CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4536, 19 July 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Beuteb's Teleobams [Received July 19,12.30 p.m.] London, July 17. ConsulsJiaye further declined by £, and are now at 99|. New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations:—s per cent. 10.40 loan 106; 5 per cent 1889 loan 105|; 4£ per cent. 1879-1904 loan 101; 4 per cent, inscribed stock 101 ex div. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 465; New Zealand wheat, ex warehouse, 42s to 455; New Zealand wheat, off coast cargoes, 40s 6d; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 325; Australian tallow, best beef, 40s 6d; best mutton, 41s 6d. [Received July 19th, 1.20 p.m] Alexandria, July 18. The Cholera. The cholera continues to spread at Cairo, and 61 persons are now suffering from the plague. London, July 18. Intelligence is to hand from Shanghai, that at the fete which was being held there last Saturday, a number of French sailors, who were present were stoned by an excited Chinese mob. The disturbance is supposed to bo the outcome of the present feeling towards the French in China. • London, July 18. The ship Colling worth (sic) Colling* wood, outward bound for Adelaide, was found to be on fire while in the Thames, and has been compelled to return to the docks. Mr Annesly, the British Consul at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, has been appointed Consal-General to Madagasa car. - The election foa a member for Wexford took place yesterday, and resulted in the return of William Redmond by a large majority over the O'Connor Don. The election was keenly contested. Arrived: Ships Joham and Adolph, from Napier, April 7th ; British Queen, from Lyttelton, MBy 31st. Pabis, July 17. It is announced that M. Waddington is appointed to succeed M. Tissot as French Minister to the English Court. [Specials to the Pbess Association.] : London, July 15. The death is announced of General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton.) The Sultan claims the right to be consulted in connection with the construction of the second oanal. Baron de Lesseps declares that if Fngland declines to proceed with the construction of the second Suez canal he will carry out the work himself. Mr Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has concluded an audience with the natives of the Congo country, and has succeeded in checkmating M. De Braaza, the French explorer,, who is on an expedition in that country. , . The Egyptian troops will evaoute Cairo, and proceed to Helonan. A general strike among telegraph operators in Amerio* is impending, and serious inconvenience with telegraphic communication is feared, , \; Nows from the Cape confirms the previous information, of the surrender of Mapoch, the leader of the natives on the western frontier, of the Transvaal. July 15. At the Wimbledon meeting, Sergeant McKay, of the lstßittalionof the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, was' the winner of the Queen's prize, with a score of 79 points. . *