NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 837, 18 July 1871, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

In one week the Parisians hare done more damage to Paris than the Prussians did during the whole time of the siege. It would not perhaps be exaggeration to say that the destruction to property in Paris alone is equal to the total destruction effected by the Prussians throughout all France. The Australian March mail via Brindisi was delivered on the 12th inst. The long deferred Tichborne Baronetcy case commenced on the 11th inst., and it is expected that it will extend over weeks, as the verdict involves an income of £30,000 per annum. Great difficulty was experienced in em. panelling a special jury. The first day only three juryment attended, on the second morning eight, and only messengers and the threat of a fine of £SOO, obtained the attendance 0! 11. The trial excites much interest, and the conflicting evidence distract public opinion. The defendant! theory is that the claimant is an i& poster, by name Arthur Orton, a pork butcher, working in conspiracy with an old servant of Sir Roger Tichborne. Sir J. Hope Grant's report on the volunteer review at Brighton, deprecates such large displays as detrimental, the time being too brief for such extensive manoeuvres.

Miss Burdett Coutts Jis elevated to the peerage, under the title of Baroness Burdett Coutts. The Countess of Derwentwater is committed to prison for contempt o( court in refusing to attend a creditors' meeting. Michael Torpey, the diamondrobber, is sentenced to eight years'j penal servitude. Mr Ryder's unre-j covered property amounts to £14,000, Much excitement is occasioned byi tragedy at Eltham. A young woman was found three weeks ago barbarously murdered by a hatchet in a lane near Blackheath. A young Greenwich printer, named Fook, is in custody, but the case is involved in strange mystery. A young girl, named Agnes Norman, aged 15, is also under remand, suspected of the systematic murder of many children who bad been confided to her care from different families, and who had been killed by suffocation. The " Times," of the 6th, announce! the new French loan of a hundred millions sterling. It is believed that the majority of the Assembly will adopt M. Thiers' position. The " Journal Officiel" an□ounces the appointment of Lambrecht as Minister of the Interior, Lefranc of Agriculture, and Cissey of War. General Leflo has been appointed Ambassador to St. Petersburg, and Leon Say Prefect of the Seine.

The discussion in the Assembly on the reconstruction of the Column of the Place Vendome was adjourned to the 9th. The St. Petersburg journal says the ceremony of presenting the Order of the Osmanli to the Czar confirms good relations between Russia and Turkey. The Czar is expected at Berlin shortly. Cable telegrams states that New Orleans was partly flooded by the reopening of the crevice in the bank of the Mississippi. The fourth horse in the Derby wai Digby Grand. The purchasars of the wreck of tifl i Oueen of the Thames have recovered! j portion of the cargo. Hopes are entff j tained of getting her off with fiw j weather. The report of the Cape in* ' quiry is against Captain Macdonali The log-book has been lost. Hf j Goyder has written to the " implying official negligence during the voyage. In the National Assembly at » et " sailles on the Bth, Thiers stated vm the safety of the Republic was place* in his hands as a sacred deposit, which will not be betrayed. The abrogation of the law of exile was adopted by 484 votes against 103. The elections of the Due d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville are validated by 448 votes against 113. It is announced from Berlin that Prince Bismarck will govern Alsaee and Lorraine as responsible Minister representing the Empise. LATEST TELEGRAMS. The Czar arrived at Berlin on the Bth June. r .. The Ascot Cup was won by Mortimer, Verdure second, Bothwell third. The Russian campaign ia reported from St Petersburg as terminated. Fires have broken out at four points in Constantinople.