The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-04-06
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

The 1ffbune's Paris correspondent saws
that Adelina Patti has lately made a three
months engagement with the st. Petersburg
Opera, at $4,000 francs night, exclusive of
presents and "purser's dips;"- while at the
Grand Opera, Fayre has re-engaged for five
years at 10000 francs year, with some annual
weeks OF vacation; and two smaller voices get
10000 yearly francs tor their tri-weekly utter
ances before the footlights Seeing the salaries
OF these veritable Chrysostoms of song who
shall still repeat after the Arab proverb, that
'silence is golden"
"A bottle containing the following message,
written in pencil on a torn envelope, was pick
ed up on the beach at Brighton, England,
fortnight ago@"11th of January, on board the
London. We. are,just going down. No chance
of'safety. Please give this to Ayonia Jones,
surrey Observation-Disclosures Vaughan Brooke"
"A live child was lately laid out for dead at
81. Pancras workhouse, through the heartless
lndiherence and carelessness of the nurse and
matron In charge. ~ n 1T
The Dorf Zeitung, in Hildburghausen, had
lately leading article consisting of two verses
Of the Bible, and nothing more. The verses
are to be found in Micah vii 8 and 4, and are as
follow :" That they may do evil with both
hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the
Judge asketh for a reward and the great man,
he uttereth his mischievous desire: SO they
wrap it up. The best of them is as a brier; the
most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge:
the day Of thy watchman and of thy visitation
cometh; now shall be their perplexity." The
same paper contained the debate in the cham
Der ON the decision of the Supreme Court
against the liberty of speech in the chamber.
The DoT Zeitu'ag received a warning YAl
The popular meeting which was convened
at Florence on the 10Th, for the purpose of cell
ebrating the return of Mazzini, passed off in
the most quiet manner. A vote of thanks was
passed to the city of Messina for eleeting him
as It's representative. The Avesair Ndtionatsays
mat the commission charged with determining
.he validity of his election have decided by 16
W against it, Two members took no part in
the VOTE
curious bit of news, which is not with
ou' its significance, is recorded by the Pail Mall
I0Sette. AT fashionable BANQUET given by
one OF the most DISTINGUISHED members of +be
Roman aristocracy, the whole of the guests
drank the health of Victor Emmanuel KING
of Italy. This incident produced a tremendous
sensation, as might be supposed, at the Watt.
can. Cardinal Antonelh at first thong at of
taking violent measures against the culprits.
but after considering that Ghere were not one or
two, but upwards of a hundred of them, and
that they all belonged to the wealthiest and
most powerful families-such as that off the Or
SIM, who were the terror of the Popes in the
middle ages-he determined to let the matter
pass unnoticed and hush it up as much as pos
sible.
-t'unch says: The well-known house of
husseil Gladstone and Co., have been drawing
d, large Bill without considering their returns.
L mere seems to be.aome doubt If Parliament
will accept it. - =
-owlng to the possibility of European war.
the scientific expedition of the Pruss;an Gov.
t. the Polar Seas is likely to be given
up.