The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-26
Foreign Items

The Paris Constitutional, of the 18th, pub
fishes an article which states that France has
not ceased to give counsels of moderation to
Prussia, Austria and Italy, and says the En-
peror's Government desires to maintain peace
under conditions affording full satisfaction to
the national honor and interests It has no
other object, and cannot, with justice, be re-
presented as engaged in projects of war
which it regrets and disapproves. sN aaI
/ The weekly returns of the Bank of France
show a decrease in cash of over six and a
half million francs. p Il YHHAH
Italian securities rose nearly per cent ?
d, The Bank Of France, on the 18th, advanced
the rate of discount from 81 to. A per cent.
The city of Venice is said 10 be closed to
traffic from without YJ4U HJaqs.slsf
% The italian Municipalities continued totvote
rewards and pensions, to soldiers who shall
have distinguished themselves, and at Messina
the sum of thirty thousand francs was voted
for the crew of, the first italian, nap-of-war
that shall take a distinguished part in the
operations against Venice. loi issaaaJ
T Norwegialis are excited over the state of
oysters found in northern ATTITUDES. Several
sudden deaths have recently occurred Queen
Christiana ordered the most eminent men of
the medical profession in the realm, to in
quire into the cause. An inyesti CATION, re-
vealed the startling fact that the deaths were
produced by the eating of diseased oysters,
suffering from presidential consumption =
which disease renders their flesh poisonous.
A rather unpleasant prospect for the lovers Of
the delicious bivalye in Norway. 41ri gtss
The fashionable hair dressers of London
anasNew York now issue card photograp
the newest styles, with accompanying descrip-
tions SC that people in the country who wish
to follow city modes may obtain correct in
formation t
The newly elected President of the Repub-
lie of Panama; General Mosquera, went di-
rect from Carthagena to Bogota, and did not
visit the Isthmus as expected: There is Moth
ing from Central America beyond the con-
tinued report Of scarlet fever. The rainy sea
son has set in.
The Princess Metternich wore her night
gown and night cap as dress at recent
fancy ball 10 Paris. i8 s9aglsW
Interments in Liverpool on Sundays have
been discontinued on the ground that their
moral influence is bad 4 w IlIf Ul
An English paper says that Mr.. Bright
doesaaot appear in good health. s b.. ~
MI. OQrllnS, seventeen
years agent on the Devon estate in Ireland,
says: ''There are $3.50 persons on the estate.
They are energetic, moral and well-behaved.
do not remember crime in seventeen years,
not even so much as stealing chicken They
are contented and grateful people grateful
even for fair play. Ont of 600 farmers, de-
dnet so, and the rest do NOT see wheaton
loaf, or smell meat, except at Christmas and
Easter. They have been brought up to this
custom. One tenant on the Devon estate L
have seen sit down to potatoes buttefmilk,
and Indian meal, who purchased at recent
sale 10000 worth Of property, and did not
have to borrow shilling to pay for it. be-
lieve this to be the usual mode Of living in
Limerick" He 8} sil H. d.
In the gallery of the theatre in Dublin, one
night, a coal porter made himself disagreea-
Bile. There was yell Of "rrhrow him over"
followed by the exquisitely droll idea, "Dont
waste him; kill fiddler wild him" f