ARRIVAL OF LATER ENGLISH NEWS VIA SAN FRANCICO.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 815, 20 May 1871, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF LATER ENGLISH NEWS VIA SAN FRANCICO.

(BY ELEGTRIO TELEGRAPH.) (per greville's telegram company retjter's agents.) SPECIAL OVEELAND TELEGEAM. Auckland, May 16. The s.s Wonga Wonga arrived at 2 p.m. to-day. She left Honolulu on April 26th, having waited three days there for the steamer Ajax. She brings seven passengers and a general cargo, but no English mail. San Feancisco, April 17. Anarchy in Prance still continues. The Government troops carried the Fort de Neuiily on April 7th with great slaughter. On the Bth the rebels fired shells constantly into Paris. On the 9th there was desperate fighting around the city. The party of conciliation have been redoubling their efforts to effect a pacification. On the same day there was a great cannonading and the Champs Elysees were deserted, owing to the number of shells falling in the city, London, April 10. The church of Notre Dame at Paris has been tacked. The Government batteries made a partial breach in the fortifications yesterday. Pabis, April 10. The conciergeries are filled with priests and nuns arrested on warrants calling them citizen* styled servants of a person, called God. The Arch-Bishop of Paris was stripped naked, bound to a pillar and scourged and mocked for hours by a band of ferocious Eeds. Paris, April 11. The insurgents are barricading every street and have more than 200,000 desperate men under command. They demand one million to ransom the life of the A.rch-Bishop of Paris. The plate of the Foreign Office has been pillaged by the insurgents. The iron-clad fleet of the Seine is at Paris, and an attack is imminent. "Le Siecle" and "Le Tempß" newspapers have been suppressed. Berlin, April 12. The official organ states that Germany will only interfere in France to collect the indemnity. Paris, April 11. Parisian women have been invited to join in the defence. Paris, April 12, via London.

A loud and uninterrupted cannonade was kept up since last evening between Chantillon and the Southern Forts. London, April 12. Napoleon is seriously ill at Chiselhurst. The " Times" special says that a column of insurgents has advanced without opposition on Clamart. Thiers will not take auy decisive action uuti! 50,000 men are added to his army. Veesailles, April 13. The delegates from the party of conciliation have returned to Paris. The conditions of peace proposed by Thiers are that Paris should lay down her arms, and then the municipal franchise would be granted to the city. Paeis, April 13. The Communists propose to demolish the column in the Place Vendome. London", April 14. The insurgents occupy Neuilly. There is a report of treachery on the part of the insurgent commanders. Great damage has been caused in Paris by shells. The insurgents are reported to have taken 2000 prisoners at Villiers. Parts, April 17. Shells and bullets are falling in the streets of Paris, and crowds are demanding passports to leave the city. The streets leading from Porte Maillot are in ruins. A terrible cannonade was kept up last night, and the Government troops were repulsed. Delegates of the Commune have taken an inventory of all objects of value in the Parisian churches. A number of manufacturers have been arrested by order of the Com-

mune, and the inauufactories were closed in order to compel the workmen to join the forces. The price of fresh meat has doubled. A prominent American banker offered to buy the column in the Place Vendome, and take it to New York, where it would be placed in a central part of that city.

ENGLISH ITEMS. The annual review of the| Volunteers was held at Brighton on April 10. Among the distinguished personages present were Prince Arthur, Prince Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Cambridge, Menotti Garibaldi. The evolutions were under the command of General Sir James H. Grant. The labours of the Joint High Commission at Washington are progressing favourably. The only trouble arising has been in reference to the boundary near San Juan. It is unofficially understood that they have concluded a convention containing the basis of a settlement of the Alabama question; that the claims shall be submitted to a commission of five members representing England, the United States, Brazil, Switzerland, and Italy. If any of the three latter powers fail to appoint commissioners, the vacancy is to be filled by Sweden and Norway.

UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS. Paris, April 17. General Chusterati, in his official report to the Commune, says that Fort Vauvre was attacked five times in succession. On Saturday an obstinate struggle -was going on at Neuilly between the Government troops and the Communists. The ground was disputed inch by inch. The Government troops are concentrating at Versailles, and a severe attack is expected. The Germans have been reinforced by 18,000 men, and are preparing to intervene. The sale of horseflesh has again commenced, and there are other signs of scarcity of food. London, April 17. The Paris elections for the Commune have not attracted much attention. Many abstained from voting. There was a demonstration yesterday in Hyde Park in favour of the insurgents. Pakis, April 17. A number of manufacturers have been arrested for keeping their workshops open, and preventing the Nationals from joining the Communists. The Germans occupied St. Omer. Rio Janeiro, March 25. The Emperor and Empress go to Europe in May. London, April 17. The " Times," in a leader on the Alabama question, hails the probable settlement of the matter with genuine satisfaction, and thinks that arbitration will acquit England. The " Times" special from Versailles says that the Prussian trenches on the terraces at Meudon are now held by French Government troops. Sixteen guns, pointing at Issy and Vauvres have been placed in position. New York, April 17. A "Tribune" special from Paris says : On Sunday firing was incessant. The Versailles Government gives 24 hours to surrender. The city is completely invested. Vauvres sustained five separate assaults yesterday evening. Ambulances were seen carrying the dead and wounded |of the assailants. The fighting outside Paris has been incessant, resulting in a complete victory for the communists. One thousand Government soldiers were killed at Vauvres and several hundreds taken prisoners at Neuilly. The Commune have taken all the railroads out of Paris under their control. Yesterday attacks wore made bv the insurgents on the Porto Dauphine. The Champs Elyseeß are much damaged by shells ; the buildings occupied by the American Legation have also been damaged. Minister Washburno remains at his post. There are only provisions sufficient in Paris to last three weeks.