ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 361, 29 March 1871, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

(We published the following as an 'Extra * on Thursday morning.) Bruce Herald Office, Thursday, 6 a.m. The Ran«ritoto arrived at 11 a.m. She left HobsonV Bay at 3.50 p.m. on the 16th, and experienced strong S.E. winds •until the 18t.h ; afterwards thick weather. Passengers : — A. J. Burns, John M'Kellar, &o. London, February 1 8th. Consols, 91 £. Wool market is firm. Victorian sixes, H3£. Copper. L 74. Tallow dull. Wheat has advanced two shillings during the month. Arrived.— -Moravian, Alexander Duthie, Somersetshire, A. S. Calon, Bundaleer, ■Joshua, Lanarkshire, Goolway, via AlexAlexandria. The fourth Colonial Wool sales have "76,111 bales were sold at £ to Id in ad■vance. The Marqnis ofNormandy has been appointed Governor of Queensland. February 14th. Favre returned to Versailles on the '27th February with General Beufort when an armistice of three weeks was concluded and immediately extended throughout France. By the stipulation of the . armistice •Paris capitulated, the Army remaining prisoners of. war inside the Capital. It was further agreed that the army be surrendered, except the National Guard and •one division of the army to keep order in the city. That Paris pay a war contribution of two million francs. That Germans be forbidden to enter Paris during the Armistice. That revictualating Paris bo allowed, the City remaining invested. That egress be allowed, and postal communication reopened, but the entrance of foreigners restricted. The enciente of Paris to be disarmed, but armies in the field to retain possession of the country occupied by them. The armistice has since been prolonged. All the Palis forts have surrendered. To prevent immediate starvation, three ■millions' rations were supplied by the Germans. The railways find bridges were repaired in order to facilitate the transport of provisions. The British ship? Medusa, Buff.tlo, and Valorous loaded at Woolwich with 2000 tons provisions aud 2-1 ovens (for biscuits 'for Paris. Great republican disturbances took place inside P^.ris before the. capitulation. Ducrot poisoned himself through despair. Bourbaki attempted suicide, and is not expected to recover. Fits army '80,000 strong, with artillery, after being driven to tbe frontier, entered Switzerland and surrendered to the, authorities. A 'Times' telegram, dated the 2nd, states that the terms of peace announced by Bisram-ck comprise an indemnity of ten milliards francs — ?qnal to four hundred millions sterling — the cession oi Alsace, Lorraine, Metz, Belfort, and Pondicherrv. The extreme rigor of the conditions caused the most gloom y anticipations. In London, next day, h teWram of the ■sth announced that the conditions previously published in London and Bordeaux, with regard to the giving up of twenty war-ships and the cession of Lorraine was 'inaccurate; also, that the indemnity demanded was three, not. ten, milliards. The great controversy between M. Gambetta and M. Jules FaVre was continued "for spveral days after the armistice was signed. M. Gambetta protested against a •dishonorable peace, and eventually resigned. Bismarck stated that Prussia would only recognise freely elected deputies. The Bank of England has granted a hundred thousand pounds towards the 'reiief fund. Paris expresses her cordial gratitude to the deputation from London. At this time warlike feelings prevailed in the South of France. Matters are approaching a crisis. The Spanish, Austrian, nnd Italian ambassadors at Bordeaux intimated thnt they had been accredited to the Paris Government only. If order was not maintained they would leave Bordeaux. Eraanuel, Arago, Gamier, Paget, Pel'Ji'an, arrived at Bordeaux on the Btii. with a decree annulling Gara'-ettn's decree, wherein he disqualified Imperial ministers, senators, prefects, and official candidates, as Representatives of th 9 National Assembly. Gambetta then resigned. The Bordeaux delegation ceased. Arajro has since been appointed minister of]Jjthe interior and of war. On the 13th Prince Joinville and f Gmeral Changarnier also arrived at Bordeaux. After Grambetta's resignation the elections proceeded immediately. Members of the Bonaparte family were declared ineligible as representatives. Napoleon has issued a proclamation to "the French people, which the English ■press condemns. Garabaidi was elected 'for Nice, brit resigned. / . The 'feeling: in Paris is in favor xrf the HOrleatfs family.' The National Assembly met at Bordeaux. Three hundred members were present. The elections proved largely in favor of Monarchists 5 ; ; the war party losing ground.

