AERIVAL OF THE ENGLISH NEWS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 139, 14 June 1871, Page 2

AERIVAL OF THE ENGLISH NEWS

AT THE ELUFF. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. [Pee Greville's Company, Reuter's Agents.] SUMMARY OF LATE TELEGRAMS TO MAY 10th. CONTINUED FIGHTING IN PARIS SINCE THE MAIL LEFT. Melbourne, 4th June. The following is a summary of events from the 22ad of April : — The Commune claimed to have recaptured aud barricaded Neuilly. Preparations are making to resist a general attack by the Versailles troops, Complete investment of Paris. Projected armies at Neuilly. On the 24th the inhabitants were allowed to leave the town. The belligerents in Paris took advantage of the armistice to repair the barracks and construct others. , Notice was given to the Chemin de Fer dv Nord on the 26th that the blockade of Paris had commenced. All provisions to be stopped. Cannonading commenced violently along the whole line. Prince Bismarck in Reichtag, declares that the Paris forts can only be surrendered after a final conclusive peace, even if the first instalment of the indemnity; had been previously paid. . The French have paid the iaiiaount due

for the maintenance of the Germans in France up to the 2nd April. The French propose to pay the indemnity principally in rentes, which the Germans oppose. Favre has gone to Frankfort to settle difficulties arising from Brussels Peace Negotiations. The Federalists state that if necessary they will blow up the Paris forts on the 29th. An attack against Paris by the Versailles troops has been repulsed, and others advanced from Clamarl, and occupied the neighborhood of Issy, which Fort nearly destroyed the garrison. It has since been abandoned. On the 2nd a battalion of Chasseurs carried at the point of the bayonet, the railway station at Claraart, and Chateau Issy, capturing 300 Federalists. The Versailles troops unmasked a formidable battery at Mount Eetort. A sharp engagement occurred round Issy on the night of the 6th in trenches uuiting Issy and Vauvres, several insurgents were made prisoners and the bombardment still continues. A League has been established. for supporting Liberties. Paris is making her last effort to-fcring about a conciliation. M. Thiers replied to the Freemasons that be desires war to end, but France will not capitulate to insurgents. Disorders have occurred in London before the Houses of Parliament in consequence of the Lowe Budget. Petitions were presented from the working-men against the lucifer match tax which. Lowe has since withdrawn. : Strong opposition to the increase of the Income tax. The Government is firm, and gained two or three divisions on the subject. For the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, Booth well, first, Sterling, second; Chester Cup, Glenliven, first; One Thousand Guineas, Hannah, first. The Habeas Corpus Act is about to be suspended in Westmeath. Thirly thousand operators have been locked out at Oldham iv consequence of a dispute regarding the closing hour. The Saturday Times publishes a telegram from Copenhagen, stating that difficulties have arisen between Denmark and Prussia in consequence of immigrants from Schleswig to Denmark being called to their military districts for the loth of May. London, April 26. — The steamer Queen of the Thames has been wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope. London, May 14.— The Briton arrived at Plymouth w,ith the first-class passengers of the Queen of the Thames, and the second-class will follow by the next Cape steamer. The Queen of the Thames sold, with cargo, for £15,000. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, April 21. — Discount, 2A per cent. Consols, 93. Moo\ better. Operations on a large scale renewed by French trade. Average »vance, fd to a Id on February otations. The Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise y^e gone on a Continental tour. Aprirmh.-^A review of volunteers has been held at Brighton. The manceuvering was* generally considered unsatisfactory, but the discipline of the men waa good. % LATE TELEGRAMS UNPUBLISHED. London, May 12. — The treaty between France and Germany stipulates for the payment of half-a-million of francs, thirty days after the takipg of Paris by the Versailles troops from the insurgents. Delay has been granted for the payment of the balance. Former treaties of commerce have^been thrice abrogated. The bombardment on the ramparts of Paris continues vigorously. Auteuil and Brassy suffering greatly. Business in wool chiefly for arrival; all kinds are Id. to l£d. higher than in February. Tallow quiet and unchanged. The first sitting of the Albert Arbitration Committee is fixed for May 26th. The Anglo-American treaty provides for the appointment of five arbitrators for the settlement of the Alabama claims, namely — by Queen Victoria, President Grant, Brazil, Italy, and Switzerland. The arbitrators will meet at Geneva; the treaty is for ten years, both parties undertake henceforth to prevent a recurrence of incidents like that of the Alabama. Obituary. — Sir John Herschel. LATEST SPECIAL REUTER'S TO GEEVILLB. Versailles; May 13.— The Government troops occupied fort Vauvres to-day, which the insurgents evacuated. Fifty guns and eight mortars were captured.