CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4788, 14 May 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Beuteb's Telegbams

London, May 12.

The cargo of frozen meat on board the ship Canterbury, from the Bluff, has arrived in good condition.

The intelligence that a treaty of peace bad been concluded between France and China at Tientsin is now fully confirmed.

In the House of Commons to.day, Sir Michael Hicks»Beach introduced the motion of. which, he had - given notice, censuring Government for the delay which has occurred in the arrangements for rescuing General Gordon and bis garrison at Khartoum. The mover made a lengthy speech, to which the Hon. W. E. Gladstone replied} The Premier said that Government would not embark in a mission to reconquer the Soudan, as they I have a duty towards the nation as well as towards General Gordon;?* Steps would be taken to assist the latter,if he.was proved to be in danger, but it is necessary to consider the season and the climate of the Soudan before despatching troops. The debate still continues, i { {:.■■> Lateb. The division on Sir M. Hicks-Beach's motion, censuring the Government for the delay; which occurred in the despatch of the expedition to the Soudan to rescue General Gordon and the beleaguered garrison at Khartoum, is expected to take place at a late hour this evening. The debate on the motion ia how proceeding.

Tenders for the South Australian loan of £1,650,000, at 4 per cent, and par minimum, are announced. Applications will be received up to the 20th May.

Australian Cricketers Ahead.

The cricket match, Australians v. Lord Sheffield's Eleven, commenced at Sheffield to-day. The following are the. names of the Home team:—Grace, Greenfield, Shaw; Hide, Phillips, Shrewsbury, Barnes, Barlow, Ulyett, Harrison, and Mycroft. The attendance of specta> tors was large, and the weather splendid. The visitors met with a good reception. The Home team went in first, and were all out for 86. The highest scorer was Shrewsbury, lbw, 39. The bowling of Giffen and Palmer was very effective, the former taking 6 wickets*for 50 runs, and the latter 4 for 30. The Australians then commenced their first innings, and at the close of the day's play had lost 4 wickets for a total of 172. The principal scorers were:—McDonald, b, 32; Bannerman, not out, 71; Giffen, c, 27; Blackball), not out, 22. Fighting in Zuluload. Capetown, May 12.

Telegrams from Natal state that a party of malcontent Zulus recently made a determined attack ;upon Mr Osborne, the British Resident Commissioner. The latter, with the aid of his escort and a number of friendly tribes, repulsed the rebels with heavy loss. Intertribal quarrels in Zululand are reported to have assumed a serious phrase.