SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 84, 20 June 1871, Page 7

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

—0 LATEST DATE FROM EUROPE, MAY 15,

[The following is a summary of the most finis portant items of intelligence received per the mail steamer which arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne on the 13th inst. 1 e J ; ENGLAND. In consequence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget, demonstrations have y taken place in front of the Parliament Houses. - The working men have petitioned against the ; tax on lucifer matches, which has since been , withdrawn. ; Opposition against the increase of the In- • come Tax is strong ; but the Government is : firm, and has gained two or throe divisions. , The Habeas Corpus Act is about to be susi pended in West Meath. Thirty thousand operatives are on strike at . Oldham, in consequence of the dispute re- ; garding the closing hour on Saturdays. > The ‘ Times’ publishes telegrams from Co- , penhagen, stating that difficulties have arisen between Denmark and Prussia, inconsequence of emigrants from Schleswig to Denmark having been called to their military districts ; for the 15th of May. The steamer Queen of the Thames was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope. The Breton arrived at Plymouth on the 14th of , May, with the first-class passengers ; the second-class will follow by the next Cape steamer. The wreck of the vessel, with cargo, was sold for £15,000. The cargo was insured. The wreck is said to have been the result of ignorance and neglect on the part of the Captain, and that he mistook a fixed light on shore for a lighthouse. The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise started on their continental tour on the Oth. FRANCE. No cessation has taken place in the fight- | ing, and the complete investment of Paris is projected. Numerous encounters have taken place between the Communists and the Versailles troops. On April 29, the attack against Paris by the Versailles troops became general, portions of the Versaillists being repulsed. Others advanced upon Claremont, and occupied the | neighbourhood of Issy, which fort they nearly ! destroyed. The garrison have since abandoned it. On May 2, a battalion of Chasseurs carried the railway station at Clamart and Chateau Issy at the point of the bayonet, capturing three hundred Federalists. The Versailles troops unmasked a formidable battery at Retout. On the night of the 6th, a sharp engagement took place in the trenches uniting Issy .and Banbis. Numbers of insurgents have been taken prisoners. The bombardment continues. A League has been established to support the liberties of Paris, and to make efforts to bring about a conciliation. Thiers has replied to the Freemasons. He desires peace, but says France will not capitulate to the insurgents. LATEST UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. May 12. The treaty between Franco and Germany stipulates for the payment of half a milliard francs thirty days after the taking of Paris by the Versailles troops from the insurgents. Delay has been granted for the payment of balance. Former treaties of commerce have been abrogated. The bombardment on ramparts of Paris continues vigorously, Anteuil and Passy suffering greatly. Business in wool chiefly for arrival. All kinds are a penny to three half-pence higher than February. Tallow quiet and unchanged. The first sitting of the Alabama Arbitration Committee is fixed for 25th May. The Anglo American treaty provides for appointing five arbitrators for the settlement of the Alabama claims, viz.—Queen Victoria, President Grant, Emperor of Brazil, King of Italy, and President of Switzerland. The arbitration will meet at Geneva. The treaty is for ten years. Both parties henceforth to prevent a recurrence of incidents like that of the Alabama. Obituary—Sir John Herschol, astronomer.

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAM. Versailles, May 15. The Government troops occupied Fort' Vanvres to-day, which the insurgents evacuated. Fifty guns and eight mortars wore captured.