Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-04-01
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The Cunard mail steamship africa, Capt.
Shannon, from Liverpool, arrived at ten O'Clock
yssterdy morning. She left Liverpool at nine
O'Clock on Saturday morning, the It'll inst.
Tn africa brings SIS, 800 in specie.
The chief incident by this arrival is the an
n~ouncement by Lord Pa,merston Of the course
which his government intended to pursue in
consequence of the recent defeat on the Chinese
question. As the state of the public business
would not permit an immediate dissolution OF
Parliament, he proposed to dissolve the House
In May, and until then to go on with such meas
ures as called for immediate action, namely,
the financial estimates, and a temporary multi
ny act, leaving the general question Of taxation
to be dealt with by the new Parliament. With
respect to the policy be would pursue towards
China, until the decision of the country should
be taken, his administration would continue to
defend their rights aud improve their relations
with China in a firm but peaceful way, and in
connection with France, and, be hoped with
America, to secure an extension of commercial
advantages. In the House of Lords similar
announcement was made by Earl Granville.
In the House Of Commons, on the night Of
the 9th, the Chancellor Of the Exchequer
brought forward his financial measures, name
ly, a reduction Of the income tax (for the year
from April, 1851, to 1859 from I'd to I'd and 3D.
per pound also, instead Of Is I'd per pound
duty on tea, be would propose Is Sd, and pre-
cisely the same scale Of duty on sugar. These
changes were carried by a majority Of %.
These changes take effect from 9th april, 1857,
to 9th April, 1858.
Lord Palmerston has been invited to become
member for the city of London. Liyerposlhas
sent him an address.
The signing of the treaty of peace between
England and Persia is officially announced, and
a copy has been dispatched to Teheran FOL
ratification. Its chief feature consists in grant
| inc right of residence "a Rrif=sh Cougulq in tbs
cities of Persia. A dispatch receiyedb by mean'
of the Russian telegraph says that a treaty Of
commerce has been ratified at Teheran by tbs
Shah-NuT-ed-din, between Persia and the Uni.
ted States, granting the same terms, namely
that American COnsuls may reside in the chic
Persian cities. Austria seekst to nj negotiate witt
/, Persia a similar treaty.
When the treaty of peace with Persia wat
= signed at Paris, the fact was Immediately tel,
egraphed to Bucharest, where a Persian courier
. was waiting to start with the news to Teheran
feruk Khan took the message to the telegraph
: Office himself, and was greatly astonished sheI
he received a reply within half an hour.
= Our Paris correspondent, writing on the 5tf
4 inst, states that the dividends resulting from
4 every description of stock or speculation vii
' fall far short of their usual average this sea
d sou. The influx Of silver into the country wal
[ steady and In a continuous stream; but tn
metal was being superseded daily by gold. Al
s international bank was spoken Of.
q The same writer states that the general opin
ion in the French capital was, that the war il
: China would result in the unrestricted opening
of that empire to the influences Of civilization
o The intelligence from China comes in scrap
from private letters, and contains nothing diff
-. ferent from the newspaper reports alreadl
published. The French papers contain tn
Emperor of China's edict against the English
They also say that on the 9th Of Decembe
n the Chinese seized the English opium depot.
1t is reported that Sir John BoWTing has bee
recalled.
4 The conference on the Neufchatel questio
opened at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, Pari:
on the 9TH. Tn proceedings have not trans
q pired.
AL the allied troops have left Greece.
!, Accounts from Mexico, just received at MAJ
rid, represent that General Gandars, Governo
IL of the Department Of Sonora, in the republi
Of Mexico, had proclaimed {" the war Of races,
and had sacked the town Of Guyana, in whic
m were numerous Spaniarts. The Spanish Coy
ID eminent had accordingly determined to send o
ir at once 2,e00 men to Cuba, (without %countin
ID the other forces which are being prepared,
to enable complete TeparatiOn to be obtarne
n from Mexico.
Telegraphic communication between Europ
o and America will be far too profitable an Ell
terprise to be monopolzed by a single compa
ny. Already there is a rival corporation staTte
in London, under the title OF the European an
% American International Telegraph Companl
They propose 10 lay a submarine cable fro
AZ the south coast of England to Cape Finisterr
in Spain; thence through the Atlantic ives
ward. The following are the various points
: be connected, with the APPROXIMATE distances