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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2622, 13 July 1871, Page 2

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(I'ltOM GKEVILLES TELEGRAM COMPANY, NEUTER'S AGENCY.) [A portion of the following appeared as an 41 Extra” last night ;] (.reymoutii, July 12. As the s.s, Omeo could not be tendered at Hokitika she came on here last night. -The p.s.. Dispatch left the wharf at daylight this morning and tendered the Omco, but could not return to port until the evening’s tide. The Omeo brings the Suez mail telegramS’ Adelaide, July 2.

The branch mail steamer, Alexandra, arrived at Glenelg at eleven pm, yesterday, having left King George’s Sound at four a.m. on the 28th June. The Geelong, 8.M.5., sailed for Galle early on the morning of the 25th June. The Avoca, 11M. S., sailed from Galle at eleven p.m. on the 12th ult; and after a fair passage, reached the Sound at nine p.m. on the 27th June,

London, 2let May. The following is a summary of the final collapse of the Pan's insurrcc ion Severe engagements took pi me on May 20, at Auteil and Passy,_ but the Vcrsailkst troops eventually carried all the positions, and,on the 25th were masters of Paris. In the fights iu the City, great numbers of insurgents were killed. The streets were strewn with bodies. Over 20,000 prisoners were taken. A furious cannonade continued during the whole night on the 25th. The Government troops captured the Hotel de Ville and Fort Mon troupe, with 12Q0 prisoners. A furious battled raged meanwhile in the neighborhood of Pantin. On the 26th the troops captured the Mazaics, Lyons, and Orleans railway stations, taking 6000 prisoners, but the insurgents still occupied .Charon la Villete, Belleville, and the heights of Chautnont,' wfi; ycq they threw petroleum shells, causing serious conflagrations. Women assisted iu firing houses, and acted jp a most demoniacal manner. ’ The insurgents retired from their position blowing up Fort Lvry. The Government troops captured the heights and Belleville on the 28 hj, taking a great number of prisoners From this time no insurgent band remained. The insurrection was entirely suppressed ; the Tuileries, the office of the Ministry of Finance, tho Hotel de Ville, the Palais Royal, and other public buildings, have been entirely destroyed by tire, which tho insurgents ignited by means of petroleum, These acts, instigated by revenge, occurred during the entrance of the Government troops into the City. The Luxemburg is partially blown up, and the Loavnj is almost entirely burnt, although all the collections of paintings and antiquities, except the library, ware saved, Tbe National library ha? also been saved from the wreck. The insurgents, before they were finally routed, took revenge upon tbe hostages, which they held. Of these they shot 64, including the Archbishop of Peris and 15 the chief members of the clergy. M, do la Cluse has been killed and General Dombrowski was amongst the number shot. M. Theirs has proposed to give the Chamber the right to pardon the insurgents. On the 30th of May Paris was quiet and the inhabit!uts were resuming their ordinary occupations. Arrests of insurgents are now made without any resistance on their part. Disarmament of .National Guards has been ordered, (.reat numbers of insurgents have been executed at Versailles. M. Groussctt, one of tho leaders of the insurgents, has been arrested in Paris, whilsl M. Pyat has been taken iu Switzerland,

The Belgium Government requested M. Victor Hugo to quit the country. With this request be refused to comply, and tho King of the Belgians thereupon signed an order for his expulsion. Victor Hugo has since arrived in London.

Tho Paris journals state that an understanding has been come to by the (Meanists and Legitimists as to the succession to the throne. Count Chambord (Bourbon) will shortly he King of France. It is rumored tho Versailles Govcmment will resign. Paris is divided into four military districts ; the gendarmes have been increased by 6000 men. and the Municipal Guards by 12,000. Forts are to be constructed inside Paris, and great precautions are taken to prevent another revolution. Communication with Paris has been reopened. The Tichborno claimant’s examination has. commenced. The evidence as to his identity is increasingly strong. Attention has been called iu the House of

Commons to the reported capture of Herat and Russian movements in Central Asia. The' Versailles troops made several attempts to assault the ramparts with ladders. The ramparts round Mountrouge were abandoned. On the 21st Federalists began to return to Paris in numbers through the gates of Orleans and Chatellon. A sharp engagement occurred in the Place de la Concorde and Vendome, when Dombrowski, the Commander-in-chief of the in-, surgent troops, was wounded. He attempted to escape but was prevented by the German soldiers stationed outside the City,_ who also prevented the escape of all the insurgents they could find. M. Thiers announced on the 26th that the Government troops were masters of Paris, except Berey, and that has since been occupied. Jules Favre instructed the representatives of foreign countries to arrest all persons who had escaped there and who were guilty of complicity in the disturbances in Paris. He urged upon these gentlemen the argument that the acts of the insurgents were crimes and not political offences. Mr. Bruce, the English Home Secretary, stated in reply that the English Government could not prevent the entry of the refugees against whom ordinary crimes have been or can be proved, and Spain’s reply is that they will not prevent the passage of fugitives across the frontier, but they rigorously execute the ex* tradition treaty. The Prussians who were at St Denis are returning home. Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. M. Rochfort’s trial commenced on the 3rd May, GENERAL NEWS. The peace negotiations have been completed at Frankfort. The triumphant entry of the Germans into Berlin is fixed for the 18th June, Mr Gladstone announced his determination to pass the Army and Ballot Bills this session. The Galatea is being dismantled at Plymouth. The Duke of Edinburgh is visiting the Queen at Balmoral. The freedom of the city has been offered to him Prince Arthur is recovering from a severe fall.

