EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 941, 11 March 1872, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Victor Hugo has pronounced Gam* betta to be the only man fitted for the Presidency of the French "Republic, as he is a great and true citizen, a practical as well as a theoretical man, with good and moderate ideas. The cheapness of money in the London market has exerted a beneficial effect in commercial affairs. The King of the Netherlands is reported to have sold nearly all the original pictures in the Hague Gallery, replacing them by secondrate copies. The barque Manitoba went ashore off Penzance, and is a total wreck. Four of the crew were lost. M. Thiers has said, though a "sincere republican, I find that a republic caunot exist in France, even with my aid ; I am compelled to seek the happiness of my country elsewhere." The railway laborers at Aries, France, have struck work, and threaten to stop the trains. Troops have been sent to strengthen the hands of the authorities. General Sherman and Lieutenant Grant are in Madrid, where they are being feted. Admiral Topete, Minister for the Colonies, said he hoped the peace between Spain and the States would never be disturbed. Prince Czartoriski is about to be married to a daughter of the Duke of Nemours. Eight hundred manufacturers of Paris have remonstrated against the increased duties on raw cotton and silk. An address from the "Upper House of Austria calls attention to the mani-

fest increase of discontent among the subjects of the various portions of the Empire, arising from recent misgovernment, and especially opposed to the increase of taxation for military purposes. The Duke de Persigny died at Nice, aged 64, The lied Republicans are becoming active in Lyons. A mitrailleuse has been seized in the of a carpenter at Bordeaux. Strikes are taking place in Belgium and Germany. The Japanese Government has engaged several French officers to reorganise their army. .Ninety thousand emigrants left Germany last year, principally for the United States. The difficulty between Prussia and Brazil has been settled, owing to the conciliatory behavior of Brazil. Objections have been raised in the Assembly of France to the frequent participation of President Thiers in •their discussions. M. Thiers has consented to forego the practice. Marshal Macmahon called on M. Thiers begging him not to resign, stating that the army would obey the Assembly, but not a dictator, who would most likely follow if he were to resign. The Princess of Wales was expected to be confined in February William Anthony, the fire-raiser, has been sentenced to twelve years penal servitude. Napoleon i* said to be willing to support the Due d'Aumale in a patriotic course, as President of the Republic. Mr Roebuck, when speaking at Sheffield, violently attacked Mr Gladstone. The compulsory winding-up of the European Assurance Company has been ordered. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of thirteen per cent. Three thousand additional Communists have been released. The Empress Eugenie sold her jewels for £BO,OOO. The Empress Eugenie has returned to England from Spain. Great interest is felt in Paris on the discussion of the Alabama claims. The German authorities have prohibited th sale of French journals in ■Strasbourg. Subscriptions have been opened in Madrid to aid the people of France in the payment ot the war indemnity to Germany. The International Society of London has, by a majority of one, resolved to exclude reporters from its meetings iu future. Sir Charles Dilke was married to Miss Shiel at Chelsea, January 30. Schnapps, to the amount of ten million gallons a year, is annuallymade iu Schiedam, Holland. A new play by Sarden, called Ragabas, has been suppressed at Paris, on account of the agitation inside and outside the theatre, one party crying out " Down with Bonaparte," and another " Long live the Empire." The total population of Rome, as computed by the last census, amounts to 250,000. The last steamer from the Cape of Good Hope took home diamands to the amount of £50,000. In Vienna it is forbidden to publish matrimonial advertisements. The Duke of Edinburgh will shortly take command of the new ironclad Sultan. A magnificent winter garden, cafe, and theatre are being laid out in Rome under the direction of an English architect. Fifteen ancient paintings were discoyered attached to the roof at All Souls College, Oxford, where they have been for two centuries unknown to •anyone. Madame Taglioni is about to return to England. She left ; the stage about twenty-five years ago. The new Royal Mint in London is to be built between the Temple and Blackfriars Bridge. The edifice alone will cost £BO,OOO. At Shanghai, a Chinaman, for murdering a mandarin, was cut into 10,000 pieces.