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Show NIGHT REPORT. FOREIGN. Frtntlx Xcwi. Paris, 20. The committee of thirty appointed two sub-committees which sit separately. The members of the committee express a great desire to come to an agreement wi .h the covern-ment. covern-ment. The dismissal of the mayor of Nantes promotes a conciliatory spirit The first subject considered by the committee com-mittee will be the suspension of the veto power. The assembly to-day unanimously voted supplies for 1S73 as estimated m the budget of the the minister of finance. jill the members of the municioal government of .Nantes resigned in mn. sequence of the removal of the mayor. The Paris press generally regard the course of the president in this matter as an indication of a conservative policy. The radical papers do not attempt to conceal their indignation. The minister minis-ter of the interior u consulting with the prefect and mayor of Lyons, upon the expediency of suppressing the existing municipal government of that citv. on account of the pronounced radicalism of its members, and of dividiDK the city organization into several municipalities. Steamer Arrival. Calcutta, 20. The United States steamer "Lackawana1' arrived here today to-day from Singapore, English ewi. London, 20. The British corvette Challenger will sail from Portsmouth to-morrow for the pupose of making scientific sci-entific deep sea soundings. London, 21, 6 a m. There are fears the steamship "Shannon," which sailed from Montreal for Hull, has foundered. The "Osprey," from Quebec, has arrived ar-rived at Hull. The river Cam has overflowed, and the vicinity of Cambridge for miles is like a swamp, streets of the city were flooded, and Brookside and Esrnesbury are deluged. The roeent rainfall it estimated esti-mated at 60,000.000 tons of water. From gpaiii. Mairid, 20. The senate has definite-JjPj definite-JjPj approved of tho clergy donation Madrid, 20. The newly appointed ministers were presented to the king today, to-day, and took oaths of office. Senor Lorilla had a long conference yesterday with tenor Kivero. t'UIIillin r-u-. Ottawa, 20. The "Citizen," government govern-ment orfran, in a review of tbe political situation, says it is obvious that the head of tbe government may be called upon at any moment to reconstruct his cabinet: cabi-net: and that Howe will be very soon made lieutenant governor of Nora Scotia, and bis place will be filled by Mr. Archibald ; and that Laugevin is the most capable of the leading French Canadian supporters of the government, instead of Sir tieorge Cartier. |