LATER WAR NEW.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 110, 7 April 1871, Page 3

LATER WAR NEW.

. The Paris indemnit^hjis. been -paidJ and the armistice, is^extendid^tp/ the "24th. . Bismarck only leniereS an armistice for five days.. 'Mil war^&iitrf- £ butio'n of .the -city; otjrjgaigs -.«fe '£ 8,000,000, anxib tbatcoptkeidepjirtment "Of the Seine at £25,0(-K;);O0O-'i^~.An acthat l^antfe -heavies- terms would..be ? exaVted J . £ (rdverauiientshia^eOrdered • Vth at s &6uld' : be' ■4b rtified j and .placed in, a statft of cqiiiplete preparation for war. " u '' 1 1 .

Some 15,00 << mew are .said to have been lost during; ; the bqinbardment of the fortsi(jfißarij3.i t P.aris itself lias been bombarded, - and the. -Provisional Covernmeut^p.GQtested .49^jtfe .powers against-the bombardment of the hospitals.' > General . Von\ Moltke ;re- | plied that the Bombardment of the hosj pitals was owktgt»s '-fohieh presented'£H6 taking aim. Many W in Pb-ris 1 damaged,-and numerous casualties-have occurred in the streets. . Ii" r> IK: /.

The Prussian armies in France are .expected-befdre'theiend; of thd month to number over half-a-million of - It is 1 reported-that the-Kingl of Prussia declines to receive or acknowledge the Marquis of Lorn as the husband of the Princess Louise.

The Tictiborrie baronetcy case before the Court on the 25th January,' and was adjourned until the 9th of May, l on the ground of the a>seuce of several witnesses detained in Paris. Serjeant Balla,ntyne promises to severely crossexamine the claimant.

Advices were sent to Melbourne on the 2nd that t'rn Peninsuiar andOriM-' tal Company had reduced the tares from Melbourne and .Sydney to London to £BS first cla?s, and. £SO second class, via Southampton. The rate from King George's Sound to be £5 less than before. .By* Urindisi rales are £BO and £4O, anjd £75 and £lO respectively.

. A note from Chislehurst, where the Empress is residing, contradicts the assertion that the Empress has accepted the Prussian terms of peace. Large reinforcements from (Germany have There, is a cry for peace .in G-ermany also. The Count de Chainjbord's circular on the Prussian baroailities has-been replied to by Bismarck, : whg,. ViiTe^riiV 'eifc'essefe. General corps, effected -his retreat from Portarlier. "i : , •

Paris feeling favors the Orleans family. ; The' Dtfc' 'd ? Aumale is elected for Beavis, an'd" the 1 Prince de Join villa for Cherbourg. Two vessels transferred from thie G-erman to-the 'English flag, have been seized by the French as prizes and sent to Saigon. • ! English authorities protested. "L '

• Numerous: ei?Q>yde.d«-meetjngs have been held in London sympathising with France, and urging England to take part in the.-.war. Counter meetings of the working the proposals of intervention. nl ;IJOri '* The proprietdhCbf^©;' Daily Telegraph gave £ sie. French relief fund. ;,< !!., «-£<: .v-; The Parliamentary• appea 1 case—the Speaker of the Victbrtaii f A ssombly v. Hugh'Grlass'has heard, and the appeal has been allowed by the Privv Council, which orders the Colonial Court to reverse-the order as to costs. Austria is becoming more Iriendly towards 1

f The of the Eastern \j :estion is procuring a feeling of alienation between AusLjia and .Russia., as their interests are conflicting, liussia is vigorously increasing her annv efficiency. The Prussian Government deny the right of the Catholi.- Bishops to deprive of their salaries th« proi'essors who deny the dogma of infallibility. The A merioan Congress, bv 172 votes against 21, derided on . M"r. ; Butler's motion to welcome .the..Fenian exiles. Thfe'iviug of ..|)aiu acting, nobly

in his dilii ult circumstances. The new ministry, under Serrano are busy with measures of reform. The state of civil discord is lulled.

The correspondence in reference to Mr. Motley's recall shows that he was' shamefully treated.

(xonernl Scheack is -warned., against the after diuner speeches. Smalr' s ffox Kas been prevalent in Europe simultnnGously*i4M m

In India the rumored cession of Pondicherry has provoked a feeWjS. ' ' - A large ,, Henry. b.re ech - Rfivpminc&t bf jK'e'vv South Wales.

| a r Mr. Richard .Tonesbas perfected his j new- pi%^^d' ! m^t^ji't)«essv , -by^'which/ J the juice aoid fiavor'Sf6 : rieMte j quarttatifesiofrA ustralian preserved; 1 have been sent to Paris. The left Galle' rt'or aMelbourne on fti at Batavia. Sliq steams and sails but slowly. She has f6fuiVd^®me^?:ot : ; all the-popts- crew are sickly fpOEfi«scatT"" On the 16th--K!lCardwefi.presented„ the army the purcoase pypte:iJ: , tion for persons holding Commissions-are itol be-' couipetitive examinations. -The of selection and hands of the 0&m r who •with the ;staff, -will""* remove to the War' Office. *' ' ; Prepar^iqns^'e^bej vi|gr^ia^k\ii}(Germany for the reception of 300,060' moie prisonetsK)' •> K-; J>i ■ ,;;0 jt ]f. f" GeneratiGhanayj showed over ; confident 1 ba-lii tc i tHe-'E nearly 6tei»~ taken SedM at; S lie L -M:aus. A fo reed.,iuft ; t'(Vat .saved He lost an" immense, .quantity of ' ; \ many frrfe'dneri*;-; ?Hi»:blsmeßifchVdefec-" tion of the !^etbn I JVrobile«i- "ißmirbaki ! spent -.;:iays TjjWlinjf, ' army | asrainst- General herder's entrenched j fon-p. but. tae arrival 6f ; reinj forccments obligedjhirn to.retreat. 1 f«aribaldi is ill at Autun.

Tie (iiiriinildians destroyed a Prussian re^im.-lit when attempting the capture of Diion., , *

Faidlu-rhe in the North was equally ni i fortunate, notwithstanding the ' " ; greatest irailautry, and after nearly overthrowing the Germans. The Fiench army suffered frightfully from want of food and clothing, and is reported to he in a state of dissolution. Confiscation and'exile are threatened to the Alsacians and Lorrainprs enlisting in the French forces. The ' Tinges,"' of the 25th January, publishes a letter from Sir .Boderick Murchison, containing direct evidence of the safety of Dr. Livingston. Agrarian outrages continue in Ireknf ■ . r, Two, falul;-colliery explosions hftre occurred in Derbyshire, and K three .itr Staffordshire. Many railway accidents have also takerFpTace. ■•••• A colliers' strike of 30,000 meH is threatened for a rise of wages. Public mortality is. increased by the severity ofY.ie weather. jMnny people have been frozen to death in London.

On Pobruiry 17th Mr. Gladstone Gcnnany and France must arrange tHp eb#ditions of peace 'for themselves, . lie..believed the beligerents did;:not desire intervention. He hoped the conditions would b£ moderate, and regarded-w ith horror the imposition of intolerable conditions, which would result in another war. If negotiations failed the good offices of tin gland might be used." • .