FRANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 429, 26 May 1871, Page 2

FRANCE.

General Vinoy marched loyal troops out of the city.

The members of the Government escaped (o Versailles.

The insurgents have occupied the whole city, and erected barricades armed with niitrailleurs.

The hostile newspapers have been all suppressed.

The Journal Offic.iel has adopted an extreme republican tone. '

The insurgents occupied the Bank of France, and compelled the payment of a million francs on treasury bills, and requisitioned Kothsohild ibr five millions.

General Clmnzy was captured, but afterwards released.

The insurgent ringleaders are obscure men or criminals.

Tho Paris deputies disavow the revolution ary movement. Admiral Tahset has been appointed Commandant ot tho National Guards Thiers desires to subdue Paris', but is afraid to trust the troops. «*"«uu Canrobert and other loyal, officers h aTe offered their swords to re-establish drde* The fa-st sitting of the National Assembly was held at Versailles on the 20th The assassination .of the Generals was severely reprobated General Lo Coaipte's sis children have been adopted by the state. General Thomas' death was declared a cause of public mourning at the second sitting. Jules Favre 'said he repented retaining the armies of the National Guards after the capitulation to the Prussians. Thiers expressed his confidence that the passive attitude of the Assembly would pacify Paris, but the English papers condemn that view.