NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE events of the week have not been thrilling. The usual chronic nervous fever still runs on in France, caused by doubt and anxiety as to whether the Emperor intends to go to war or not; but nothing fresh has transpired, and the latest prognostics have consisted chiefly in the complete absence of signs. The semi-official Constitutionnel, which was fierce against Prussia, and so caused a fall of Rentes on the Bourse on Monday, has explained that it was denouncing only the Prussian journals, not the State, but the explanation has not restored the animation which its carefully acted wrath checked. Garibaldi has resigned his seat in the Italian Parliament, and is said to have gone to Malta, en route for Naples, where Crispi has summoned a meeting of the extreme Left ; but it is also disputed that he has left Caprera. It is noted that at the same time a secret society, with the ominous name of " Vengeance for Mentana," has appeared, and the official Perseveranza conjectures that Garibaldi has resigned his position of Deputy in order to break with the Constitu- tion and•be at liberty for revolution. There is a rumour that the Italian Ambassador in France, Signor Nigro, has demanded from the Emperor the withdrawal of the French troops in Rome, in accordance with the September Convention, broken last year by both parties ; but if he has, he has certainly been snubbed. On the whole, expectation is still strained towards a wholly invisible future. Coming events are not as yet casting shadows before them.
