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Show LATEST NEWS1 BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. ! i England Financially, j More Slaughter at Paris. J FisHling at (lie Karri-cades. Karri-cades. TIk; ConiiiiiiuisiH Forced iSacli, strnlii)!j IJes-Ijeratclj IJes-Ijeratclj . jicnci'ii.l Sews. The Ku Klux and Appropriation Appropri-ation Bills Signed. Republican Victory in tlie AVasliington Election. KU-. Etc. Etc. FOJiEHi.T. London, 'JO. Tn the House of Commons Com-mons to-ni;;lit, although the budget was to be submitted, the attendance of niemUcrs was light. Viscount Kn-field, Kn-field, under foreign secretary, in reply to an inquiry, stated that the government govern-ment had not been apprised of a rencwn.1 of relations between Spain and Mexico. Lowe, chancellor of the cxcliecker, introduced the budget. He referred to the stupendous events which had transpired in Europe since the last financial statement vas presented, events of a character and magnitude to set at naught all estimates of trade and revenue. Nevertheless the resources re-sources of the kingdom had shown reat elasticty. The revenue was two and a half million in excess of the estimates, and the expenditures fell half a million below them. While the cost of the army was half a million more than had been calculated, that of tbe civil service was nearly a million less. Lowe proceeded to give in detail the plans of the government for further economy, one of the most important b:ing the placing chancery funds in the hands of government l'or conversion conver-sion into stock. The estimated expense of the army for the current year, including those incurred by the abolition of the purchase pur-chase system, are 16,000,000; and for the navy 9,750,000. '1 he;cstimates for the civil service show an increase of 425,000 over those of la-t year, in consequence cf the educational meas ures. 1 be revenue irom customs ior. the ensuing financial year is estimated i at less than last. The total receipts from all sources, it is estimated, will not exceed, in round figures, 09,000,-000, 09,000,-000, while the total expenditures may reach 72,000,0000. 1 The Chancellor said that the fact that England could not be invaded se-' cured her credit, and insured her com-; merce. He difmded the recent' re-j ductions in taxation on the ground that , they were mnde because war was not' expected. He proposed to restore ! taxes on dividends belonging to foreign-. ers abroad, and to aboli.-h other exemptions ex-emptions from taxation, and to impose further duties on legacies and successions succes-sions proportionate to the amount thereof. He next proposed what he termed a resort of American originali-. ty, viz: a tax on mutches; which was received with great laughter. Versailles, 20. The Communists asserted as-serted that they had carried the positions posi-tions lost on the ISth; but they were driven to the right bank of the Seine and have not attempted to return to Asnieres. Paris, 20, evening. There has been desperate house-top fighting all day at Xeuilly and Le Vallois. The Artail-, lists were reinforced at Neuilly bridge, but the army of the Federalists defend i with great tenacity the barricade opposite. oppo-site. The Versaillists keep up an incessant in-cessant cannonading, but do not occupy , the village of Asnieres; they are in-' trenched at the railway station and in the Colombes works. The Versailles : fire greatly tries tbe nationals who are ; retiring with heavy loss. A decisive! engagement is impending. The Mail- j lot gate and tho ramparts adjoining are in ruins. The Arch of Triumph is ! suffering from the terrible bombard-, ment. The shjds are reaching Rue' Calaise. Biere Publio refuse to stop publication; publica-tion; the compositors on the other . journals are rioting. London, 21. The Daily News spec-1 ial says the Prussians intend surren-1 dering the forts to the lawful govern-. ment. The five hundred milhons are j still unpaid. Tbe barricade at the Rue de Rivoli is formidable. i The Duke of Broglie has returned to London. j Versailles, 20. Several barricades, with prisoners and cannon, have been : captured at Neuilly; and the latter were presented to Thiers, who congrat- j ulated the troops. The Prussians re- quire to know , the number of French troops arriving daily. : Madrid, 20. Costella, to-day, denounced de-nounced the house of Savoy, and was called tp order amid confusion, ' London, 21. The ship Royal Arthur is a complete wreck. Some of the suppressed journals continue to appear in Paris. Paris, 10. The Commune has issued is-sued a manifesto, saying Paris is once more laboring ami suffering for the re seneration of France, and demands the local encouragement of the producers. pro-ducers. She does not aim at a dictatorship; dic-tatorship; she desires the decentralized unity of the country. The document pronounces a compromise with the Versailles government impossible, and closes with an appeal to France to disarm dis-arm the troops now threatening the capitol. yersailles, 20. Thiers in a circular to the prefe'ts of department, announcing an-nouncing the' capture of Asnieres, declares de-clares tlie end of' criminal resistance to tho government is approaching. |