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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2631, 24 July 1871, Page 2

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(from greville’s telegram company, REUTER’S AGENTS.) Napier, July 24. The Nebraska arrived at live this morning, and left immediately. She arrived at Auckland on the 20th. LATEST DATES. San Francirco, June 22. Honolulu, July 1. PARIS AND LONDON TELEGRAMS. COMMERCIAL. London, May 30. New Zealand flax is in good demand 1200 bales were sold at former rates. Prices easier for common, but since auction sales have been held, it is in good demand 700 bales were sold at steady rates ; line, L2B to L 33 ; ordinary, Lls to L 27. There is an improved demand for tallow. The sales were animated, and there has been an advance of Is to Is Gd. 7,700 casks passed, at 35s to 42s 9d ; sheep and beef, 3Gs 9d to 4ls 3d. A dividend of 10 per cent, has been declared by the Otago and Southland Investment Company. Tenders for the Tasmanian loan for U52,800 were opened on May 11. L 152,000 were tendered for. Tenders at LlO5 12s will receive allotments.

New York, June 12, Wool stocks are very low. The demand for the foreign market is very active. At Boston, 970,000 pounds of Australian wool passed the hammer at 450. to 55c, advance on all woollen goods, Paris, June 16.

The International Society’s proclamation says that the Commune, although disarmed, is not conquered. It is still 109,000 strong. Favre and Trochu, i- says, are the authors of France’s misfortune, aided by capital and priestcraft. The Internationals accept the responsibility of the conflagrations.

London, June 16. The Countess dc Paris gave birth to a daughter last night. Napoleon and Eugenie have visited the Prince of Wales.

The Emperor of Germany and his army made their triumphal entry into Berlin on June 16. The | recession was the most magnificent of modern times. The eagles and standards captured from the French led the way. The army marched between two rows of cannon captured during the war—2o,ooo in number. Enormous trophies of captured arras were erected on the ground, which was strewuwith flowers by hundreds of young girls. The appearance of the troops was splendid, and the enthusiasm of the spectators unbounded.

Paius, June 15,

The destruction of life and property vastly exceeds the government newspaper accounts. The Paris workmen were nearly unanimously Communists. The London Times says M‘Mahon desires to resign. The army reserve is dissolved, and Vinoy retires. Charred corpses have been found in the ruins of the Hotel de Ville. They are undoubtedly the remains of persons left in the cells by the Communists. In the Assembly ou June 17, Favre defended the non acceptance of the peace treaty, as adopted by the conference at Meaux. He said the negociatiou failed because Bismarck demanded Strasbourg. June 12.

The jubilee of the Pope was celebrated by a reception at the Vatican. There are 3000 pilgrims from all parts of the world in the city.

Paris, June 21

The Archbishop of Cambray and the Bishop of Arras have demanded in the Assembly the resumption of the protection of Home by Prance. Various arrests have been made at Marseilles.

Losdox, June 21. Earl de Grey is gazetted Marquis of Ripon. The Observer announces that Professor Montague Bernard, late member of the Joint High Commission, will enter the Privy Council.

22 Austrian bishops have petitioned for the temporary re-establismeut of the power of the Pope. The wool sales terminated on May 15. The attendance was numerous, and there was an upward tendency. The sales closed at Jd to lsd higher.

SHIPPING. London. Arrived—Robert Henderson, from Otago. Sailed—May 17th, Shun Leo, for Otago ; on the 29tb, Halcione, for Wellington ; on the 23rd, William JDavie, from Glasgow, for Otago. In the House of Commons, Mr Hyland has given notice of a resolution that the American Treaty be submitted to Parliament be* fore ratification. The Opposition moved an amendment on the Army Regulation Bid, by which they intended to kill it, but were defeated by a majority of 16. The Times hopes Canada will ratify the American Treaty. Mr Gladstone has been indisposed, but is getting better. The reports of diamond getting at the Cape are still encouraging. An incidental vote during the debate on the Army Regulation Bill, showed the Goverment had a majority of 177. The London Fi°e Brigade entered Paris on May 27, to quell the conflagrations. The Patrie says France possessed in July last 500,000 soldiers. It demans a vigorous supression of the machinations of the Communists. All the pieces of the column Vcndome will be exactly restored. The damage done to Paris is estimated at two millions. At Mallow a body of men, supposed to be Fenians, broke into the militia amoury and carried olf 120 rifles. The sentinel tired at them, but all escaped. Five men have been arrested on suspicion. A marriage is arranged between Princess Thyra, of Denmark, aud the Duke of Edinburgh. June 22. The Comte de Paris goes to Paris on Friday. Gambetta is in Malta with the Communist refugees. The prisoners in the hands of the Government exceed 30,000. ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. It is announced that 20,000 Communists will be transported to New Caledonia. Their families will be allowed to f.vui Colonies.

