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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 1020, 18 May 1871, Page 2

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VIA SAN FRAJN CISCO. GENERAL SUMMARY. San Francisco, April 17. Anarchj still continues iu France. The Government troops carried F«»rtde Neuilly, on the 7th April, with great slaughter. The rebels, on the Bth of April, were constantly

fling shells into P ris. On April 9 there was desperate figh inn ar- u id iheriiy. The party yt conciliation have b en r-d'uWing tbi j ir if<rti*. On the same dav there w;i» great cannonading. Tlie Champa -"Elysecg being deserted, owing to the number of shells falling into the ei'y. London, April 10. The Ghuroh of Notre Dame de^-Paris has been sacked. The Governmental batteries made a partial breach in the fortifications yesterday. Paris, April 10. The Conciergeries areifiiled with priests and nuns, arrested on warrants in which they are denominated ; u -citizens who are self styled servants of a person called God." The Archbishop was stripped naked, bound to a pillar, and scourged and mocked for hours by a band of ferocious Reds.. 'Paris, April I'i. The Commune elected by the insurgents are barricading every street. They have more than 200,000 desperate men under their command. The insurgents demand £1.000,000 otherwise they will kill the Archbishop of Paris. The insurgents took away the plate balonging to the Foreign Office. The iron-clad fleet of the Seine is at Puis. An attack is imminent. The Siecle and the Terhj)4 newspaper* have been suppressed. Berlin, April 12. The official organ states that Germanywill only interfere in France to collect the indemnity. pAnis, April 11. The Parisian women have been invitedto go in the defence of Paris. • April 12, via London. A loud and uninterrupted cannonade has been k pt Up since last evening between Chatillon atid the Southern forts. London, April 12". Napoleon is seriously ill at Cm-e<hur*t. A Tirrves special says that a column «»f insurgents has advanced unopposed on Clamart, Thiers will not take decisive actions till 50,000 men are added to his army. Versailles, April 13. The delegates from the party of conciliation have returned to Paris. The conditions of peace proposed by Theirs are, i hat Paris should lay down her arms» Then a municipal franchise .would be granted to the city. Paris, April 13. The communists propose to demolish the column in the Place Wndome. London, April 14. The insurgents occupy Neui'ly. There is a report of treachery on the part of the insurgent eomrnan er. Great damage has been done in Paris by the shells of the insurgents. 2000 prisoners are said to have been taken at Viliiers. Paris, April 17. Shells and bullets are falling in the street* of Paris. Crowds are demanding passports to leave the city. The streets leading from Porte Maillot are in ruins. A terrible cannonade was k»-pt up last night. The Government troops were repulsed. Delegates of the Commune took an inventory of all the obj cts of value in the Paris Chambers. A number of manufacturers have be-m arrested by order of the Commune, and their manufactories closed, in order to force the woikmen to join the Forces. The price of freah meat has been doubled. A prominent American banker has off-red to buy the comma on the Place Vendome and take it to the Central Park, New York. ENGLISH NEWS. The annual review of the Volunteers was held at Brighton on the 10th April. Among the distinguished persons present were Prince Arthur, the Prince of Stxe Weimar, the Duke of Cambridge, and Menotu Garibaldi. The evolutions were gone through under the command of General Sir James 11. Grant, AMERICAN NEWS. The labours of the J-unt High Commission at Washington progress favourably, the only trouble arising, being in reference to the San Juan boundary. It is now officially understood that they have'concluded a convention, containing the basis of a settfemeut on the Alabama question, to the effect claims shall be submitted to a commission of. five members . representing England; the United States,

< Brazil. S-vi'zeHand, and Italy. If either of the latter-fchrse Powers fail to .appoint a G'Mijmisaioner, the vacancy is to.be filled by Sweden and Norway. : f i 'i 'n .LATEST. Unpublished despatches received by . cable "aud. overland, line, on April 17 at 1 p.m., are the following;.— Paris, April 17. ' General Cluseret, in his official report to the Commune, says that Fort Vanvres was atta< k (1 five times in succession on Saturday ; that an obstinate struggle was going on at Neuilly, between the Government and the Cnmmunists, where the ground was . being disputed by inches. The Versailles Government are concentrating their troops, and a severe attack is expected;. The Germans have been reinforced by 18,000 men, and are preparing to intervene. The sale of horseflesh has again commenced in Paris, and other signs of the scarcity of food are manifesting themselves. Lond >n, April 17. The Paris elections for the Commune attracted . little attention ; many persons abstaining from voting. There was a demonstration yesterday ia.Hyde Park, in favor of the insurgents. Paris, April 17. A number of manufacturers have been arrested for keeping their workshop open and preventing the Nationals from joining the Communists. The Germans occupy St. Owen. ltio Janeiro, March 25. The Emperor and Empress of Brazil will go to Europe in May. -London, Apiil 17. The Times, in a leader on the Alabama question, hails the probable settlement of the case with genuine satisfaction, and thinks that arbitration will acquit England. A special to the Times from Versailles ' says, that the Prussian treuchas on the ' Terrace de Moudon are now occupied by the French Government troops. Sixteen guns pointing at Issy and Vanvres have been placed in position. New York, April 17. A Tribune's special from Paris says, that on Sunday, firing was incessant. The Government at Versailles gives the rebels six hours to surrender. The city is completely invested. Vanvres sustained five separate assaults last evening. Ambulances were seen' carrying the dead and wounded of the assailants. The fighting outside Paris has been ineessant, resulting in complete victory for the insurgents. 1000 government soldiers were killed at Vanure and several hundred were taken prisoners at Neuilly. The Commune has taken all the railroads leading out of Paris under its control. Yesterday attacks were innde by the insurgents on the Porte Dauphine. The Champs Elysees have been much damaged by shells. The buildings occupied by the American legation have been damaged. Minister VVashburne remains at his post. There are only provisions enough in Paris to last three weeks.