FRENCH VIEW OF GERMAN TROUBLES.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1659, 12 June 1875, Page 2

FRENCH VIEW OF GERMAN TROUBLES.

The tribulations of Germany are naturally not unpleasing to the French, who feel a little complimented, while at the same time amused, at the nervous flutter experienced in Fatherland respecting the rapid re-organi-sation of France, who is now a sturdy convalescent. The future of this country-is more hopeful than that of Germany ; France has no religious questions to divide her, and has laid all her spectres by founding a sagacious Republic, that can neither be irritated nor bullied into war till the " psychological moment" arrives. It takes two persons -to make a quarrel, and Barkis is not " willin" as yet to fight. The people are up to their eyes in work, have a good dealt>f legislative business to execute, and which consists, not in rivetting fetters on the nation, as practised elsewhere, but on conferring on it all the gifts of experienced liberalism, slowly but surely, and hence, wisely. BABY-THIEVING IN" PARIS. T Baby-thieving is again very prevalent in Paris. This consists in a mother, accompanied by her baby, entering a large draper's shop at the hours when the shop is most crowded. She selects a counter where goods are exposed after being shown to purchasers, m places her baby thereon, and while the assistant seeks some pattern she requests, she manages to slip a roll of something under baby's jupons, pinching the child to make it cry, and apolo-gises-to the assistant for having to go away. A mother of a different class has also been arrested by the authorities. The poor woman had managed to secure a pick-axe, and in a remote corner of Pere" Lachaise commenced to make a grave between two tombstones for her dead infant. On enquiry it was found the unfortunate was a lunatic; having become so since a few days consequent on the decease of her chill. A MELANCHOLY END. A sad affair which has occurred at Portishead was the subject of a coroner's inquiry on Wednesday Miss. Ada Ashley a young lady aged 26, who was governess to thefflpldren of Mr Dupen, proprietor of the Royal Hotel; after denying her condition, was delivered on Saturday night last; and when called. 0% Sunday it was discovered that she was in*/ dying state, and she shortly after expired. The body oj the baby was found secreted in her box. It was stated that deceased was very respectably connected, and belonged to Bath. She had been engaged for a long time > to a young gentleman, who is supposed to be the father of -the child. A letter was received from him that day addressed to the deceased. He was still ignoraut of the . melancholy affair. A verdict of " Death from hemorrhage" was returned in both cases.