An encyclical letter has been issued, calling on the Catholics to give thanks to God on the occasion of the Pope’s jubilee. There has been great conflagration at Con* stautinople, 100 houses were in flames at one time. The lire was caused by incendiarism. The Journo, 1 de Paris says the Prince Imperial and not Prince Napoleon will be put forward as a candidate for the Assembly. The Cloche, thinks that the result of the election in the cities will check a monarchy being established. Wool is tirm. Half-bred, Is to IJd; merino, lid to Is. The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, with the new Governor of Eastern Siberia, is expected at San Francisco in October. There are apprehensions that the walls of the Tuilleries and Hotel de Ville will fall, Rochefort has been condemned to death by a Versailles court martial. Bishop Dupanloup, of Orleans, succeeds the Archbishop of Paris. Victor Hugo has gone to Holland. The new French loan is popular. Arrangements have been made to take a large portion in England. Thiers says the German war cost France 300,000,000 francs. The deficit from 1870 to 1871 reached 1,631,000,000 francs. 180.000 French prisoners were still in Germany on 20th June. Cluseret has been arrested. Rome, June 18. A plot to assassinate the Pope has been discovered. It was concocted in London, France, and Paris, The assassination was to have taken place yesterday. The Pans insurgents contemplated the burning of London docks as a grand lesson to the middle classes in Europe. London, Liverpool, and Bristol were to be the scenes of operations. It is ascertained that the chiefs of the international clubs and several Englishmen were among the insur« gents. The Emperor William has decided the Ban Juan question in favor of the United States. A free trade league has been established at Versailles. The mail service for India and China will be re-established in July, leaving Marseilles every other Sunday. 50.000 corpses were discovered in cellars in Paris. 60.000 lives were lost in the suppression of the Commune. There was a grand funeral of the clerical victims at Notre Dame. The Archbishop of Paris died with the courage of a martyr. He answered the insults of his executions with “Do not profane the word of Liberty. It belongs to us alone. We die in the cause of Lib rty and Faith.” The Italian Government instructs its prefects to capture escaping Parisians. The Pope has issued au Encyclical, declaring the Italian guarantees to be a tissue of lies and hypocrisy. There are abundant signs of a speedy cou/i d' elal in Paris, The Assembly will depose Thiers and summon the Count de Chambord to the throne. The Journal des Desbats has reappeared. Nearly all the newspapers have returned to Paris from Versailles. The National Guards are forbidden to wear their uniforms. The disarmament proceeds. Paris, June 22. The fighting was very severe around the Hotel de Ville, which is still blazing with petroleum. The British Embassy building is much damaged. Its office of archives was burned. The Place de la Concorde is terribly injured. No quaiter was given. The Versaillists behaved well to the inhabitants. Fire is raging in nearly every street, The Not them Railroad station is in the hands of the Versaillists. The capture of the Place Vendome made the Tuilleries untenable j and the insurgents saturated it with petroleum, and then set it on fire. The insurgents are still fighting like fiends in the Eastern Faubourg. ' L'he population of Paris seems mad with joy. The tricolor floats everywhere. Ihe streets are quiet, and the Versailles troops orderly. The hunt for the Commune leaders has begun, the police are searching the houses, rooms, and cellars. Paris is enveloped in dense smoke, aud is terribly damaged. The streets are smeered with blood, and Uttered with debris. Bismarck in the German Parliament, says the task ho undertook has been nearly accomplished; to establish the Empire. His heakh was bad, and it is his personal wish to retire from active duty for the remainder of his days. lie will only advocate the complete restoration of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to the Fatherlaud,

London advices to June Bth, state tha business in the produce markets has been interrupted since Whitsuntide. Wool is- in active demand at rates up to and above last sales. Arrivals—next series upward, 120,U0U bales. , T „„ London, June 23. Consols, 92J. A. A. bonds in London, 90?. Wool—New York—active, full prices spring tine, 32 cents to 40 cents ; Burry, .0 cents to 33 cents; Fulled, 38 cents to 50 cents ; Fall, California, 28 cents to 32 cents ; ditto, Burry, 20 cents to 25 cents. Mr Vogel is not a passenger, but is expected by the next mail. Passenger list:-F«r Auckland—Saloon —Mr and Mrs Earl; second cabin—Mr Laudergan. For Sydney : Saloon—Judge Rogers, M ssrs H. A. Bristowe, A. Douglass, Uorge B Perkins, W. H. Mosley, C. T. Clive, Mrs Douglass, and Miss Howe; second cabin— Mr 1 owlishaw. For Melbourne : Steerage— Mr Patrick Flynn. Melbourne, July 15th. Mr Walsh, Attorney-General, is probably safe to be re-elected, Mr Fincbam being his only opponent. . . , The Ministry have been invited to a banquet to take place at Sandhurst on the 20th. The excitement caused by the Nunawading Messiah affair continues, owing to further disclosures made by seceding disciples. The North Western Canal scheme is proA woman has died from the effects of chloroform, administered while she was undi rgoing an operation on the knee-joint. Only 43 drops were used. The Bendigo people have presented .Bendigo Mac” with a purse containing 700 *°One the Nunawading disciples, named Henderson, has commenced an action against the Daily Telegraph for an alleged libel on "a man named Marshall attacked the manager of the branch of the Commercial Bank at Collingwood with a heavy leaden weight, He is believed to be insane. Experiments with the bogie engine have been made on the Hobson’s Bay railway. A new Congregational church has been opened. Its total cost was L 9,000.

