Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-07-10
FOREIGN ETESTs.

such as it has not known for many, many years
FOREIGN ETESTs.
The quinine- yielding Chincons has at length
been naturslized in India. This viii eventually
save considerable expense 10 the home govern
ment, which now pays e5O,0OO on Guinine
alone, for its naval and military hospitals
A wonderful clock IS one Of the curiOsitiss Of
the International Exhibition. The papers say
that il is Of British manufacture, and the most
| perfect work of the kind that has been seer. in
England. In addition to the regular number Of
four dials, il also moves the great dial over the
| entrance in the Cromwell road which Is thres
hundred feet distant and ninety feet above ths
works themselves. The machinery to effect this
IS taken under the AOOr, and the most careful
mechanical adjustment is required 10 insure ac-
/ cUrate working. The weights for the motive
| power weigh one tun.
young man named Andrew Lewis, living
near Chatham, England, has been committed for
trial, for stabbing MS sweetheart, Kate Du.uali.
whose only ofense appears to have been that
she had danced with another man At a wedding
party.
/ An effort has lately been made 10 establish
| homes for shop girls in the west end OS London.
The remains OF the different members Of the
/ Bonaparte family are now deposited in the fol-
l lowing places The Emperor Napoleon / and
his brother Jerome, at the InFslides Joseph, ae
Florence Louis, at st. Leu (France) Lucien.
at Canine (Itsly); Cardinal Fescbe IN the Bas-
silica Of s.. Laurence, in Lueina (Rome) Mad
anne Mere, at COTnetO Italy; the Empress JO-
sePhine and her daughter, the Queen Hortense.
at Reull (krance) the Princess Eliza, at Trieste
| (Austria)i Queen Caroline, at Florence: the
Princess Pauline, at Florence; Napoleon II, in
Austria.
In the italian Chamber of Deputies, the Min
lster Of Finance (Sella) has recently made a
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there IS likely to be deficit Of 433 600 600 lire
the present year. This is equal to $50, I25 600.
and IS 50 100000 greater than the estimate
presented by the new minister when he entered
on the duties Of MS ofice a few months ago.
This circumstance wiz operate dissdvantagso1s-
ly TO the Ratazzi Cabinet, which has alresdy
lost favor with the people of Italy.
1t Is a fact which VIII barely be credited IN
this country that, Of al the women married ia
England in the year 1860, more than 6JOO8
were unable 10 write their own names Through
out the nation, in one marriage in every SIX,
neither man nor woman could write.
Said Pesha, who IS now visiting England Is
the successor Of Mehemet Ali and a remarkable
instance Of European requirements engrafed on
the old Oriental education As with most
Egyptians aud Turks, his tastes have been
formed and his knowledge attained under French
guidance, and ne is As much Frank as an ORR
entail
A new work on Central Africa states on Ar
thority Of an old negro who has been a great
traveller" that there are dwarfs in that country
whose ears reach to the ground, and are 50 wide
thas when they lie down one eaTseTves as q mat
tress, the other as a covering. The old negro
Is probably identical with the intelligent con
traband y to whom the daily papers are 50 frs-
qHently indebted for war news.
Gossip (says the London Court JOuTuaI) has
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queen Of England. Duke Christian, of GIucI,-
berg, is, according to the treaty regarding the
Danish succession, heir 10 the throne Of Dsn-
mark. The duke has charming children. two
sons and two daughters, who happen to be-
nephsws and nieces Of the Duchess OF Cam
bridge. or these prncesses, the eldest the
Princess Alexandra first met the Prince of
Wales at Heidelberg, tad it is said that royal
favor looks toward the young girl as the future
wife Of the future king Of England The Priu-
cess Alexandra is tall, elegant and fascinating;
though not, IN the stTiCtsSt sense Of the word. a
beauty, yet possessing sufficient charm Of eoun-
tensnce and expression 10 convey the feeling Of
loYeliness, which is greatly enhanced by the tOe
Of her manners. The princess has been edu-
Gated by an English clergyman, and can speak
the English language as huently as her own
She is universally admired
In R0sedale, England, recently, the English
minors combined to drive the Irish labOrers out
Of the valley, which they did. Some sharp
fighting took place The cause Of the party
feeling is stated to have been owing to an Irish
man contracting for work at an under price.
The following notice might have been seen,
some weeks age, stuck up in a cOrset-mskers
shop window in Glasgow: "Al sorts Of ladies'
stays here"
Letters received from Rome state that tbs
bishops who have reached that city have handed
over to the Pope q sum of FIVE hundred th0us-
and Romln crowns, collected as Peters pence.
From recent official statement we quote the
following startling paragraph: The foot and
drink Of the people Of England paid last year
E42, 100000 (S2l0,0 O0O) Of taxes. OF thss
amount G35,000,000 (Si75, 600 O00) was paid
by the le0rbiHg classes, and & 600 600 (S35,-
0O0,000) by the higher and middle classes"
Thus, you perceive, when England wants to
raise a revenue, she does it by raising e tax upon
the necesssries Of life, the bread and meat Of
tae poor man, instead Of laying it upon the lux-
uries and sUpeTAuities Of the rich, or the com
forts Of the more moderate class. Five-sixths
of this enormous revenue comes from the pOck-
cts Of the men who live by the sweat Of their
brow, and Oue-sixth only from the lords of the
land. A pretty country. truly, to sneer at Us on
account Of cur system Of taxation
The constitutional emperor of Brazil presents,
in his message opening the legislative assembly.
most favorable view Of ths condition Of that
country Brazil is the most prosperous and may
become the most important member Of the Amer
lean family Brazil adopted monarchy for her
government, while other American communities
their cause by throwing it of.
Extensive preparations were making at Cher
bourg at last accounts, to send a reinforcement
Of men and further supply Of military stores
to the French army in Mexico
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