CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4653, 3 December 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

ReUTEB's TeIiEGBAMS [Received Deo. 3, i 0.39 a.m.] London, December 1. The Suez Canal. It is announced that a convention lias been concluded between Lasseps, and a syndicate of British ship-owners. The convention makes the followingprovisions: —" Seven additional -directors, all of whom shall be Englishmen, will be appointed to a Board of Directors of the Canal Company; a Consulting Committee to be appointed to act -in London with the English directors; the surtax at present levied, to be abolished from January next, and pilotage dues in July 1884; transit dues to be reduced to fifty cent* imes per ton from January 1885, and farther reductions will thereafter be made in proportion to the profits realised by the Company; and a Competent Com~ mitfcee, composed of one half Englishmen, will determine whether the present canal should be enlarged, or a second one constructed. Irish Affairs. The ill-feeling which prevailed some months past in the North of Ireland, between Orange and National parties, still continues to increase rapidly in the province of Ulster, where the tension is now very severely manifesting itself, In consequence of f<ars being entertained that serious disturbances may occur, a proclamation has been issued by the Executive forbidding meetings which were announced to be held at Newry, County Down, by Orangemen and Nationalists, being held. The Mails. Mails via Naples, per Orient steamship Lusitania from Melbourne, Oct. 20, were delivered on the 29th Nov. San Francisco, Nov. 30. Arrived, yesterday: The Pacific Mail steamship City of New York, from Auckland, November 7th. Pakis, December 1. The Franco-Chinese Difficulty. A parliamentary committee appointed to consider the question of voting a credit for the Tonquin expedition, in making its report, recommended that endeavors should be made by the Government to arrive at an amicable arrangement with China, but at the same time the committee recognised the necessity of sending reinforcements to Tonquin, as precautionary measures. Alkxandbia, December 1. England 'Watchful. In view of the state of affairs in Upper Egypt, H.M.S. Invincible has arrivfid at this port, and will remain to watch the progress of events.

[Rceeived December 3,1.20 p.m.] London, December 1. O'Danaell Sentenced to Doatli. The trial of Michael O'Donnell for. the wilful murder of James Carey, the Irish informer, at Port Elizabeth in ,<July last, finished to day. The prisoner wes found guilty, and sentenced to d.eatb,

Pabls, November 29. The Committee of the Cbamber of Deputies has voted the sum of nine million francs to cover the expense of the French expedition to Tonquin. The Marquis Tseng, Chinese Ambassador, who has been in this city some days for the purpose of carrying on negotiations with the French Government, will shortly return to England.- ! Paris, November 30. A serious accident occurred to-day on the railway line near Mountfort, Brittany. Eighteen lives have been lost by the disaster, and fifteen passengers are suffering from serious injuries. The French Government have decided to send reinforcements to De Brazsa, who is engage.! in forming French trading stations in Congo, Africa. Bebiin, November 29. \ It has transpired that the Emperor William has wired to the King of Spain thanking him for the cordial reception accorded to the Crown Prince of Germany and assuring him of his (the Emperor's) life-long friendship. London, November 29. The publisher of the Tyrone (Ireland) Courier has been arrested for printing and issuing placards proclaiming the views of the National League. Caieo, November 30. Intelligence has been received here that of the large body of gendarmes recently despatched to Souakin, one»half had deserted when oaly halfway on their journey. The news caused some alarm for the safety of the people in Upper Egypt, who are menaced by the rebels. London, November 30. The trial of O'Donnell for the murder of Carey, the informer, at Port Elizabeth, has commenced at the Criminal Court.