CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5118, 12 June 1885, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

["Rkutbe's Telegbamsl London, Jnne 9. 3 per cent, consols are -f lower. At to-day's wool sales 12,600 bales were catalogued. Prices were somewhat irregular, croisbreds exhibiting a firm tendency, while merino woola ruled |d to Id below last sales. •. ■ . ... , The mails ex Zealandia (Auckland, May 14th) were delivered to-day via San Francisco, and the Garronne's mails (Melbourne, May 2nd) via Naples. ■■■■■•■■ • •■■ -#i— ' — ■—'■ [Speciaxs to, the Pbess Association.] . London, June 9. In the House of Commons, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's motion condemning the Budget proposals of the Government came on for discussion. . Mr Gladstone said the Budget question would mean the life or death of Gorernment. , :

Mr Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, charged the Tories with opposing concessions to the colonies. -

, Some excitement was caused -during the debate by the Parhellites jumping up on the seats and endeavoring to speak. ' On the division being taken, the motion was carried by 264 to 252.

The defeat of the Government was quite unexpected. A number of the Liberals abstained from voting on Sir M. Hicks-Beach's motion.

The Daily News states that the Govern, ment will resign. A

The Standard and Times both deprecate the result of the motion.

Mr Gladstone stated in the House of Commons yesterday that it would be premature to assert that the war difficulty with Russia hud passed. The French Chamber of Deputies have adopted the Scrutin de Liste.

The Redistribution of Seats Bill has been passed by the House of Lords.

The claims put forward by Germany to the town of St. Lucia, a place on the sea coast of Northern Zululand, which was recently annexed by Great Britain, hare been withdrawn.

The new dredge built for the Melbourne Harbour Board has had a highly satisfactory trial. •: ;:

It is reported that the town of Kaisala has fallen into the hands of the rebels.

In consequence of the Sultan of Zanzibar's action in opposing the protectorate recently established by Germany over the territory to the northward<f Zanzibar, it is expected that that town will be bom barded by the German war vessels at present in the neighbourhood.: