LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 3304, 22 September 1873, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

London, September 13,

It is stated officially that 7,000,000 hectolitres (23,187.500 bushels) of corn will he enough to meet the defiiency occasioned by the failure of the harvest in Franca. Since tho hitch on the 2Sth August, in relation to the fusion of the Orleanists and Legitimists, fresh delay has been occasioned, and any further progress is considered hopeless. The English and Australian Steam Navigation Company, to perform the service via the Cape of Good Hope, has been registered, and sufficient capital has been subscribed to build four steamers. The proposal to purchase the Great Britain has been dropped. Bristol and Milford Haven are to bo the ports of departUColonel Garnet Wolsely, the newly-appointed Governor and Oommander-in-Chi«f of the Gold Coast Possessions of Britain, has sailed with his staff. A powerful fleet with a large quantity of ammunition will proceed to West Africashortly. A third steamer has been chartered to convey troops to the Gold Coast, so that the war with the Ashantees may be carried on with greater vigor. , . Tho Archbishop of Pans has issued a J. astoral strongly attacking the Italian Govern-

Shah of Persia has dismissed his Grand The race for the Doncaster Cup resulted as follows Uhlan, 1 ; Lilian, 2 ; Thorn, 3. Hie St Leger was run on the 10th, with the following result Marie Stuart, 1 ; Doncaster, 2 ; Kaiser, 3. Gang Forward did not start, having met with an accident. A proposal has been mooted for extending Marshal Macmahon’s term of office as President of the French Republic. The Due de Oasis is gazetted French Ambassador to the Court of London.^ The Russian Government imposed a contribution of 30,000 roubles upon the Zamadan Turcomans, and sent a strong body »f cavalry, infantry, and artillery to collect it. These troops were mot by a force of 10,000 Turcomans, who were defeated, with a loss of 800 killed. General Kauffmann has arrived at Hillgala, with reinforcements from Khiva, where the defeat of the Zamadan forces has produced a great effect. Colonel Stuart and the crew' of the steam yacht Deerhound, which was captured by the Spanish Government while laden with arms for the Carlists, have been sent for trial to Ferrol, in the Province of Galicia. H.M.S. Daphne captured, in the Indian Ocean, an Arab dhow, which originally started with 300 slaves, but at the time of the vessel’s capture there were only 50 of the slaves alive. The others had died from small-pox. Eight deaths from cholera occurred in Par's on the 11th.

The Government of Hungary, in consequence of the failure of the harvest in that country, contemplate extensive importations of Australian cereals. The Tichborne trial is still proceeding. The Queen intends to visit Germany. LATEST. Satisfactory reports have been received from all quarters regarding the cholera, which is abating. At the Soldiers’ Industrial Exhibition at Aldershot, the 18th Royal Irish hail a very large and varied display. Their exhibits consisted principally of memorials of their soldiering in New Zealand. There was also shown a table of New Zealand woods, made by the officers. Pig iron stands at L(> Is in the London market.