CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3140, 12 March 1879, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

(Special to Pbess Agency.)

LATEST.

Probable Settlement 6f the

Afghan Difficulty.

The British Squadron for Besica

Bay.

Disappearance of the Plague,

Tho Cape.—Defeat of the Zulus

with Enormous Loss.

Pabis, March 10,

The French Chamber of Deputies will probably reject' the motion for the impeachment of the De Broglie Ministry, because Marshal MacMahon demands to be included in the impeachment if the motion be carried. ■ ; -

London, March 11.

: In the House of Commons this etching ; the Chancellor. of the ; Exchequer, in rer plying to a question, said that the Indian Gorernment was on the ere of active exchange of communications with Yakoob Khan, even if they had not alreadj commenced. I The Polytechnic is only partially i \ destroyed by fire. : Numerous British manufacturer! are applying for space in the Melbourne exhibition. The Belgian, Dutch and

French Governments are also preparing to be represented there. Alexandria, March 11. A new Ministry has been formed under the Presidency of Prince Fewfik (hereditary Prince). The portfolios of finance and works are unchanged. Constantinople, March 11. The British Ironclad Squadron returns to Besica Bay in a few days. Turkish troops hare re-occupied Adria- ' nople. St. Pjbtebbbubg, March 11. A Russian official statement is published stating that the plague has disappeared from Astrachan. London, March 10. The latest Cape news is that the general situation in Natal is unchanged. Colonel Pearson has repulsed an attack by a large number of Zulus on his posi. tion at Ekowe. The enemy was defeated with enormous loss. The hostile attitude of native tribes in the Transvaal causes great anxiety.

London, March 8. . Negotiations for the purchase of the Australian cable for the purpose of connecting Aden and Natal have been broken off temporarily, but a favourable issue is not expected. a :'-■;■> ji($EHLiN t; March 8. The German Parliament rejected the Parliamentary Discipline Bill. ";"■ , March 8. Sentence of death has been passed on , the perpetrator of the attempted assaasii . nation of the King of Italy on the 17th of i November last