New-York tribune., 1867-08-22
EUROPE.
GREAT BRITAIN.
TIE NEW CROP OF TEA.

Br ATLANTIC rELsaEAYH TO TRIsUTL
LONDON. Aug. 2l-Noon.-Advioes have Deeh Io
ceved here from Shanghai, which state tiiae .no
new crop of tea is coming in very rapidly ana 'l"'
active sales are being made of it.
TRoROGATION or PARLIAMENT-sPEECh FNo"
THE THRONE.
Evening.-Thc Imperial Parliament was prorosuo,
to-day. The Queen was not present. but INC spooO"
from tho Throne was read by Royal Commission
The Queen declares that there is no longer any
ground for apprehension of war in Europe Inc
treasonable conspiracy in Ireland has proved futile
and the attempt at revolt has been suppressed almost
without bloodshed by the valor of the troops u'e
vigilance and activity of the Police and the genera
loyalty of the people The law has been vindlcateu
without the sacrifice of human life. The speech re-
fers with satisfaction to the new postal treaty made
by Her Majestys Government with the United states
of America; and in conclusion, cOngratnlates the
Parliament and the country on the completion OF the
Canadian union, the passage of the Reform BILL
and the adoption of other measures beneficial 10 the
United Kingdom.
IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2l.--The important suit OF the
West India and Pacific Steamship Company agt'
Williams d GuiOn. just tried in the Liverpool Court
of Asszes has resulted in judgment for the PLAIN
tifs, with damages assessed at G1SO,OOO, sterling
at Aspnwall, New Grenada the 30 of April 1865
by which the steamship European, belonging to the
plaintiffs, was partially destroyed while lying at her
wharf in the above named port. The explosion also
resulted in the loss Of 20 lives including those OF the
captain and other officers of the steamer The steam
ship Caribbean, of the same line, being IN port
at the same time also sustained serious damages
The ship was valued at from fSGyOOO to t4OOOO
The cargo was insured for about eS0OOO The damage
TO the Caribbean was estimated at nearly tlOOVO'
The owners of several buildings on shore, which
were demolished put in their claims for damages 10
a considerable amount additional. The Underwriters
declined TO make good the losses, and threw the
responsibility upon tho owners of the European
upon the ground that they were cupable IN carrying
explosive material on their ship and below DECK
The plaintiffs in turn brought suit against Williams
IL Guon as the shippers of the nitroglycerne, claim
ing that they were guilty of deception in shipping
the article under the dame of Glonon oil" IA sub
stance unknown to chemists or to commerce. and
thus involved the plaintiffs in their great losses and
liabilities The defendants replied that they had
acted in the matter as forwarders" that the explo
sive material came to them from Hamburg house
with instructions to forward TO Bandman, Nelson
81 Co.. San Francisco, via plaintiffs line; that
they were themselves deceived by the descriptive
title of GlOnoin oil in the manifest; and had no
knowledge nor suspicion of the dangerous char
acter of the freight which thus passed through
their hands in the usual course of their business
The judgment rendered is understood to dennltey
settle the fact that the plaintiffs are entitled 10 dam
ages and that they cannot their losses from
the Underwriters; but the question whether the ue-
PENDANTS are ultimately liable or whether the piah
tifs must look to the original shippers at Hamburg
the orginators of the fraud goes to higher tnbu-
nal for argument and decision