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London, October 1, 3.50 p.m
The French forces attacked the entrenchments of the Sixth Prussian Corps on the 30th of September, bufc were routed with gx*eat loss.
The French Government ordered all Frenchmen from 21 to 40 years of age to be organised by the Prefect into a mobilised National Guard —the Minister of War drawing his troops therefrom. The Russian official journal denies the rumours of a military movement.
The Parisian soldiers in the defence of Paris are clamouring for a sortie on a grand scale. I • .
There is a break in the telegraph cable 75 miles from Suez.
g|The Cr&wn Prince was present at the battle on the 30th. The Prussian loss was great.
Several hundred French prisoners were captured. ■ German despatches assert that the ngnting in th» streets of Paris took place on the 241 h and.2sth September. . London, September 2(5. The Italian troops occupied Eoiue after a slight resistance. The Pope is at the Vatican. Paris is completely invested. Toul has wipitulated, but Strasbourg and Metz still hold out. Peace negotiations between Jules Favre and Bismarck, involving the cession of Alsace'and Lorraine, are bvo!<en off, and a fresh levy for the army, en masse, is ordered. - The British Association meetings were held at Liverpool: the Colonial question was discussed, anri a resolution was passed for maintaining and improving good relations. The movement for Australian federation is warmly supported by the English Press. Shipments this year to Melbourne have declined 30 per cent.; Sydney, 23 per cent. ; Adelaide, 30 per cent. ; Tasmania 30 per cent. Australian debentures firm ; Victorian, 113 ; Sydney, 10U ; Consols, 89i; Bank rate, 3. Arkivals. —Ann Banfield, Loch Erne. Departures poe Melbourne. — British Monarch, Niagara, Newcastle, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Loch Tay, Yorkshire. Foe Sydney. — Ellen Sturt, Abergeldie, Carlisle Castle.
Foe Adelaide. —St. Vincent, Orient. Sir John Young is raised to the Peerage by the title of Baron. Lisgar.
Sir Henry Young is dead
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 254, 1 November 1870, Page 2
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