CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4448, 7 April 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Beutbb's Teisoiams.

[Received April 7h, 2 p.m.] , London, April 6th. Dynamite Explosion—Forty Mon Killed. A serious, explosion, caused; by the accidental discharge of a quantity of dynamite which was being used t for blast purposes, occurred to-day, and caused the death of forty men, who were working near the »cene of the explosion. ; . ' * St. Petebsbubg, April 6. Further intelligence to hand from Moscow denies the truth of the statement current yesterday that a mine hart been discovered in that city.

[Re<wired April 7, 2.30 p.m ] London, April 6. Consols remain at 102$. The Bank rate of discount continues at 3 per cent. The market rate has declined to 2|. The total reserre of notes and bullion in the Bank of England ia £11,700,000, being a reduction of £1/300,000 during the week.'-. 'The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 34 per cent. New Zealand securities are at last quota* tious. The market for colonial bread" stuffs continues dull at the following prices—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 60s; New Zealand wheat, ex warehouse, 45s to 49a; Adelaide flour ex 'ware* house. 345; Australian tallow is firm at last quotations, the best beef 42i 6d, best mutton 44s 6d. The market for

Australian hides is dull, and the wool market is quiet. Arrivals to date foraext auction amount ic > 160,000 bales.

Berlin, April 4. , Thirty men residing in Scbleswig Hoi- ; stein have'been sentenced to banishment for refusing to serve in the German army. The National Theatre in this city was totally destroyed by fire to-day. The building was, fortunately, empty at the time, and no deaths are reported. A number of Socialists have been ar- j rested at Kiel, atown in the province of | Sehleswig Holstein. * | Caiko, April 4. ! Earl Dufferin, replying to a petition presented to him by a number of Europeans, praying for the permanent occupation of Egypt by British troops, has inti- ! mated that the British force now in the country will/not be withdrawn for the present. : d London, ApriL4. The Oriental Bank Corporation declared a dividend of 2 per cent for the past half year. Seizure of a Dynamite Factory. ;'■ .-/ -•: ■ ■ •'■"' "'■■ ' i : .] ; LoNDONi April 5i '.■■;■' A man was arrested in a hotel in the Strand to-day, with a quantity of dynamite in his possession. Two other men, believed to be accomplices of his, have been arrested at - Lambeth. A factory, which was proved to hare been used for the manufacture of dynamite, has been seized by the police of Birmingham, and is now Occupied by a strong force' of cons stables. Several arrests have been made of persons believed to be connected with the manufactory. April 6. An American named Dalton was arrested last evening in connection with the dynamite conspiracy now being investigated by the police. ...... Another man has, been arrested charged with having been concerned, in the. explosion of dynamite by 'which the local Government 1 Board offices in Whitehall were wrecked on the 16th inst. In the Houbc of Commons yesterday, Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt, in the course of a speech, referred to the recent dynamite explosions and to the conspiracies which have been discovered, and stated that the gravity of the outbreak would render legislation upon the subject neces*sary. St. Petebsbubg, April 5. . NihilismIntelligence is to hand from Moscow announcing the discovery of a mine in that city, which is believed to be the work of Nihilists. London, April 6. The Budgdt In the House of Commons last night the Eight Hon. Mr Guilders, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his budget speech.] He stated that the revenue for the past financial year amounted to I £89,000,000, and the expenditure to £88,875,000. The revenue for the ensuing year 1883-84 is estimated at £88,5C0,000, and the expend iture at £85,307,500, leaving a surplus of £3,462,500. It was proposed to devote £107,000 of this surplus to the reduction in. the charges on telegrams from Is, to 6d. A further portion would- be absorbed by the proposed abolition of passenger duty paid by railway companies upon a penny a mile fares, and to reduce fpon fares above one penny a-mile to two per cent. A pro* posed redaction of Hd in the Income Tax was also announced, leaving a balance of £240,000.

[Specials to the Pbess Association^] London, April 4. It is proposed to establish in the south of England a school for the special parpose of preparing younsters for. colonial life. •■■,.•■ . The "Invincible"defence fund has collapsed, and the prisoners having ap» plied to hare counsel assigned them, the, trial hag been delayed. A commercial treaty has been concluded between Germany and Spain. Sir William Jenher insists upon Her Majesty having complete rest. Owing to serious divisions existing amongst the Irish Americans in the States Mr Parnell is hesitating whether he will attend the convention. Egan and Sheridan are trying to induce the convention to declare in favor of the use of dynamite for purposes of terrorism. A joint Parliamentary Committee has been appointed to consider and report on the expediency of thfe proposed Channel Tunnel. London, April 5. The Conservative party are highly incensed at Lord Randolph Churchill's recent attack upon ■ the Bight Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, and they intend to present Sir Stafford Northcote with a memorial expressing their full confidence in him. A letter describing the infernal ma' chines, found in Cork, was from O'Donovan Eossa.