NEWS BY THE MAIL

Southland Times, Issue 1333, 8 November 1870, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL

We take the following additional items < of Home intelligence from our exchanges to hand by the Tararua : — I London, Sept. 10. j English members of Parliament have assumed tbe Eed Cross, and follow the ; armies, as do also numerous ladies. Over £10,000 has been subscribed to ; tbe relief fund. i Mr Eobert Applegarth is sent by the trades unions to ascertain the effects of j war in tbe homes and families of the working men. It is said that the Emperor has been grossly deceived regarding bis war establishment. The amounts voted bad been squandered. He was also misled respecting the South G-erman feeling .towards Prussia. Symptoms of social disorganisation in France are visible, and attacks have been made on the upper classes, and the clergy i in country districts, as sympathisers with Prussia. A crusade is declared against Protestants as traitors. The mayors of Nancy and Epernay have been dismissed for counselling the unarmed citizens to non-resistance. Lieutenant Horth, a Prussian spy, was executed at Paris on the 27th August. The English public are greatly excited over the question of tbe military resources of tbe country. The Times and Spectator demand the appointment of a great organiser, Lord Lawrence or Lord ' Napier of Magdala, to the Ministry of War. There is an abundance of men, including the militia and the volunteers, but they want officers and organisation. Colonel Pemberton, The Times correspondent, was shot at the side of tbe Crown Prince of Saxony, in the battle of Sedan. The Earl of Aberdeen was drowned while on a voyage to America and Melbourne. The Admiralty has resolved to build two vessels like the Cerberus. The O'Donoughue is passing through the Bankruptcy Court. The agitation at Paris was immense on the news of the Emperor's surrender. General Trochu was called to assume the dictatorship. The Imperial partisans fled, and. the Imperial emblems were everywhere destroyed. All France silently acquiesced in the change. No blood was shed. Lord Lyons had a long interview with Jules Favre on Sept. Bth, and said that Eussia contemplates a European Congress. Vast numbers of sheep, pig 3, and oxen bave been taken to Paris. Bakers have laid in a stock of flour for three months, and agents have bought supplies of Irish bacon and Australian meats. Sept. 11. The Constituent Assembly of France is to consist of 755 members. Eighty thousand Garde Mobile and a hundred thousand troops have arrived at Paris. Twenty-six G-erman Catholic professors of law, medicine, and philology subscribed to the declaration of theological professors against the (Ecumenical Council. Her Majesty's turret ship Captain, foundered off Cape Finisterre on 7th September in a gale, and the boats and spars have been found by the ships in her company. Five hundred men were on board, Captain Burgoyne commanding. Captain Cowper Coles was on board, also the sons of Lord Northbrook and Mr Childers, as midshipmen. Eighteen survivors arrived at Portsmouth, and reported that the vessel had capsized and sunk in three minutes. A feeling of distrust, dread, and watchfulness is prevailing throughout Europe. Belgium has extended her troops on the line of frontier. Italy has arrested Mazzini, and closely watches Caprera. Victor Emmanuel has been offered bribes by both France and Prussia, but has maintained strict neutrality. The Pope is anxious and fearful. A new Ministry is formed at Lisbon, and Saldanha has been sent to London. Attempts to establish a revolutionary Government in Eoumania bave failed. The leaders have been arrested. ! The Austrian Diets have been convoked in consequence of the war. The Russian Government is said to be opposed to the dismemberment of France. Turkey has only armed half her reserve. Troops have been called out. The Swiss troops are sent home again . A deputation of citizens of Nice, seeking severance from France, have had an interview with the Italian Foreign Minister. Obituary. — Baron Somerville, Lord Middleton, Mr Thos. Eathbone, Messrs Clement and Briscoe, M.P.'s; Eev. J. Madge, Unitarian ; Dr Craik, Scotch Church ; Mr William F. Delarue ; Leo- ! tard, the acrobat ; Mr Bowley, manager of the Crystal Palace ; Mr Selfe, magistrate; Lady Fleming, Dr Adamson, Baron Charles Angel, Captain D. Cameron. Sept 30. Eussian reinforcements are sent to Poland and the borders of Gallicia. The Czar has conferred the military order of St. George on the Crown Prince of Saxony.

General Steinmetz is relieved from his command, and appointed GovernorGeneral of Posen. Laguerroniere was arrested in Marseilles on the 2lßt. After the capitulation of Laon, the citadel was blown up, the explosion killing Germans and French, and wounding Prince William of Mecklenburg. It was supposed to be caused by treachery, but investigation showed that the act was done by an artilleryman without orders. The garrison of Toul, after repulsing a vigorous assault, surrendered on the 22nd, upon tbe same terms as Sedan. A letter of General Wimpfred throws tbe blame of the capitulation of Sedan on the Emperor. The army of Paris fought in the environs with the Prussians, and repulsed the latter on the first day, but on the 20th, at Sceaux, three divisions of tbe French | were driven back, with a loss of 2,000. Tbe National Guard man the ramparts. Jules Favre declares tbat the population of Paris will bury themselves in its ruins rather than accept Bismarck's ! terms, which included as a preliminary to an armistice the surrender of one of the Parisian forts. War will be prosecuted to the bitter end. A balloon from Paris descended at Evreux, and its occupants contradicted I the reports of want of concord among the ! Parisians. The victory of tbe Prussians on the 20th was owing to a panic of one wing of the Zouaves, and the rest fell back without orders. On the 23rd, tbe French announced they had captured the heights of Villeneuve, and other small victories. A courier arrived at London on the 30th September, and reported that great enthusiasm reigned in the French capital. The G-arde Mobile was behaving admirably. The Prussians are strongly posted from Versailles to Vincennes, and have occupied Pithiviers and Orleans. The arming of the Southern Departments is actively proceeding. General Lavotte commands a numerous army on the Loire. Mr Bruce made a speech at Glasgow, when he stated that it would become England's duty to offer assistance towards terminating the war. A stable peace was to be secured by moderate terms, not by sowing the seeds of future discord. If the efficiency of the British volunteer force waa untrustworthy, the defences of the country must be placed on a more permanent footing, but every other expedient should be exhausted before the abolition ofthe volunteer system. Mr Gladstone refutes the accusation of lukewarmness respecting mediation.