SUEZ MAIL TELEGRAMS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 88, 18 July 1871, Page 3

SUEZ MAIL TELEGRAMS.

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London, 21st May. The following is a summary of the final col lapso of the Paris insurrection :

Severe engagements took place on May 20, at Auteil and Passy, but the Versailies' troojia eventually carried all the positions, ami on tk'p 25th were masters of Paris. In the fights in the City, great numbers of insurgents wert> killed. The streets were strewn with bodies. Uver 20,000 prisoners were taken. A furious cannonade continued during the whole night on the 25th. The Government troops captured the Hotel de Ville and Fort Montrouge, with 1200 prisoners. A furious battle raged meanwhile in the neighbourhood of Pautin. On the 26th the troops captured the Mazaies, Lyons, and Orleans railway stations, taking 6000 prisoners, but the insurgents still occupied Charon la Villete, Belleville, and the heights of Chaumont, whence they threw petroleum shells, causing serious conflagrations. Women assisted in firing houses, and acted in a most demoniacal manner. The insurgents retired from their position blowing up Fort Ivry. The Government troops captured the heights and Belleville on the 28th, taking a great number of prisoners. From this time no insurgent band remained. The insurrection was entirely suppressed. The Tuilleries, the office of the Ministry of Finance, the Hotel de Ville, the Palais Royal, and other public buildings, have been entirely destroyed by lire, which the insurgents ignited by means of petroleum. Those acts, instigated by revenge, occurred during the entrance of the Government troops into the City. The Luxemburg is partially blown up, and the Louvre is almost entirely burnt, although all the collections of paintings and antiquities, except the library, were saved. Tho National library has also been saved from the wreck. The insurgents, before they were finally routed, took revenge upon the hostages, which they held. Of these they shot 64, including the Archbishop of Paris, and 15 of the chief members of the clergy. M. de la Cluse has been killed and General Dombrowski was amongst tho number shot. M. Thiers has proposed to give the Chamber the right to pardon the insurgents. On the 20th of May, Paris was quiet and the inhabitants were resuming their ordinary occupations. Arrests of insurgents are now made without any resistance on their part. Great numbers of insurgents have been executed at Versailles. M. G ronssett, one of the leaders of, the insurgents, has been arrested in Paris, whilst M. Pyat has been taken in Switzerland. The Belgium Government requested M. Victor Hugo to quit tho country. With this request he refused to comply, and the King of the Belgians thereupon signed an order for his expulsion. Victor Hugo has since arrived in London.

The Paris journals state that an understanding has been come to by the Orleanists and Legitimists as to the succession to the throne. Count. Chamborol (Bourbon) will shortly be King of France.

It is rumoured the Versailles Government will resign. Paris is divided into four military dishicts ; the gendarmes are increased by 0000 men, and the Municipal Guards by 12,000. Forts are to be constructed inside Paris, and great precautions are taken to prevent another revolution. Communication with Paris has been re-opened.

The Versailles troops made several attempts to assault the ramparts with ladders. The ramparts round Mouutrouge were abandoned. On the 21 at, Federalists began to return to PariH in numbers, through the gates of Orleans and Chatellon.

A sharp engagement occurred in the Place de la Concorde and Vendome, when Dombrowski, the Commander-in-chief of the insurgent, troops, was wounded. He attempted to escape but was prevented by the German soldiers stationed outside the City, who also prevented the escape of all the insurgents they could find. M. Thiers announced on the 26th that the Government troops were masters of Paris, except Berey, and that has since been occupied. Jules Favre instructed the representatives of foreign countries to arrest all persons who had escaped there and who were guilty of complicity in the disturbances in Paris. He urged upon these gentlemen the argument that the acts of the insurgents were crimes and not political offences. Mr Bruce, the English Home Secretary, stated in reply that the English Government could not prevent the entry of the refugees against whom ordinary crimes have been or can be proved, aud Spain's reply is that they will not prevent the passage of fugitives across the frontier, but they rigorously execute the extradition treaty.

The Prussians who were at St. Denis are returning home. Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. M. Kochfort's trial commenced on the 3rd May.