CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4909, 3 October 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eetjtee's Telegrams

(Received October 3, at 12.40 p.m.) London, October 2. The Franchise Question. In a speech delivered at Glasgow today the Marquis of Salisbury declared he was in no way prepared to .yield to Government on the question of tbe reform of the franchise. Calcutta, October 2. Shocking Railway Accident— Great Loss of LifeA disastrous railway collision occurred to-day near Arrungatatn, in this Presidency, resulting in the death" of sixty persons, and serious injury to others. [Received October 3, 2.40 p m.J London, October 2. Intelligence is to hand from tbe West Coast of Africa that Spece (sic), an Englishman, and lessee of guano isianda in the Bay of Angra Pi?quena, has been warned off them by the representatives of Suderliz and Co., of Bremen, who claim possession of the isianda and district of Angra Pequena. London, October 2. Accounts of the cholera epidemic from the Continent show a slight decrease in 'the ravages of the disease in Italy. Mortality at Naples has fallen to fifty deaths daily, and the same number are reported from Geneva. St. Petebsbueg, October 1. Large Fire—Heavy Loss. Serious damage from fire occurred among the shipping on the Volga. A burning vessel abandoned, by the Force of current, drifted down the river, setting fire to a Jarge number of merchan'men. The fire is stiil raging among shipping, and tbe loss is already estimated at several million roubles. !