(From the "Daily Timies.")

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 180, 20 July 1871, Page 7

(From the "Daily Timies.")

Adelaide, July 2nd. The branch mail steamer Alexandra arrived at Glenelg 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 Juue. TheR.M.S. Avoca sailed from Galle at 11 p.m. on the 12th ult., and after a fair passage reached the Sound at 6 p. m. on the 27 th June.

The following is a summary of the final collapse of the Paris insurrection :—: —

Severe engagements took place at Auteuil and Passy on the 20th. The Versailles troops made several attempts to scale the ramparts with ladders, and the ramparts ronnd Montrouge were abandoned.

On the 21st, the Frederalists began to return to Paris in numbers through the gates of Orleans and Chatillion. Sharp engagements occurred in the Place do la Couoovde and the Place Vendome, where Dombrowski was wounded. M. Thiers anuounced on the 26th that the Government troops were masters of Paris, except Berey, and that has since been 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 Dietale, making 6000 prisoners, but the iusurgentß still occupied La Villette, Belleville, aud the Buttes Chaumont, whence they threw petroleum shells, causing a serious conflagration. The women assisted in firiug the houses, and acted in a most demoniacal manner. On the 28tb, the insurgents evacuated and blew up Fort lvry, and the Government troops captured the Buttes Chaumont, and Belleville, taking a great number of prisoners. From this time no insurgents bands remained, and the insurrection was entirely suppressed. The Tuileries, the Council d'Etat of the Ministry of Finauce, the Hotel de Ville, the Palais Royal, and other public buildings have been entirely destroyed by tire, which the insurgents ignited by means of petroleum. These acts, which were instigated by revenge, occured during the entrance of the Govern ..ent troops into the city. The Palace of the Luxembourg was partly blown up, and the Louvre almost entirely burnt, although all the collections of paintings and antiquities, but not the library, were saved. The National Library has also been saved from the wreck.

The insurgents before thoy were finally routed took revenge upou the hostages whom they held. Of these they shot 61, including the Archbishop of Paris and 15 of t!ie chief members of the clergy. Delescluze has been killed, and General Dombrowski was among the number shot.

M. Thiers has proposed to give the Chambers 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 lias been taken in Switzerland.

' The Belgian Grovernfnent requested Victor Hugo to quit the country.. With this repuest he refused to comply*, and the King of the Belgians thereupon signed an order for • hi^- 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 guilty. of complicity in. the disturbances ia Paris. He urged u'rton these gentlemen that the acts, of the' insurgents were crimes, not political offences. Mr Bruce stated in reply that the English Government could not prevent the entry into the country of refugees, agsiinst whom no ordinary crimes bad been or could be proved. The Spanish Government replied that it would riot prevent the passage of fugitives across the frontier, but it would rigorously execute the extradition treaty.

The Paris journals declare that the Legitimists and • Orleanists have come to an understanding about the succession to the seat of power vacated by Napoleon, and the prevailing opinion amongst the journals is that the Corate de Chambord (a Bourbon) 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 mill tary district, and the powers of the

police have been transferred to the military. The gendarmes uf Paris have been increased by 6000, and the Republican Guard by 12,000. The question has also been raised us to th« advisability of constructing forts in tlu.> interior of Paris to prevent any fresh insurrections from breaking out. The Prussians who were at St. Dennis are returning home, aud com munication with the city has been reopened. Measures are being taken to prevent a pestilence in Paris. Eochfort'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 Reorganisation and Ballot Bills this session. Prince Arthur is recovering from a severe fall. The examination of the claimant of the Tich borne baronetoy has commenced. The evidence as to his identity is increasingly strong. 10,000 engineers at the Tyne have struck. The French journals ask for the trial of prisoners, and the cessation of summary executions. 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. Chas. Reid. Companions — Colonel Edward Caye, Mr. Charles Vivian Cox, Mr. John Black Spurgeon, Mr. Thomas Wright, Mr. Charles Henry Palliser, and Mr. Walter Fane. Obituary. — Sir John Herschel, who was 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 ; Major-Genoral Sheil ; Professor Purcherts, of Jena ; Sir M. D. Stewart ; Colonel Roberts, R. A. ; Lieu-tenant-Generals T. H. Williams and J. Grrutton ; Lord Maogregor.