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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2597, 14 June 1871, Page 2

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' (FROM GRKVILLE’s TELEGRAM COMPANY, reuter’s agents. ) Bluff, June 14. The Gothenburg arrived at the ‘wharf at daylight, hhe sails for Dunedin, to-night. Passengers for Dunedin—Mr Bdrston, Mr qnd Mrs. Clappertbn and 2 children, Messrs M‘Master, Young, J. Bishfonl, Bev. F. Roseby,.ajul Mrs and Miss Muckayi For Lyttelton^—Messrs Coombes, and -Whitley. Cargo for Dunedin, 187. tons .; for-Lyttelton," 58 tons ; for Wellington, 50 tons j for Nelson, 18 tons.

. Melbourne, June 'B. The passengers of the Queen of the Thames were forwarded to England. The Govern-, incut- at the Cape ordered a new inquiry, as it was alleged the ship was lost through ignorance and recklessness. Captain Mac Donald refused to give evidence, as he had been already ac-'inittcd by a competent tribunal. It is said the cause of the wreck was that a fixed light on the shore was taken for the Agulhas lighthouse. The Sydney, in:urance offices lose fifteen thousand, the Adelaidejoffice-twclve thousand ; Melbourne offices a large amount. The mate of the Queen admitted in evidence at the enquiry, that hertook no part in the navigation of the ship from the time of its. leaving Melbourne. -Rose, the defaulting , clerk of the National Baidt, has absconded. The Austral an Journal is causing much excitement by publishing articles, exposing the adulteration of food and drink.

An attempt to examine the wreck of the Auckland, with a yiew to salvage, .was unsuccessful, The mast-heads and yard-arms are only visible, Th§ passengers ; lost all their property. Some of the Somersetshire's passengii-s still refuse to submit to re-vaccination, and in consequence arc detained at the Sanitory station during the pleasure of- the Government. The news brought by the mail of the continuance of disturbances in France has had effect of a run on brandy, which has gone up twenty per cent. Other articles are unaffected. Tk<? Royal Birthday Ball was held at Toora\, ijq ' .G/jyornmeiit building being available, Owing to tke‘limited accommodation only nine hundred persons iverp pro-; sent.

The Rev. Mr Annear, the great temperance lecturer, who is .charged with taking indecent liberties with and making criminal assaults on children, has absconded. Breadstuff's firmer, since the arrival of the California mail. Flour for trade demands Li.G l|)s tn LIG 15s. ; New Zealand wheat, medium Cs 2d accepted. E’urt MaoDonell Gs lid to Vs;' K.ow Zealand- oats improving, 3s 7d 5 sugars, greyish crystals, L 37 10s; yellow counters, L 34 lOd to L 35 ; llenessy’s case brandy 29a, §?dxey. Ninety pounds’ worth of gold has be:ij received from New Caledonia', Tlie Government of the Island has imposed an export duty of half-a crown an ounce. Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor, was enthusiastically received at the Cape of Good Hope. The Nebraska has arrived. Mr Henry Parks* has gone to Queensland to negotiate with the Gflyeniinoat of that Colony as to the Californian mail route. Adelaide. The agreement between the Agent-General and the British A nstraliau Telegraph Company I)3S arrived by the mail for the Governor’s signature, The Intercolonial chess match resulted in a victory for Sydney. ENGLISH SUMMARY. The-‘Suez'mail'brings late telegrams to MayTS; There has been continued lighting in Paris since the last mail left. 'I he following is a •summary of the events from April 22 The Commune claimed to have recaptured the barricades at Ncuilly. Preparations ; are making to resist a general 'attack' by the Versailles troops. The complete investment of Paris is projected. The armies at Neuilly, on the 24th, allowed tlie inhabitants to leave the town. • The belligerents in Paris topk .advantage of the armistice to repair tiie barricades, and to construct others. Notice was given to Chemiu de Fer du Nord ou the 26tb, that the blockade of Paris' had commenced, and that all provisioning of the City will ba stopped. Cannonading has commenced violently along the whole line. The Federalists state, if necessary, they will blow up the Paris fo.ts. On the 29th an attack was made 'against Paris by tlie Versailles troops, which became general; a portion of tlie Versailles troops was repulsed, but the others advanced from Clamart and occupied the neighborhood of Issy, which fort was nearly destroyed. The garrison has since abandoned it. On May 2 a battalion of Chasseurs carried at the point of the bayonet the railway station at Clamart, and the Chateau D’lssy, capturing three hundred federalists. The Versailles troops unmasked a formidable battery at Monlretort. A sharp engagement ocemred in the trenches rovuul Issy ou|tlie bight of the Gib, uniting

