The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-24
ROREIGN NEWS.


ed off this point. News five DAYS later
= LIVERPOOL, Oct. 1S.-Sales of cotton
for the week 10, 600 bales, which open.
ed upward but became. fiat and closed
with an advance of a hair penny or
American for the week. N. o. middling
upward SaleS of 2O,OO0, BreadStuffs
quiet. Provisions steady. Consals $50
The bullion in the bank of England de-
creased 10000 &. 5-2O's 661Ea69c. Erie
railroad 59a50&c. Illinois Central
shares S3aS3s<.
"A correspondence between Mr.. Ad-
ans, the American Minister, and Earl
Russell in relation to the responsibility
of England for the r0yages committees
upon American commerce by rebel nj
rates lifted out in Englnnd,i had taken
place. Earl Russell repudiated all Liza
bllity and refused all arbitration. The
papers generally comment on the cor
respondence. The Times can hardly
doubt that the proposal for a conven:
ton VIII ultimately be accepted, and
says 1t is the best, if not the only solu-
ton and the candid and friendly tone
of the argument between Earl Russell
and Mr.. Adams iustifies that expecta-
ton other journals hoped for an sanii-
cable solution. -
LIVERPOOL, Friday, Oct, lS.-A meet
ing of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
has authorized an increase of capital BY
l6Q,OOO shares of five pounds each.
LONDON, Oct. 12.-BFendstuffs firm:
Sugar-seady; Coffee-tirm; Tea-ac-
tive; COtton-steady at AIS. 6da476s6d. =
Consols-SS5SnS9. Illinois Central Sla
S41E; Erie shares 50; U. S. 8 2O's 6S1<a
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 13.-Cotton market,
The Brokers circular reports the sales Of
the week foot up liz, 600 bales, includ-
ing % 600 bales to spectators, and
l2,OOO bnles to exporters. The market
opened firm with an advancing tenden-
cy, but subsequently became fiat and
closed with an advance of only I'd on
America, and l5a1d on India and other
descriptions. lsa7T-'7 i
LONDON. Oct. 15.-Consols closed at
Ss2InSSE. The weekly returns of the
Bank OF England show a decrease IN
bullion. American stock-U. s. 5:2O's
5S14a69; Eric shares 5Sa5SN; Ill. Central
shares SSaS331. See evening edition fol
latest news and shipping.
The steamship Hibernin was boarded
by the news boat of the Associated
Press and the following summary Of
her news obtained, which is eight days
later. The HiberniR has AZ cabin and
% steerage passengers. al
The steamship Helvetia left Liver
pool for N. Y. simultaneously with the
Hibernia. f5f
The steamship Kangaroo, from New
York, arrived ut Queenstown on the
18th instant.
The steamship Linionia, from New
York, arrived ut Southampton on the
18th instant.
The steamship City of Boston, from
New York, arrived ut Liverpool on the
10th instant. T-Gz
The steamship Danian. from ouoI,ec
arrived mt Londonderry on the 18th inst
The steamship Erin, from New York,
arrived Mt Liverpool on theil2th inst. :
CORRESPONDENCE BIsTWEEN THE AMER
1CAN MINISTER AND EARL Russell.
An Important diplomatic correspond.
ence between Mr.. Adams, the American
Minister, and Earl Russell is published
in the London Gazette, of the 18th inst,
Tho correspondence begins with a
letter from Minister Adams, dated the
It'll of April last, in which lie calls the
attentionof Earl Russell to the official
reports respecting the rnvagos of the
Shenandoah and announces that for the
damage caused by such cruisers his
government cannot avoid entniling the
responsibility upon Great Britain.
The reply of Earl Russell is dated
May 18th. He says that tho duties of
Great Britnin toward the United Suites
are not measured by the losses which the
commerce of the latter may have sus-
tanned. The question Is simplywhether
thetlueen's government Internationally
ana honestly performed the duties
Whlch international laws and their own
laws imposed upon them.
The reply of Mr.. Adams Is dated NAV
4th. lie snYs that tho Insurgents be-
came beltgerentS on the ocean solely by
reason ofthe facilities furnished. in Her
Majesty's ports for them to do so. He
complninsofthe secret sympathyo of Her
Majesty's officers in the port OF Liyer-
pool, and contends that after the infor-
nation which hesupplied respecting the
Alabama, 1t was by the fragrant neglect
of Her Majesty's Board of Customs TINT
this vessel admitted to be intended for
war purposes WINS suffered to depart
from Liverpool.
An interval of three months ELAPSED
between the above letters and Earl Rus.
sells reply to it. In response Earl
russell proceeds to justify the course of
Her Mnjesty's Government in recoH-
MIXING the beligerants, and reasons are
given why there was extreme difficulty
IN giving orders to exclude from Brit
ish'ports, vessels OF war partly fitted up
In the United Kingdom. A very impOr-
tant point is referred to in this letter!
Earl russell notices n statement in a
letter from Mr.. Adams in 1868, as to the
Washington being ready
to refer these disputes to arbitration.
Earl russell declines this Offer and
snys II Is a question in the first place
whether the Queens Government have
acted in good faith in maintaining their
neutrality, and in the second place
whether the law officers ofithe crown
have correctly Interpreted British
statute. Earl Russell contends that the
Queens Government can refer neither
n . Ia
works asked by him arc as follows:
"Her Majesty's Government arc the
sole guardian of their own honor. They
cannot admit they have acted with bad
faith in maintaining the neutrality
they professed.s The law officers of the
crown must be held to be better inter-
peters of u British statute than any
foreign government can be presumed
to be. Her Majesty's government must.
therefore, decline to make repatriation
and compensation for captures made by
the Alabama, or to refer the question to
any foreign State. Her AIaJesty's gov
ernment conceive that II they Were TO
net otherwise they would endanger the
position of neutrals In all future wars.
Her M1testy's government are, how
ever, ready to consent to the appoint
ment of n commission TO which sEinlI be
referred all claims arising during the
late civil war, which the powers shall
ngree to referIto the commissioners.
The reply of Mr.. Adams is dated the
18th of September and is very serious
in its tone. Mr.. Adams considers that
there is no dispute as to the fact
that the recognition of the South as bel
hgerents was such an act as was never
done by one milton toward another in
state of amnity. He charges the
British government with having acted
without knowledge and upon mere pre-
sumption, in assuming that the evil
dence OF the blockade Of the. Southern
ports was Imperfect. Mr.. Adams ap-
pears to think that the proposal of Earl
Russell to refer tho questions in the
-dispntches to n convention will he nc.