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Show FOREIGN. Victor Etnauuel'ti Death. Paris, 10. The death of king Vjo-tor Vjo-tor Emanuol produced a great impression im-pression here. The sudden disappearance disap-pearance of the patriotic promoter of Italian unity creates fresh anxiety in the minds of French politicians. Viator Via-tor Emanuel, deapite every influence brought to bear upon him, had remained re-mained tho friend of France, and notwithstanding the ceision of Savoy and Nice and the hasty peace of Villa Franca, he deemed himself under obligations to France. Although Italy was made distrustful by uitra-montaneiBm uitra-montaneiBm and"had latterly lormed such relations with Germany as to pass for her docile ally, it i known, and waa proved by hii recent interview inter-view with GambeUa, that Victor Emanuel would not, except at the last extremity, have acceded to any enterprise apparently menancing France. His death deprives thU country of this moral security, based entirely ou the king's pergonal feeling, and eflacea the last trace of an individual in-dividual gaalitude, which inspired the French nation with instinctive confi i dence. Tbe prospect, of an early conclave, con-clave, coupled with this event, excites ex-cites anxieties which Victor Emanuel might have warded off, although Pius IX repeatedly declared that he should live long enough to see the king repent re-pent on his death bed. The two men it is known, could not help liking each other, and the king had often to prevent hia advisors from taking too seriously o heart the attacks which the ponlifl look pleasure in heaping on him. The individual good will and respect 'disappear with the king and there ia no telling how far Italy will now be willing or able lo protect the deliberations ol the conclave. Happily, the issue of the late crisis will have served to considerably attenuate atten-uate the consequences of the kiog'i death and liberal Italy, under whatever what-ever sovereign, cannot regard France as capable of cherishing boalifo views towards her. .The liberal majorities in France and Italy will soon have dispelled evsry trace of the misunderstanding misunder-standing aud the appointment of M. Waddington as French min ster of foreign aflairs is peculiarly fitted to further thin unreoBr yed accord. Still, Viclrr Emanuel's death, in existing circumstances, justifies the painful impression it has produced here for irreppcliye pf Francorltalian relations, rela-tions, it creates a vpid jn the councils of Europu which wU be constantly apparent in the impending eyenta. : 7 F ' Gsorge Gt.ii has beep elected presilent of the Union League club. Among - the list ot ?ica prdaidenta were . William Cullen Bryant, Wm. Orion, Peter Cooper, David Dows and Theodore Rooaevelt. Resolutions were adopted -favoring the resumption Januaiy lat, 1879, and the payment of the public debt in gold or its equivalent. |