GENERAL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 217, 13 September 1871, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Queen is dangerously 111 i :,".? = M I i France,, August iHth.—Another instalment <of the War.,indemnity i h&s l .bee.n paid. ( The ''German 'army of occupation' is reduced to 150,000; - ', There" are 32,000 Communist for jtriftlc i\ ; ; y * ; There is ..frightful Jamine and cannibalism in .j Pe.rsia and cholera Jn Europe,. . < i Incendiary fires have taken place in Paris. ; Watnßs?ey, stated thafe the^/aftWl^erre; release^ convjcss att^givp/a^ms^oastf^ly:.'/, jKQjfwmitted j his share in the execution of prisoners but said that Ktflwas justified) by Ithe' law of retaliation. 1 A -despatch - from._General ~ Algiers.- reports . a, brilliant victory » over <■ thef iraurgente r at » WwW GovernnjentWgoliatioriW* *JK / * * ' j Mftqmajiqn gr?Rorjsi $p total losses of the Versaillists during the siege of Paris to have 6een 75,148 men.

The trials of the Communists hare commenced, and the Assembly Tfeis*passed a^Bill ; *o"'Yacilitate j.the dispoßa%ofc»32,oßp caßes f f l .". *■ f r 2 ' England lias::: refused ?icf.Qextr&tiite jGommunist ■■ ref threes. \£ *c' • - ,Si* % The|title%%Pr^ider^>f tb& Kextujflic, has been conferred" upon Thiers, a3a\ alscPall/ the powers heretofore exercised by the^chieHn the Executive The proposal to confirm it for three years has been" favorably received by the Assembly,-, and will probably be carried. A court-martial at Rouen has sentenced to death two soldiers for deserting the ranks Com- * mune. August .-IS.T-The, Queen its .confined to her room, and 'physicians arVin'cohstant attendance. : The Ballot Bill has been rejected by a majority of 49. Chief Justice Cockburn i» appointed the English arbitrator in the Washington treaty. Sir Eoundell Palmer will act as counsel for Great Britain. The Orangemen of Londonderry have had a terrible collision with the police and military, consequent upon an attempt to form a procession in celebration of the anniversary. The city police and military were called out to. quiet /the disturbance. Numbers were wounded, but few arrests made. A meeting was held in Hyde Park on August 13, to protest against the suppression of meetings in Dublin. /. Asiatic cholera has appeared in London, creating great" excitement among the people. Berlin despatches say that cholera is increasing in Konigsberg. The . contributions . for the repairs and completion of St. Paul's Cathedral are progressing satisfactorily. Napoleon is said to have great faith in his restoration. A London special says that the Hyde Park meeting was a great failure, there being about 20 men arid 1000 ragamuffin boys present. A lively debate took place in the House of Commons on" August 14 on army matters. Mr. Cardwell defended the English military system, and condemned that of Prussia as being unworthy of a free country. The subject dropped without any motion. A dreadful calamity is reported at the small : island of Sugalondia. A volcano burst out into eruption, and at the same time a convulsion took place at sea., A wave 40 yards high swept away numbers of human beings and' cattle. '416 people perished. ..,.„.. A letter from the Jewish Labii, in Persia says that the country is suffering the direst calimity, compared with yrhich the worst situation ; is a trifle. Mothers and fathers are eating their children, husbands doing the same to their wives; grown up brothers killing their youngest brothers and sisters, and sometimes their fathers and mothers, for food. Food, food, is all the cry. - ': .-..•-:•'.' . •■•' August 14. — A meeting of forty delegates from Australia, Germany, and Switzerland are founding a New Church in Germany. The delegates are divided in their opinions as to whether they should recognise the supremacy of the Pope. The Empress of Austria is visiting Germany and cordial feelings are exchanged. The London Post attributes a political significance to a meeting of supposed convicts. There are rumors of an alliance between France and Eussia. Bismarck and Beust go to attend a meeting of Emperors in Eussia. August 14. — Eusßia is arming extensively and is reported to have formed an alliance with France. ;> . The Herald correspondent mentions the discovery of a well-organised scheme aimed at the Government of the" Empire! Arrests of noblemen, merchants, and tradesmen, have been made. • ■ Eome, August 13,— An encyclical letter has" been issued by the Pope urging the faithful to offer up prayers for the of the Holy See, and the triumph of the Church.