SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 276, 28 November 1870, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

October 27. The Czarowitch stakes were won by Cardinal York.

The Queen has consented to the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorn. General Lee is dead.

President Grant has issued a proclamation against enlistments for military expeditions.

Colonel Primrose is appointed Quartermaster at Alexandria, vice Carmichael.

170 persons perished in the Cambria. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were won by Adonis, Stren second, Bonnie Third. Sir Henery Storks is gazetted Colonel of the 70th, vice Doyle, transferred to the 88th, vice Johnson, transeferred to the 66th.

The September mails (Australia) arrived at Suez on the 20th October, and are due in London via Brindisi on the 31st October.

The Papal Zouaves, under General Cbarelle. arrived at Tours on the Bth. The King of Italy has decreed that the Uoman Provinces shall form part of the kingdom. M. Thiers was at Florence on the 10th October. Garibaldi arrived at Marseilles on the Bth, and warmly received by the Government at Tours on tha 9th ; he was appointed commander of all the volunteers of France, and arrived at Besangon on the 16tb, en route for the Vos£es, to command the irregulars. The French fleet suddenly returned to the Elbe on the 13th. '

The Franc-tireurs are harassing the German rear and line of communications.

The German forces in France are estimated at 650,000, and are more than half round Paris.

The French loan is quoted at 3 per cent, premium. The' Italian Prince Amadeus has accepted the candidature of the Spanish throne. ,

It is reported that Turkey and Greece have concluded an offensive and defensive alliance, against any power threatening the conquest 6f the East. Preparations for attacking the fortifications of Paris are reported as completed— the siege guns and mortars are in position. ' The Germans are forming a.corps to prevent the French taking the field in the neighbouring provinces. The Gardes Mobiles are reported as becoming excellent soldiers.

Provisions are rising in price. Gambetta escaped in a balloon from Paris on the Bth Oct., bringing a decree postponing the elections. The Tours Government are receiving encouraging intelligence relative to the energy of the population to organise an army. The Germans threaten to place the Departments with armed bands under contributions of a million francs.

Gambetta has been invested with full powers' to organise an undying resistance, and a proclamation was issued to inaugurate a National war, calling on the people to rise en masse.

The Prussians are advancing,on Normandy and Southern France ; fighting took place at Epernay, Bambouillet, Touray; and Meviers; with varying successes.

The Germans burnt the village of Ablis in punishment for treachery. On the 10th, the French were defeated at Artenay, losing 1000 prisoners. On the 13th, the Prussians occupied Orleans, driving the French across the Loire. Delamotte was superseded by General Palladine. The Prussian artillery is very superior. On the 18th the Prussians destroyed the railway bridge at Beaugeney, and were preparing to cross the Loire ; the French are being reinforced and a great is expected. A contribution of six hundred thousand francs was levied at Orleans. The Prussians advanced near liouen. Amiens has been capturedAt Pare Verron, in the Department of l'Rure. women and children were rising to oppose Bretenel. October 28 ' The resistance of the Parisians is impracticable. They are vainly expecting deliverance from the neutral Powers. Provisions in Paris are becoming very scarce. An unsuccessful sortie was made from Mount Valerian on the 21st October. Soissons, St. Quentin, and Schlestadt have capitulated. Garibaldi is inactive. A French loan of ten millions sterling has been subscribed in England. j The British Government, supported by i other neutral powers, recommended an ! armistice between the belligerents. M.» i Thiers is appointed negotiator, and is to | visit Paris and Versailles ; his success is j very doubtful. i The batteries are now ready to bombard I Paris. '■■"'.

!• Metz, being starved out, capitulated on 'the 27th of October ; the Prussians took 1150,000 prisoners, together with Marshals ißazaine, Canrobert, and Le Bceuf; and ;20,000 wounded were surrendered prii soners.

Mazzini and Jacoby have been i^P*^ by the Italian Government T?S The Pope has dissolved the CEnt, . cal Council. The Duke of Aostais recognised candidate for the throne cf Snain. a Senator Morton has declined the pointment of American Minister f n r^' don. Cllohon. The English Parliament has been « rogued to the 13th December. pi0 ' The New South Wales Loan was cessfully negotiated yesterday—the wU" being placed at an average of £98 13 s gie The steamer Cambria was v, recked the Irish coast, and only one passen saved. "er The Australian mails of Ist Septembe via San Francisco, were delivered in 1 '' don on the 25th October. ' on' The Brindisi route has been substiiutpjl for that via Marseilles, both for inward' and outward mails. The postage thh month is 13d. per half-ounce for letters and 4d. for newspaper s. ' Oriental Bank dividend 12 per cent. pe» annum. ' * Colonial securities firm. New South Wales debentures 102: Victorian si™. 11l to 112,. 6S' Consols, 92|. Her Majesty has consented that,the marriage of the Princes Louise shall lake place in February. The head quarters of the German army are at Versailles. The November wool sales opened yegi terday with a large attendance of home buyers, but a poor representation of uon. tinehtal purchasers. There was fair competition, and the closing rates of last sales were realised ; fine wools rather lower. Copper,—Trade depressed ; Australian, £70 per ton. Tallow, £41 to" £43, firmer. October 31. The German army.hold 300,000 French prisoners. 7 : Metz is occupied by the Germans; there were 60 generals, 3000 guns, and 40,000,000 of francs taken. . A Government proclamation issued from Tours, charges Marshal Bazaine with treason ; declares that the Republic will never cede an inch of territory on capitulation. The negotiations for an armistice are reported as abandoned; nothing definite has been heard from Thiers as to his mission yet. Germany holds grand religious services before commencing the bombardment at Paris to-morrow. - yAdelaide debentures 111; Tasmanian 109; Queensland, 109; New Zealand, 98|. The wool sales are without alteration. Fine sorts are neglected.