EUROPEAN ITEMS.

West Coast Times, Issue 119, 3 February 1866, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

FRANCE.

Tho appointment of an ambassador to tho Mexican Republic by America causes dissatisfaction. 1 The Government proposes avoiding the usm\l lengthy debates on tho address by each member being allowed to question Ministers about thoir several departments. Great reductions are to be effected in tho army and navy ; the pecuniary saving for' the year is £1 7,000,000. Two frigates have arrived with moro troops from Homo. Serious disturbances havo ngain occurred in Algeria, regarding 1 which, tt.o nccouuts arc conflicting, Tho French troops arp reported ns victorious. M. Uouda i« appointed J Vicc»Pre{»i» ftont tn the Pwntp, V(>wl|niwl Jtornn

The French army in Mexico is to be withdrawn by instalments, on economical grounds; and to afford no unreasonable complaint to tho United States, the Mexican Emperor published a proclamation to tho effect that the Mexican Republic ended by tho national will and expiration of Juarez's term of the Presidency and departure from tho country. All found guilty of hostility will be oxeeutcd within twehtyfour hours.

S1 J AIN. It is confidently anticipated that the dispute between Chili and Spain will soon be settled by British and French arbitration. Tho British man-of-war Lcaudcr had sailed for Valparaiso with instructions. Tho Peruvians aro uniting with tho Chilians against Spain. ITALY. Victor Emmanuel, on opening Parliament, was received with great enthusiasm. He stated his* determination to occupy Rome and Vonotia. Tho army is reduced, notwithstanding, by 100,000 men. 'flic Bavarian Government has recognised Italy. , aitEKCB. After three attempts to form a. Minis, try, Lelligevrgi got a Cabinet together. There is great excitement in Athens. Count Snonncck is blamed fov the disturbance. GERMANY AND THK DUCHIK.*. The Frankfort-on-Maino difficulty is not yet settled. Tho National Veroin maintains the original program me that Germany should bo constituted a Federal state. AMERICA. The work of reconstruction proceeds steadily onward. Troops arc being rapidly withdrawn from tho Southern States, and mustered out of service ns fast as the ponderous machinery of the War-office will permit. There are now barely 100,000 men in service, and the negroes, whom tho Southern people detest so heartily, are being mustered out at tho rate of nearly 1000 a day. A hundred more unemployed generals will soon receive notice that their services can be dispensed with, and as each ono supports a bevy of idle staff officers, millions of dollais will be saved the Government. A correspondent says : — " The steady decrease of the Federal army and navy do;s not look much like a contemplated war with England if slio refuses to pay tho Alabama claims Another largo detachment of troops has been mustered out this week, and when they have loft, the army it will not number over 60,000 men. This includes all branches of the service, black and white, regulars and volunteers — 43,246 being regulars and the remainder volunteers. The navy, too, is steadily decreasing, ono vessel after another going out of commission, and hundreds of sailors , and marines daily leaving the service. ' This looks very like a war with England ! The Fenians continue active throughout the Northern States. The Grand National Congress of tho brotherhood went into secret session in Philadelphia on the 17th of October, aud it is snid that business of an important nnd exciting character was transacted. Delegates were prcseut from all the Northern States. . There wero present many officers of the United States army lately engaged in war ngainst the South. The "Now York Herald's" Philadelphia' correspondent, writing on tho 10th October, says : — ' The attendance at tho general Feuiun Congress to-day exceeds all anticipation. Somo 600 delegates are here from circles in the eastern, western, and northern States, and 100 to 200 moro arc expected to-morrow. Had tho call given more time for preparation, 1500 to 2000 would probably have attended. It is a noteworthy fact, that in conversation with tho members there aro to be found no' indications of despondency. The news from Ireland is regarded as a largo " sell" upon tho British Government — '"a ruse" do guerre}" — which time and the progress of events will justify. ' The Fenian Congress had remodelled the Fenian organisation after the plan of the Federal government. Theio is^a President, a Cabinet, a Senate, and a House of Representatives, > Colonel John Mnhony has been elected President. A committee has been appointed to draw xip an address embodying the recognition of the Irish Republic, which will have buildings in New York for government purposes. The Fenian Senate is now in session at New York. It is calculated that the income now gathering by the Fenians in America nnunmts to £65,000 a year ; but the greater portion must be absorbed by the mere organization." Tho " Daily News' " New York correspondent, writing on } 2th November, speaks thus of Fenianism :—: — :'I do not think the^-Fenian'move-ment makes much progress. The laugh over it grows daily louder,' which is always a bad sign, and though the lecturers and '• officers" will doubtless live like fighting cocks on the funds for a year to come, tho movement will probably dio out during tho winter, or at least languish into inactivity. The Irish horo are doing too -well to offer any hope of a revolutionary movement amongst thorn. They care euough about the wrongs of Ireland to subscribe money to' right them pretty freely, but they do not care enough to tako arms in the cause themselves, ' It is within the bounds of possibility that a "rajd" may ba at* tempted on Canada j but if it oeemu, U will ho on iv small m\h, m] »lvnr»ly an

