Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-16


The steamship Persia, from Liverpool 2jth
and Queenstown 27th, arrived at New York og
the 9th.
The Persia brings S6i,5i6.
The news by this arrival is of much interest
politically and commercially.
/ A competitive trial had taken place AT shoe
| lTyness Of rifed thirty-two pounder seTIc,
/ guns, of different inventors. The trial was
| brought 10 a close without any very satisfactory
/ results The Whitworth and Armstrong guns
appear calculated to meet the requirements ol the
navy.
Twas reported that Sir Cornwall Lewis had
| suspended for the present the issue Of one hun
! lred-pouuder Armstrong gun. and directed such
! experiments TO b. made as shall bring the et
/ tcieucv Of this ueT ordnance to decided
proof
| The London Tunes announces that the queen
! has offered TO confer the dignity Of knighthoOd
upon Mr Fairban, President Of the British As
| sociatiou IN consideration Of the eminent ser
I vices he has rendered 70 science. Il is uuder-
stood that Nj Fairbaiu declined the honor.
Il was expected that the Bank Of France
! would almost Immediately adopt some new
measures 10 palliste the existing crisis
Sir James Graham, baronet, died on the 25th
u.tim0 q his seat at NetheTby. He had been
suffering from acute internal pains Tor long
Q
much better that he told his medical attendant
he thought be should soon be able to dispense
with his services. Shortly afterwaTd he was
seized with a severe spasm, and az It would not
yield to the remedies applied he become con
WINGED that his end was at hand. He then grad
ually sank, but his faculties were bright and I'M
impaired to the last.
The Paris papers of the 25th contain the fol-
lowing: England, France aud Spain have
arrived at a complete understanding ia reference
10 the expedition against Mexico. 4 convention
viii be signed in eight days 1t is expected the
expedition viii leave in the beginning of Noyem-
beT.'
Mr John Young has been officially recognized
as United States consul at Belfast.
On the path ultimo, the rate Of interest on
treasury bills was further raised to 4, 45a5 per
cent, according to the date of their falling due.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
gives a report that the French Senate Will be
convened early in December, to deliberate upon
the partial reform of the Constitution, with a
view of placing it on wider basis so as TO
allow more latitude TO the members of the legls-
lativr corps in the discussion OF the budget.
The unsatisfactory condition Of the country Is
regarded as too much of a responsibility tor the
government to assume Of itself alone, and the
Emperor desires that the representatives OF the
nation should take their share IN IT,
A remarkable improvement in the condition Of
the manufacturing population OF the Somme is
reported The operatives were again working
almost full time.
The Paris Siorls has an article calling for the
adoption of measures calculated TO encourage
the production of cotton in Algeria.
Nessrs. Scott a Co, of Greenock, signed "a
contract in Paris on the Path ult., for the con
structiou of three large iron paddle steamers
(hull's and engines for the Campaine Generate
Transatlantique The vessels are to be Of 1850
tuns and $50 horse power, and are to be COM
pIeted respectively in 10, % and q months.
Gen. GuyOn, commander of the French forces
IN Rome, had arrived at Paris.
The financial accounts from Paris are rather
more favorable. The drain of gold from the
Bank of France is reported to have ceased.
It's stated that the British government took
active measures for the protection Of Father Pas
sagia from the persecution Of the Papal govern
ment. lie was in fact appointed secretary at the
British Cosulate at Rome.
Affairs at Poland are unchanged. The Cath
olic and Protestant churches aud the Jewish syn
agogues still remained closedat Warsaw, but the
negotiations for reopeung them continued. The
people prayed before the doors of the churches.
National songs were no longer sung.