Rain is falling incessantly in Paris and the floods are steadily spreading. Central Paris is a lake; all the no able buildings are sur. rounded and trees and lamp-poste are falling. Through the tunnels of the Metropolitan Railway roaring torrents sweep.
The inhabitants of houses in the Rue St. Dominique have been food-lees since Wednesday and arethronging the windows, crying for food.
The first food riots occurred this morning when two shops were sacked. Revolver shots were fired and @ woman was wounded.—Reuter,
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