The New York herald., 1871-03-31
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS.


Laguerronniere has again assumed the direction
OF the Journal In France.
Two t0rpedoes exploded on the lam lnsf. In the
haroor OF Kie killing two men and wounding seye-
The Chancellor OF the Austrian empire has for
bdden the celebration of the German victories at
Vienna.
NJ. Ernest Dreole Is In Rome writing "History
the Empire"
On March ], the day the Germans entered Paris
rue Richard Wallace.
President Thlcrs the following aconc note
to NJ Cremieux dlsmssIng him from the Minis
try:-"My dear friend-I relieve you OF burden,
which, for some time past, has been too heavy for
you. Afer to-day you cease to he Minister. BE.
leve me yours Thtcr3"
About 100 worKmen were engaged in preparing
the theatre OF the Palace OF Versailles - the place
OF meeting for tbs National Assembly. THIS
magnificent house, almost as spacious as that
OF the Grand Opera at Paris, was constructed IN
1853 by the architect Gabriel, an order from
LOUIS Xv., and inaugurated on the 10th OF May,
1910, on The marriage or the Dauphn afterwards
Louis XVII with Marie Antonette. -
The authorities at Monaco recently made descent
upon the house OF NJ. Dusantoy, formerly tailor TO
Journal dEpO1ue at Monaco. IL was done at the
request OF the French authorities IN order to search
suspected OF having received from the late prisoner
OF WilhelmshUhe. 1t was thought that q procaIna-
suspected Jou,nai ie Drupeau would be iound.
Nothing that could compromise the ex-court tailor
was, however, discovered; but, at the request OF
the French government, guard OF soldiers has
been stationed around the villa OF NJ. Dusantoy.
dreadful accident is reported as having occur
red some days back at Creuzot (Soane-et Lolre) by
which eight men were killed and seven others serl
ously injured. 1t appears that between one and
three O'Clock IN the morning some or the red repub-
licanS bi0Se INTO the church ana rang the alarm
bell, aud ran through the town calling the lnnabi-
tants to arms The military officials, believing the
enemy was about to enter the town, made prepara-
tons for blowing up the railway me at the junction
OF Montchenln. Atorpedo had been placed between
the points OF the rails for "a purpose and soldier
who was about to place Is 0oit Ia the same spot
struck 10 blow with q ha2lner he held In his hand.
the enect OF which was an explosion aud the instant
Heate q eight persons Including the star major Of
the engineers $50. e,--e -.
The North German Gazette makes the following
remarks with regard to the war material which
France bought IN this c0untry:-"Every medal has
,ts reverse says the provern. and we have Just
to France during the late war by American specu-
lators, and about which German Journals 50 often
demonstrated did US little harm and our enemies as
little good. appears at present certain that the
clothing fuInlshe TO the French troops from beyond
the Atlantic was made from 'shoddy." 80 that II
z soldier accidentally stumbled his M knees instan-
greatest care and tenderness lsst tns arRs should
suddenly pars company WITH the body. These att.
PIRATE Accomplishments to the shoes with pasteboard
soles previously distributed to the French infantry.
The rifles were chiefly Of the class made "t0 SELL
and had nearly all enjoyed repose OF several years
on dusty shop shelves Many OF them were very
dangerous wcapOns-we mean TO those who nred
them. The result was that while enterprislng
Americans and their European agents made very
handsome profit by these transactions, the Germans
sutYorad out little damage from them. The French,
cSmps p S StHf
paying extravaRant prices for rotten cloth aud
worthless weapons, but we hardly see that the
eemans can Justly accuse the venders Of unfriend-
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