New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-15
GREAT BRITAIN.

The Queen and royal family sailed round the squad
nj sri,heo I'D Saturday, Jolly 40. Royal eeIates
we're fired &c. The Russian squadron joined 10 The
demonstration
In the House of Lords on August l. the Royal assent
given by commission to several brls OF public
And privnte nature The report Of amendments the
Divorce Court bill brought up after some little
discussion the report adopted snd he bill read
third time aud passed. Lord Stanley Of Alderley, in
calling the aitenoo Of the Government TO the adms.
Sion OF British salt into Chm stated that the supply OF
salt TO population Of 800 600 900 had been hitherto
monopoly il the hands Of the Chinese. He concluded
by askug what steps had been taken for the purpose
OF introducing it. Lord Epn could not at present AZ
the questOr as the correspondence had not been
made pubic.
In the House of Commons, on the same day. nothing
Of importance took place at the morning sitting In
the evening the House having resolved itself into
Committee upon the East India Loan, Sir c. Wood
called attention 10 the state OF In ia With reference
TO rs fnai The pect he said was d'scourag-
rg but not hopeless. At the close Of The first year of
the mptry the estmsteo deficit was 900.
The next year showed deficit Of flb7Ol co. making
the deficit for the two years t23,S2l 0D. With re
gard 10 the current year the deficit Is estimAted at
EI2 500 coo. The total Indian debt in April, 1857,
amounted TO $50 49, Coo at the end Of 1860 the To-
dian debt would be EOS $50 COO and the in crest upon
the debt f3,900u00. He thought reduction Of
f3CG0 Geo might be mace in the military expenditure.
With regard to the augmentation of the revenue, the
salt duty to be raised in Madras Bombay, aud the
northwest Provinces, and authority had also been sent
TO impose stamp duties and tax upon licenses, aud
possibly sncct ssion DUTY. Sir L. Wood, IN concu-
siOp moved resolution enabling the Government 10
raise in the United Kingdom, for the service Of the
Government Of India 009 Geo, to meet the demands
of the present year After considerable discussion, the
resolution AZ reed TO- and ordered 10 be reported.
Various bills were forwarded stage and the House
adjourned.
On the ID in the House of Commons, Mr. Moukton
Miner moved an address to her Majesty praying her
TO enter into negotiations with the nited States for
the purpose Of preventing assans and cIuetes upon
seamen engaged in the traffic between the two coun
tiles and OF bringing to justice the perpetrators OF such
offences.
The Attorney General said the Government had
directed its attention 10 the subject lie would
consent 10 giving the jurisdiction TO foreign Consuls
Tie only method would be either 10 fscllt ie the ex
tradition act 10 have conrse 10 the ordinary Tribunals,
10 deal with the matter in the same manner with
seameDs con ractS.
The motion was sgfeed 10.
Ex President Pierce had passed through Liverpool,
en- route for the lake district He expected 10 sail
foI New York IN about a ortDi sh'.
The Earl of Minto, father-in-law of Lord John
Russell, is dead.
Some serious strikes were occurring in London the
carpenters were demanding reduction In their hours
of labor and the employees of the gas Companies
were demanding Increased wages, aud iof some time
London was in Danger OF being lef 10 total darkness
Mr. Labuuchere is TO be made Peer. The TINES
saws: "rhe natural termination TO such career as
That Of Mr. Labouchere is sea 10 the Upper House.
" II is duty to TO readers to-day that
"he has received this honorable distinction from his
" Sovereign.
LORD BROUGHAM ON WEST INDIA EMAN-
CITATION.
The twenty.fifth al niversay of the abolr ion Of
Slavery in the British Colonies celebrated the
81 OF August by public meeting a; the Masn Hall,
Bedford square in London. over which Lord Brougham
presided.
The attendance was large and respectable, and upon
the platform, in addition 10 the venerable President
were msly dis,ing uehed friends of negro freedom.
Lcr6 Brougham, in opening the proceedings, after
briefly acknowledging the enthusiastic reception which
greeted him upon taking the chair said Ii naturally
gives us s great satisfaction thst have lived 10 see
accomplish ed this great measure Of Slavery abolition
than which there none in the whole history of
our at al superior in importance or in viz.
tue, or IN what may DO expected To be It's beneficial
Consequences and that have now, by the goodness
OF Providence been spared 10 witness the 2h snnver-
saiy OF that great event, quarter Of century to day
havlrg elapsed since the shackles Of the slave were
hnsIy struck off ought not perhaps, TO say finally
snrck on, for there substituted for Slavery an
icdentured Apprenticeship Of seven yesrs, hich IN
many respects, Was only mitigated form OF the evil
which we bad crushed and which our utmost efforts
were forthwith spphed also TO terminate derive un.
speak satisfaction In locking back TO the year 1898
when lee IN the contest for din finishing the period of
apprenticeship by two years. Ii had then existed i've
yeaIs but instead OF continuing till 1910 il ceased in
1888 ard viii do the colonial Legislatures the Justice