ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 115, 12 May 1871, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

THE INSURRECTION IN PARIS. FRIGHTFUL SCENES, 15,000 INSURGENTS take* PRISONERS. THREATENED BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS. INTENDED RE-OCCUPATION or PARIS BY THE GERMANS.

Nelson, May 6. The Nevada arrived at Auckland on the 4th, after a splendid passage of 15 days from Honolulu. She lef*; San Francisco on the Bth ult.. and arrived at Honolulu on the 16 ; left again on the 181 hj, and reached A uckland at noon on Thursday, having experienced fine weather throughout the trip, with, since the 30th a succession of fresh galea. The;jgreatest distance accomplished in any 24- hours was 284 miles. The Nevada's passenger accommodation is magnificent. She leaves for Napier and the South to-morrow. London, April 8. The New Zealand Loan has been negotiated, £1,200,000 being the first instalment. The revoluti >n in Paris continues. The Communists have instituted a reign of terror. The guillotine has been again erected. All respectable person* have left Paris. 160,000 departed in ten days. There has been heavy fighting with the Loyalists, and many thousands have been killed. The Prussians are moving on Paris. Bismarck intends bombarding the city unless order is restored. Napoleon arrived at Dover on March 20, and vijited the Royal Family on the 2«"th. The Princess of Wales gave birth to a boy on the 6th Ap»ul. The child died the following day. At the meetin r of the Bank of Australasia a dividend of ten per ?ent. was declared. The Bank of New South Wales invites tenders for the new (New South Wales) Government loan for £400,000, at 5 per centOn the 20th March President Thiers issued a proclamation appealing to the reason and patriotism of the citizens of Paris to preserve order. Immediately following this, the insurgents in Paris commenced to trouble the Government, and in some cases the National Guards fraternised with them. On the 21st news arrived that the insurgents were successful, and on the 22nd that in leality they possessed the city of Paris. At that time it was found necessary to remove the bu'lion in the Bank of France to "V ersailles. On the 23rd, a crowd of apparently peaceable persons was fired upon by the Government troops in Paris, and at least thirty were killed and wounded. The more orderly citizens left Paris in arge numbers. On the 27th, it appeared as though the revolutionary element were dominant in several other cities in France — notably Marseilles.

Bismarck informed Thiers that unless the indemnity was paid before the 16th April. 80,000 Germans would enter Paris, suppress the revolution, and remain until the money was paid. The insurgents have been dislodged from the bridge of Neuilly. A nun who escaped from Paris has arrived at Versailles. She reports that churches have been sacked, and priests insulted and maltreated. April The Commune (of Insurrectionists) has issued a decree arraigning MM. Thiers and Favre, the leading members of the Government, before a tribunal of the people, and ordering their property 1o be seized. Another decree pronour.cea the separation of Church and State, suppresses religious bodies, and abolishes national property. The insurgents were defeated in a great battle on the 3rd, and again on the 4th, by the Government troops. Many thousands were taken prisoners. The churches of the Madeleine and the Assumption were pillaged by t- e insurgents.

The Archbishop of Paris was arrested and charged with conspiracy against the State.