Hokitika, July 23rd. The schooner Waterman, from Melbourne for Grey mouth, was totally wrecked four miles to the north of Hokitika on Ihursday. No lives were lost, and the cargo was also saved, though much damaged. The wreck was sold by auction yesterday for LB3. The cause of the wreck was a terrific gale, which drove the vessel ashore. In the Otira Gorge the Christchurch road is much damaged by the late floods, and the bridges have been swept away. The repairs will cost several thousand pounds. The weather during the last ten days has been frightful, , . The s.s, Kangitoto, Captain Mackie, left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the Jsth, and arrived |off Hokitika on the forenoon of the 20th, but owing to the boisterous weather was not tendered until to-day. Mr Malcy, solicitor, Geelong, has been arrested on a charge of forgery. Mining matters at Bendigo are experiencing a revival, and much excitement prevails. Commercial Flour is at Ll6 to Llfi 5s Adelaide wheat is at 7s 3d, Victorian at 7s, and New Zealand has been sold at Cs. New Zealand oats are at 3s 4d to 3s fid. Sydney. A great Orange demonstration took place in the Exhibition Building. There were 2000 people at the ball. Some strong feeling has been expressed against the Corporation granting the use of the building for such ** U An extensive discovery of shale has been made at Monaro. . The Gulgong diggings are developing very satisfactorily. Mr Scott, bank manager, has been acare being made for the observance of the Scott Centenary. SaileL—Anna, for Dunedin. The Lindisfarn, from Mauritius, reports that a new disease has broken out among the canes, and has been destructive on some estates. The inferior classes of sugars are easier. Stocks of flour are low. The East Lothian, from New York, brings 5500 cases of kerosene, and some tobacco, a portion of which is for Auckland. The wool sales passed off briskly, and prices were rather dearer. Ad SLA IDS Some difficulties have arisen between the Government and the contractors for the construction of the overland telegraph line. The contractors, however, are still prepared to complete their contract. The wheat market is quiet, pending the receipt of Californian news. The prices ruling are 5s 8d to 5s lOd. Auckland via Wellington, July 24. There has been a rise in Caledonians, which closed film at L 145. The company have just lodged with the Bank 4500 ounces from a crushing of general stuff. Thames sell at L 27 to L2B; Tookeys at L 2 7; Nonparlels at L 4 10s. Mr William Fotheringham was killed by a cart running over him, Wellington. Mr Mooihouse has resigned the RegistrarGeneralship under the Land Transfer Act, for private reasons. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT. This Day. (Before A. C. Strode, Esq., R.M. Civil Cases. Daily Times and Witness Company v. Arnott. —Ll4 11s Bd, for telegrams supplied. Judgment by default for the plaintiff for the amount, witii costs. Mills, Dick, and Co v. Hoskins.—Ls I9s Bd, the value of a dishonored acceptance. Judgment by default for the plaintiff for the amount, with costs. Colighan v. Wilson.—The plaintiff claimed 15s for paddocking 250 sheep. The defendant pleaded indebted to the amount of Gs. The plaintiff said he agreed with the defendant for 5s for the night, and that the amount was incorrectly calculated. The defendant said he agreed with the plaintiff for a lump sum of Gs, irrespective of number. Judgment for the plaintiff, 12s Cd, and costs. The Corporation of Dunedin v. Reid. — This was an application for a warrant to authorise the Corporation to take possession of

premises occupied by the defendant, the rent of which was not paid on the 4th July in accordance with an order of the Court. The application was granted. Stewart v. Sneed.—Ll3 10s, for half cost of fencing section 10, block "3, Dunedin. By the evidence of the plaintiff, it appeared that he was a tenant of the defendant, who was owner of the block of which he (plaintiff) occupied a portion of the section. The lease was put in, which the plaintiff covenanted to pay all expenses of rent charges, cost of fences, and taxes. He was non-suited. Wilson v. Barnes.—Lß. Mr Harris for the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded not indebted. The action was brought to recover hire of a ferry boat used by defendant for ferrying men and defendant himself across Pelichet Bay during the progress of the work, for the construction of which the defendant was contractor. There was also a claim for wages and powder supplied m the removal of earth and stone. In his evidence the plaintiff said that he agreed -with the men employed by Barnes to ferry them over for 2h a week per man, exclusive of wet days, and Barnes himself was to go free on condition of his seeing him paid on pay days. He never did so, and consequently he charged Barnes for the amount claimed With regard to the stuff removed, the defendant put in a receipt for work done, but it was stated in reply that the amount did not include the work claimed for. Judgment, LI 5s and costa. Knott v. Barnes.—Ls 10s. Judgment for plaintiff, LI 10s.