PARLIAMENTARY.
The races seriously interfered with the public business, which is much in arrears. Mr Hughes protested against the holiday for the Derby. FRANCE. The French civil war has been crushed within a month ; the population of Paris is disarmed, summary executions have ceased, and order and safety are established. The traces of the terrible conflict arc fast disappearing ; trade is reviving; there is an immense influx of sight-seers ; the theatres and public gardens have been reopened. Arrests, however, continue to be made every day of leaders in disguise. A few of the escaped insurgents were found dead or dying in the catacombs and sewers. The hideous slaughter of the innocent and guilty during the capture was caused by the troops being maddened at the destruction of the Communists. Thiers, M'Mahon, and the Marquis Gottofiet have been denounced for wanton cruelty. Only a few Englishmen were arrested by the Versailles troops, and not one British subject. A boy, 12 years of ago, was found fighting on the barricades. The ''International Union" proclaims vengeance. A European subscription I has been commenced to promote its
operations ; an organised crusade is to be made against religion, property, and family ties, and to destroy existing rites ; there arc ramifications everywhere. The proscription laws against the Bourbon and Orleans Princes have been virtually abrogated by the election, and its ratification of the Due D'Aumale and the Prince de Joiuville. M. Thiers reluctantly yielded to the vote. His speech, however, has been universally admired for its candour, dignity, and patriotism. The fusion of the two branches of the Bourbons is is confirmed, and the Count dc Chamtord is to be succeeded by an Orleans Prince. The Princes are visiting Versailles as private individuals. As Thiers surmised, the Buonapartists were prominently active at the elections for 1 12 vacancies. Prince Napoleon's manifesto, admitting imperial defeats, but throwing the blame of all subsequent disasters on the movement of September 4, has provoked injurious comment. The property destroyed in Paris is estimated to amount to 800,000,000 francs.
PARLIAMENTARY.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3277, 14 August 1871, Page 2
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