CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5144, 13 July 1885, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

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London, July 9. Financial Proposals of tho

Government.

In the House of Commons to-night Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought down the financial proposals of the new government. He announced that the suspension would be extended to the new Sinking Fund, and that Treasury Bills to the extent of £400,000 had been issued. In other Tespects he was prepared td adhere^ to tho scheme formulated by Mr Childers iv his recant statflment, when Chancellor. Sir M. Hicks-Beach informed the House that out of tho ext|aordinary vote of £11,000,000, £10,000,000 had already been expended.

The University College at Aberystwth, in Wales, has been completely destroyed by fire.

July 10. Tho discussion on the Colonial Federa-. tion Enabling Act did not take place when the second reading was moved, but is reserved until the measure Bhall have reached Committee, v gir 8., Herbert, Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colopies, has informed the various colonial Agents-General;~ that the >lQoTernment; intend to mote the omission of. the provisio allowing any colony quitting the Federal Union to repeal the acts referring to itself that may have been passed by the Federal Council during the time that such colony was a member of the Union.

July 11. The election of a member of Parliament for Worth Lincolnshire in place of Mr Rowland Wyno, who has been elevated to the peerage, took place to-day, and resulted in tbe return of the Conservative candidate, Mr Atkinson, who defeated Sir Henry Thompson, the Liberal candidate, by a larger majority than that polled by Mr Wynn at the last election. Caibo, July 11. Brigadier-General Green, R.E., has proceeded to Assouan, on tbe first cataract, taking with him half the regiment of the 20th Hussars.

General Brackenbury telegraphs a re* port that the Mabdi is dead, but the rumor is said to lack confirmation.

Madsid, July 12. The number of cases of cholera reported to the sanitary authorities is on the decrease, and there are hopes that the- violence of the epidemic is abating. Washington, July 11. The monthly returns of the United States Agricultural Bureau, just pub* lished, estimates the coming American wheat crop at 363 million bushels. Tenebifj-e, July 10. - The New Zealand Shipping Oo.'s s.s. ELaikoura left yesterday for New Zealand ports.

[Sfeciai.B to the Pbess Association.]

Londok, July 9. The frozen; meat from Melbourne by the Orient steamer John Elder is selling at s|d per pound. ; The meat by the Sorata has arrived in good condition. The shipment of grapes by the John Elder, from Melbourne and Adelaide is bad.

' July 10. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, does not intend to raise the limit on imported wines beyond thirty degrees.

The Opposition are likely to oppose the Budget.

An immense sensation has been caused by the Fall Mall Gazette publishing an article under the guise of the reform of the social evil. In consequence of the article the paper has been expelled from all the clubs and bookstalls. The police are also preventing the sale of the paper containing the offensive article, and the authorities threaten to take proceedings against the proprietors of the Gazette. In retaliation the proprietors of the paper threaten to publish disclosures which will involve Royalty and Cabinet Ministers. The floating of the Melbourne harbor trust loan has been postponed until 1886.