, 1873-01-08

of hosti!ities with Prussia.
The river Seine continues to rise and at many
places has overfowed it's banks.
General Chanzy's corps is being RAPIDLY in
creased to 100000, while General Ducrot, who
IS classed as a doubtful republican, has only
$4,000 men under his command.
President Theirs to-day said that he q in
tended to keep the monarchists in awe"
MADRID.-During the session of the lower
house of the Cortes yesterday Senior Gorilla, the
President of the Council, declared that it was
the purpose of the government to introduce re-
forms IN the municipal law of Porto Rico. pro-
viding for the abolition of slavery on that
island.
Senior AorriIla also announced that the Carlist
instruction has " dwindled to an affair of but
little Importance" that the disloy4l demonstra-
tons OF the federalists have ended and that or
der is now assured throughout the country.
The house, by a vote of 1872 against 6, adopt
ed a resolution declaring its S tislac'ioo with
the declaration of the government.
The republicans in Cortes have resolved to
support a vote of confidence only on condition
that the governm mt declare unequivocally in
favor of the immediate abolition Of slavery in
the Spanish dominion.
PARls.-TLo Mayor of Nantes has been dis
missed from Office for not giving sufficient pro-
lection to the pilgrims Of Lourdes. The mo
ton introduced in the Assembly to inquire into
the responsibility of the Government for the
outrages suffered by the pilgrims, has conse-
quentIy been withdrawn.
NJ. Roein, a distinguished member of the H.
%8titute, has been struck from the jury list be-
cause he acknowledged that be did not believe
10 the existence Off God.
The Journal des Debats says the French
Government has no intention Of sending men-of
war to Hayti to support the demands Of French
citizens.
In the Assembly to-day, NJ. Bonnot's motion
against duties on raw materials was, after fur
Their debate, rejected by a vote of 461 to 1853.
Urgency was granted for a proposal to appro-
pirate 100000 francs for the relief of sufferers
by the inundations in France.
The river Seine has over-f0wed it's banks,
and the water is spreading on both sides. In
this city the quays are flooded, the stores near
them are closed, and all traffic in that quarter is
carried on by boats. Beyond Bercy, a suburb
of Paris, on the right bank of the Seize, the
houses in che vicinity Of the river are standing
in one vast lake of water.
Observation-Disclosures from Client report
that the streams in that section of Belgium have
risen above their entertainments, and the coun-
Try is inundated.
The City of Client is flooded, and in some
of the streets the water is three feet deep.
The London Times, euIogizing Mr.. Greeley,
says he died in honor the people of the Uni
ted States felt that be was a most genuine
American.
HALIFAX, N. S,-The smallpox has appear
ed at Bridg 9 port Cape Breton, and at Sydney.
There have been eleven fatal cases.
Dec. goth.
Paris. Al lthemembers ofthe Municipal Govern
ment of Nantes have resigned, in consequence
of the removal of the Mayor. The Paris Press
generally regard the step taken by the Presi-
dent in this matter as an indication of a conser-
vative policy. The Radical papers do not
attempt to conceal their indignation.
LoNDON.-Thelate heavy storms have swollen
the streams throughout England Il to a great height,
and several of them have overlooked. Wind
sor and Eaton are flooded. The River Trent
and its a~f1uents, the Soar and D5rwent, have
risen above their banks, submerGing a large
portion of the country in Leicester, Derby, and
Nottingham. In some sections of those coun-
ties, only the tops of trees and hedges are visi-
BILE. Heavy l~andslips have occurred near Dover,
and railway communication with that town is
interrupted. The town of Peter borough, in
Northampton County, is flooded, and many of
the residents have been compelled to take
refuge from the waters in the upper stories of
their dwellings,.
PARIs.-It is probable that some of the brid-
ges crossing the River Seine in this city will be
swept away by the foods.
LoNDoN.-A dispatch from Liverpool says