Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-16
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IMPORTANT DEBATE IN THE ENGLISH
PARLIAMENT.
The RituaIistic Policy of the church of
England denounced.

d itlS WIS CNOhlhBY 1lOIu DTuu-NlOTe TeaU
the Archbishop's reply to the Church As.
sociation, showing a tendency in the
Church of England towards Catholicism,
and moved that a committe be appointed
to consider what legislati on is needed to
check the evil. Ho supported the motion
in long speech, in the course of which
he cad passages from petition from four
hundred and eighty clergymen of the Es-
tablished Church, asking for the appoint
ment of confessors, and the restoration of
other Popish practices, which thereforma-
ton abolished. wanted to know by what
English clergymen, holding
such doctrines, retained their position in
the church.
Grave Cause for Alarm.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said the
noble Lord had stated the question fairly
it was no wonder that the popular feeling
was waking up on this subject there was
good cause for alarm the power of the
Bishops to remedy abuses should be in
creased.
The Bishop of Salisbury declared the
positions taken by LOrd-Oran More were
unassailable, buthe thought the motion in
opportune. The confessional was so con-
trary to the British feeling that an attempt
to introduce it could only be considered
wild and visionary. The four hundred
and eighty-three clergymen who signed
the petition constituted only one-half per
cent. of the clerical body of the church.
Opposes ROmauizing the Prayer Book.
The Archbishop of York expressed
the opinion that whatever was done
in this matter should come from the
Church and not the Legislature. He
therefore was opposed to the motion. but
he declared that he would make every eX-
ertlon to prevent the prayer book from be-
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negatived and their lordships rose In the
House of Commons Lawson gave notice
that he should move next week that the
ancient custom eXpelling strangers from
the galleries be abolished except on GER
tain rare occasions. Mitchell HeHry, the
member for Galway county, gave notice of
an early motion looking to the publication
of faithful and impartial official reports
of the proceedings of the House. He
complained that the reports at present
made were partisan in character and in
tensely hostile to the Catholic religion.
Evacuation Of French Territory.
PARIS, July lin accordance with the
treaty signed in Berlin last March under
which the department of theNOsges, Arden
mes, Meuse and Meurthe st. Moselle, as
well as the fortress and ACCOMPLISHMENT of
Belfort are to be evacuated on the paw
ment OF the second installment of
the last milliard of the war indem-
nifty, the German troops commenced to
retire on the Sd inst. The withdrawal
will continue by detachment until the 18th
of August, when the above mentioned
country will be entirely evacuated.
BERLIN, July 1.-THE retirement of Bis
marck from the Prussian Ministry is GER
tain. He will retain the German Chancel-
lorship. 1t is reported that Herr Van Ba-
len, will be Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Gen. MeHahon Insures the Pope's Safety.
New YORK, July IA Paris corres-
pondent quotes General Mcmahon as say
ing everything that can be done to insure
the Pope's safety and the necessary liber-
ties of the Holy See, shall be done.
1t is directly against the interests of Italy
to eXpel the Pope, for were he to take re-
fuge elsewhere the Catholics of all the
world would be aroused and united against
Italy.
LONDON, July IA heavy storm of
rain accompanied by sharp lightning
swept over Yorkshire, yesterday. The RE
ports from various points in the country
state that the crops We're greatly damaged
by the storm. Several persons were killed |
by the lightning.
Important Spanish News.
MADRID, July 1.-THE Insurgents in |
Carthagenia, ARE masters of the entire town, |
with the exception of the arsenal, and tits !
cared that the latter cannot hold out long,
ma with the ships on the dock will fall |
nto the hands of the Insurgents. Contre-
as is reported as the leader of the insur-
ectlon. The Minister of War has left
Madrid for Carthagenia, but at last accounts
vas unable to proceed beyond the station
It Polma.
a detachment of Government troops in
garrison at Puente Larena, Navarro, have
to the Carlists.
MADRID, July l4.-Gen. Nelarde entered
Alcoy yesterday with n strong column
# Republican troops. The militia of the
province of Alicontre had already taken
possession of the town, having succeeded
II reducing the Insurgents to submission
nd taken away their arms. The ring
eaders of the revolt, however, had escaped
rom the town before Nelarde's troops had
rrived.
BAYoNNE, July 14.-Advices received
ere from the CaTlist sources state that
eyeral thousand muskets have been land
d on the coast of Piscay and distributed
the Carlist recruits. The same reports
ssert that the supporters Of Don Carlos
IL gaining ground with such T..yid..y nd
he numbers so steedily on the increase | I
nat there is universal cry from the Re {
ubllcan commanders in the north for re-
liorcements in order to hold their ground.
MADRID, July 1.-THE successes of the {
artists and the outbreak and atrocities nj
lcoy, have awakened strong strong feel.
lg against the insurgents and war meet
lgs are being held at various prominent '
olnts III the provinces, and notably AT {