CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4585, 14 September 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeuteb's Telegbams

[Received September 14, 1.15 p.m.]

London, September 13.

The Bank of England to-day reduced the rate of discount to 3| per cent. The barque Kilnieny, which left Weiliugton on the 6fch May last for Newcastle, lias been posted at Lloyd's as missing. Vienna, September 9, Fatal Riot in Croatia. The ComwuDist agitation in Croatia is

increasing daily. A serious disturbance took place to-day at Jakobovitz, when the troops fired upon the rioters and killed fifteen, besides wounding many others.

.Fabis, September 12. j

The remains of thp late Admiral Pierre are to be interred at the public expense. Berlin, Sept. 12. | The statement recently current here that Herr De Brandt, formerly Imperial German Ambassador to China, would shortly return to Pekin, is now denied. Capetown, September 12. A considerable number of Boers are joining Cetewayo, and it is expected the king will shortly take the field against the rebel Zulus. New York, September 12. The Agricultural Bureau's monthly re» port estimates the American wheat crop this year at 12 percent, below last year's yield. ;

[Specials to the Peess Association.]

London, September 11. The foot disease amongst cattle is alarmingly increasing. The death is announced of M. Henri Conscience, the Flemish novelist, aged 71. The Agents-General have written to Lord Derby, alluding to the visit of a French war ship to New Hebrides, and press him for an immediate answer to this memorandum. The Right Hon. Hugh Law, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, is dead. The Orient Company's steamer [Cuzco has arrived at Plymouth, and her cago of frozen meat is said to be in good condition The disturbance in the neighbourhood of Croatia still continues, and the inhabitants of the villages between it and G-lina hare, revolted. The latest information from Hanoi is to the effect that bad weather is being experienced, which has impeded French operations. The Times, reviewing the Franco-Chi-nese question, advocates that the English fleet in the China Seas should be increased.