The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-05-20 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

NEWS PROM PARIS. PAWS, TVESDAY.  Pascal Grousset, the delegate to the Department of Foreign Affairs, has made an appeal to the great towns of France, inviting them to rise and help Paris. It is for this, indeed, that Paris is waiting and prolonging an unequal strife. She is fighting in order to give France time to rise. Pascal Gronsset concludes his address in these terms:  " Will you wait until Paris is transformed into a cemetery, and all its houses into tombs? Great towns, you have sent her your fraternal adhesion; you have said in all sincerity, ' I am with you.' "Great towns, it is no longer time now for mat.ifestoes ; it is time for acts when the cannon roars. Enough of platonic sympathies. You have muskets and ammunition. To arms "Towns of France, Paris regards you. Paris waits for you to encircle the cowardly bombardeis, and prevent them from escaping the punishment she reserves for them. Paris will do her duty to the very last, but do not forget Lyons, Marseilles, Lille, loulouse, Nantes, Bordeaux, and the rest; do not forget that if Paris succumbs for the liberty of the world, avenging history will have the right to say that Paris has been murdered because you have allowed her assassination to be accomplished. —Pascal Growsset, Delegate of the Commune for Foreign Affairs.—Pw is. May 15, 1871." The disposition of the property of M. Thiess is determined as follows,  " Art. 1. All the linen belonging to the house of Thiers shall be placed at the disposal of the ambulances. 2. fhe works of art and valuable books shall be sent to the National libraries and museums. 3. The furniture shall b, sold by auction after public exhibition at the Guarde Ideuble. 4. The proceeds of this sale shall be exclusively devoted to the pensions and indemnities that may be granted to the widows and orphans of the infamous war ca.ried on against us by the ex-proprietor of the Hotel St. Georges. 5. The same application will be made of the amount received for the materials of demolition. 6. Upon the site of the parricide's house a public square will be established. Paris, 25th Floreal, the year 72. J. Fontaine, DirectorGeneral of the Domains."  M. Ferre, the new Prefect of Police, is hard at work. Ile has commenced his reign by ordering the suppression of six journals—Le :icicle, La Discussi ta, Le National, L'Acciair National, Le (,Ormire, and Le Journal de Paris. The Seirle, therefore, has not appeared this morning. The others are evening papers. It is said that the Patric is also threatened.  An important minority of the Commune has signed a protest against the existence of the Committee of Public bafety. Curious details come in as to the escape of the insurgents from Vanves through the Catacombs, where they were half suffocated.  ---A navvy named Chaffy made the first discovery. He had entered the Catacombs by Montrouge to do his work, and encountered a group of about 100 men accompanied by a beardless lieutenant, who was really the sweetheart of the Commandant. This young woman had been for several days in the fort with the Commandant, enduring the tire and taking her share of work in pointing guns and firing them. The 100 men constituted the staff of the fort.