27 DECEMBER 1873, Page 2

The majority in the French Assembly have carried a vote

assigning to Marshal MacMahon £6,000 a year for receptions and balls at the El3rsee, which, it is thought, will giw an impetus to- the trade of Paris, where people, it is said, are discontented. The vote shows the curious dread the Deputies entertain of Paris, while refusing to acknowledge her claim to be the capital. They refuse to carry themselves and the Government thither, but will allow the President to scatter a few crumbs of comfort to the shopkeeper, crumbs scarcely enough to reconcile M. Worth to the new Government.