Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-28
FOREIGN.

LONDON, July 2l.-The delegates at
tending the Presbyterian Conference mum.
Der one hundred. The following Ameri-
can representatives attended yesterday
evening Rev. Mr.. Morris Of Cincinnati :
Mr.. McCosh, of Princeton; Stuart Robin
son, Of Louisville Sloan, OF Allegheny
City, and Schaff and Rogers Of New York
The cotton mill operatives of Oldham
held a crowded meeting and resolved to re.
fuse their masters terms fixing their wages
Oldham alone contains 10000 operatives
The mills OF the surrounding district are
unsettled A general rupture of the Lam
cashire cotton trade may be looked for.
LONDON, July 23.-Rev. DIR. McCosh,
President of Princeton College, presided
over the Presbyterian Council. He made
an address in which he eloquently traced
the progress of the idea in favor of union.
He described his original suggestion at
Philadelphia in regard to it, and the cordial
reception of the scheme in America, which
eliminated in the success Of 1873, when a
meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, such as
was only possible in the United States, was
made. This led to n conference between
the distinguished men, who declared the
accomplishment of the scheme one of the
Constitution, he might say that the Coun-
Gil had agreed to take the concessions of the
Reformed Church The objects of the AL.
lance were settled. The Council would
consider the question of general interest of
the community, seek the welfare of the
weak and oppressed Churches, collect
and distribute information about the Church,
and entertain all subjects connected with
~ bov .C
favoring an alliance were unanimously
passed.
LONDON, July pa protest placed by
Mr.. Plinsall on the table of the House of
Commons last night, is published. In it
Plinsall says Il protest in the name of
God against the delay of the shipping bill.
Although the bill itself is an atrocious
shame, there is enough humanity and
knowledge in the House, to change it into
good measure. He denounces the pres
ent laws against a breach of contract which
leave sailors who have unknowingly agreed
to sail in unseaworthy ships the alterna-
tive of the goal or death, and continues
/ charge the Government with Willingly
and unwittingly, paying into the hands OF
the maritime murderers, inside and outside
the House, to secure continuance of the
present murderous system. | desire to un-
mask the villains who sit in this House, fit
representatives of more numerous, but not
greater villains outside. l demand that the
bill be proceeded with. Failing in this,
lay upon the heads of the premier and his
colleagues, the blood of all who perish mex
winter from preventable causes, and de-
nounce against him and them the wrath Of
God"
VIENNA, July 23.-The strike ofthe waav-
ers at Bremen has ended, a compromise
having been effected between the strikers
and their employers.
MADRID, July 23.-The Constitutional
Committee has adopted the article estab-
fishing religious liberation, by vote of %
to s.
RAGUsA, July 2G.-The Here Govina
insurgents were attacked by the Turkish
troops near Neuisigna, and severe engage
ment took place, in which many were
killed and wounded. Both sides dispatched
reporting the battle, but failed to give the
result. On Saturday the Turks made n
sortie from Stolatz and attacked the insur-
gents near Dabia, and four companies made
an unsuccessful effort to flank the insur-
gents. The fighting lasted all day, and the
result is unknown. The Turks have fired
Goritza.