ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Dunstan Times, Issue 473, 12 May 1871, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

REIGN OF ERROR IN PARIS,

THREATENED BOMBARDMENT OF

PARIS

[by ELECTRIC telegraph, PER GRi ville AND CO., REUTER’S AGENTS.]

[Thle following was issued as an “Extra” on Monday last.] . Kelson, May G, 10 pm. The Nevada arrived at Auckland at noon to-day, after a splendid passage of fifieen days from Honolulu. Sh left San Francisco on the Bth of April, arriving at

a Honolulu on the 10th ; left that port on the 18th ; experienced tine weather until the s 30 hj, when a fresh gale sprung up, and she , arrived in Auckland as above stated. The e greatest ista ce run in twenty-four hours s was two hundred and eighty-four miles, a The Neva'a has magnificent accommodation for pass -Mgers. She leaves for Napier c and southern ports at 4 o’clock to- morrow ', afternoon. Passengers : Messrs. Nathan, •- Graham, Campbell, Clung, Bowden, drey, e Roberts, Vail, Young, Macfarlane, M. W. Wi-bb, and Morrow ; for Christchurch— Gray-mail agent, and tbiriee in the steerg age ; for Sy ’ney fifteen in the steerage, s She has a largo cargo for Melbourn , Sydney, and Auckland, f Latest dates are from London, April 8. f GENERAL SUMMARY. The first instalment £1,200,000 of the f New Zealand Loan has be n negotiated 3 The revolution in Paris continues. The > Communists have instituted a Reign of 3 Terror, and the guillotine is again erected, r All respectable perso-s have left Paris—s 100,000 departed in ten days, f There has been heavy fighting with niurgents—many loyalist being killed. I The Prussians are moving on Paris. ; Bismarck intends bombarding the city if ! over is not restored. Napoleon arrived at Dover on the 20 hj March. He was a visitor to the Royal Family on the 27tb. On the 6th Anri!, the Princess of Wales gave birth to a boy, who died the following day. COMMERCIAL. Flax, firm ; Wool in good demand ; New Zetland wheat, 60s. to 625. per 496!bs ; Urns, 17. Colomal bonds, stea’v. New South Wales, declined New Zealand, sixes, March and September declined, itto, June and December, advanced 1 per cent; ditto Consolidated, I. Bank of Otago declined J. At meeting of the Bank of Australasia Directors, a dividend of 10 per cent was declared. The Bnk of New South Wales invites tenders for the new Government loan for £400,000 at 5 per cent Shipping.-Sailed. March 21, Wild Duck for Otago. Loading, Alice, Excelsior. GENERAL SUMMARY. I March 20. President Thiers issued a proclamation appealing to the reason and patriotism of the citizens of Paris to preserve order. Immediately following this the insurgents commenced to trouble the Government, and in some cises the National troops frater ised with them. On the 21st, news arrived that the insurgents were successful, and on the 22nd, that in re i'ity th y possessed the city of Paris. At that time it was found necessary to remove the bullion in the Bank of France to Versailles. On the 23rd, a crowd of apparentl' peaceable citizens were fire 1 upon by Government troops in Paris At least thirty were killed and wounded. The more orderly citizens of Paris left in large, numbers. On the 27th it appealed as though the revolutionary element was dominant in several other cities in Franco. Noticeably in Marseilles this was the case. Bismarck informed Tlrers that unless the indemnity were paid before th- KJt.h inst, eighty tlums-ndGermans would enter Paris, suppress the revolution, and remain until the money was paid. London, April 3. The commune of insu-recinnists issued a dec r ee arraigning Thiers. Favre, and thei leading members of the Government before a ribunal of ’he p--ople, and ordering their! property to bo seized. ; Another decree pronounced the separation ; of Church and State, suppresses religious' bodies, and abolishes national proper y. The insurgents were defeated in a great battle on the 3rd and again on the 4 hj, by the Government troops. Many thousand prisoners were taken. The Churchesof Madeline an I Assumption were pillaged hy the insurgents. The Archbishop of Paris was ar-ested, charged with conspiracy against the State. On April 6th Thier.-, commenced ne rotiations with the insurgents offering the communists to cones lo manv of their demands. Bismarck informed Thiers that he consi ere-l all restrictions concerning the reoccupation of Pans removed an 1 that he m iy occupy the city with 169,000 troops if nece sary. Th- insurgents have been dislodged fr >m the bridge of Neuilly. A nun who escaped from a Paris convent reports that the churches are being sacked and the priests insultc an 1 maltreated. New York, April 7. Sp cial telegrams Tom Paris say kata’ the funeral of insurgents killed there was great excitement There were three hearses ; the black velvet palls covering the dead w3 r e de or'tel with fligi an 1 wwi followed to Pore la Chaise by 8,090 Nationals and crowds of ci’izens, including a large number of women. As they atrived a’ the cemetery each hearse contained thirty three coffins and they wove joined by twenty, three other hearses from the Hospitals One huge grave wis ma ’e for all the bodies. Pure la Cha’sc was one mass of > enple, swaying with passion and screaming “Vive la Republique,” “Vive la Commune.” London, April 6. During the cannonading on the sou’ll of Pan’s, several shells burst in th- city. The pa r yof conciliation is trying fnrec.onc nolle Cpranpinists and the Government It is believed that the Communists have 100,000 men under arms. 1

There is an official announcement of a groat victory for the Covernraent. ■ ' Bismarck has received the rank of Prince.