havo to bo done, — if any fighting ever is clone, — by tho Irishmen, who are already in Ireland, and you may conclude from this that there will not be much blood spilt. When men arc earning good -wages, have good food, good clothes, nnd may either make speeches themselves or listen to others making them as often as they please, there is little danger of their doing much else. The wrongs of Ireland have here only a sentimental existence, aud the historical knowledge of the Irish Americans is not great enough, nor is their imagination vivid enough lo work them up into a very groat state of fury about oppression from which they are no longer suffering. The really strong feeling amongst them is hatred of England, but invading Ireland promises.to do so very little towards gratifying this fooling that I do not believe it will bo attempted. Thomas Francis Mcaghor has been appointed Governor of tho Territoiy of Montana, and has entered on the duties of his office. 110 cut loose from his countrymen hero during the war, and has, I believe, no conncctu n whatever with Fenianism, or any other purely Irish movement. lie lms had, in other words," the good sense to loam that * thero is no career of any value open to a foreigner in America as long us his heart is in some other country, and. an allegiance paid to it, and ho has, I lielicvo, long ago conic to the conclusion that Ireland has no future apart fi'om that of Great Britiun. In short, whatever his early faults may have been, tho good sense shown in his career during the past 10 years has done much to redeem them. 110 has outlived most of the illusions of t his youth, and will probably prove a useful servant to his adopted country during the remainder of hia days. INDIA., A treaty of p?ace with Bhootan although signed, is considered premature and impolitic. Kurrachcc and neighborhood were visited by swarms of locusts, completely destroying vegetation. A native Hindoo barrister has commenced practice in Calcutta, giving great satisfaction to the native community. The sudden death of the Hon. A. J. Lewis while on duty nt tho High Court in Bombay, caused a painful sensation. A native coaster was run down by the steamer Bombay Castle. Fifteen natives drowned. The Select Committee on the Indian - Telegraph Company report the work in ' arrears since 1862, under Coh nI - Douglass' administration and recommend increased staff. The Bombay and Bengal Steam Company has completed arrangements i between Alexandria and Liverpool, First-class pnssetfgcrs from Bombay to Liverpool, L6O ; second L 35. The ship Marona, from Bombay to • •Aden, has >been burnt to the water's edge. • The officers and crew were saved by the Peninsular and ' Oriental Company's steamer Malta. A cyclone on tho Madras coast caused great damage to shipping. The ships Allay and Princess lloyal foundered off Pondicherry. No lives lost. Captain Grant, the African explorer, received a public dinner at Calcutta. The lloyal Society of Bombay sent a handsome money present to Dr. Livingstone, to aid the African exploration. CHINA. , Hong Kong, Dec. 1. . Mr Rutherford Alcock, British MiniBtor, has just arrived at Pekin in time to counteract the anti-foreign party in asserting its exclusive policy. The rebellion has almost ceased. Tho Imperial Government is thoroughly reestablished/ Comparative quiet reigns throughout the empire. Satisfactory reports aro .received from "Shan ghai andother ports. The Tycoon of Japan is in difficulty, owing to tho liberal mea- v aures of treaty concluded with foreign representatives. N •