New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-05
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE NEW ENGLISH MINISTER TO WASHINGTON
Front choes Of the Clubs

THE NEW ENGLISH MINISTER TO WASHINGTON.
From BehOes Of the Clubs
1t is to be hoped that the somewhat unfat
teIing comments which have been made with reference
To the appointment of MIR. Thornton will not have the
post offered him. and in which well qualified to dis
tinguish himself Mr.. Thornton frs-Juy a. 1865
dispatched special mission 10 Rio and month later
received his commission Her Maiestys Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister PenipotentaTy He set himself
resOlutey TO work dspel the ifeeng existing at Rio
toward his countrymen, and which was the simple con
sequence OF the objectionable act Of bullying OF which
bile Of goodwill of Oense and Mr.. Thornton during
his residence among them has not only achieved popn
amcable sentiments toward the country OF which he
the representative In choosing him 10 succeed Sir Fred
erick Bruce at Washington, Lord Stanley has made
selection the good effects OF which only be neutrzed
by niudcios ATTEMPTS TO prejudice the minds of Amer
cans against the individual honored by Her Majesty's
confidence and already enjoying weearned reputation
not only for diplomatic ability hut for that highbred
courtesy and those cOncilatOry manners which pecu
ary characterize the best specimens Of an English gen
ueman"
MR. GARRISON AT LEEDS
meeting was held at Leeds the 22d inst, under the
presidency Of Mr. Banes VI p. 10 receive Mr. W. L. Gar
IsOn representative of the Anti Slavery party in
America Mr.. Baines said that Yorkshire had been as
ISOLATED for many years with the history Of the enamel
patton of their enslaved fellow creatures The slave
trade was abolished in considerable measure through
the fundamentally Of Mr.. Wherefore when member for
the County of York. Slavery itself abolished mainly
through the fundamentally Of Henry Brougham who
the Antlsavery interest Thomas Darlington Macaulay
returned Of the first members for Leeds ex
pressy the of Zachary Macauay the advocate of
the abolition of colonial Slavery. The victory that had
been obtained in America had been purchased by rivers
of blood and by q mountain OF debt but IL worth
the price that had paid for IT, Ii victory not
merely for America but for the whole world.
An address embOdying these sentiments presented
to Mr. Garrison the representative OF the American
Anti-Savery Society.
Mr.. Garrison, Mr.. Illngworh and others spoke. and
resolutions of sympathy with the freedmen were passed
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENGLISH TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
ARCHBISHOP MANNfNC's SPEECH.
AT the animal meeting OF the United Kingdom Alliance.
held at Manchester October 90 10 stated that o. the
100000 required for the five years agitation fund.-"
about &45OO0 had already been subscribed. IL OBJ
served IN the report that too much must not be expected
from the new constituencies but still the Council felt
tain that under household suffrage 1.-THE power Of the pub
licans would be weakened" Archbishop Manning at
tended the meeting but the reverend prcate said
che had responsibilities pressing upon him which made
him act very cautiously" He rejOced work with the
Alliance and il it possible he would go 10 the full
length OF their programme. At subsequent meeting,
held in the evening he spoke with less Moral
meaDs he said were not sufficient to meet the eN and
the Legislature must undo the acts which had resulted
the establishment of beerhOnsos and the enormous in
crease in the consumption OF spirits"
THE FAfE OP DIR. LIVINGSTONE
The Cape mail brings the substance Of a letter. in which
Mr.. j. g MOffat missionary and brOtherlnlaw Of DR.
Livingstone expresses strong hope that his dstin-
guished relative, Dr. Livingstone Is still alive repsrt
says Mr.. MOfat has been received Zanzibar Of Living
stones passage through district more remote than the
place where he was said TO have been Killed.