Moltke is invested with the rank of the Iron Cross. Sir Henrv Bulwe.r has been elevated to the peerage. The marriage of the Princess Louise was celobratedwith great brilliancy on the 21st

March, the Bishop of London, assisted by the Bishops of Oxford Worcester and Winchester, performing the ceremony. In tlie House of Commons, Seely gave notice that he should move foi the re duction of transatlantic postage to one ponnr.

The weekly returns of the Bank of England show an increase of £BB,OOO in bullion.

Washington, March 23.

Th' l Na’uralisation Treaty between the United States and England has been confirmed by tlie Senate. Great Britain acknowledges the right of her subjects to renounce their allegience, and Americans wishing to becomenaturalisedßritishsuhje tsmaydoso. Bumue made a powerful speech against the annexation of San Domingo. The commissioners appointed m investigate the San Donii ngo reported favorably to the President.

1 resident Grant visits California immediately after the adjournment of Congress. Vogel telegraphs to the “ News of the Word” that negotiations for New Zealand on guaranteed debentures proved a great success. Tinders were called for L 1,200,000, and the total has been tendered for at and above minimum, L 95 10s.

LATEST UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS

On the Bth of April the troops made a vigorous attack upon the insurgents and Nationals at, Neuilly The combat s'ill continues. The Nationals have everywhere abandoned offensive for defensive operation' Large forces of insurgent guerillas surrounded the Governmen' troops, who were making a bold attempt to pierce the line of the Versailles army. They were compel,ed to re urn to Paris, their attempt proving urterly futile. All the shops nre closed for the men to serve in the armies.

Paris, April 7

The situation is hourly becoming more alarming, the forces of the commune growing holder. Thiers’s proposal to treat inspired the Commune with fresh hope. A battle is raging in the fields between Chatillon and Vanvres. Crowds of women and children frantic wi hj grief are searching the ambulance as it arrives for bodies of husbands and fathers. The slaughter on both sides is fearful. The churches and houses of the aristocrats are pillaged, all priests arc imprisoned and a great many murders have taken place. On Good Friday ihere avere no religious services in Paris. German intervention is the only hope. Very Latest. Minister Picard annnnunces 'he comple e success of the Government forces after a hard struggle. General Bison was killed. English News. The boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was won by the former. . A large French war ship, full of troops, wont ashore on the Goo 'win Sands. L 53.000 has been granted for the relief of Paris.

ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. Nelson. May 7. London, April 2. In the small engagements between the Paris Communists arid the Government tr iops, theprisoners taken were generally shot at. once. '■ ’ On April sth fifteen thousand insurgents were taken prisoners. Paris was in a state of conste nation, and the people and the •Government at Versailles were greatly incensed,against the insurgents. T e followin' is thetextof a proclamation regarding the battle at Chatillon, ; ssued hy M. Ernest Picard, who represents the Government at Versailles “ April oth—.File insurgents have received a decisive check. Our troops captured the re ioubt at Chatillon with 2000 -prisoners. Flouren and Duval (the insurgent leaders are dead and General Henri is a prisoner. Twenty two of the Communist leaders have resigned an Assy is imprisoned by his own followers.” M. Picard expre s s his gratificawith this result, which was expected. There had been two days’ hard bat' le between the Government forces ami one hundred ihousand Communists, in which th- latter were ilefeated with terrible slaughter ;‘many of them threw down their arms and l egged for mercy

At Marseilles the insurgents, who wer mainly Garibaldians, were nearly all arrested. Garibaldi refuses to fight, unless agai st a foreign (oe.

An insurrection broke out in Algeria in March.

Direct telegraphic communication between London and Paris has ceased, the insurgents having cut the wires. M. Thiers’s offer to ncgot a e with the insurgents after the Government victory is stron iy censure I, as giving strength and hope to the insurgents, when he shout, have followed up the victory. This mismanagement led Bismarck to warn him that this indecisive policy must end, and that the insurrection must bo suppresse i, otherwso the Germans would march into Paris in force, put down the insurgents, and hold the city until a stable Government was established.

In Ids address to the German Parliament, the Emperor William thanks the army, and points to the visible guidance of God throughout tho war. He says that the present condition of Prance is owing to the revolutions of the eighty years, and a ds that tho German nationality in Alsace and Lorraine, al though defaced, is not destroyed- He concludes thus Being an old man, I merely lay the foundations of an Empire which my successors may complete ” ■ The ratification by the Turkish Government of the Russian Convention, abrogating the limitation of tho Black Sea. has ■ een published at St. Petersburg. Matters in tho Principalities are still in an unsettled state.

WARDENS’ REPORTS. SWITZERS DISTRICT. Wo take the following from Mr. Warden Wood’s report for the quarter ending March 31st.

