Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02
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a gentleman possessed Of an estate
Brosley, in Shropshire, Engiand,
has hit upon an original plan for settling
the church-rates questions among his
tenants, several Of whom are dissenters
and opposed to the tax. He has written
a circular letter IN which he makes them
acquainted with his desire that thew
should pay the church-rates without de-
mur. He, however, acknowledged the
possibility of some Of them having re-
ligious scruples which would preveat
them from paying e~hureh-rates except
under compuision, and be adds that any
thus eircumstanced are at liberty to fol-
low the dictates oftheir conscienees, and
in such cases he (the landlord) viii pay
the rate for them, increasing their rent
by the precise amount thus disbursed.
He claims for the scheme that q viii be
satisfactory to all parties, inasmuch as
~dissenters will not be called p 0 to act
contrary TO their principles, and at the
same time the revenue Of the church
will be duly maintained.
A dinner was recently given in Paris
at which all the guests were literary
men, and all cooks. La Lf5eTte saws T:
" Among the company Were NJ. H.
DePage, editor Of La Petit Journal, NJ.
NJ. J. Noriac, Richard Claretie, Mainard.
Baron Brisse, etc. All the guests were
dressed in cooks costume; the older
guests wore the classic cotton can. the
younger Oue the tOeUe. NJ. Claretie
made up excellently as a seullien.n AZ
ter giving the bill Of fare, Baron Brisse
writes in La Lfberte: "This dinner was
given by and prepared under the direc-
ton of NJ. j. Goufie. ! had the honor q
being II of the guests, and when leav3
ing i declared TO him, on my honor, that
| never in my life ate a dinner more de-
liciously and skillfully prepared. The
10th Of December, 1866, will remain a
date ilustrious in tile culinary fosti oil
the 18th century,"
Thanks to the Russian embassy al
Pekin, which has Offered 70 forward pri-
vate dispatches, the Chinese now enjoy
Geographic communication with Europe.
kilograms are sem through the post OF
by express to Klaonta, on the Russo
Siberian frontier, q fifteen days journey,
where the telegraph begins. With the
post, which goes four times 3 month, 8
telegram to st. Petersburg costs thirty
roubles by One-hOrse express ninety.
eight rOubles; and a two-horse expires.
147 roubles.
The Sdlu Public. Of Lyons, says 'tAi
to the fabrication of silk, the yeaS close.
under great disbursement, especially
for plain goods. A revival in damask i,
still spoken OF, and the truth is that tn,
taste for resuming this article is NOR,
decided every day, favored by the ap
proaeh Of the exhibition. But damaski
being more particularly winter stuffs,
will be necessary to await the spring or
ders to know if the demand is seriouI
and will be durable.'if
The court Of CassatOn at Paris ha
decided that singing In the streets b.
night does not constitute the Offense o
nocturnal disturbances, unless aggra-
waited by circumstances which chang
the character of the act and caused it &c
become q nuisance to the inhabitants
The proceedings which gave rise to tina
decision were a charge brought agains
four young lei marching in COMPANY
and singing a piece from the DAM
Blanche at 9:45 pm.
Cardinal Goustel, archbishop Rheims
France, died on the 22d of December
He was the son of a farmer, and wOrkeI
in the fields before he entered a clerica
college for his education. He was after
ward a man of extensive learning, an
became bishop of PerigueuX in 1885. IL
was promoted to the archbishOpric {
Rheims in 1910, on the death of Nor d
Latil. He was created cardinal in 1851
Two thousand francs have been sui
scribed in France toward the expense {
experiments in the training of sill
worms in a state Of freedom, with a vie'
to collecting their eggs.