CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4531, 13 July 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeutee's Telegbams

[Receired July 13,1.5 p.m ] London, July 12. In the Hfouse of Lords to-day Earl Granville stated, in reply to a question, that Government had reason to believe that the French Government were' dis~ posed to grant reparation for the outrage oo British officials and naval officers in Madagascar. Communications were, His Lordship added, pasting between the Governments ou the subject.

At a meeting of. British ship-owners } held in London to day, a resolution was passed condemning, as one-sided, the agreement concluded between tbo English Government and Count de Le*Bepß, for the constraction of the second Sues Caual; a resolution further deckred tiiat

England's position was in no way improved by the agreement. ( AIBXANDBIA, July 12. The cholera epidemic continues to spread throughout the country; several deaths have occurred in places in the neighborhood of Cairo, and 'it is feared that the plague will spread to that city.

London, July 12. Arrived, the ships: Duncraig, from Wellington, March 29; City of Arnoy. from Lyttelton, April 11; City of Perth, from the Bluff, April 13. In the House of Commons last night Earl Carnarvon, referring, in the course of his speech to the* proposed annexation of New Guinea, strongly urged the Government to accede to the request of the Australian colonies, and declared that tbe annexation of the island by Great Britain would ultimately be inevitable. t-rCk :';j•/.- SIN FbANCISCO,. July 10. The Homeward New Zealand and Australian mails; from Aucklandi June 19, arrived here*yesterday, three days iD advance of contract. ■ i Nw Yobk, July 10. This season's American wheat crop is estimated at 425,000,000 bushels: [Specials to the Press Association .] , London, July 11. In the House of Lords, Lord, Derby has expressed the opinion that the Imperial Government will not object to English naval officers serving in the colonies. Lord Carnarvon advised that the colonies should contribute towards tbe cost of a squadron which' would be specially entrusted with the defence of Australian interests. Lord Northbrook objected to receiving colonial assistance in ary manner. Humors that England'intends to obtain a protectorate over Cairo have created a deal of excitement among the residents' there. '." * , .'■.■": The residents of Masoura, a town in Lower Egypt, are in a starting condition and a cordon has been placed around the city to preverirtne provision trains beinjg pillaged. '".''•" •. - ' In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Challomel Lacour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, explained that it was not the desire of prance to conquer Annam. The committee appointed by the House of Loads', to' inquire into the working of; the Irish' Land Act report that it has been a ruinous failure.