CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4667, 19 December 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Beuteb's Telegbams

[Received Dec. 19, 1 p.mj. London, December 18. Foole Executed. Joseph Poole, a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, who was found guilty of the murder of Kennedy, was hanged at Dub» lin to-day. , ■ The Tonquin Difficulty. It has transpired that Earl Granville has expressed his willingness to mediate between France and China, for the settlement of the Tonquin difficulty, if requested to do so. : ■■; Caibo, December 18. * Baker Pasha- : Baker Pasha has been appointed" to the supreme command in the Soudan, and started yesterday for Upper Egypt with troops. Calcutta, December 18. International ExhibitionThe International Exhibition up to the present time has been visited by 124,000 persons, and is gaining in popularity, especially among the natives. [Received December 19, 2.15 a.m.] London, November 18. The FeniansIn consequence of Fenian threats, strict precautions are being taken to guard Hawarden Castle, London Bridge, and Newgate gaol. Kome, December 18. The Crown Prince and the PopePrince Frederick William, the German Crown Prince, paid a visit to the Pope today. : . / . : •. ■ :• • .;... • ' The Cape LoanTenders for the 5 per cent, Cape loan of £5,000,000, were opened to-day, and were found to amount to £6,500,000, the minimum being 98. London, December 17, The cargo of frozen mutton, ex British Queen Troui Lyttelton, was examined cad found in excellent condition,

In the course of a despatch addressed by Earl Granville to the Fgyptian Government, the British Minister for foreign affairs states that the English Government cannot interfere in the pacification of the Soudan prophet, but that endeavors will be made to obtain an expedition of Turkish troops from the Porte. Rome, December 17. Prince Frederick William of Germany arrived here to»day, and received an ovation from the populace, who had assembled in large numbers to greet his Imperial Highness. The German Crown Prince will be a guest at the Quirinal during his stay in this city. London, December 18. It is officially announced that the Imperial rule over Basutoland has been restored. The Royal Dublin regiment of Fusiliers is under orders to proceed to Egypt! The homeward mails, via San Francisco, from Auckland, November 6th, were delivered here yesterday.

[Specials to the Pbess Association.]

London, December 17.

A camel-driver, who accompanied Hicks Pasha's army, asserts that the only sutm vivors were thirty-seven-who were taken prisoners. Admiral Courbetfc, in charge of the French fleet in Chinese waters, has been instructed to act on the defensive until a j further reinforcement of eight thousand j troops arrive in February next. ] The notorious libel case of Belt v. ] Lawes will be retried unless the plaintiff | agrees to accept the offer of five hundred j pounds. Sir Charles Lilley, Chief Justice of Queensland, leaves by the Valettas for Australia in February. Captain Kennerly's offices are closed, and it is reported that he has sailed from Havre on a trading expedition to New Guinea under the French flag. The London sharebrokers are still anxious to secure a pledge from New South Wales to refrain from further borrowing for eighteen months. The Marquis Tseng is willing that England should mediate in the Tonquin difficulty. It is reported that the Khedive desires to abdicate, unless the British Government retain the troops in Egypt. H.M.S. Forward, which has been ordered to the Australian station, will commence her voyage in May next. A report has reached Khartoum that General Hicks Pasha was captured by the rebels, his hands cut off, and his body otherwise hacked to pieces.