The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-06 00:00:00

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THE REVOLUTION IN PARIS.

PARIS, may 1, pm.

The Versailles troops have taken the farm of Bonamy, the
Cemetery trenches, quarries, and park of lazy, thereby sur-
rounding the Fort, which, though almost destroyed, con-
tinue@ to fire from the new batteries on the Parts aide Up-
ward. of 4 OW shells are said to have fallen within ita boun-
daries, but the garrison declare that they will blow it up and
themaelves rather than surrender.
All efforts at conciliation have failed. Dombrowski ha
ordered the Inhabitants of Neuilly to retire nithit, 24 hours
and intendo to reduce the village to powder. Ito the North-
west things are in stuns ono. General Okolowirz, who was
wounded, has been replaced by Darman. From wen to
eleven last flight the bombardment was lintel°. There was
a great fire at the Tomes, a depository of firewood and the
carrbsee manufautory of tinder having been destroyed
through the awns, of petroleum shell@ launched by the
Federal themselvee from their outposts at N aunty, in order
to keep up the indignation of the populace, which Is fast
dying out.
Seventeen barricade@ are in C 01311,0 of construction about
the extericr of the Banlevar.is on the south side Milk la
becoming daily more scarce, and the butchers of Batiguolles
declare that within four days they will close their shopa
Preparations are being made for organising a regiment of
mounted E,lGreurs. Ninety-seven men enrolled themselves
at Head Quarters at the Elys@e Bourbon, mt the arrange-
ment fall, to the ground owing to the dentist., of hones.

The Parr and the Echo du Soy have been suppressed.
The Avenue de la Grande Amen suffered much during the
last two nights, and the road is nwered with stones, elates,
ant chlmney-pote.
The Club of the Ec de de Medicine, tho Reddest"
Assembly in Paris, diacuseed last night the overthrow of the
Commune. _

PARIS, Tuesday Afternoon.
Very little firing has been beard In Paris to-day. The
Versailles troop. appear to be getting nearer every day.
Last night there was sharp firing near I ssy, and numerous
National Guards came 11,132 that quarter this after-
noon very depressed and full of complaints. Efforts
at conciliation are being perstatently continued by
independent societies. To-day representatives of 60
Freemason lodges motto the Place do la Concorde, with the
view of marching in procession to remove their barmen from
the ramparts. At the last moment they were stopped by
their delegates returning from Versailles abs begged the
banners might atill be 1011. seven societies propose holding
• monstsr peace meeting next Sunday.

&cif ,Idhig Is being colstructed round the column In the
Place Vendome, with a view, it ts suppored, to its destruc-
t on.

The ownen of the bonen In Pails are ordered to lurubh •
lilt of their tenants.

VERSAILLES, Monday Night.

With the view of avoiding more bloodshed General Faron
has been endeavouring to show the garrison of [soy that
further resistance on their part will be useless. Last evening
he entered the trenches, And, causing a while file to be dis-
played, he had the trumpet sounded for a Jorrmrntaire
For more than an hour the Insurgents made no response.
In consequence, as is believed, of their expecting
retell orcen.ents. At the end of that time the In-
surgent commander of the fort displayed a white flag, and
pourparZerx were at once commenced. It was explained to
the insurgents that the Fri was all but entirely surrounded,
and that the only consequence of continuing resistance
would be destruttion to the garrisan.

It is stated that the Insurgents ctfered to surrender I art
Isey on condition of being allowed to march out General
Ciseey, suspecting treachery, demanded guarantees that the
Tort should not be blown up when the troops entered, and
he required some Insurgents as hostages, which, being re.
fused, the white flag was hauled doe n mid the red lidded,
and tiring has recommenced.
VSESAILLES, Tuesday Night.
A very terrible affair came off last night between eleven
and twelve o'clock. Though the village of Clcmat had been
in the hand, of the military the Railway Station hail con-
tinued to be occupied by the Insurgents. This Static n
Is an important position, because it completely dominates
the Fort of Issy. Last night orders were given to
the 22ad Battalion of the Cheesed* of General
Berthe's Brigade to attack and take it. The Gnat-
genre succeeded in entirely surrounding the Station
without &tug a shot. Having dene so, they rushed in pre-
cipitately uiih fixed beyond.. Two bettalions of insurgent
National Guards and a company of Francs- Tareurs were in
and about the iiatten. Tie a -Idlers gave to quarter, and the
carnage was dreadful ()Ay 80 prtsoners um made. It Is
believed that no fewer than 3,0 of the li,surgea is u( re
bayoneted and toll dead Cu the eb it dhe Cnasceure nilepe
as an excuse for t hie wh•lesale exac-.Voo their exaTthattoh
canoed by their tinoing deserters from the Lineament:et as in-
surgents.
At about the some hour two bittaliore of the 35th and one
battalion of the ti,.! It ciantht. under Geheral Lemont (iixe,
Trto,k the tinatehu of isiy This Cnateau was fleet taken by
the troops nit Suit-toy morning, he', durirg the negotiations
of yesterinq the Insurgents managed to re-possess th,rnselves
of it. When the three b eth.ben approached it last night they
encountered a very determloed reeaehince, art thy in .Ceelitli
and made 250 triton's. Thor also prepared to attack a
Pottery at ejetcal in it fruit g irt'en between the Chateau of
lasy and the Fort but the Insura,nts, ahab a consider Aole
rumb,r of ghee, icrueeilately began to she'l the railw.y
static nat C aniart and tle C..atesu of Iny. Ia C^ll3, ounce
of tide mo•snient, which was calcula,d td tribe. notch
dam,ge on the trodp., II irsind Mac-11,h,n lot no time In
riving orders that all thora batteries a hich were dig -Red
tigArst the Point du J.ur should divot their lire in such a
manlier as to embarrive the National Gnards in their at.
tempt 013 the Stall no and the C tat; -0. t; .floral E..ton tent
forward the &gluten, and at ulna out, k ho oat able to
ennouneo to the 11.irchal that ii the Ltto positions sere In
a state of defence.

Zightlss has heal ring no an day cmte red hAween
lay cod VAlL:teal d. There bre bteo much ...askary Ere.
At two o'c 70k this atztrnoon priaohers t, the nutu,,:r
of 404, cma.g whom were six arrved at Vernal,- s in
charge of a innate shard. The great majority cf thcm atigo
that they were brcel to math, nod tb,t they were
not in f ....our of the Comuuno. The s Idters of the J. 5 0
It-ahmemt, le :ogritz!ug some deserters In the color or of the
prtwarrs, wbbed at once to slant tla,m, but this wa Lot
allowed.

BERLIN, MAI 2.

_
The mall raids! Provinzial Corn spontl,zcrrn tre
sSarereent thst the French Government hl ;And the subsis-
tence mon?, of the Gerassu troops In Fiance up to the er.d
of April.
the sanm raper stotes shot the moat Important p Ant fsr
the French G sverement, usp:or present ctrensmssnees, Is to
hurry on as much as possible the Fence togotictions LOT
berg curled on at B. ulnas.