The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-20
Foreign Items.

Ina fit OF economy, brought on by diminished
revenue. and the expenses Of the Abyssinian war,
now in its unheard-of crisis, the British govern.
ment has just determined to sell on tne whoie
wooden feet and save the cost of keeping.
These grand twO-deckers and frigates, which
made such a show for the sultan, are gong TOT q
song. Tley bring onesixteenth oil their cost.
is safe TO predict that the actual squadron OF IRON
clads will not be kept as long, and will do no more
service II you have fancy for steam yacht
that will berth q thousand voyagers, here are
some beautiful ones going for tl5OO.
At female suffrage meeting few days ago, al
Manchester. England, at which the mayor OF sal
ford presided, the first resolution was moved by
Miss Becker in the absence of the eldest daughter
OF John Bright, and the second by the msyoress
of Stafford. Letters of sympathy were received
from several distinguished gentlemen and ladies',
Including Rev. Prof. Kingsley, J. S. Mill, NJ. p,
and Lord and Lady Amberley. Lord Amoerleyls
son Of Earl Russell. In this movement England
is entirely ahead Of America though It IS scarcely
a year since IL was first seriously talked ABOUT is
II the soil or the climate that makes radical ideas
grow so rapidly!
fashionable Paris paper, the Gazette des
Etrangers, publishes the following fragment OF
letter from the Empress Eugenie. protesting
against the fattery with which she has been be-
sayered on account of her visit to provincial
cholera hospital two years ago: Il dislike tue
fuss that has been made about my journey TO
Amiens. There was no courage OF merit IN that
visit-nothing but simple duty OF my position
winch hm very uhPPJ
talk TO me- therefore, of herosm saved no
body, and, indeed, it is likely that more than one
moor patient must have been Inconvenience by
the preparations made in the wards for my re-
ception. Let us reserve high-sounding words Tor
really great things, such as, for example, the
sublime devOtedness of the nuns, who are not con-
tent with visiting the sick for an hour, as dl !:
but remain with them till they recover or die"
IL this really was written by the empress, 1t is
very creditable to her, but there Is something
about it which reminds us Of the satirists OF the
OppOsiti,
Prince Humbert and his bride attended the
opera the evening Of the day succeeding their
marriage. A thousand wax candles. in addition
20 the usual gas shed luster on the scene. Shortly
after the fret act the signal was given that the
court was coming. and everybody stood up, while
the band played the Royal March. The king ap-
peared first and led the bride to the front OF the
box. There was a burst of applause, and she
bowed very gracefully and smiled very sweetly.
The applause siackened and again freshened up,
and again she smiled and bowed. Her pretty,
childlike face seemed to beam with happiness, and
her demeanor, although all that could be desired
in point Of modesty, was untiDged by the awk
wardness of embarrassment. The princess W 8;
dressed in white, and wore magnificent diamond:
on her head and neck, although not so many
somebody sid, as she had worn at the church.
Turin Correspondence London Times
The Turin correspondent OF the London Tee
graph, says: " 1 never saw innocent affection
more frankly and naiUeiy demonstrated by ont
person toward another, than by the sweet prin
cess-she is only just sxteen-toward the sterl
and soldierly looking heir TO the throne OF Italy,