New-York tribune., 1867-07-15
GREAT BRITAIN.
NM ALAnAMA CLAIMs.

Tn the House of Commons on the lst. in reply TO
Mr. Baxter Lord Stanley could not say that they we're
making very rapid progress with the Alabama negOa-
tons but at the time nothing occurred which led
hnn despair that those negotiations would be brought
10 a satisfactory settlement. He might state that whether
they terminated or not, 1t was ms teht0h beioe
the close OF the session to lay upon the table az INC cor
respOndence respecting them, as he Thought the House
entitled 10 know what was beng done III was IN
possible for nm to state she nature @ " @ 1t oi p se
There were very many such claims, some Of which wOuid
nerhaps not bear minute examination, while others
would be reduced and therefore auy estimate he might
give OF the real amount would be faacOus lie nu no
Soubt there were many more such claims which had
Vet been brought forward simply because II under
stood that while negouations were penaaS tne Ohed
TIE GARRISON DINNER. .
We have already given an account or the uhncf 10 M
Garrison IN London; on the 2yth OF - Ju1e, - 40 pi
YORK HOUSE, Twckenlam, ;. w, June 2C.
SIR: ENGAGEMENTS OF long standing viii prevent me
from being present at the breakfast which VIII be given
on Saturday 10 Mr. Garrison regret IT extremely ana
hasten 10 beg you 10 thank the Committee IN the Com
tesse dc Parss name as well as my own for the AMIGA
Bile invitation which you have transmitted 70 us wish
how much sympathize with the mark of esteem and
respect which you about TO give TO the aud
indefatgabe champion OF emancipation. Ihe aI9ntio
OF Slavery is indeed cause dear to every liberal heaIt
epoch which beside its faults has also its greatness we
may be proud TO wipe OF this shameful STAN IN our
civilization. The cause Of humanity has definitely tr-
umphed. thanks to the energy OF free people slavery
is hencefOrth condemned by public opinion even IN the
countries where the law allows II still an ephencIal eX
stence But those who have served this cause can never
forget that at time when It's success appeared only
as an utopia haa and ssf1 bs
among them William Lloyd Garrison. Aiter
consecrating his life task difficult at the outset he
has had the happiness TO see the accom- VI te
sauary revolution for which lie abOred He has at last
been conspicuous even iOr ms A. h IN % Iv
Of liberty has shown itself as great IN Victory ~ m
@ wnf during this siE e the Of their
10 their principles, 1t Is Impossible NOT 10 aSso-
been the martyrs Of their cause from the name al
ready historical Of Lincoln TO the last OF those VINO are
America, and So justiy called the Roll Of Honor In
receiving whose character hOnOls America thank
you Sir for having thought OF me, and Tor having count
ed on my sympathy all that Is great and noble in that
country which have seen in the midst OF such terrible
''i'''' ''D"'"' d" LOUIS PHniiLrrr p'onIEAys.
COmte dc Paris.
FW CHEssoS, esq, the Hon. Secretary.
Mr. Garrison, who was enthusiastically received
said
what he had felt TO be his duty he pIoiessed his unf
miarty with compliments of this Kind having been for
nearly years outawed BY the south and deided by the
bats had tonic effect, and nightly slaughtered the
backbone. lLaughter.l He mentioned having paid
three previous visits TO England. the first being
Ia 1888, with the object of undeeelylng Clalksoh
and wberioree as to the real tendency 0I shs
described the late Sir Fowler BuXtons astonishment on
black second visit took place in lso, when some
ladies who accompanied him as delegates 10 the Worids
AntSlayery Convention were refused admission to that
body, and he resolved to share in the exclusion This
incident led him TO comment ON the change which nad
SINCE come ABOUT ol
Atlantic regarding the proper sphere OF w0ma and to
compliment Mr. Mil on his advocacy in Parliament OF
wouRan's rights and responsibilities. Allnding to his
imprisonment at Baltimore in $780, lac men
toned that in 1864, when for the first time able
visit that city without peril OF his life, lac
ious to see his old CELL but found the prison had boen
pulled down. President Lincoln, on hearing his dsap
pOntment, said with great readiness of witt so, Mr..
Garrison the difference between 1880 and 1864 appears to
be thisn 1880 you couldn't get out but In 1854 you
couldn't get ln" Laughter.l He then adverted to his
starting The Liberator in 1881, without means and
without a single subscriber, and 10 the CON
yulsion which It's appearance excited in the South,
| the Legislature Of Georgia Offering reward for his
abduction. He inclined, he said, when Gen sherman
marched into that State, with him aud claim the
$500 but he remembered that it would be paid over in
Confederate currency and that therefore, the Journey
would not answer Iaughterl There was tme he re-