THE SUEZ MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3694, 24 December 1874, Page 2

THE SUEZ MAIL.

franc. 3. In the election to the Couucils-Qeneraltbe reßu f r ’ shows about an equal number of Monarchists aud Republicans returned, whi e the 150 Bonapartists hold the balance. Ih.s is a gam for the rv. publicans. The total numb r of electors who voted for the Republican candidates was 1,56 ,139 and va ™ Uß Conservative sections 1,447 oil. Prince Napoleon Charles Bonnparte the opponent of Prince Jerome, was returned at A j iccio. Three elections to the National Assembly were held on the 18th for the Seine-et-Oise. Ihe Republican, M heuard, was retumel by 16,000 majority over the Due de Paclone-a great defeat for the Bonaparlists. Two Repubjicans wers returned for the Alpea Maritime, embracing Nice aud Savoy. The struggle turned upon the Sepiratist question. In the Pas do Calais department, the Bonapartist beat the Republican by 4,400 votes, but a second ballot will be required. Marshal MacMaboa having spent a day with the Due de Hroglie at his country bouse there are rumors that the latter will shortly form the head of a new Ministry. M Thiers has been visiting nearly all the cities of Italy, everywhere expressing unbounded faith in the triumph of the Conservative Republic in Prance. Cx-Marshal B canine has loft Lii>ge for -•an ander, where he proposes to nside. Lhe (government intends to create a new marshal m the place of Baaaine. The Due D -umale aud General Laduiirault are spoken of.

Russia and France a>e obviously drawing nearer to each other, and it is rumored in political circles that Frauce would uuder certain conditions support Russia in the Eastern question. The visit of the Prince of Wales to Paris and to the chateaux of some Legitimist nobles, has given birth to strange political speculations. 1 Tue former domestic chaplain to Napoleon •ma’ n ;, ° 18 j ll ?J dcad . has bequeathed 300,0J0 francs, half to the Pope and half to the Prince Imperial. RUSSIA, ITALY, The Grand Duke Constantine, during bis recent stay m Paris, having betrayed strong anti G. rmau symp • thies, was suddenly recalled to B>t. Petersburg. J So far as the sm-vey between the River Anne and t = e Caspian has proceeded there is eve y prospect teat the construction of a deep ship canal will be practicable fJn /i 0 r ag ou Qa ? u of Blvaria j -ined the Catholic Church. * t is proposed to fortify Berlin, and also to constitute the principal railways into a chain of fortified posts with cmtral forts at the crossings. Hiree war ships are about to be sent to the East Indies. The Wilson line of canal steamers coniXa P Th a e Ba g es *0 India The Idofado the oth r day arrived doH b ° mbay m twent y-« i g ht da >’ 8 from LonI he Dutch in Acheen are in much the same position as last month. Some more small states have been gained, but generally the Acheenese are still ready to fight to the last extrem ty. It is proposed to extend the hue of telegraph from Burmah via Malacca to Singapore aud Siam Three hundred lives were lost at Uonij Hong in a tyuh-on. and i 00Q bo lies have bcu recovered at Macao. Two thousand lives were lost in the Huenghran district.