November 2.

The Pacific Mail Steamship, City of New York, arrived here to-day from Auckland with the homeward English mails, one day in advance of contract time.

London, November 3.

As the barque Craig Ard from Lyttelton was proceeding from London to Hull with 10.816 bags of wheat on board, she came into collision with the steamer Grimsby. The Craig Ard sank in a short time, having been seriously damaged, but all on board were saved. It is not known what damage was sustained by the steamer.

The Irish Land League is advising tenants to apply to the Land Commission for! their decision of disputed questions, with the object of creating a deadlock, and thus hampering the work of the Commission. Many of the Irish cases which have have' lately been submitted have, it is believed, been only referred to the Commission with the view of obstructing its labors.

Further details which have been received of the rioting which took place yesterday at Belmullet, in Ireland, show that, the first accounts were greatly overdrawn. The conflict between the police and rioters was of a severe character, but only.a few of the latter were injured by the firing of the police. London, November 2.

News is to hand from Ireland that riots of a serious nature hare occurred today at Belmullet, a small seaport town on Black's Bay, County Mayo, in consequence of the action of the authorities in collecting the poor rates. A strong body of police escorting the tax collectors were attacked by a mob of people. The police fired upon them, and several of the rioters were killed and wounded. Of the latter, moreover, several are reported- to be dying. The Irish Land Commissioners are overladen with business. Fresh cases for the decision of the Commissioners are being daily brought forward by both landlords and tenants.

London, November 3

It has transpired that the negotiations which are proceeding at Paris for the renewal of the Anglo-French commercial treaty were suspended on Friday last, when the discussion of various clauses of the proposed treaty was concluded without any definite agreement being arrived at. It has further transpired that Sir Charles Dilke and his colleagues, the British dele* gates, are returning to London, pending further instructions from the Government as to the future course to be pursued.