THE SUEZ MAIL. Adelaide, July 2nd.

Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 13

THE SUEZ MAIL. Adelaide, July 2nd.

The branch mail steamer Alexandra arrived at Gtonelg at 11 p.m. yesterday, having left King George's Sound at 4 a.m. on the 28th June. The R.M.S. Geelong sailed for Galle early on the morning of the 25th June. The R. M, S. Avoca sailed from Galle at 11 p.m. on the 12th ult., and after a fair passage reached the Sound at 9 p.m. on the 27th June. Wheat is very quiet. Buyers and sellers cannot agree as to the price (5a lid) offered, and no transactions have taken place.

The following is a summary of the final collapse of the Paris insurrection :Telegrams. Severe engagements took place at Auteuil and Paasy on the 20th. The Versailles troops made several attempts to scale the ramparts with ladders, and the ramparts round Montrouge were abandoned. On the 21st, the Federalists began to return to Paris in numbers through the gates of Orleans and Chatillon. Sharp engagements occurred in the Place de la Concorde and the Place Vendome, where Dombrowski was wounded. M. Thiers announced on the 2Gth that the Government troops were masters of Paris, except Berey, and that has 3incebeen occupied. During the fight for Paris, great numbers of the Insurgents were killed, the streets being strewn with dead. Besides this 20,000 prisoners were secured. A furious cannonade lasted throughout the night of the 25th, the batteries of the) insurgents on the Buttes Chaumont keeping up a heavy fire. The Government troops captured the Hotel de Ville and Fort Montrouge, with 1200 prisoners, Meanwhile, a furious battle raged in the neighbourhood of Pantin [N.E. angle of Paris]. On the 26th the troops captured the Lyons and Orleans railway stations, and the Barriere Diefcale, making 6000 prisoners, but the insurgents still occupied La Villette, Belleville, and the Buttea Chaumont, whence they threw petroleum shells, causing a serious conflagration. The women assisted in firing the houses, and acted In a most demoniacal manner. On the 28th, the insurgents evacuated and blew up Fort Ivry, and the Government troops captured theßuttes Chaumont and Belleville, taking a great number of prisoners. From this time no insurgent bands remained, and the insurrection was 1 entirely suppressed. | The Tuileries, the Council d'Etat of the Ministry of Finance, the Hotel de Ville, the Palais Royal, and other public buildings have been entirely destroyed by fire, which the insurgents ignited by means of petroleum. These acts, which were instigated by revenge, occurred during the entrance of the Government troops into the city. The Palace of the Luxembourg was partly blown up, and the Louvre almoßt entirely burnt, although all the collections of paintings and antiquities, but not the library, were saved. The National Library has also been saved from tha wreck. The insurgents before they were finally routed took revenge upon the hostages whom they held. Of those they Bhot 64, including the Archbishop of Paris and 15 of the chief members of the clergy. Delescluze has been killed, and General Dombrowski was among the number shot. M. Thiers has proposed to give the Chamber the right to pardon the insurgents. On the 30th May Paris was quiet, and the inhabitants were resuming their ordinary occupations. Arrests of insurgents are now being made without any resistance on their part. The disarmament of the National Guards has been ordered. Great numbers of the Insurgent prisoners have been executed at Versailles. M. Grousset, one of the insurgent leaders, has been arrested in Paris, and Felix Pyat has been taken in Switzerland. The Belgian Government requested Victor Hugo to quit the country. With this request he refused to comply, and the King of the Belgians thereupon signed an order for his expulsion. Victor Hugo has since arrived in London. M. Jules Favre instructed the representatives of France in foreign countries to request the authorities to arrest all persons who had escaped thither, and who were I guilty of complicity in the disturbances in Paris. He urged upon these gentlemen that the acts of the insurgents were I crimes, not political offences. Mr Bruce I stated in reply that the English Governj ment could not prevent the entry into i the country of refugees, against whom no ordinary crimes had been or could be proved. The Spanish Government replied that it would not prevent the passage of fugitives across the frontier, but it would rigorously execute the extradition treaty. The Paris journals declare t th&t tfie Lo«

gitimists and Orleanists have come to an understanding about the succession to the aeat of power vaca' ed by Napoleon, and the prevailing opinion amongst the journals is that ihe Comte de Chambord (a Bourbcn) will shortly be King of France. There is a rumour current that the Versailles Cabinet is about to resign. Paris is now divided into four military districts, aad the powers of the police have been transferred to the military. The Gendarmes of Paris have been increased by 6000, and the Republican Guard by i 2,000. The question has also been raised as to the advisability of constructing forts in the interior of Paris to prevent any fresh insurrections from breaking out. The Prussians who were at St. Denis are returning home, and communication with the city haß been re-opened. Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. Rochef art's trial commences on the 3rd May. The peace negotiations at Frankfort have been completed. The triumphant entry of the German troops into Berlin has been fixed for the 18th June. Mr Gladstone has announced his determination to pass the Army Re-organiza-tion and Ballot Bills this session. The Galatea is being dismantled at Plymouth, and the Duke of Edinburgh J3 visiting the Queen at Balmoral. The freedom of the City of London has been offered to him. Prince Arthur is recovering from a severe fall. dir Henry Rawlinson has succeeded Sir Roderick Murchison as President of the Royal Geographical Society. The London Chartered Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The examination of the claimant of the Tichborne baronetcy has commenced. The evidence as to his identity is increasingly strong. 10,000 engineers at the Tyne have struck. The French journals ask for r the trial of prisoners, and the cessation of summary executisns. Paris is quiet. Attention has been called in the House of Commons to the report of the capture of Herat, and Russian movements in Central Asia. The following appointments have been made to the Order of the Bath :—: — Knights Commanders — General James Alexander, Mr J. Fowler Bradford, Mr Frederick Harris, Mr Charles Rein. Companions— Colonel Edward Caye, Mr Charle3 Vivian Cox, Mr John Black Spurgeon, Mr Thomas Wright, Mr Charles Henry Palliser, and Mr Walter ' Fane. The Duke of Argyle, as Secretary of State for India, has granted a pension of ■ L4OO a year to the widow of the late Sir 1 Henry Durant. The Indian Finance Committee is sitting at Westminster daily. It is making 1 elaborate examinations, which are likely ( to last two years. ( Several appointments of natives and '• Englishmen to the Order of the Star of ' India are gazetted. ! Mr Vogel was still in London when ' the mail left, endeavouring to negotiate with Mr Brogden for the construction of ( railways in New Zealand. He was pre- ' sented at a levde to the Prince of Wales, i and Mrs Vogel was presented at a draw- j ing-room to the Queen. Mr Vogel has • been elected an honorary member of the Reform Club. ] Obituary. — Sir John Herschel, who ', waß interred in Westminster Abbey ; M. Auber, the celebrated French composer ; Mr Mason, at one time Envoy in England of the Confederate States of America ; • Major-General Douglas ; Admiral Arbuthnot; Mr J. Yates, advocate ; MajorGeneral Sheil ; Professor Purcherts, of Jena ; Sir W. D. Stewart ; Colonel Rogers, R.A. ; Lieutenant-Generals T. H. Williams and J. Gratton ; Lord Mac- j gregor. j