At the Conference, Prussia, Austria, and Russia united in wishing' Prince Charles to remain on the Roumanian throne. The correspondence 'relating to the Black Sdß.Tce.aty, published in papers seen by Mr Elliot, Minister at Constantinople,; prove that within three years after date. The signatures of all the powers except England manifested their readiness to sacrifice the principle element of the treaty. The Queen opened Parliament on the 9th. The speech dwells principally on foreign topics. War, it says, may be renewed in a few days, unless moderation and forethought prevail on both sides. The Queen strictly observed the neutrality. The armistice has rekindled a hope of durable peace, with compatible -security and honor to "both powers, and to be approved of by Europe. Her Majesty regretted being unable before to formally accredit the Ambassador to the Government Defence. Congratulations were sent to KingWilliam on his accepting the title of Emperor of Germany, as an event testifying to the solidity of its independence ; stating that the Government had endeavored in its correspondence with foreign powers to uphold the sanctity of treaties, and expressing a confident hope that the Conference would uphold the principles of public right, and that, whilst maintaining the great principles of the Black Sea Treaty, the conditions might be revised in a conciliatory spirit. They regretted the absence of representatives of France at the Conference. The American Fisheries question required early settlement, and suggested the appointment of a Joint Committee, and agreeing to Grant's proposal. The same Commission to consider nil other claims arising from the civil war. Foreign relations of a friendly character. The revenue was flourishing. The speech announced better regulations for the army, necessitated by the lessons of the war, and says, " Your patriotism will not grudge increased charges." The condition of Ireland is gratifying, but the Queen refrained from proposing any question calculated to excite controversy. The army is to be increased to one hundred and thirty thousand, the increased cost being L 200,500,000. A loan is to be raised to carry out the plan of defence around London and between London and the coast; and also for fortifications between Dover and Harwich, and for strengthening Malta. Bslfort concluded an armistice, and capitulated. Piiris was very q : >iot. The Government of Defence resigned. Two-thirds of the members elected nre monarchists. Fa we is elected for Par's, and Prince Napoleon for Corsica. The Assembly resolved to appoint a Commission to negotiate terms of peace. The Volunteers are to be. more carefully organised. Regulars, Volunteers, and Militia bringing the strength of the army to 430,000 men. Thiers has been nominated chief of the Executive, and his Government is recognised by Britain. LATEST TELEGRAMS. Bordeaux, February lD>'h. The Thiers Ministry has been formed, and consist? of the following :— Dufnurr, Minister of Justice ; Favre, .foreign; Picard, Interior : Simon, Instruction ; Limbrecht, Commerce: Le Flo, War: Part.heiatn Maurice Larey, Public Works; Finance, unnamed. London, February 20th. The Monifenr (Versailles) declares rhnf there can be no middle terms of pence, and that if Bismarck's fultimatuna be rejected the war must continue. M. Thiers and Count Bismarck met today at Sceaux. The 'London Times' of the 20th telegraphs from Berlin to London. The Conference has agreed to open the Black Sea to foreign war vessels, and authorises the Porte to admit through the Dardanelles all war vessels, except Roumanian and Russian. Turkey hesitates. The proposal is unopposed by Russia. Constantinople, 20th. The Porte opposes the powers having more than two vessels within the Dardanelles. One of the London aldermen in the middle of December, sentenced two pickpockets to hard labor for three months, and directed that they should not be allowed to partake of thfi' usual Christmas and New Year's dinners, but have only the'ordinary prison fare. The worthy Alderman said that, whilst honest poor people were starving thieves ought not to be sumptuously fed. Mr Spurgeon is about thirty-six years old, and preached one. thousand sermons before he was twenty-one. For the last five years twenty-five thousand copies a week of his sermons have been sold. Not less than fourteen million copies have been sold in England, besides three hundred in America. From one to three volumns have been published in Welsh, German, Franch, Swedish, Dutch, and Maori langMiage of Nsw Zealand. Singular will. — A poor citizen in Berlin was recently left some LSOOO. Being very old and feeble, he was puzzled as to whom he would leave his money. Thinking- none of his friends worthy of it, he at last determined. to. leave it to a bitter enemy, who had a large family and no money except his daily earnings. He made' his will to that effect' ; he madeita condition, however, that the .heir should always wear thin white linen clothes, 'and no extra underclothing--. .Should that condition' be violated even 'once, (fee money goes to the executors.