The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-28
Important from Engiand-Our ClRims
on the Rrftfsh c.,,-o,-,,,,..


BY the steamship Hiberninn, which ar.
rived az Farther Point yesterday, we have
received important information sffeeiino
our future relations With Great Britain. on
the 9TH Ct April last Mr.. Adams. our Minis
Ter IN London, wrote to Earl Rus ell, init
msting IN diplomatic language that the
Washington Csbinet held England respousi.
bic for The damage done BY the Alabama
and her pirstieal companions on Nav the
4th, nearly month Afterwards, Earl Rus
sell CURLY replied that British liability
could not be measured BY United States loss
and that the real and only ouuestion Wa
whether the British Government had faith
fully aud honestly performed their duty As
neutrsls. The saline, day Mr. Adams re-
joined that The insurgeut stafes became l.el.
hgerents q sea solely ~ reason q vesseIs
furnished hsm by EnEiAnd, nnd he chsrged
ne custom hosse oHieialr u y ysffool with
Migrant negiigenes in iiersnittihg the Ala
boma 70 escape.
Three mouths pasted away without anv
reply from the British Foreign Ofce A,
the end Of that time Earl Russell addres.aS
% Mr.. Adams despatch justifying the cor
quot Of bis gover1ment and 6rcl;T
ING the offer 81 arhitrstionwbich bes
previously been made BY Mr.. sewsrS
me law officers OF the crown tssid
Lord Russell) must be held 10 be bet
stf interpreters Of British statutes thsn any
H1Ie'Sn governments can Be presumed 70 Be-.
s - ees1y CONVENIENT must therefore
ueeiihe 70 make reparation or Contaminated
ioT captures made by the Alsbams az to -
ieg me qaestlon 70 any foreigp state.h
In place Of the srbitratio5 49, !,
me British fafeifn Secretary propsso5 =
commission Of inquiry. Our Ninists- !, =
backbone aafening 81 the nesos;es; - -
grew laore entansled, answered t6st -, AZ
not believe this alternative would - -
e,ep'aels 10 his governments, and he sdss5
tnst ne recognit on Of toe south a belize
elene ey England Vas such an act As -.
before dene y one nation H. anoshor
lh q slate Of smity," aud thst iba kfs.tsf.
OF southern perts was ..th.i,,,,s.-,,.-,.
me cause, Of British policy
Al This stage the correspopssr., &C.,
nal q s. mewhat remarkable oir.,,,,,- -
nov comes 10 light L WIS ex,ctI,--t- -
'iod that q iondsn iobfuai. rpp6.-,5 r
nave eKeiualvs soRn,es % if n, =. y
nounced that the Beg0tisiions rss,'.,,e.-.-
me Al-piiRa GAINS hsd ie.chea = eriti-,i
ana unpleasant The cove. prnert 81.
lsg 2gestoped On the subject utierlv A.
area 'hats',eh wss the case I.ord psltns-.
son tssufe'' TIE iiou'e OF Commons thatthea
Sae,V on Was being discussed Sin the
mcst friendly and amicab,e fp-,s y
and Mr.. Luyard. his Under serreis,,.
tor Foreign Affairs, Vet farthersund So
5has no new claim had been made sinee
IN sideut Johnsoa's secession 10 ,,,n,e,
bow FAR these essetlifns were sincere ma.
be judged nom the fact that the publicaiio,
Of the correspondence has called iarth omen
y oppressed fears from a portion Of he
british press Of s hostile rupture with this
country.
The latest phase which TIE difficulty Ass
summed may be gathered from Mr.. sew
~ recent speech at Auburn, in which he I
So The discussion Of these elaisas in
,-.. principles essential 90 the independ. |
snee q states snd hormouv amope ~ NJ
-. believe that the President Nil /
ma, ,.1 S,r IN. .h,' part q our ai-s in such
ties Justly due, without nBv :, m, en- D.
the nstional dignity and No. y 'liise q
,n. 70 I IN, MI i, Seward evidently mean. 70
present sands, portion of ~. I.,..., .''eF ~
openly express their fears Of bosi.i. - -
ture with this country.-N y -, up