GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 164, 13 July 1871, Page 2

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Paris journals declare that the Legitimists and Orleanists have come to an understanding about the succession to the seat of power vacated by Napoleon, and the prevailing opinion amongst the journals is that the Count de Chambord (a Bourbon) will shortly be King of France. There is a rumor current that tiiej Versailles Cabinet is about to resigu. v y Paris is now divided into four military districts. The powers of the police are transferred to the military. The Paris Gendarmes have been increased by 6000 men, and the Republican Guards by 12,000. The question has been raised of constructing forts in the interior of Paris, to prevent any fresh insurrections. The Prussians who were at St. Denis are returning home. Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. M. Rochfort's trial commenced on 3rd May. .. C Peace negotiations ftave been completed at Frankfort. The triumphant entry of the Germans is fixed for 18th of June. Gladstone has announced his determination to pass his Army Reform and Ballot Bills this session. The Galatea is dismantled at Plymouth. The Duke of Edinburgh is visiting the Queen at Balmoral. The freedom of the city of Aberdeen has been offered him. The Chartered Bank of Australia has. declared a dividend of eight per cent. The examination of the witnesses in the Tichborne Baronetcy case has commenced. The evidence as to the claimant's identity is increasingly strong. Ten thousand Tyne engineers have struck work. The French journals ask for a cessation of the summary executions and trial of prisoners. Attention has been called, in the House of Commons, to the reported capture of Herat, and to the Russian movements in Central Asia. Sir John Herschel is dead, and has been buried in Westminster Abbey. The other intelligence is unimportant. No later wool news.