CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume xv, Issue 4776, 30 April 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeuteb's Telegrams

[Esoeired April 30th, 2.15 p.m.] London, April 29. University Examinations Open to "Women. The Hebdomadal Council of the University of Oxford has passed a resolution approving of the admission of women to examinations for University honors. Cholera on a Troopship. The troopship Crocodile has arrived at Portsmouth with cholera on board, six cases and three deaths having occurred since she left Suez. The second of: the year's series of colonial wool auctions was opened to»day before a lrrge number of Home and foreign buyers. The catalogue comprised 8,700 bales, for which a fair demand was experienced, crossbreds ruling at about the closing rates of last auction. The quantity to be offered duriDg the series is limited to 370,000 bale?, and the sales will close on the 18th'of June. The loan of £800,000 for the Tasraanian Government was announced to day, the rate of interest being 4 per cent. The minimum is fixed at 98, and tenders are to be opened on the 7th of May. London, April 28. Arrived : The ships Pleione, from Wellington, Dec. 31; Taranaki, from Port Chalmers, January 17 ; and the Fenstanton, from Port Chalmers, ]?eb. 29, with a cargo of 8500 carcases of frozen mutton. . April 29. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and family left London yesterday for Darmstadt, Germany, where Her Majesty the Queen is now residing.

The date has not yet been fixed for the meeting of the projected Conference of European Powers regarding Egyptian affairs. Negotiations are still proceeding with a view of deciding what questions shall be brought under consideration by the plenipotentiaries, but difficulties are now being raised by the French Government, which demands that the Egyptian Question in its entirety shall be open to discussion. Belgrade, April 28. The Archduke Bodolph, the Prince Imperial of Austria, arrived here to-day from Constantinople, en route to Vienna. His Imperial Highness was cordially received by King Milan, and numerous fetes have been held in his honor.

[SPECIALS TO THE PIJESS ASSOCIATION]

London, April 26. Mr Childers, id his Budget speech, stated that he was unwilling to officially invite the Australian colonies to nominate a delegate to represent them on the Commission to consider the proposed alterations in the working of the Suez Canal. April 27. The rumor from Pekin that Prince Kung, late First Secretary of Stale, had committed suicide in consequence of his having been publicly degraded, is denied. An attempt has been made by the anarchists to destroy the si itue of " Germania " (which was unveiled at Niederwald in September last) by means of dynamite, and it is now ascertained that an attempt was made to destroy the Niedgrwald Statue on the day it was unveiled by the Emperor William, but failed, owing to the heavy rain falling. Earl Granville states that England is willing to invite the Powers to consider the best means of maintaining order, and also carrying on the good government of Egypt. He is, however, waiting to see what action France and Turkey take in the matter. April 28. Sir.F. D. Bell will shortly proceed to Paris to interview M. Favre, the French Under-Secretary for the Colonies, on the recidivistes question. Lord Derby states privately that he is anxious to legislate in favor of federation, but cannot do anything in the matter until some of the colonies sanction the result of the recent Conference at Sydney.