New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-20
Things Great Britain.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Tribune.
LovpoS. July 3. 1871


LONDON, July 3, l-i7.
seldom ha.a mail left England for the United
States with so lite political news as the steamer
Britannia will take out TO morrow
Parliament has not accomplished any important
business and there is no really interesting political
snbiect now before the country. Business IN ootn
branches Of the legislature is hurried careie'sy
along. and every member appears TO "lsh the
session finished In about three weeks the proro-
cation will take place and II IS expected tsat the
dissolution will Immediately follow Then VII
corne the Elections bot there is unusual inactivity
oven about them. With the exception Of some
balfadozen candidates, who have been making
what we call stump speeches. not voice Is
heard. There is, in fact, at the present moment
complete cain in the political world
From Ireland the recent accounts Of famine and
fever and distress are Of less painful character.
The immense supplies Of breadstufs from the Z nj
ted States have had tendency 70 lower the pm
ces of food and with the help Of the government
the people obtain enough for their immediate
wants
All eyes are now watching the harvest ana the
nots,o crops The former is fu OF promise outnot
an with the latter It is generally believed that
disease has sgain attacked the potato. All will
not however. acknowledge this melancholy fact
lint Lord John Russell stated in the House OF Com
mons. last week that the potato crop OF England
and Ireland was in the prestest peril This re-
mark bad an alarming effect as It was supposed
the Premier would not have made this statement
unless based upon Northumberland Information
Should the crops really turn out bad, prices oil all
kinds Of food must rise.
The lat overland mail from India brought the
startling news of an attack upon the Chinese I'M
der the authority of Sir John Davis her Majesty $
Chief Commissioner at Hong Kong. tits admitted
here that there were no good reasons Tor this sud
den COMMITTEEMAN. as it has long been known and
has been matter of loud complaint that the provi-
sions of the Treaty Of Nankin, by which free en-
trance into all the cities opened for purposes Of
trade was guaranteed TO English subjects have
never been carried into execution so far as regards
Canton. By a combined military and naval force
an attack was made upon the Chinese forts erected
for the defence Of the Canton River All the forts
from the Bogue to the foreign factories. were car
RED only with a slight resistance, aud fortunately
without loss of life. Preparations were made for
an attack upon the City Of Canton when the sub
mission of Keying the Governor rendered the at
tack unnecessary. 1t is acknowledged by the
home journals that the noncompliance with the
terms Of the treaty quite insufficient to justify
an attack upon people with whom the country vas
at peace and at the risk OF rekindlmg general hos
tities, putting stop TO commerce. and endanger
ing the lives and property Of the English and Anne
rcen merchants at Canton.
With the exception Of the startling accounts OF
official corruption in high quarters in France the
Paris journals contain nothing Of the leas, interest
aud the general European intelligence Is not important
stated in sone the Provincial journals that The
ten hours sysleH~ has been faf snfnstme generally
introduced 10 the mills MllS which worked fan time
before have recently adopted The system but the
manufacturers have reduced the wages Of operatives IN
proportion and this has riveBsrest dissatisfaction 10
believed that a combination will take plac" and that
demand will be made for the wages ss the opera
tves received when they worked twelve hours In the
pre.en, depressed state of trade they mus, submit to
their hard fate The Factory Bill did not come into
actual operation till the lei OF July and then only as an
Eleven Hours Bill" The restriction To ten hours does
not take effect til July is4s.
The sad condition of Irish pauper emigrant- when
they land in Canada and the United states ia attracting
the attention of Parliament and the Press The emsra
ton of former years called shoveling out OF pau
pers" The Daily N0. calls the emigration Of the pre-
year the emptyng of lszar house. The inieil
gence from the United States and Canada of the cond
ZION of the emgrsnt ships and their human csrgoes the
Neos compares with nothing but the dead carts OF Lon
don in the time of the Great Plague which carried out
the chsrnelhed in careless ntermixture the quick
and the dead together The Daily Mas psces the blame
upon Englishmen. Il says. Apart altogether from
considerations Of humanity s there not something In
these details TO excite of shame in every Eng
lshmsn Complaints not uuna,urally made both In
the United States and British Provinces that
hesressy sending szsrs and destitute TO die among
them in order thst lack of charity msy not be pun.
shed by the pain the spectacle OF their suffering IS cal
culaed TO excite. IL known months before the EN-
grstion season opened that the emigration Of lei7
would immessursbly exceed that of any proceeding
year were any additional precautions taken - guard
against the increased risk OF sickness aud suffering in
the circumstances of that emigration r. Other journals
promulgste similar opinions.
Frederick Douglass who recently returned TO America
In the steamer Cambria and who refused place 10
the saloon of tia, vessel has addressed along letter 70 the
Editor Of the London Ttses under date Lynn, Masss
ohu.es Jane lG in which be gives the particulars Of
bis Interview with the sgests OF the Cunsrd Line lie
denies the truth of their statement snd speaks Of his
prosecutions in touching Ills letter Is In the
nMs Of yesterday
The splendid American Mall Steamer WAsHiNCTON
has been admired by hundreds not thousands. Of per
sons at Southampton and also At Bremen. she arrived
at the latter place the 18th Of June at o'clock in
the morning she received with an enthusiasm sell
dom Witnessed. The quay and the whole town were
crowded with spectators. sslste fired her
rival. All the ships had their eolors dying landing
bridge had been erected which decorated with OAK
boughs aud flowers aud the Burgomsster ready 70
welcome Capt Hewitt and his passengers There was
according - al accounts joyful state Of excitement
with sn parties The arrival Of the Bashs5a appeared
10 commence new she took her departure from
Bremen the 18th ult and arrived southampton in
40 hours. some ght alterations 10 oe made IN her
machinery, and abe will depart for Newiork On the
l0th Of yuiy-not the lst originally announced
Messrs : NTH & Ashley have md large hot
wells for this steamer and II s believed that when they
lifted she will 90 a. extraordinary rate Of speed
and gain for her entsrprsing and her Own
vide reputation she hes brought sixty nrstelsss Pas
sensers from Bremen, who Will remain al Southampton