| Show special to the deseret awn even 7 neu s 3 ippa FOREIGN liverpool motley received addresses of welcome presented by the liverpool and ind ina american chambers of commerce Com merco and then left for london 11 london in ta the house of commons tonight to night mr gladstone moved the third reading of the bill for the disestablishment 0 of the irish trish church A large number of petitions against the passage of the bill were then presented after which james maden holt member for northeast north east lancashire made for seconded the motion that the bill be rejected A long but uninteresting debate followed terminating in the refusal of the house to accept holts proposition ro position and the passage of the uli ull bill by a vote of 60 against was the result which was received with uproarious cheering from the ministerial benches the house shortly afterwards adjourned havana the troops are in active pursuit of the who landed in the bay of nipe and have captured three of their cannon and killed manuel guerla the commander of the riflemen A heavy enya enTa enragement engagement gement has taken place at pa puerto padre ire lre the insurgents are massing their forces in the vicinity of los lob timas A skirmish is reported near cienfuegos between the regulars and insurgents captain general dulces order sending a number of political 0 1 prisoners to spain is revoked re liverpool minister motley the new minister of the united states received the addresses of the chamber of commerce at his hotel this morning in reply to that of the american chamber of commerce he returned thanks for the welcome he had received as representative senta tive of the united states he said it was the earnest hope and chief wish of president grants administration and of the people of america to retain faithfully friendly and equitable relations with the government and people I 1 e of great britain he said the deop happiness neka of the world the advancement of civilization and the best hopes of humanity depend on the concord of all branches bran chea of the human family and pore fore more especially on that of the two leading nations both connected by personal interest albeit by blood abdicated to commerce and the cultivation of the arts of peace mr motley concluded as a follows my most moat strenuous efforts shall be devoted to further a good understanding der standing on the basis of enduring friendship and aud kindly relations in accordance cor dance with the great principles of justice jit stice and honor which are the inimitable and only safe unerring grounds in the conduct of nations in answer to the address of the liverpool chamber of commerce mr motley expressed his high appreciation of the friendly sentiments expressed toward Af america and assured them that during the period of his term of office he should endeavor to promote a good understanding between two nations of the same bame race bound by a unity of interest hitherto unequalled unequal led and that the best and highest h lied est eat purposes of both were to be fulfilled by faithful friendship the american people and the american government desired adlea ble relations with great britain on the basis of justice with regard to the rights and duties of both and it was the earnest wish of the americans to extend commerce but the question of free trade was beyond the limits of his functions its settlement being vested by the people in congress new york the heralds liverpool special says that in the interview between the american minister and the american chamber of commerce the latter presented an matulat ing the minister on his nomination nom in tion also on his safe arrival and expressing a defife that friendly relations might continue to be maintained between the two countries the address concluded by offering the sei sol vices of the chamber whenever they could be useful motley replied as telegraphed last night the address from the liverpool chani chamber er of commerce was then presented which expressed the deep interest est the members felt in the united states and the maintenance of cordial relations between the two governments they trusted that sentiments of modera tion and justice would animate all and that all questions would be solved in accordance with mutual interests they furthermore alluded to the probable removal of the last vestige of english protective policy and expressed hope that motley would be instrumental in bringing about reciprocal free trade on the part of america to this motley repeated his sentiments as formerly exi pressed and furthermore stated that although the american nation basani was animated by an earnest hope and desire for peace based upon justice it has a dispassionate regard for its honor and its interests in its dealings with other countries and while cherishing an earnest desire for extension of commerce the government at washington could could not go beyond its functions in the fiscal arrangements of america they being in the hands of congress after changing personal introductions the members and delegations withdrew london the news says it Is satisfactory to find that president grants government has adopted a policy of conciliation and peace on the question of the relations of england and the united states the news says it is anxious to know the basis on which the new deliberations erat ions are to be conducted and adds but if motleys Mot leys suggestions to lord clarendon are pervaded by the spirit breathed at liverpool the americans may reasonably hope for success and england would be content to accept a settlement arranged by lord clarendon and motley the telegraph says that any proposals made by motley will be weighed on their merits for england having halving made her protest against doctrine has dismissed dismiss edit it from consideration London midnight the irish church bill was read the first time in the house of lords tonight to night it was agreed that the bill should come up for the second reading on the dinst new york yorka n the meralda herald london special states that the official correspondence between england and america relative to the alabama affairs was published in february 1868 in that correspondence seward beward expressed a wish for