April 0. Thiers has commenced negotiations with the insugenfs, and offers to concede to the Commune many of its demands. Bismarck informed Thiers that he would consider all restrictions concerning the re-occupation of Paris removed, and that he may occupy the city with 150,000 troops if necessary. One large grave has been made, and all the bodies deposited it. Pere la Chaise is one mass of people mad with passion, screaming " Vive la Kepublique!" " Vive la Commune!" April 7. Cannonading has commenced on the south side of Paris, and several shells have burst in the city. The party of conciliation are endeavoring to reconcile the Government and the Communists. It is believed that the Communists have 100,000 men under arms. Official announcements proclaim a great victory for the Government. Bismarck has received the rank of Prince; Moltke is invested with the order of the Iron Cross. Sir Henry Bulwer has been elevated to the Peerage. The marriage of the Princess Louise was solemnised on the 21st March with the greatest brilliancy. The ceremony wao performed by the Bishop of London, assisted by the Bishops of Oxford, Worcester, and Winchester. In the House of Commons Mr. Seeley gave notice that he should move for the reduction of the Transatlantic postage to one penny. The weekly returns of the Bank of England show an increase of £BB,OOO in bullion. Paris, April 7. The situation is hourly becoming more alarming. The forces of the Commune are growing bolder. Thiers's proposition to treat has inspired the Commune with fresh hopes A battle is raging in the fields between Chatillon and Vanvres. Crowds of women and children, frantic with grief, are searching the ambulances as they arrive for the bodies of husbands and fathers. The slaughter on both sides is fearful. The churches and the houses of the aristocrats have been pillaged. All priests are imprisoned. A great many murders have taken place. There were no religious services on Good Friday in Paris. German intervention is the only hope. Minister Picard announces the complete success of the Government forces after a hard struggle. General Bisson has been killed. The boat race between Cambridge and Oxford was won by the former. A large French war ship, full of troops, went ashore on the Goodwin Sands on the 6th April. £53,000 has been granted for the relief of Paris. New York, April 7. Special telegrams from Paris say that at the funerals of the insurgents killed there was great excitement. Three hearses, with black velvet palls covering the dead, and decorated with flags, were followed to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise by 8000 National Guards and crowds of citizens, including large numbers of women, as they arrived at the cemetery. Each hearse contained 33 coffins, and 23 hearses from the hospitals joined them. Washington, March 25. The naturalisation treaty between the United States and England has been confirmed by the Senate. Great Britain acknowledges the right of her subjects to renounce their alle. giance ; and Americans wishing to become naturalised British subjects may do so. Mr. Sumner made a powerful speech against the annexation of San Domin. g°The Commissioners appointed to in. vestigate the San Domingo business have reported favorably. President Grant visits California immediately after the adjournment of! Congress. j San Francisco, April 8. I Mr. Vogel telegraphed to the 4 News j of the World' that "negotiations for' New Zealand loan unguaranteed de-

f bentures proved a great success. Tenders were called for £L,200,0 0, and the total has been tendered tor at and above the minimum of £95 " On April Bth the Government troops made a vigorous attack upon the in. surgents and the National Guards at Neuilly. The combat still continues, and the Nationals have everywhere abandoned the offensive lor the defensive Large forces of insurgents from Gennevilliers surrounded the Govern, ment troops, and made a bold attempt to pierce the line of the Versailles army, and return to Paris, but it proved utterly futile. All the shops were closed, to allow the men to serve in the organisation. ADDITIONAL SUMMARY. London, April G. In the small engagements between the Paris Communists and the Govern, ment troops, the prisoners taken were generally shot at once.

On A pril sth 15,000 insurgents were taken prisoners. Paris was in a state of consternation, and the people andl the Government at Versailles were greatly incensed against the insurgents.

The following is the text of a proclamation regarding the battle at Ohatillon, issued by M. Ernest Picard, who represents the Government at Versailles : —" April sth.—The insurgents have received a decisive check. Our troops captured the redoubt at Chatillon with 2000 prisoners. Flouren# and Duval (the insurgent leaders) are dead, and General Henri is a prisoner. Twenty.two of the Communist leaders have resigned, and Assy is imprisoned by his own followers." M. Picard expresses his gratification with this resuit, which was expected. There had been two days' hard battle between the Government forces and 100,000 Communists, in which the latter were defeated with terrible slaughter; many of them threw down their arms and begged for mercy. At Marseilles the insurgents, who were mainly Garibaldians, were nearly all arrested. Garibaldi refuses to fight, except against a foreign foe. An insurrection broke out in Algeria in March. Direct telegraph communication be. tween London and Paris has ceased, the insm gents having cut the wires. , M. Thiers' offer to negotiate with the insurgents after the Government victory is strongly censured, as giving strength and hope to the insurgents, when he should have followed up the victory. This mismanagement led Bismarck to warn him that thio indecisive policy must end, and that the insurrection must be suppressed, otherwise the Germans would march into Paris in force, put down the insurgents, and hold the city until a stable Government was established. In his address to the German Parliament, the Emperor William thanki the army, and points to the visible guidance of God throughout the war. He says that the present condition of France is owing to the revolutions of the last 80 years, and adds that th® German nationality in Alsace and Lorraine, although defaced, is not destroyed. He concludes thus: —"Being an old man, I merely lay the foundations of an Empire which my successors may complete." The ratification by the Turkish Government of the .Russian Convention, abrogating the limitation of the Black Sea, hss been published at St. Petersburg. Matters in the Principalities Are •til] in an unsettled state.