CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4481, 16 May 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Reuters Telegrams

London, May 14

The Pope has written an encyclical letter to the Irish Bishops having reference to the present state of affairs in Ireland, and the attitude of the Roman Catholic clergy. His Holiness insists upon complete abstentation from politics on the part of the bishops and clergy.

[Specials to the Pbess Association-]

London, May 14. The Pope condemns the collection of money to further the ends of rebellion in Ireland,

Germany has concluded a commercial treaty with Madagascar.

Sir Hercules Robinson has arrived in England from the Cape.

Mr Bradlaugh denounces the House of Commons as guilty of treason to the constitution.

May 13. Parliament has been adjourned until the 21st inst.

The Times complains strongly of the Gladstone Ministry pandering to the crotchets of the various sections of its supporters, instead .of boldly pursuing a national policy. The Tories are jubilant.

Mr Win. Chambers, the well-known publisher of Edinburgh, has been created a baronet.

The brother of Joseph Brady has been committed for trial.

The counsel consulted by the Khedive in view of the agitation for a duplication of the Suez Canal, report that the concession granted to Baron de Lesseps confers upon him an exclusive right. El Mahdi has been badly defeated at Gebaline.

A Hygienic Exhibition has .been opened at Berlin.

HB.H. the Prince of Wales attended the banquet of the Fishmongers' Company, and in his speech expressed regret that the destruction of the Garden Palace by fire had destroyed half the Sydney exhibits. The opening of the Fisheries Exhibition in London was a brilliant affair, although it rained steadily through out. The decorations were- profuse and effective. The whole of the Royal family, except the Queen, were present, as well as the members of the Cabinet, the Foreign -Embassies and Colonial. Commissioners. There were numbers of foreign fishing girls present dressed in their national costume, and hundreds of British fishermen were admitted. After a grand pro cession through the Courts, the Duke of Richmond delivered an address, and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales then formally opened the Exhibition, promising to read a paper by H.R.H. the Duke of Edin burgh before the Fisheries Congress. The collection in the Exhibition is very complete in all respects, and there is an unequalled display of life-saving, apparatus. The Canadian is the best colonial court. The British, Swedish, and Dutch courts are also excellent.