Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-23
FOREIGN.
The Entrausigente Burnners.

MADRID, Oct. 22.--The Intransgente
vessels have left Valencia. Before leaving
they plundered ten more Spanish merchant
ships, taking four along with them. AN
attempt to capture the government gunooat
Lepanto failed. Admiral LoJ0 acknoWl-
edges that he dlsobeyed orders IN leaving
Cartagena for Gibralter with the national
squadron, and has asked that his case pe
tried by court-martial.
south Ameriea-Beseue OF o brisasn
Vessel
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-Admiral Taylor
writes from Bahia that on arriving there be
was informed that the British ship Coto-
paxi was ashore fifteen miles inland, and
immediately went to her assistance aud
took off the ship hundred and thirty four
passengers with their luggage and aDut TWO
hundred and ffty thousand dollars in
treasure. Prot. Thompson, Of the UniVer-
sity of Edinburgh, is on board, aud will
observe the transit Of Venus, which taxes
place in 1874.
American FiIibusters ON the Parana.
A steamer called tho Edward Everett,
bearing the American flag and owned Dy
American merchants, navigating the Parana
and Paraguay rivers, had met with some
detention on a late voyage, the authorines
suspecting her Of taking supplies to the
rebels. The mstter is 10 the hands OF tne
| United States Minister.
u. 3, Marines on Duty ON Foreign
Soil.
Admiral Almy writing to the Secretary
of the NAVY, sbOul haviug landed bis forces
tn protect the Panama railroad, says: The
President oftbe Panama railroad had PEE
vionslv notified the United States Consul
that under present circumstances be was
ahle to give the Panama railroad the pro-
lection and safeguard guaranteed in the
treaty. but this proved otherwise. BY
care. attention and hard work the Ameri-
can naval force has securely protected the
transit OF passengers and their effects over
the road without any delay. The smps
command behaved well.
Holm Bright on English Affairs and
the Treaty OF WRshington.
CoNDoN. Oct. 22.-Right Hon. John
Bright addressed an assem6lage estlmaVeu
to number 10000 persons, in Birmingham
to-nioh., He commended the admiuistra-
tion of Gladstone for past legislation, with
the exception of the Educational act, whlcn
he said was framed in hasty manner and
incomplete. he advocated the repeA Oh
clause 25 of the ACT, by which cenomlna-
tional schools are allowed to receive pay
ment from the pubic rates.
He believed the interests and honor OF tne
country would be best consulted by the so-
solute withdrawal Of British colonies from
the Ashsntee coast at no distant date. DE
then referred to the relations between Great
Britain and the United States. Some Eng
lishmen had spoken of the treaty OF WASH
ington as humiliating to Great britain;
The humiliation was between 1851 ana
1865. II at that time the BRUSH
government had prscticed toward tne
United States generous neu-
trality, the Weather classes OF Eng
land would not in the main have sided VIII
tie insurrectionary, slsve-holding planter.
Ifpewspapers here had then dealt IN q splr''
of f4irness with our transatlantic Bin, tne
dispute settled by the treaty OF 1877 Wonld
not have arisen. The conduct OF the al
ministration in reference to that treaty
snd subsequent arbitration un0er ns
provisions, had added nobier psge TO t1t
history of England than had all the bloody
battles recorded in its history. de pralsec
Earl Derby for initiating the method ol
settling international disputes by arbitra
ton: for reduction of qualifications nscessa
nv to the exercise of county franchise; fol
redistribu ion of representation in Parlia-
ment, and for moving for reform Of the
game and land laws. de
said among questions which de
mand an early solution, the last was on'
, especially of interest to agricultural laborer:
of the country, whom the present system
, tending to the requirement of large landed
!, estates, debars f1Om all hopes ofproprietor'
sbio in the soil. He acknowledged tht
harshness of the operation OF the tax upor
incomes, reviewing forty years OF su
premacy of the Liberals in thF
Government, as years of prosperity
aud progress to the country. He animsd
verted severely upon Conservative obs rue
tiyeness, and their present lack of settled
policy, and urged the country to continue
: to support the Liberal party. Brights sd
dress occupied an hour and ten minutes IL
: delivery, aud was received with unfaggin!
enthusiasm to the close.
Tho French Assembly.
PARIS, Oct. pa meeting Of delegate
of the Right Centre of the Assembly wa
, held to day, Duke de Audiferrett presiding
A resolution, recalling Count de Chambort
into France, was unanimously adopted
The meeting also adopted resolution for
mslly coalescing with the members OF tn
, | Right. A communication was addressed
the party Of the Left Centre with view
an understanding upon questions OF me
n | meDt,