Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-04
Foreign News.

usual motion was offered to adjourn over the
5th of June, for the Derby races.
Mr.. Thomas Hughes protested against the
practice, and denounced as public humllia-
ton such action of Parliament in Difference
to what Was called the national sport. He
believed the example was injurious in the
highest degree to public morals.
The motion to adj )urn was carried.
The race at EPSON, for the Derby, took
place, Wednesday, and was won by DON
caster" For the second place there was a
dead heat between g Gang Forward - and
=. Kaiser
There were numerous accidents among the
visitors to the race, caused by the running
away of horses, the falling of stands, and the
pressure Of the great crowd. Three persons
were killed and several others quite seriously
injured.
The United States treasury clerks who
took out the 10000, 900 bonds for the syn
dictate have arrived in London.
MIR Motley replied TO the toast " The
Literature of the United States" at the an
nual banquet of the Royal Literary fund.
| He laid great stress upon the 6 International
bind between England and the United
States and said that he regarded the
literary men of both Countries as fellow
citizens of great English-speaking repub-
| lie.
FRANCE.-The new ministry is constituted
as follows: Minister OF foreign affairs, duke
de Broglie; minister OF Justice, NJ. Ernoul !;
minister OF the interior, NJ. Beule; mi mister
of finance. NJ Pierre Magne; minister of war
| Gen. Du Birall; minister OF marine, Ad
miral d Hornoy; minister of public instruc-
ton and worship, NJ. Batbie minister of
public works, NJ. Bouillerie.
| The Assembly voted to rebuild the column
Vendome, and adjourned until June s.
| IrALY.-The pope, in speech, declared
that he had ever prayed for France. but he
would now pray with greater confidence, for
the election of MacMahon to the head of the
country was guarantee Of order and justice
TO civilization, which was menaced on ali
| sides
The Chamber of Deputies has finally
passed the bill for the abolition OF religious
corporations.
| Parliament adj )urned as mark of respect
to the late Count Manz mi. The royal
| prince and the members OF botn houses went
| 10 Florence to attend the poets funeral.
SPAIN-Charles Bradlaugh, the English
radical, was seized by Carlists while return
ing from Madrid, and his life was in great
peril. He has since been released.
Admiral Topete has been recessed from
| imprisonment.
| The government armysin the north, COM
manded by Gen. NOuvIlas has received rein
torcements and marched for Gala, a town
torty-sIx miles north of Barcelona, In pursuit
Of the Carlist force under T.istany. The
Carlists are blockadlng Mauresa In the
province OF Barcelona Work is suspended
I b.
gents having cut the canal which furnishes
| the water power.
The Constitution Cortes assembled, Satur-
day. The session was formally opened by
Senior Figueras, president OF the ministry,
| who maintained the right of the Spanish
people to choose their own government
| The republic, he said, would pursue policy
OF order at home. 1t had no concern with
revolution in the European states, and was
not ambitious of territorial aggrandizement.
He promised to abolish slavery in Cuba, as
10 Porto Rico, and advocated separation of
church AMI state. The Cortes then organized
by electing Senior Orense, a federal republi-
can, its PRESIDENT.
Gen. Uaorinetsy, in command of the gov
eminent troops, has defeated eight hundred
Carllsts under Sebals.
Gen. Nouvllias states that, with l., 900
men, he holds all the mountain passes 10
Bscay, and is driving the Carllsts IN that
province toward the coast. The Carllss Gen.
Dorregary has been deprived of his command.
A band OF Carlists were defeated, Saturday,
near Barcelona, by the government troops.
All the federal republican factions in
Barcelona have united as one body in opp3si-
ton to the monarchists.
MIsCELLANkOUs.-A dispatch from the
Russian expedition against Khiva says that
the two Columns of Gen. Kautfman's COM
mand, proceeding from the east, are about to
meet In the Boukan hills. The Erenburg
and MaryIshlak columns have approached
near enough to each other to establish COM
municaton.