ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 109, 31 March 1871, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

CAPITULATION OF PAKI f 3. The Marquis of Xormanby has been appointed Governor of Queensland. Favre returned to Versailles on the ,27th January, with General Beaufort, when an armistice for three weeks was concluded, and immediately extended throughout France. By the stipulations of tbe armistice Paris capitulated, the army remaining prisoners of war inside the capital. It was further agreed that the army should be surrendered except the National Guard, and one division of the army to keep order in the city ; that Paris should pay a war contribution of two million francs; that the Germans should be forbidden to enter Paris durin the armistice ; that the -evictualling of Paris be allowed, the city remaining invested, but egress allowed and postal communication re-opened ; entrance of foreigners restrict ed ; Paris to be disarmed ; the armies in the field to retain possession of the country occupied. The armistice has since been prolonged. All Paris forthwith surrendered. To prevent immediate starvation, throe millions of rations were supplied by the Germans. The British ships Medusa, Buffalo, and Valorous, loaded at Woolwich two

thousand ton;? of proviMons and twentyfour ovens, for biscuits, for .Paris. There were great republican disturbances inside Paris before the? ciipitulation.

General Ducrot poisoned himsdf in despair.

JBourbaki attempted suicide, .m l is not expected to recover. His nrtny, 80,000 strong, with artillery, after bejiig driven to the frontier, entered Switzcrlaud, and surrendered to the autiiori"ties.

-A- * ,J J states that the terms of peace announced bj .Bismarck comprise an indemnity often milliards of francs, equal to four hundred millions sterling, the cession of Alsace, Lorraine, Mel/, Bolfort, and Pondie'ierry. Tlie.sc extreme conditions caused gloomy anticipations in London.

A telegram dated tlio sth stales tluit the conditions of peace published in London and Bordeaux aro inaccurate regarding Lorraine and twenty war ships ; ulso, that the indemnity is three, not ten milliards of francs.

The Bank of England granted one hundred thousand pound* towards the relief fund.

Paris expressed cordial gratitu let ) a deputation from London.

At this time warlike feeling prevails' in the south of France.

On the 13th Prince Joinville and General Changarnier also arrived at Bordeaux.

Members of thu Bonaparte fami.lv were declared ineligible as representatives.

Napoleon hats issued a proclamation to the French people, which the English press condemns.

Garibaldi was elected for Nice, but resigned. The feeling in Pari;* favors the Orleans family. The National Assembly met at Bordeaux. Three hundred ineujiHTjs were present.

The election? proved largely in fi.vor of the monarchists.

The war party are losing ground. At the Conference Prussia, Austria, and Kussia united in wi.4iin<j r Princo Charles to remain on the Roumanian throne.

Correspondence relating to the Bl.ick Sea treaty, published in the papers .sent by Mr. Elliot, Minister at Constantinople, prov.-s that within three years after thu date of its signature all cue Powers except England manifested a readiness to sacrifice the principal element of the treaty.

Feb. IS. Paris ia very quiet. The Government of Defence has resigned. Two-thirds of the members elected are monarchists.

Favre has been elected for Paris. Prince Napoleon for Cotsica. The Assembly has resolved to appoint a commission to negotiate uvins of peace. The volunteers in Britain are to be more carefully organised ; the regulars, volunteers, and militia, bringing the strength of the army to 4-31,000 men, Thiers is nominated Chief of the .Executive. Great Britain acknowledges his government.

London, Feb. 20. The 'Moniteur' ('Versailles) aaya there will be no middle terms of peace, but those communicated to the French are Bismarck's ultimatum. If they are rejected the war continues.

lhiers and Bismarck meet, to-day at Seeaux.

The ' Times ' of the 20tb telegraphs to Berlin that the London conference agrees to open the Black Sea to foreign war vessels, and authorises the Porto to admit through the Dardanelles all war vessels except Roumanian and Russian.

Turkey hesitates. The proposal is unopposed by Russia. Constantinople, l (, eb. 20. The Porte opposes the Powers having more than two vessels within tho Dardanelles.