AT AUCKLAND, via SAN FRANCISCO.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 128, 1 June 1871, Page 2

AT AUCKLAND, via SAN FRANCISCO.

The Nebraska arrived at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, with San Francisco dates to May 6.; She occupied 23 days 19 hours in the passage, being one day, five hours under contract time.. She left San Francisco May 6th, at.noon.; Honolulu on the 15th, at.JT a.m. Passengers for. Auckland : Messrs.'ST. Ellis, T. C. Watson, Sj. "Duncan, E. Parsous; n *_R;i W."Stewart Forbes, A. K. Mason, T. Humphries, Rohertßird, Sophi^ WesV'T- C. dobb^-Gi Morris, aud-' 26 for Sydney apd, Melbouruei; ; v BEIEy" SUAJMAEV. ! 93$".«tf{5o-l'orii_i steady; Maiket, buoyant, price- advancing.

The insurrection in Paris still continues with <tes per.ate fighting, ~ The Prussians have notified that if the Versailles; .arnoiy fail tp occupy Paris before May 8, 4he'y ; ;j#rll re,-enter7,\ .•„ " The insurgents lost 2000 men since May 1. All hopes of peace are abandoned. ' ' Oaths are abolished, and flags of truce not recognised . The Queen of the Thames is reported to be lost. The Woman Suffragejjffln has been defended in Parliament. ikw general summary. Paris, May 4. — The Commune re-occupied Fort Icsy. General Rossel forbids any communication. The enemy refuses flags of truce lhe Versailles army are actively investing. Chisseul is to be tried for complicity with the Prussians. Shells from Versailles fell in the \i ne Vangierond ; several persons were killed in the streeets. The Prussians demand strict adherence to the terms of the capitulation. Heavy fighting between the Imperials and Communists. Fort Issy and other posts alternately captured and recaptured in fight by Clamart with terrible slaughter. Three hundred insurgents bayoneted. Engagements as to the occupation of Neuilly terminated indecisively. The insurgents endeavored to erect a citadel at Pont .le Jour, but Fort Valerien shelled the work and demolished it. * Versailles batteries also sjielle.d Issy. General Megybe (?) was tried by court martial for abandoning- Fort Issy. i Torpedoes are placed near the southern forts. On trying them, five houses were blown up. The troops refuse to give quarter to the insurgents, their aneer against them being very great Spies say that 30,000 Nationals will support the Versailles troops when they enter Paris. On May 4, the Versailles force carried one of the insurgent positions killing 150 Communists. They captured 10 cannon and made 3000 prisoners. They abandoned the position shortly after, being exposed to a heavy fire. Fort Issy is completely surrounded; the garrison cannot escape. There was a constant fire on the sth. The Castle at Issy has been burnt by shells. The Versailles batteries shelled Auteuil damarred the railway station, and compelled the inhabitants to flee. Issy fired slowly, receiving a pprffet hail of shells. Vauvres ditto. The Versaillists have captured St. Germain, and established a battery. A naval combat between gunboats is expected. The Communists occupy the trenches in the Valley of Neif, and the Versaillists unmasked a batt» ry at Moritrelle. j Th^re has been a/continuous bombardment from Montrouge without result. The Versaillists have constructed batteries at Neuillv. The shells from Valerien ignited the L-ivellois (?) The Prussians allowed the prisoners to enter Taris. j Prince Napoleon is reported to be in London, The Orleanist princes have been expelled from Paris by order of Thiers. Thiers refuses commercial (1) with Germany. An extensive insurrection is reported in Algiers '. The Versailles forces are massing to attack Fort Issy. A decisive action is imminent. Bismarck has gone to Frankfort to meet Favre. The Communists are in want of money.