THE NEWS BY THE MAIL.
[A press of advertisements coming in at a late hour yesterday prevented the publication of the following telegrams, which were then in type.] MISCELLANEOUS. A solemn requiem service will be held in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, on Tuesday, in honor of the martyred Archbishop Darboy. The health of Paris is now good. London, July 16. — The police of London have dispersed a meeting at Hyde Park, the object of which was the promotion of emigration from the United Kingdom. Their action was rendered necessary by the noise and confusion incident to the proceedings. Paris, July 14. — Members of the Commune will all be tried together. Arrests continue. Paris, July 14. — M. Favre is negotiating with Germany for the return of ten thousand captured cars. London, July 14. — The Times makes the New York riots the text for an article upon the condition of affairs in Ireland, which concludes aa follows: "If Irish feuds are as implacable in America as they are in Ireland, and more sanguinary, Irishmen must ask themselves whether Irish nature is not more responsible for the troubles in Ireland tban English misrule." London, July 18. — Couufc Chambord is dow at lhe Chateau Chambord. He refuses to see the Orleans Princes until be consults the people of France. His proclamation calling upon the people to rally around the Bourbon throne creates great excitement, and unless the authorities interfere, there will be an imitation of Napoleon's Strasbourg programme. The Times publishes a letler vindicating the conduct of the United States Minister Washburne during the siege of Puris, slating in the most emphatic terms that Washburne was never iv favor of the Communists. The French National Assembly is engaged in the discussion of the bill recently introduced providing for the election of Consuls. The French railways have made considerable reduction in the rates for transportation of goods and passengers. Many prominent French Republicans, including a number of members of the Assembly gave a banquet in honor of Gambetta. The deaths in Paris are rapidly decreasing. It is announced that France will issue a loan of six hundred million francs, to be expended in the repairing and rebuilding of monuments and public works damaged or destroyed during the siege. Madrid, July 8. — It is announced that Serrano was to resign the Presidency of tbe Council of Ministers in case of the failure of the Budget in the Cortes. Rome, July 7. — The French Charge d' Affaires at the Italian Court has taken up his residence at Rome. The Austrian Minister is expected at an early day. f~ Paris, Jhly 9. — The manifesto of Count de Chambord is generally condemned in severe terms by the press, as calculated to increase the agitation which it pretends to deprecate. The army everywhere voted the Republican ticket for the Assembly. Gambetta is about to undertake the publication of a newspaper, and has proposed to General Faidherbe to take charge of the military portion of the journal. The present harvest of France will fall below the usual average. Ems, July 9. — The Emperor William arrived here to-day, and was received with enthusiastic rejoicing by the people. Tonight the city is illuminated in his honor. Paris, July 9. — The Gaulois says several Legitimists will resign their seats in the Assembly. Gambetta has written a letter rejoicing over the result of the elections, urging moderatiou and patience. The Assembly, by a vote of 483 to 5, pqssed a bill imposing additional taxes on colonial produce. The elections for Paris will be held od the 26th inst. All the lists of candidates voted for by the army were headed by Gambetta's name. Paris, July 9. — The French ship Severence was totally wrecked on the coast of the Cape of Good Hope; all on board, and a large number of passengers were lost. One hundred and fifty bodies were washed ashore. London, July 23. — In the House of Commons to-day two fruitless attacks were made on the royal privileges; one was a proposition to build a much-needed public road through the grounds and by the side of Buckingham Palace; the other was a proposition to sell the unoccupied palaces, such as St. James and Hampton Court, and apply the proceeds to the-re-duetion of the public debt* Both were rejected.
Gladstone and the Whig members were conscientious in their devotion to the Crown, and their antagonism to the measures proposed. London, June 27. — The strikinsr miners of South Wales now number 9,000, and there seems to he no prospect of a settlement of the difficulty with the companies. A subterranean fire is known to be raging in Sheffield, and fears are entertained that it is an old colliery which extends to the very centre of the town. London, June 28. — The gazette announces that ratifications of the treaty of Washington were exchanged on the 17th. It says commissioners will shortly be named to carry out the stipulations, and asks all persons having claims against the United States to prefer them within six months from the first meeting. Lomlon, June 29. — In the House of Lords to-niaht Lord Cranmore moved a resolve expressing regret that the Queen hud been advised to sign the treaty o' Wai-hinjilon — a bargain so unbecoming to the honor and dignity of the country. lis conditions were iv conflict with instructions giveu, and were abject and humiliatin-r, and irritated Canada without conciliating America Earl Aertie defeuded and praised the treaty.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 198, 22 August 1871, Page 4
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