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Show ----- By Tolesrror-li. -1XS1UK PARIS. Loudon, 21. The Paris correspondent correspon-dent of the London Times, under date of the 21st, says, General .Trochu is generally considered incompetent, and the council of defence only failed to accept his resignation because they were unable to find a successor. It is impossible to make Parisians consider the question of surrendering. .They arc anxious to fight under competent leadership. The ration of flour is now halt' a pound daily per man. The poorest poor-est people receive bread gratis, with a pint of wine each, and a little sjrup laily. The middle classes suffer most : .'rious!y. All potatoes are sold at a franc a piece, and dog flesh is worth a dollar per pound. Herald eab'e, Paris, 21. Last night, at 11 o'clock.- a general summons sum-mons to arms was sounded in the turbulent tur-bulent quarters, but so depressed was the miserable population that not more than 500 meu responded to the call. It was useless for. such a gather-inn gather-inn to make a descent on the Hotel de Ville, and so they gave up the job in despair, and betook them to their cold and cheerless beds. To-day the prefect pre-fect of police has a strong body of national na-tional guards at the Hotel de Ville, and has caused the adjacent s'.rcets to bristle with bayonets. The unhappy citizens of Paris are too much wasted by misery to be able to incite a revolution, revolu-tion, although it is probable that some trouble will occur in the streets. |