CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4588, 18 September 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Reuters Telegbams

; [Received September 18, 1.15 p.m.] " London, September 17. The cargo of frozen meat on board the steamship Cuzco, from Sydney, arrived in good condition. The cargo of mutton by the ship Opawa from the Bluff, has arrived in good condition, but the quality of the meat is inferior to previous shipments. The first portion of the cargo was sold to-day at 6£ to 6f per pound., Collision in the English Channel. News is to hand that the ship St. Leonards, bound to New Zealand with emigrants, foundered in the Channel, after collision with another vessel. All the passengers and crew of the St. Leonards have been landed at Dartmouth. O'Donnell, who is charged with the murder of James Carey, the Irish Informer, arrived at Plymouth from the Cape, and will shortly ba placed on his trial. Pabis, September 17.M. Challomel Lacour, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has received his conge, and will be replaced in that position by M. Perry, President of the Council of Ministers. The removal of M. Challomel Lacour is deemed an indication that the French Government desire to pursue a policy of peace.

London, September 17. Nothing further has transpired regarding the negotiations which are still proceeding for the settlement of the FrancoChinese difficulty in Topquin. After their interview with Earl Granville, the Marquis Tseng and M. Waddington left Walmer Castle for Paris, for the purpose, it is believed, of carrying on negotiations on the basis suggested by the British Minister for Foreign Affairs. Arrived : Ships Brier Holm, from Lyttelton, May 30, and Stirlingshire, from Lyttelton, June 14.

[Specials to the Pasas Association.] London, September 14. The Loch Dee, from Lyttelton, is over, due. j Lord Dufferin has been recalled to Stamboul by the Bulgarian difficulty. | All the mortgages on Mr Parnell's Irish estates have been paid off by public subscription. The report that Lord Lyons was recalled proves incorrect. The French army has only met with doubtful success in Annam, and it: now awaits reinforcements. Disturbances have occurred in Woochang. Prince Bismarck is recovering. An International Exhibition at the Crystal Palace next April is projected, under the auspices of Mr Levey, but a larger scheme for an exhibition at Kensington is also on foot. The Victorian Agent General has convened a meeting of the same committee which acted in regard to the Melbourne Harbor Trust Joan to consider the data collected as to the best type of dredge. The Standard considers the danger of foreign convictestablishments in the Pacific as sufficient to justify the attitude of the colonies in regard to annexation, and condemns Lord Derby's despatch as cold, curt, and unsympathetic. The colonies are only asking for what is vitally essential to their welfare, aud this the Government, with gratuitous kindnass, refuses to give them on account of political pedantry. After the recent fighting in Anam tho French authorities beheaded thirty Black ; Flag prisoners. The Times says if France prosecutes

the Tonquin campaign, she will probably embroil herself with Europe. Cortachy Castle, near For far, has been burned. .