CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 25 October 1882, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

[Bstrtxß's Special.]

London, October 23. Terrible Cyclone at Manilla.

Telegrams are to hand from Manilla announcing that a terrible cyclone had been experienced in the Philippine Islands. The greater portion of the town of Manilla has been completely destroyed. Vienna, October 23. Riots in Servia.

A serious riot has occurred at* Belgrade, in the course of which KiDg Milan, of Servia, while in the cathedral of that city, was fired on by a rioter. The attempted assassination was, however, unsuccessful and the man, whose name is Markovich, was at once arrested. *

I^ondon, October 22,

A Military Inquiry.

A military commission has been appointed to inquire into the cause of the defects which were apparent in the army hospital and transport services daribg the repent operations of the British troops in Egypt

Pabis, October 22,

Tunis a French Vassal.

A treaty has been concluded between France and Tunis, and under the terms of the same France assumed the responsibility of the Tunisian debt. A judicial tribunal is appointed, and a yearly allowance of £28,000 is accorded to th« Bey. ;

Alexandria, October 22

- A?aM's Trial.

Inconsequence of witnesses baring beeri ■ examined bj special commission at Cairo in the absence ©rArabi and his associates or their fcgal advisers, the inquiry before the Commission will be re-opened on Saturday next.

, The following " special" telegrams to .the Press Association have been published :—

Alexandeia, October 22

The counsel employed to defend Arabi have secured the right of cross examining witnesses, and it is certain that Arabi and his fellow prisoners will receive a fair trial. c ;

; Sir Garnet Wolseley has sailed for England.

Under the scheme of reorganisation drawn up for the Egyptian Government by Baker Pasha, half the officers in the army will in future be Englishmen.

It is alleged that the Land League accounts omit receipts to the extent of £98,000.'

A Fenian society of the extreme American type has been discovered in Leicester. .

Messrs Baring Bros., bankers, of London, have negotiated a new Russian loan of nine millions.