_ _ ---• Isay and Vanvres. Several insurgerakwefe made prisoners. The A league has been the liberties of Paris, aiad for mating a last effort to bring about conciliation, .! Thiers has replied to p that' he desires war to the endyVaud 'that France will nob capitulate to the insurgents.. There were disorders in London-before Parliament House, in . consequence of M r Lowe’s- budget. . Petition* were received from tlie working men against the lucifcr match tax, which Mr Lowe has since-with-drawn. There is strong opposition to the proposed increase of the income | tax. The Government is firm, and has gained two or -three divisions on the subject, ; The Habeas Corpus Act is about to be s :spcnded iu Westmeath.' Thirty thousand operators have been locked put at Oldham, in consequence of a dispute regarding the closing hours on Saturdays.- ■ '■

The Times publishes a telegram from Copenhagen, stating that, difficulties have arisen between Denmark and Prussia, in consequence of emigrants from Schleswig to Denmark, bring.caUcd vto their military districts for the jlut^h^Qf^lay. Favra to settle the tlic Brussels peace; uegociatious. The Quceq of the Thames, steamer, was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope. The Briton arrived at Plymouth, on May 15, with tho first-class of passengers, the secondclass follow .her of the nex;t Cape steamer. The Queen' of the Thames was sold with her cargo, for fifteen thousand pounds.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, April 21. Discount i Consols 93 ; wool is in better demand. Operations on a large lias been resumed by the French trade. There has been an average advance of id to Id on February quotations. Prince Bismarck in the Reichstag declared that the Paris forts would only be surrendered after the linal conclusion of peace, even if the first, instalment of the indemnity had been previously paid. The French' have paid the amount due fof the maintenance of the Germans in France till the end of April. 'I he French propose to pay the indemnity principally in Rentes, which the Germans oppose. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lome started on a Continental tour on April tith, "A review of Volunteers was heid at Brighton.. ~The manoeuvring generally was Considered unsatisfactory, but the discipline aof the men gopd,

LATE UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS, - London, May 12.

The treaty between France and Germany, stipulates for the payment of half a milliard of francs within thirty days after the taking of Paris by the Versailles troops from the insurgents. A delay has been granted for the l payment 1; of the balafice, ' All former treaties of commerce have been abrogated. The bombardment of the rampartS of Paris continues vigorously. Auteuil and Passy are suffering greatly. Business in wool is chiefly for arrival. All kinds are Id to lid higher than in FebThe first sitting of the Albert Arbitration Committee is fixed for May Tho‘ AnglorAmerican treaty provides for the .appointment of five arbitrators for the settlement of the Alabama claims—namely, by Queen Victoria, by President Grant,, the Emperor of Brazil, the King of Italy, and the President of Switzerland; Tlie arbitrators will meet at Geneva. This treaty is for ten years.. Both parties undertake henceforth to prevent a rccuriviice of xnckleuts like that of the Alabania. Obituary.— Sir John Herschel, "

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAM. |Rcuter to GreviUp.) Versailles, May 5. The Government troops occupied* Fort Vauvres to-day, which the insurgents evacuated. Fifty guns and. eight mortars were captured. Tatjkanga, June 14. The native lost in the bush was*found after 1§ (Jay§ Rbi.'OTUio, Ayiplst aiming‘ al-blow at a pig-he.cuVjua’owh leg, himself. - orept-to an old plautatiqmaffd subsisted on raw potatoes till he was discovered. The Wellington arrived at 7 this morning, and left at 9 o’clock for Auckland. Invercargill, June 14, Last night’s overland mail, brought no Dunedin advices, ( : The Pretty Jane having put back, will ’ prevent us getting a mail for some time yet. There was great disappointment yesterday. Six passengers for Wakal ipu had to hire special conveyances iu consequent of tlie gffmfay trains being stopped. '