CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4694, 23 January 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Bepteb's Telegiums

C^eioeired Janqary 23, 1.25 p.m]. Lospqn, January 22.

Tenders for the Yictorjan loan of four million sterling at 4 per cent., at par minimum, were opened to-day. The total amount offered was found to be #'§,500,000. Tenderß at JICO ps gd will receive §0 per cent., and alcove that price in fall.

The death is announced today of Earl Grosyppor, hjeir to the ftakedom of Weotnungfef, aged 31.

The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank has declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent,'and placed £14,000 to the reserve fund.

London, January 22.

Attempt to "Wreck a Train. Two packages containing dynamite have been discovered in the tunnel near Eiiston Square Railway Station. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was about to travel northwards by the* London and North Western line, and the discovery was made prior to his departure. It is believed that it was intended to wreck the t?ain by which the Prince proposed to travel, and it is thought that the projected outrage is the work of Fenian emissaries, but up to the present time no arrests have been made by the police. The discovery caused much excitement and indignation.'

Caieo, January 21

News is to hand from the Soudan which states that Baker Pasha has since his arrival been parleying with Sheikbß of the desert Arab tribes, and with considerable success, several of them, who have been in rebellion, having submitted to the Egyptian Government.,!

[Specials to the Pbess Association]

London, January 21

The Victorian gunboats will be tried on the Tyne on Wednesday and Thursday next, and if successful, they will sail for their destination on the following Saturday.