ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. VIA SUEZ.

Dunstan Times, Issue 482, 14 July 1871, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. VIA SUEZ.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] (Per Groville and Co., .Reuter’s Agents,) [We published the following as an “ Extra” early yesterday morning,s Grevmouth, July ] 2, 5 p. m. As the screw steam-ship Omeo could not he tendered at Hokitiki, she came on here last night. The steamer Despatch left the wharf at daylight this morning to tender the Omen, hat could not return to port until the evening tide. . ' . She brings the Suez Mail telegrams. Adelaide, July 2. , The branch mail steamer Alexan Ira arrived at Gltnelg at 11 p m, yesterday, having left King George’s Sound at 4 a.m. on the 23th of June. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Geelong sailed for Guile on the morning of the 25th of June. The Avoca, Royal Mail steamer, sailed from Ualle at 11 p.m. outhe 12th ultimo, and, after a fair passage, reached the Sound at 9 p.m. on the 27th of June. London May 21. The following is a summary of the final collapse of the Paris insurrection. Severe engage-non ts took place on the Anteuil and Passey. Versailles troops made several attempts to assault the ramparts with ladders. Tho ramparts round Mount Rouge were abandoned ou the 2Tst. . The Federalists began to rt turn to Paris in numbers through the gates of (Means and Chattilon. Sharp engagements occurred in the Place de la Concorde and the Place de Vcndome. Dombrowski, C'ommander-in-C’hief of the insurgent troops was wounded- He attempted to escape, but was prevented by tho German soldiers stationed outside the city, who also prevented the escape of all insurgents they could find. M. Thiers announced, on the 23th, that the Government troops were masters of Paris, . Eercy has since been occupied,. During the fight in Paris a great number of insurgents were killed, the streets being strewn with the dead. Upwards of twenty thousand prisoners were captured. k Furious cannonade continued during the whole of the-night of the 25th, the insur' gent batteries at Charmont keeping up a heavy fire. Government troops captured Hotel do Villa and Fort Mont dlouga, will twelve hundred prisoners. In the meanwhile a furious 1 att'e rage I ,in the neighborhood of I’autin. On the 23th, the troops captured the Lyons and Orleans Railway Stations an I -he Barrier Distalo, making six thousand prisoners. The insurgents still occupied Clarion la Villettc, Bdlvielie, an-1 the heights of Charmont, from whence were thrown petrblium shells, causing serious conflagrations. Women assisted in sotting fire to houses, acting in the most demoniacal manner. The insurgents evacuated and blew up Fort Issy, an I the C avern ns it troops captured the heights of Charmont and Belleville on the 23th taking a great number of prisoners. From tHis time no insurgent bands remain nnd the insurrection was entirely suppressed. The Tuilleries, lin'd do Villo, Council DcTat of the Minister of Finance, Palace Royal and other public buildings bavo been destroyed by fire, the insurgents having ignited them by means of petroleum. These acts were instigated by revenge, and occurred during the entrance of the Government troops into Paris. The Palace of tho Luxemburg]! is partially blown up: The Louvre almost burnt. All collections of paintings and antiquities except Library saved. Tho National Library has been saved from the wreck. Tho Insuvg nts before finally routed took revenge upon the hostages which they hell, of these they shot sixty four, including the Archbishop of Paris, and fifteen of the chief members of tbo clergy. De la Clus has boon killed, and General Durubrowski was among the number shot. M. Thiers has given the Chamber the right to pardon the insurgents. Onthe 33 hj„ Paris was quiet, and the inhabitants wore resuming their ordinary occupations. Arrests of insurgents are now male with out any resistance on tin ir parts. The disarmament of the National Guard has been ordered. Great numbers of Insurgent prisoners have been executed at Versailles. M. Grousset one of tbc leaders of the insurgents has been arrested in Paris, and M. Felix Pyatt has been taken in Switzerland. The Belgium Government requested M. Victor Hugo to quit the country,.with this request he refused to comply, and the King of Belgium thereupon signed an order for his expulsion. Ho haa since arrived in London, M. Jules Favre instructed tho representatives of France in foreign contrics, to request the an tho ities to arrest all persons who had escaped there, and who wero guilty of complicity in the" disturbances in Paris. Ho urgcdnpnn these gentlemen arguments that acts of the Insurgents were crimes and not political offences. Hon. M. Bruce in reply said the English Government could not provt nt the entry of refugees, againstwhom ordinary crimes have beau or can be passed ; Spain’s reply is that they will not prevent the passage of fugi-

tive» across the frontier, but they will vigorously execute tho extradition treaty. Paris journals declare that tho Legitimists and Orleanists have come to an understanding about the' succession to the seat of power vacated by Napoleon, and the prevailing opinion amongst the journals is that Count Chambprd, (a Bourbon) will shortly he King of France. There is a rumor current that the Versailles Cabinet is about to resign. Paris is now divided into four military districts. The powers of the police have been transferred to the military. Tho Gendarmes of Paris have bem increased by six thousand men, and the Republican Guard by twelve tbousan 1 men. The question has been rrfisol of constructing forts in the interior of Paris to prevent any fresh insurrections from breaking out. The Prussians who were at St. Denis are returning home. Communication with Paris has been now reopened, Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. M. Rochfort’s trial commenced on the 3rd of May. GENERAL NEWS. Peace negotia ions have been completed at Frankfort. A triumphant entry of Germans into Berlin is fixe 1 for June 18th Gladstone announced his determination to pass the Army and Billet Bills this Session. The Galatea is being dismantled at Plymouth. The Duke of Edinburgh is visiting the Qu'en at Balmoral. The freedom of the City has been offered him. Prince Arthur is suffering from a severe fall. - Sir Henry Eawlinsan is successor to Sir 11. Murchison as President of the Royal Geographical Society. The London Chartered Bank of Australia declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The examination of the Tichhome claimants has commenced, the evidence as to his identity increasingly strong. Ten thousand Tyne engineer* have struck The French journals ask for a cessation of the summary executions, and trials of prisoners. Paris is quiet, and the population rc-su ining their occupations. Attention has hem called in the House of Commons to.tho report , of, the captur 1 of Herat, and Russia's. movements’ in central Asia. '■■■■• The following appointments have been made ; orders of Bath, Knight Commanders General James Alexander J. Fowler Bradford Frederick Haines,’Charles Reid. Companions, “ Colonial” Edward Laye, Charles Bivian Cox, John Black Spurgeon. Thomas Bright, Charles Henry Pat iser, and Walter Fane. ’Hie Duke of Argyle has granted a pension of 4!)0Z. to the widow of Sir Henry Durant. Indian Finance Committee si-ting at Westminster are making elaborate examinations which are likely to last two years. Several appointments to the Order of the Star of India are gazetted. Obituary.—Sir John Herscliell, who was buried in Westminster Abbey, Thalberg and Aubsr, French composers ; M. Mason, tho confederate envoy of tho southern s'ates Major General Douglas, Admiral Arbutbnot M. J. Antes, Advocate; Eevd. D. Patterson Byron’s Tutor; Major General Shiel, M. Halket, keeper of the Advocates Library in Edinburgh . Professor Purehart, Sir V/. D. Stewart ; Colonel Rogers, R.A. Lieutenant General P, H. Williams, J, Gratton, and Lord M‘Gregor. Sailed.—Queen of Nations, Kent, Abbey. Holme. Lahogue, Great Britain, Spence, Mnrpissr, Western Empire, Lanarkshire, City of Paris, George Thomson, Borealis, Derra Deltaine, Sarah Bell, Pearce.