ADDITIONAL SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2482, 30 January 1871, Page 2

ADDITIONAL SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Lieut.-Colonel Morant, who held a commaud in. New Zealand, is appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Captain Powell and Lieutenant Walker, lately stationed at Wanganui, are dead. Captain Coope writes to the Standard suggesting the possibility of raising a regiment of 1200 men in New Z aland under the same conditions as the Royal Canadians. Further hideous discoveries have been made relative to baby farming. Recruiting is not successful, only twothirds of the required 20,000 men are enlisted.

Dec. 6.—The French lost in three days’ engageui' nts last week about 3000 prisoners and 70 gnus. The German loss was also very considerable. On Dec. 8, a German officer was sent to Paris to announce the taking of Orleans, and the entire defeat of the army of the Loire, with the loss of 7 guns an I 10,000 prisoners. On Dec. 15, General Chancey retreated on Tours and Blois, being unable to maintain his po-ition on the right bank of the Loire Blois was occupied by the enemy. Phalsbourg capitulated unconditionally. 63 guns and 1,900 p isoners were captured. | Beaumont has been occupied by the Germans after a short fight, in which 65 guns and 3,000 prisoners were ca tured. An energetic defence was maintained. The French have evacuated Vendome. On the 17th the Forts around Paris were quiet. General Chancey’s army was attacked on Dec. 15th by the Germans, who also attacked the French in a strong position near Langreep, driving them into the fortress. The Duke of Mecklenburg attacked and occupied Freteral town, which was afterward re-taken by the French. On Dec. 19, balloon news from Paris states that there was no fighting since Dec. 2. The population was still determined to resist.

The total exports to all the colonies for the month is L 902.000. To New Zealand they show an increase of 'L64.000 over last month.

Wool sales closed firmly on the 29th of November, prices averaging a penny advance on opening rates. Fifty thousand bales were left ov r for next sales. . Helmuth Schwartz says that the tone throughout the sales was unexceptionahly brisk. New Zealand fives, 1891, 98, ditto sixes, March-September, 107. The following dividends were declared : —Trust and Agency, Australasia, 10; Ofago and Southland Investment, 10. Mercantile failures are numerous. Edmund Thompson pays only eighteenpenco. The grain and corn trades a e recovering from recent disturbances. Tallow has tinetinted to tie extent of 2s 6d. Hides are inactive at a farthing decline, Australian leather is bisk ; 20,000 sides sold at a farthing advance. Petroleum is steady atIs 6.[d to Is 7d£. Sperm oil is L 79. South Sea whale oil, L 36. Prices of New Zealand wool closed as follows Scoured, Is Id to Is 4|d ; greasy,' CJ-d to Bd, greasy lambs, 7d. There is a good demand for New Zealand tlax. Of 3000 hales offered 110Q sold at fully previous rgtes. The remainder was bought in for higher prices, Low and common, partly cleaned Ll3 to Lls 10 ; superior, L 32 10s to L 35. 449 bales New Zealand tow brought L3O to L3O 10s for good, down to LIG for common.

Arrived.—William Lindsay from Otago. Sailed—Charlotte Gladstone for Canterbury, Harvest Home and Warrior Queen for Otago. The Californian mails are to be despatched five days later in future.