Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1871-07-08 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FRANCE.  THE ELECTIONS.-RETURN OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.  REDUCTIONS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. PARIS, Friday. Twelve thousand sailors, fusiliers, and gunners belonging to the Army of Versailles, have been sent home.  A circular from M. Pouver-Quertier announces that the subscriptions to the National Loan amounted to 4,800,000,000 francs.  . _ _ nuns, Saturday. The Elections here are expected to terminate in favour of the Government.  In the departments the Monarchical candidates will probably be elected. The Imperialists do not appear to have any chance of success. VERSAILLES, Monday. No political importance is attached to the fact that the Orleans Princes have dined at the house of M. niers.  PARIS, Monday. The Peuple Souve rain believes that the majority of the Republicans will be elected. The working men appear to prefer the lists containing the names of Gambetta and Victor lingo.  lhe newspapers do not contain anything positive with regard to the Paris elections. Ganibetta's election is said to be assured.  LONDON, Monday. The Paris elections passed off yesterday with the most perfect order. The city was unusually gay. The approximate result will be known to-day. The Times Versailles correspondent anticipates that fifteen moderate candidates will be returned for Paris, together with Gamhetta. The most abstentions from voting were in the Communist quarters, where many e'ectors feared to apply for tickets, lest they shouid be recognised as Communists.  The Times looks upon Gambetta's return as an occuirence of no trifling significance. If he determines to ie.enter public life, there will be an end to that playing at Republicanism of which M. Thiers has set the fashion. _  The Telegraph fancies that the general character of the successful candidates will be of a colourless hue.  A soldier was shot dead from a window in the Rue Mouffetard yesterday, while on his way to a voting-place.  BORDEAUX, Monday. Four Republican candidates have been elected by 65,000 votes.  . LILLE, Monday. Republicans have been elected in the Department of the Nord and the Aisne.  PARIS, Monday. The approxi mate returns which have been received up to the present from 33 of the Departments, exclusive of the Seine, show that the Republicans have carried 56 elections, and the Conservatives 12. LoNDON, Tuesday. The French elections have proved very favourable to the Covernment. The Bonapartists are stated to be nowhere, and the Royalists have had scarcely any success, even in the rural districts.  ambetta.'s reported return for Paris has produced on excellent effect on public opinion. The Standard looks with dismay on the prospect of 400,000 ex-soldiers dispersed throughout the country, ready at the beck of any desperate adventurer.  The S•atulard's Paris correspondent says the French Government demands an early evacuation of the l'a ris forts, and also of three departments of France. Bismarck refuses to give a definite promise.  VERSAILLES, Tuesday. The republican character of the elections has produced a deep impression on the monarchical deputies, who are much discouraged. PARIS, Tuesday. Two-thirds of the candidates supported by the Union l'aris Seine de la PrPsse wll be elected. The results of the voting in Paris in 233 sections out of 330 put the following a•head: M.M. Wolowski, Andre, Corbon, Gambetta, Scheuer, Kestoner, Flavigny, and Monsieur Frippel. The failure of the Legitimists has led to the apprehension that the Chamber will be more divtletl than ever for want of a strong majority. Prince Metternich has denied the reports that Austria desires to recruit her army with disbanded French soldiers, and has refused some French recruits who have offered themselves.  Los DON, Wednesday. It is definitely known that 15 candidates of the I'ress Union, and 5 Radicals are elected for Paris. PARIS, Wednesday. The Journal des Debats says the result of the provincial votes is rather the sequel of an extraordinary combination of circumstances than a Republican victory, and those who are really triumphant are the friends of order.  PARIS, Thursday morning. The inhabitants of Bordeaux have energetically protested against a late order of the day of General Ilisson, ordering his troops to vote for the Republic. At Sache, in the Department of Indre-et-Loire, a man named Delebande having murdered the Mayor of the place out of revenge for a supposed slight, afterwards killed the curate, an old man of 78 years, who was about to anoint the body.