ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Dunstan Times, Issue 453, 23 December 1870, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

THE WAR IN EUROPE. SIEGE OF PARIS. THE FRENCH VIOTDRIOUS. RIOTS IN PARIS. THREATNING ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA^^ ALLIANCE OF ENGLAND, AUSTRIA AND ITALY AGAINST RUSSIA & PRUSSIA. GENERAL EUROPEAN WAR IMMINENT. HALF-A-MILL ION NEW FREN II TROOPS IN THE FIELD. < BOMBARDMENT OF HAMBURG. ... t [by electric telegraph.] (FROM OLE OWN CORRESPOND! NT.) [We puMishel th! following as iin “ Extraordinary” at a la'.e hour on Monday night last ] Loudon, Nov. :5 The proposed armistice for fifteen day.-, failed the Prussians refusing to allow the re-victualling of Paris. Demonstrations in favor of Paris have taken place in ngland. Piussia n.quiies mod if cat ion of the treaty of 18oti. It is believed that Prussia and Russia intend to join in the occupation of 1 urk -y. It is iunion d that an ul’iauce has been foimed between K gland, Austria and Italy against Prussia. A battle look pace at Orleans on the Bth, 9th and iUh; the French were vic.onous and rc-occup.cd Orleans The Prussian losses are estimated at live thou-and killed. Paris has not yet been bombarded. The Prussians rely iq.on starving u.o dr fenders, and demy ed Hie buiubaiumuit in conseque.ite ol entreaties of Q i :eu V ictoria. Their is su.djient sail pa:re in Paris to males powder lor six months. Meetings in England demand Lite abolition of pensions to German princes. idols have oemned in Paris. Tile Hotel de Villt) was invaded, and Fa vie, Gamier Pages, bimeou and others are helei piisoner.-. It is .reporteu Horn the booth of Fiance ihut tiltein Pt j.ailments I.uve succeeded in organising a separate Government in een jm.oiion with Algeirs. Meat is scarce iu Paris, The poor are eatru: dogs. A despatc.i, dated the .Oih, repoits that General Vu.i derTanu, atOneans, with twenty live luou-and men, tearing that lie would belieiiniKU in, prepared a deleiisiv e lelieat towards Pans He was engaged by the sixteenth corps, under nns.-ac bmee tne engagement ihe Prussians have evacuate » nrle-aus The French loss was live thousand ; the Prussian much larger. The French captured one thousand prisoners and a large quantity of cannon and ammunition. King William reports that Von der Tanll w.is ovelpowcicd, out is soon to e reinforced Kussia’s attitude t wards Turkey is threatening. Mxlmndnd thousand men and twelve aimed frigates are rt ady. The riots in Paris were owing to ihe Unpopularity oi tne pi'opj,o.i u rUltfiUct'i i’uery is two months’ supply of loou in Pans, The long range guns in Pmis destroy tie I i itssiaii appro; ci e.-. j But French armies numbering live hundred thousand men i. re oiusiue Paris, i’he army of the. Loin under General Paiadme numbers one nunbred and twenty tlmosand ; ol the nor.h umier Kmatry aim iiuurki, sixty hv« thousand j tne centre under laupo t ninety thousand j of the lihiue under Michel ouo hundred and leu ihousand; it Ihe Vosges under Ouiumiel torry-hve thousand. Tueso armies are deficient in artll* Itry, but momy, c.oihn g aim ammaintum me pumitul, England is \eij excited. Gladstone says, France and Prussia wnen ea imr, wm apologise o Engi.iud iof Un ir unjust conuuet towards her. Earl Giu-viiio says, tho GoVeii>

ineiit wish to sen 'Germany united, but France saved from humiliation. There is no longer danger to foreigners in China. I atrat Telegrams. ( n ville’s special telegiam of the 14th Novem'-or, reports the whole feeling of England to be in favor of France. The “ Times” ha- changed its tone, and counsels the Prussians to withdraw from France while they can do so saf lv. Chief Baron Kelly says England must I e mistress of tlie sea, that Austria will soon le pmstra'e before Prussia, and that Russia will be competed to barter the Baltic for Consfaminopl • The French fleet is bombarding Hamburg . The Prussians captured Bissach, with five thousand prisoners. The rumored surrender of Garibaldi is disbelief d The Card Mobile and Franc Tireurs repulsed the Prussians The Court of St Petersburg)! sent special messengers with serious despatches 10 the European Powers The Bnssian fleets will be in the Dardanelles next week. There is extraordinary acthity in the iinnv and navy. Prussia again complains of England's mediation as purposely he ping the French The Prussians were dcfeaten near Con’zers. The internal troubles in Paris have subsided. A grind sortie from MontYalerien is imminent It is reported that Gambetta i= cnnspiring for the r< turn of the Orleans dynasty * Russell (Under Pecretan) has gone to visit Bismarck, to ascertain Prussia’s views in regard to th u attitude of Bussia. He is is instructed to inform Bismarck that England. Austria, in d Italy will resist any violation of the Treaty of Paris. Ihe total German loss at Orleans! ■was ten thousand It is understood that if Bu«“i.. remincifpps the Treaty of Paris the English Ambassador will demand hia passport. Von der Taun was surrounded before the arrival of reinforcements His rear was cut off and the Prussians defeated Thionville was bom l aided, the enemy set the town on fire. The Prussians were defeated near Tournay. The “ Times ” correspondent says j that the moral (fleet of the victory at I Orleans are iuc Iculab'e.