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Show French A It airs. Paris, IS, In the Assembly t onlay ! , the municipal orgauiziition biil giving tho largest taxpayers tho right of, membership in the municipal coun-; cila,' was rejected o-o to 673. The' clause is regarded as an attempt to 1 resist universal sutlnige. The rejee- tiou will probably prove fatal to the i bill. The announcement of the vote created considerable sensation. M. Fourtou, Minister of the Interior, expressed ex-pressed a willingness to accept as a compromise tho limitation of the government's right to appoint mayors of cities for three years. Tho Coin-j Coin-j mittec of Thirty approved tho report : iu favor of an American postal convention. con-vention. The Assembly will nmb- ' 'W ratify the report withJut further ' I discussion." Tiie Right Centre is- ne- j Igotiatiug with the Right ami portion I oi the Left Centre in the i hope of forming, a new majority ma-jority upon a programme based or. ,hc biil submitted by St. Croix on the loth, providing for tue cuntinnaliou of President McMiihon's powers: the ' orgaiiiiuioii of a second Chamber; conferring the ri'ut upon President McMahon to dissolve both branches . and the appointment of his successor 1 by a joint convention of the two ! ChaiuWrs. Tiie negotiations will probably prove abortive. M. Cc-ssi-I meres and M. DufJant intend, when the bill of M. J'ierricr comes up lor j debate, to distinctly warn the Kighl that ooo Deputies are prepartel to demand de-mand the dissolution of the Assembly. M. Paul dp Casa-amac is cited to an- ! pear before the assise court on Mou-j Mou-j day next to answer the charge of iu-! iu-! citing citLens to hatred against I each other. |