Sir Henry Hawlinsou is the successor to Sir R. Murchison as President of the Royal Geographical Society. The London (bartered Bank of Australia declared a dividend of eight per cent. Ton thousand Tyne engineers have struck. The French journals ask for a cessation of the summary executions and trial of prisoners. Paris is quiet, and the population are resuming their occupations. The following appointments have been made :—Orders of Bath Knight— Commanders—General James Alexander, J. Fowler Bradford, Frederick Harris, and Charles Reid. Companions—Colonel Edward Caye, Charles "Vivian Cox, John Black Spurgeon, Thomas Wright, Charles Herving, Henry i’alliser, and Walter Fan-’.

The Duke of Argyle has granted a pension of L4OO to the widow of Sir Henry Durant.

The Indian Finance Committee ore sitting at Westminster daily, making elaborate examinations, which are likely to last two years. Several appointments of Natives and Englishmen to the Order of the Star of India arc gazetted. Obituary.—Sir Jno. Hergchcl, who was filtered in Westminister Abbey; Thalberg and Auher, French composers ; Mr Mason, the Confederate envoy of the Southern States; Major General Douglas, Admiral Arbuthnoty, MrJ. Yates, advocate; Rev. Dr Paterson, Byron’s tutor; Major General Sheil, Mr Halket, keeper of th.e advocate’s library in Edinburgh; ProfessorPurcherfcof, Jena ; Sir Win. D. Stewart, Colonial Rogers, R.A.; Liaut.-Generals T. H. Williams, and J. Gratton, and l ord Macgrcgor. Sailed.—Queen of Victoria, Kent, Albery, Holme, Lahogue, Great Britain, Marprsia, Spence, Western Empire, Lanarkshire, City of Paris, George Thompson, Borealis, Ann Duthie, LufFre, City of Adelaide, Darra, Boltana, and Sarah 8011.

Mlllodknk, July 4. The ship Mary Shepherd was found to be on fire in Hobson’s Bay on the 2nd inst., and was scuttled and sunk.

Tbe Assembly is adjourned to the 25th July for the ministerial elections, and there is very little business of any public interest stirring. Commercial —The mait for brcadstulFs is exceedingly dull, not the slightest inclination being eyiuged to enter into ary other business than that absolutely necessary for immediate requirements. Flour nominal, at Ll6 5s to Ll6 IDs, and wheat by no means active at late quotations, viz., 7s 4d to 7? 5d —even these rates being only obtainable where toons are given. Gats are steady at 3s 4d to 3a 8d; good feeding samples are ealoahhi at 3s 5d to 3s 6d. Maize rules at about 3s 9d to 3s fOd. The Formosa is aground at Queenscliffe. There have been heavy rains and floods at Sale, and groat damage has been donfe.

Sydney. Tho Zavistowski sisters contiuue'to draw large houses. A sailor named Foxcraft has been committed for trial on a charge of stabbing the chief officer of the ship Winnifred. Parliament was prorogued to-day with the usual formalities. The speech was not important, the principal topic for congratulation being the expected' benefits to he derived from harbor defences ami new military forces. The Council to-day, prior to prorogation, carried a resolution for an address to the Governor, praying for the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the working of the Superanuation Act. Mr Holy, proprietor of the Floating Dock, died suddenly last evening. Adventuress, Mabel, Pyrrhus, and Whalebone are scratched for the Metropolitan Stake?. The man Savage has been committed for trial, charged with the murder of his brother. Fiji advices report that King Thakombau has adopted a provisional Government with Mr Burt, formerly an auctioneer iu Sydney, as his premier. A meeting of delegates had been convened, and the principal native chiefs had sworn allegiance to the King and the Constitution. Adelaide, July 2. Wheat very quiet. Buyers and sellers cannot agree as to the price, os lid, offered ; but no transactions have taken place. Hobauton, June 22. The Government are having a portion of the Military Barracks laud measured off as a site for a large hotel.

Queenstown, .July The conduct of the Waste Lands Board in attempting to sell laud reclaimed .by th© Corporation for a break-water, excites great indignation, not only in Queenstown, but; everywhere in the district. Indignation meetings are being called. Many good patches of gold have been struck on the Sbotover. The nomination for Mayor took place today. The candidates are Messrs Hallenstein (the retiring Mayor), and Councillor Malaghan. The proceedings passed off quietly, the attendance being good. Public feeling runs high.