The very dry season has been, as a rule, against the prosperity of the district, though the escorts have kept up -in fact,increased —which I attribute to the < hinese who aro working the creek beds. The quantity of Gold escorted for the year endingthe 31st of March has been 10,129 oz, or an average of overß44 oz per month. No new rushes have taken place within the district; but on Mr. MTntyre’s run on the Waikaka, outside the goldfield, about forty five men are at work with good prospects as soon as rain sets in. The water of the Waikaka Stream has been brought on 4 to the Waikaka diggings by the amalgamat ed J races of Barbary and party and Paterson and * party, but they are using the water themselves—say, about six heads—so that the ■ population has not increased as it would have done if water could be obtained at a moderate rate. The Nokomai Creek has given remunerative employment to a number of Chinese during the last five months, a few parties are starting in the old Moa Creek, the first place that gold was obtained on the Nokomai. The revenue for miners’ rights, &c., for the district, has amounted for the year ending the 31st of March, to £892 19s ; and the fees, &c., in the R.M, Court during the same period, to £193 Us. 'i\om some tables appended to the Report, w.e gfrtijer the following facts The total .number of miners in the district is 772, of whom Col aro in Otago proper and 121 in Southland, including 2 in Stewart’s Island The Europeans number 525, and the Chinese (all of whom are in Otago) 247. The whole of this population is engaged in alluvial mining. They employ 3 water-wheels) 41 hydraulic hoses, 20 pumps, and 151G sluice boxes, the approximate value of all'the mining plant in the district being £3835. There are also 117 water races, carrying 242 sluice-heads, and valued at £13,070; 50 tail-races, valued at £ISOO, and twenty dams valued at LCO. The average price of gold is L 3 15s, per ounce. TUAPEKA DISTRICT. From Mr. Warden Simpson’s report, wo extract the following A rather important discovery' has been made at the Blue Spur within the last three months. It is well known that the great success of the workings at the Spur has not arisen from any great richness of the wash, but from the facilities afforded by its position for sluicing the wash in quantities at a moderate cost. Comparatively little wash has been found in the Spur above the sluicing level that would have paid to raise from any considerable depth. It must also be remarked that the shape, by the bed-rock is that of a basin) and that up. to the present time only tire side claims have been able to work off the reef. The Otago Gold Mining Company who own one of two centre claims, rosolved to sink to the bed rock’, with a view to ascertain if payable wash existed bclo.sv the sluicing level. A shaft was put down, and at a depth of 70 feet from the present sluicing levelsome very rich wash was struck, and this wash continued until the bed rock was reached, at a depth of 95 feet. It may therefore be stated that there is 20 feet ■in depth of wash in two centre claims on the Spur that will pay handsomely, to raise a distance of 70, feet and crush, after the top, or all above the present sluicing level, is worked off.

On Manuka Hill, Table Hill District, a good deal of more ground has been taken up lately but nothing can be done at present in the way of opening it up, as the supply of water is nil, or nearly so, notwithstanding Messrs. Hardy and Butter have completed the first section of their large race. It is worthy of mention that in this section of this race they have saved some four or five miles of cutting by the use of iron pipes to cross a gorge some two hundred feet in depth. To do this it has cost them an outlay of over F.'iUO, but it will be ultimately a great saving. The use of pipes to convey water across small rfvers and deep gorges is now being much preferred to tiumiug.

Throughout the district not more than one third of the claims have been in full work for the last three or four months, the scarcity of water has been so great owin' r to the most unusual dryness of the season.

We learn from the tables appended to the Rc ports that there are 1639 miners in the district, of whom 1102 are Europeans, and 537 Chinese. The latter are all alluvial miners, but 32 of the Europeans are engaged in ijuarlz mining. The machinery employed m alluvial muring consists of 25 water wheels, 12 hydraulic hoses, 100 pumps, 3,000 sluice boxes, and 50 quicksilver and compound cradles. The quartz mining machinery consist of one turbine wheel and machinery for pumping ; an overshot wheel, with stamps and machinery for crushing cement; 2 crushing machines with 18 stamp heads, and driven by an engine of 13 hersa power ; 2 water-wheels, 1 whim and pulley, and 1 whip. The approximate value of all the mitring plant in the district is £5250. There are also 227 water races, carrying 454 sluice heads, and valued at £25,900 ; 107 dams, valued at £BOOO ; and 432 ground sluices, valued at £IB,BOO. The number of square miles of auriferous ground actually worked upon is 0, hut about 15 have been mined on more or less. The average prico of gold per ounce at present £3 15s, but some of the banks decline to give that prico for Waipori gold, and have ceased buyim' it. Tiro amount of gold escorted during the quarter is as follows : Lawrence, 4 0290z. ■ Waipori, 1,2300z. ; Waitahuna, 831oz, ; Woolsbod, 2980z. Total, 6,3880z. The rates of wages are from L 3 to L 3 10s. per week. The revenue collected in the district during the quarter was as follows: Goldfields revenue, L 1,098 4s. Bd. ; judicial ditto, L 99 10s, Total, L 1,198 os. Bd. 751 acres of land were leased during the quarter, and 593 acres held under lease were sold during the same period, ,