FRANCE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3531, 22 June 1872, Page 2

FRANCE.

The Commission on the capitulation blame General Ulrich for the surrender of Strasbourg, and especially censure him for screening himself and officers from the conditions imposed on enlißted men. In the National Assembly on May 21, Rouher spoke for nearly three hours on a motion to interrogate the Government as to its intentions regarding tho frauds on war contracts. Rouher disclaimed any intention of provoking controversies, and defended General Poliska from the charges made against his administration of affairs as Minister, and urged that the members of Government collectively should be held responsible for their acts. Audiffret Pasquier replied to Rouher, and vindicated his own exposures of corruption under the Empire. He denounced -Napoleon, and called on the Empire in the language of the Emperor Augustus to restore to France her legions, her provinces, her glory. The members in the Assembly and the spectators in the rooms and galleries were greatly excited, and repeatedly interrupted the speaker with passionate outbursts of applause. Rouher replied in a two hours' speech, which was listened to with impatience. The Prince and Princess of Wales are to arrive at Paris on May 24. The Paris journals consider the debates in the Assembly on the 21st and 22nd May as a crushing blow on the hopes of friends of the Empire. Henri Rochfort and other convicted Communists sailed for New Caledonia on the 21st May. Madrid, May 22. It is reported that the Carlist leader Yutarbe has received a fresh supply of arms, and threatens vengeance on the surrendered Carlists in Guipezcoa. The Carlist band in Lerdu surrendered yesterday. AMERICAN NEWS. The Liberal Republic Convention nominated Horace Greely for President. The nomination took the country by surprise. Graut will no doubt get the regularnomination from the Republicans. Davis has been nominated. It is believed the contest will be narrowed to one between Greely and Grant. Today a severe windstorm passed over Washington and New York, destroying the foliage of the parks as well as houses, barns, and orchards. The Spanish gunboat Distillo has captured, under suspicious circumstances, the English schooner William Julius, and brought her to Neuritus. The President signed the House Amnesty Bill passed by the Senate, The exceptions provided for in th« bill will, it ie supposed,, cover about 200 cases, including Jeff Davis. The Senate went into executive session on May 22. On the additional article in the treaty of Washington, a modification was proposed by a majority of the committee on foreign regulations to effect the original object by a chauge of phraseology, but to make it oi equal application to both sides. A fire in Broadway, New York, destroyed 500,000 dollars worth of dry goods. In an attack by Cherokee Indians on Fort Smith, thirteen were killed and twelve wounded. The whole district was ! deserted in consequence. | A million dollars worth of property I was destroyed at Somerset, Pennsylvania, by fire. I Ovor 10,000 immigrants arrived at New York on May 21. ! COMMERCIAL. The latest London date to May 1 does not contain so late quotations as by Suez of May 1. Wool. — The public sales of wool were progressing slowly ; foreign buyers were operating with caution, A similar policy is adopted by the horae trade. Good wools 6how a fall of 2d, and inferior wools to 2£cl and 3d per lb, as compared with the last sales. Hides. — The demand is limited ;'for first heavy (Zealand), 6£d ; second, S;J-d ; salted horse, Bd. Butter, 38s to 40s. Tallow, 42s 6d for beef, 43s Gd for mutton. Flax active at £88 los to £40, and ranging as high as £42 at the finish. New York, May 13. The receipts of the new crop of Australian wool aye beginning to stock up, and the bulk of the supply intended for the ' American market now at hand is rapidly passing into consumption. The sales of Australian for the month iuclude 752,000 lbs at prices ranging from 60 to 67 cents, and l 50,000 lbs heavy at 56 cents. At the close it would have been difficult to obtain 62 to 63 cents for the best descriptions on the market. New Zealand flax is quiet there beiDg none in first hands, no sales are reported and prices aro nominal. San Francico, May 23. Wheat is active, at 2 dols 15 cents. The proposed subsidy to Webb's line has been rejected by the Senate.