3 APRIL 1875, Page 2

The Bien Public publishes a rumour, as yet, however, uncon-

firmed, that Pedro II., the say.•an Emperor of Brazil, is about to abdicate in favour of his daughter, the Comtesse d'Eu, whose husband, one of the Orleans Princes, is a soldier, and said to be an able man. He commanded in the war with Paraguay. The Emperor's decision is said to be owing to inability to agree with his Parliament on ecclesiastical questions, which in Brazil, as everywhere else, are beginning to override all others. It is stated that the Emperor, after his resignation, will make a tour of Europe, and finally settle in the United States. The story may be true, but it is just as likely put in circulation in order to influence either the Brazilian Parliament or the Emperor. Kings out of Spain generally die Kings.