CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4460, 21 April 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeutee's Telegeams . [Received April 21, 1.10 p.m.] London, April 20. la the House of Commons to-day Mr Gladstone made a statement regarding New Guinea; he expressed an opinion that any steps in connection with the annexation of that Island would be premature pending the receipt of a despatch from Sir Arthur Kennedy giving the reasons of the Queensland Government for the action which had been taken ; the Premier also added that the annexation of New Guinea by Queensland would be invalid, unless it received the Imperial sanction. j Quebec, April 20. j Another Alleged Fenian Out- ! Mr rage. A fire broke out to-day at the Provincial Parliament House in this city, and spread with such rapidity that the whole building was gutted before the flames could be got under. The origin of the fire is so far unknown. ■ '■;r ■ : ' Lateb. ■' It has been proved that the fire which led to the destruction of the Legislative buildings was caused by a Fenian, but the perpetrator of the outrage has not yet been arrested. Bombay, April 20. Disastrous Fire. A most disastrous fixed has occurred at Delhi. The conflagration extended most rapidly, and covered an immense area. Fully two thousand houses have been totally destroyed. London, April 20. A pension of £2000 a-year was voted by the House of Commons last night to Sir Garnet Wolseley. A box containing gunpowder has been discovered at the back of the Times office. It is believed that it was intended to blow up the building, but no clue to the projected outrage has yet been discovered. St. Petebsbubg," April 19. The trial of the Nihilists who were recently arrested concluded to-day, and resulted in the convicttion of 18 prisoners. Sentence of death was passed upon six,, and penal servitude for life upon the remaining 12. New York, April 19. Arrived: *Ship Odin, from Auckland, December 16. *

[Specials to the Pbess Association.]

London April 18. The Right Rev. C. W. Sandford, Bishop of Tasmania, has been presented, by his late congregation at the Gibralter with a silver vase and a cheque for £1200. The cargo of frozen meat by ship Dunedin is selling at 6d perlb., the shipment by the Cuzco is inferior to previous cargoes, and has realised 3d per Ib. The market is glutted. London, April 19. Kingston, another of the Invincibles, has been arrested for complicity in the Park and other murders. The story told by a telegraph clerk, of his having been kidnapped by Fenians, is distrusted, and the clerk has been suspended. • The Arabs are reported to be fighting amongst themselves in the vicinity of Aden. Troops have been sent to restore order, and H.M.S. Dragon has been de« tamed at Aden. The Prince of Bulgaria is on a visit to the Sultan, and is treated as an Imperial goest. ' Government House, Ottawa, has been threatened by the Fenians.