, 1876-03-16
The Already Largo Number Of Fail
ures Swel1ad by Nine Addi-
tional Yesterday.
Frightful Destruction Caused By lnunda.
tions ia Franco and Germany.
The French Ministerial Programme Fa.
vorably Received by the
Partisan Press.
FRANCE.

TIKI M1s7sTsRtAL e7ArEMKxr.
rAn,B, March 16.-A majority Of the papers
sro of opinion that the AIinistoriAl atatement
published yesterday has made favorable in-
preston, aud bollove II Will bo wolf received by
tho public. The Repub1fqus Franenise. II.
uambesta'e organ, partly npprorea Of the docu.
mont, but rogrots Tint It IL inoxpIiclt IN aomo
respects. It pescevos therein traces Of ro-
dictionary tondcnoy. Nevertheless, It is contont
to wsit, and Judge The Ministry BY IT, :~,u ao.s:
the recent Ministerial Htatomout, sayB tho Coy
ornmone hts acquired the support Of worry largo
lsapuhlican majority through ltB exoo!lent tone
and unaen!ahly good Intentions. Tho D;e'a rub
{ic saTa tho Modernto Loft and Loft Centre have
decided to unrescrvedy support tho Ministry If
1t acts in accordance With tho statement.
TIE pEpuT1Es.
VERSAILLES, March 15.-fhc Chamber Of
Depntica hsye elected tho Duks do Harconrt, OF
tho Hight Centre, to tho vaosnt Secretaryahip.
lIo polled GAG yoses against 153 for II. Legrsnd,
Donapsrtat.
Garnbetta IL reconsttl,ctiug tho party Of 1sc-
publican Union, which will be diHstuct from tho
Left aud Loft Ccutro. Eighty membors hhyo
giyeu notice OF their Adhesion to tho locon-
strucsel psrty. The reconstruction Ia believed
to 10 duo to tho fact that tho Extreme Loft IS
Erauane. Tho Left Oent1e has besn feoESa1tznd
under tho Presiiencyaof N, Dcshmont, and tho
Left under that Of jules Ferry.
f1ooDs.
pAnIH. March 1t.-The Seine h stll rising,
aud la now nbovo tho high-watcr mark Of 1872.
Ono Of tho brldgcs at tho Font dos lnvnlitlos.
| connecting tho Quat do Billy hnd tho Quat dor
say, Ia threatened and ali traffic over It haa boen
prohibited By tho authorities. .....
LONDON, March 15.-The mall aerTico between
Bou!ogno npd Folkestone Ia interrupted by rea-
son Of tho storm. No mails layo roaohed tho
| Channel Itlands (JcTsoy, Guernsey, Attorney.
| tkc,) since Saturday last. Almost all the rivers
III Franco bavo ovnE1oucd shofr banks.
LONDON, March 1915 q. MA Paris dispatch
in the Times reports that tho foundations hayo
atopped work In tho Government tobacco fao-
tory aad In tho founjsles OF Alfo1tytllc. Two
| hundred houses ato flooded at 81. MauE, ThH
gale Of Sunday caused . frightful destruction
to fifo aud property. Eleven porsors wero kill
ed in Cambray. At Sellers, tic River Hoer rose
| 90 or 30 feet, inundntiug tho country. At Co
blsntz, tito Hhlne rosa behind tho railway bridge
| like waterspout to tho height OF tho houses
Hamburg uDd Frankfort 4uYo also suffered.
The Times PARIS correspondents aAyB tht
! bridge Of AuBserlftz has boon closed. II ID 70
| ported that tho bridge has partially 3tyon wsl
| tudor tho pressure OF tho wntorB.
SENATORIAL E1ECIION.
PARIS, March 15.-nE. RicnrJ, Secretary Of tht
1utaror, hae boen elected life Senator to fill tht
vacancy caused by tho death Of II. Do !.
lsochctto. 1Io received 174 yotcs ont OF 27s
caat. II. Do Losseps, Of Buea Caual fame, oh
| tAlnlnR 81.