CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5047, 17 March 1885, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Bhutee's Telegbams

London, March 15. The Eev. William Webber has been appointed Bishop of Brisbane.

Their Koyal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Albert Victor are going to Berlin to be present at the festivities in connection with the Emperor's birthday on the 22nd inst.

Hongkong, March 16,

The ship Bothwell Castle has become a total wr#ck atjhe Caroline Islands. The captain and crew, however, were saved.

[Specials to the Pesss Association]

London, March 12,

Lord Carrington will be accompanied by a large suite, and the hospitalities of the office will be dispensed in a liberal style. Lord Carrington intends to take an active interest in all social matters. -

Mr P. J. Garrick and Mr Murray Smith, the Agents-General for Queensland and Victoria, are protesting against' England's retrocession in regard to the New Guinea boundaries.

Mr Evelyn Ashley staled in the House of CommoDS that England would never surrender the New Hebrides for the pur.poses of penal settlements.

London, March 14

Special services have been held iv all the cathedrals in connection with the death of General Gordon.

The concession made by England in regard to the Cameroons on the west coast of Africa, as well as those made in reference to New Guinea, have satisfied Germany. ,