Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-11-01
FOREIGN ITEMS.

the English revenue have been recently pub
Esbed The total revenue collected during the
year ending September 80, 1851, was $3.50 s93,-
375; the cost OF collection was about sSO,OJOi-
600. Rather more than one third OF the inter.
est or the national debt. Taking this animal
revenue under It's separate heads, the ret
! amount Welded is-by Customs, S1l5 ,532 5i3;
BY Excise. SS7.595 0G0; by Stamps. 36s13ls-
lis: bv Taxes, SIS ,495, 100; By PropertV-Tax,
s7S765I20: sv Pest Office, 81 65OOGO; by
Crown Lands. SI,3SS 30; and by Misceliane-
ous. S.. 736I55 The decrease on the quarter
lust ended, is 81 497, 295 on Customs; S74O,COO
on Excise, and S2,077 4g5 on Property Tax
The exports OF manufacturer goods from
England. in the FIRST eight months Of 1851, are
Of nearlT so, O00, coo more value than IN the
fIs. eight months Of 1856.
If The anticipaticns OF Europe at the time
the last steamer sailed were correct, Prussia is
now mourning for her King. Frederick WIZ
liam the Fourth probably sleeps With bis fath-
ers. for ali the royal family were assembled at
the palare Of Potslam, expecting his DEATH
Having reached the age OF siXty-two years
and his constitution having been weakened by
The unfortunate habit Of intemperonee 10
which be was, st least for someyeaTs addicted,
II is not hkslythst he could Withstand any Sc
we're attack Of disease. In the event Of his
death, the Prussian crown will deyolve upon
bis brother, Frederick William Louis, tue King
being cbildiess. Frederick William Louis Is
in his sixty-hrst year, and his scr, tue Dung
Prince Frederick William Nicholas Charles,
bow twenty-six years old, viii be me heir APP
parent to the crowa This prince is 10 be
married in January 10 the Princess Royal OF
England. % hat this lady will be only one re-
move from a gpeenly crown at the time or her
n~uptials. she will, by her marriage, be brought
into relationship with the imperial family OF
Russia, the empress dowager being sister Of
her father-in-law, ard with several OF the
reigning families of Germany, besides those to
which she is already related through der own
father.
It was stated in the last European %iuteIli-
gence that a project was on foot to make q leen
Victoria Empress Of India. The news, how
ever, is no. very probable, though It is believed
hat the lady in question is DESTROYS rex
charging her Royal for an Imperial title, an
Emperor ranking higher than a King. Ihe
Indies are az present ia he power OK the East
India Company, who hold it in trust for the
Grown until Parliament shall Otherwise pro-
vide. Oh paying Zoo Cor double It's a%oataGi,
and 2 third less than It's actual value) for eteTy
eI0S OF East India Company's capital stock,
tie British Parliament can disp0ssess the Com
psny forever, and make British India an inte-
grail part of the British Empire. This would
he a profitable investment Of money, but the
Qqeen cannot become Empress II India until
Parlis ment has made provision for the neces-
sary transfer Of dominion.
A Lonion correspondent speaking Of the
war in the East indies, says; [ feel 60 doubt
hat the war is eGussf b the annexation OF
Dude and occasioned BY the Psrsian and Chi
nese war. Clearly it is for oaas a national
war, and q war of freedom, ia which should
sympafhize, II their barharities bad not shown
that they cannot govern themselves"
Passengers arriving from Calrutta speak Of
serious disputes between Sir Colin Campbell
and the imsscile Lord Gaming, which have
gone so far that Sir Colin threatened 20 leave
Calcutta and 10 return a. once unless the Gov
ernor-G General sbstained from meddiing with
military affairs.
There is scarcely any doubt that England
will soon overcome the mutiny in India still
the prestige Of the SepOys is gone forever.
Formerly 1t was the boast Of the English that
the Sspcys were equal 10 whatever disciplined
army, and would be a match to any future Rms
sian invading force; but now We see that the
Hindoos, even when trained by English officers,
and fighting for their nationality, are inyaFia-
hiy thrsshad By numerically Inferior EuJo-
means. This lesson will not be lost on Russia.
The reiHforcenents cannot arrive before No
vember IN sufficient numbers TO insure complete
victory; and il the meantime the DeccsR may
become the scene Of similar disturbances az
the N3rth-W est provinces. One Of the wors
results Of the numerical weakness Of the Eng
Hsh Is. that they took 10 the policy Of terror:
hence Tie var has assumed the most barbaFoUs
ferai; 10 quarter is given on either side; every
Engiishnsn falling into the hands of the ma
tiyes is murdered, and every Sspoy prisoner is
hung q blown at the mouth Of the cannon. Il
is a fact that in the PGnjaub alone. above LOGO
mutinsers have been executed within the last
three months, and that the galloWs Il a stand
ing Institution 10 Bengal, and IN ali places re-
occurred by the English along the Gauges, and
IN the hills Of the Mahratta country.
Then. Y Tcibaas makes a close c~alcula-
tion Of the military position Of matters in the
East indies. Il estimates the force available
for proceedings agaius. Delhi, At 10000. the
loyalty Ct one-fhifd Of whom are doubtful;
these ire insufficient 10 igFsst q strongly farli-
fed city over seven miles ia extent If the
English would sntes the city the Sepoys would
escape either across or down the river JunHa.
It is sgreed thar tue place eaBrot be taken BY
assault. The exDtctatioa is to make a praeti-
cable h~rezchHTith shells. If thsy DO 50 and
enter, assrly forty thousand men, With plenty
os guns ssit worked, are ready to receive
I<hem vathdesdlv obstihacy. The only likely
fchance Ger the EaghEh seems 20 be i~ntsrnal
dssension ateong the re5eis-
Os Cen Van Cortiarat's forces, reported
four sSesks ago to hagefesrhed Hisssr, and to
b pushing forward 20 Deiai, no more y heard
They nast, usn. have encountered serious
obstacles, or have been disbanded on their
route.
The position q tie English on the Upper
Ganges is, in factsdesperats. Gan. Haysiock
is ,hreatsHe3 By ths ~spsrzdcns Of the Dude
rebels, moving from Lucknow VIA Bitt0or and
irving at FaueypoEe, 10 The souih Of Gavin
pore to cut off his retreat, while simultaneous
" the Gwalio- contingent 10 marching on
Cawnpore from Caipeia town situated on The
night bank Of the Jomna. This coneentrie move
ment, perhaps directed by Eshs Sshib, Who is
said ID WELD the supreme comnspd at Luck
pow, betras $ Cor tie first time soms motion Of
strategy on he part Of the reba4
The meeting Of th~Tesregiments at Dinapore
is a serious far, brnsios ths blaze of war
within two. hundred miles " Calcutta
IL tue waverinG friBcee Of Central India
should openly aesiare AGAINST he EBgiish, and
the pufiny sr2ng Tie BOMBAY army assume a
ssri6ds aspect al uilitary calsulston i a an
ifrd for the. present, and nothHg viii remain
PERTAIN bit an 3mnebse b,ichsTg from Cash
mere to Cape Comoria. IL tie best case, all
that ran be dohe isto delay decisive events
until the aui1slf Al November Of the European
forces.
RrThe yisksbarg Salad puts the fol-