the settlement of the claims surges suggesting ting an international conference 1 subsequently seward beward desired that the naturalization and san ban juan questions should be first settled these were accordingly concluded in october johnson then in behalf of seward beward proposed that the alabama claims be referred to a committee formed of an equal number of british and americans with power to call upon an umpire in case of disagreement whose decision should be final stanley responded saying the point on which the former negolia neg otia eions were broken off was the claim of the americans to raise for arbitration the question of the alleged premature re mature recognition by her Maje government of the belligerency of the confederacy which the british government alleged could not be taken up for it would thereby cause the government to depart from the position it had already fab tab taken faken en but he saw no difficulty in so framing a reference to that byl by mutual consent either tacit or express so that the difficulty might be avoided the negotiations thereafter proceeded rapidly on the basis of this agreement by which both nations were blended for the purpose of making things run smoothly the convention was drawn up and signed in december england conceding that the place of meeting be washington subsequently sub Bub seward beward informed mr thornton that the contents of the convention were not in accordance with the instructions to minister johnson and that the president and his colleagues could not approve ove c certain ertain stipulations which I 1 an fn 11 their their present form would not receive the sanction action of the senate senate mr seward beward assured mr thornton that the united states was anxious to bring the matter to a satisfactory conclusion and acknowledged the negotiations but hoped the importance of the subject would lead his government to consent to such modifications as would be acceptable to the thes senate enate on the english ministry being changed clarendon wrote under date of dec that the british government was prepared to meet the wishes of the united states and sent the draft ofa of a convention by which the negotiations were to be completed on the of january a second convention was drawn up by lord clarendon which was the one lately rejected by the senate this was in fact a proposal to cheat the public by deceptive clauses with regard to the recognition of the belligerency of the south and it excited indignant comment here with all fair minded men and appears to have fully justified the action of the senate admiral informed the cortes that six hundred political prisoners from cuba were now at fernando po but they would soon be transported to the canaries the cortes ia is engaged in signing the constitution which nich will be promulgated on the sixth lust the burden of the newspaper articles published here hereto loday lo today day on the subject of mr motleys Mot leys arrival is generally to the effect that the writers filli nind find in his speech at liverpool indications of the spirit of the instructions given him by president grant the pall mall gazette boasts that america has backed down before british pluck and that under these circumstances the arrival of a new minister is of small importance and the best result they anticipated from motleys Mot leys mission is that his duties will afford him sufficient leisure to prosecute his historical studies paris the heralds Herald 3 special says a splendid farewell american banquet was given to dix at the grand hotel tonight to night between three and four hundred persons were present washburne the generals successor minister burlingame and bullock of massachusetts were among the guests mr cowden of new york presided general dix in response to a toast on his health delivered an eloquent speech thanked thanking the assembly for the compliments paia paid paia him he reviewed the past progress and referred to the future prospects of their common country alluding to the completion of the pacific railroad rall Eail road rond he said it realized the prophets dream and the great thought of columbus by opening a western passage from europe to the indies in ih the present century and little more was needed to complete the work after alluding to the ambition of the american people the gen said we may trust in providence I 1 for a continuance of our national prosperity prosper ity if in our intercourse with torel forel foreign n states we conform to those rufes of international right and obligation which have received the sanction of the civilized world demanding only that the same maxi maxims ins of reciprocal justice shall be sacredly respected by others that the high seas shall be recognized as a common pathway and that the nations shall be free from all pretensions of superiority or arbitrary control in relation to france he said I 1 there had existed between emerica america and france from the earliest period a strong bond of aftin affinity ity which should never be broken france had come to our aid at a trying period in the infancy of the country and during the very throes of our national gestation she rendered essential service to washington by the sword of her soldiers rochambeau chambeau Eo and count de do grasse while Dest ainge raxton and paul jones at sea unsheathed their swords in the cause of independence owing to this misunderstandings between the two countries for nearly a century have been few and unimportant and brief in duration leaving no behind P after an eloquent tribute to the generosity of napoleon and the worth and virtue of the empress general dix referred to the qualifications of his successor mr washburne speeches were subsequently made by burlingame washburne bullock and others havana seventy thousand dollars have been received for confiscated property since the of april the city has ras been terribly excited since yesterday on account of the volunteers arming serious riots are expected A heavy engagement has taken place between the spaniards and insurgents on the P peninsulas en i between the bay of nipe and bay baynor nos official reports announce that four cannons and all the other munitions brought by the have been captured |
