ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 852, 22 August 1871, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

The B.s. Murray arrived at Westport with the West Coast portion of the mail early yesterday morning. We cull the following items of intelligence from the San Francisco papers: — There is an effective French army of 230,000. The Orleans Princes are going to visit Guizot. Hausmann is a candidate at the municipal elections. The Tuilleries Gardens will shortly ie open to the public. Members of the Commune will all be tried together. Arrests still continue.

Duke de Chartres has asked leave to serve with the French troops in Algeria. M. Favre is negotiating with Germany for the return of 10,000 captured cars.

General Paladines has been appointed commandant of the Fourteenth Military Division of France.

It is rumoured Ancel will succeed Favre, and St. Hilaire replaces Simon. A solemn requiem service was held in the eathedral of Notre Dame, in honour' of the martyred A-rchbishop Carboy. The health of Paris is now good. The Legitimists chiefs declare their party remains despite Chambord's manifesto.

Some members are attempting to obtain'signatures to a circular adhering to Chambord, but obtained few. The editorials of the journals are mainly devoted to the approaching municipal elections. It is considered probable that a very large number of voters will refrain from exercising the franchise.

General L'Admirault. the military war commander of Paris, has officially notified to the managers of the theatres, cafes, and other places of resort, that they must close at midnight, as was formerly the case. The Deputies in the Assembly from the Provinces occupied by the German troops, are pressing on Thiers the policy of anticipating future payments of the German indemnity, and it is said that Thiers encourages the idea, also that negotiations with Germany on the subject have already been entered upon. In the Assembly, on July 15th, the Government announced that proceedings had been commenced in the Courts against the purchasers of arms in the United States, for malfeasance in office.

The Committee of the Assembly upon the organization of the army has adopted the principle of compulsory Bervice. The National Guards will therefore be disbanded through out the eountry. It is rumoured that in consequence of the warm discussion in the Cabinet Council, Ministers Marras, Zorilla, and Beraldi are determined to resign, and that the present cabinet will be dissolved and a radcal ministry formed. The Cortes have approved the tobacco monopoly. The Oortes has adopted the clauses in the budget relative to the treaty with the Bank of Paris for raising a loan. Provision >* made for indemnification of the bank and for the annulment of the treaty. The powder works of St. Louer exploded on July 14, shaking the whole of Paris. A large number of men, women, and children were killed and wounded. : ;•■ ■ •

There has been an excited debate in the Spanish Cortes upen the colonial polity of the Government. A motion submitted by the Opposition looking to a vigorous prosecution of the war to prevent the loss of Cuba was discussed, as was also a proposition made oy General Sickles, United States, Minister, for the sale of Cuba to the Unifod States, and it was resolved to keep the island at ony cost. •tbe munVrsr of Marshal Prim is Rested. It is said that the Prince Assy, son of the ex-Queen Isabella °* Spain, objects lo the Eegency of the Puke de Montpensier, proposed D y the Monarchical party, in the "eut of the restoration of the Bouroon dynasty in Spain. *he great engineering work of deepthe Illinois and Michigan Canal,

so that the water of Lake Michigan may flow through Chicago river in the canal, and thence into the Illinois river, and finally to the Gulf of Mexico, is completed. There is immense rejoicing among the people, as the benefit to Chicago in a sanitary point of view is incalculable. It is believed that this work, which has cost the city over three million dollars, will prove a complete triumph of engineering art.

Prince Gortschakoff has expressed to a deputation of the American Evangelical Alliance the sympathy of his August Master, the Czar, with the object of their prayers, viz; Advancement of the cause of religious liberty in Russia.

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 proceeding.