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Show RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. The condition of the relations between be-tween this country and Great Britain has been viewed as of a critical nature for some time. In view of this fact, the lengthy dispatches this morning will be read with more than usual interest. The Speech from the Throne, of Queen Victoria, delivered at the opening of Parliament, thoush ev idently somewhat curtailed in domestic domes-tic matters, which have not the same interest to the people of this country as those having a more immediate reference re-ference to our affairs, is still quite full concerning the foreign policy of Great Britain. Taken in connection with the diplomatic correspondence between be-tween Sir Kdward Thornton and Sec retary Fish, it will be found significant in regard to the Alabama claims and the fishery question. And there is a fair prospect at last for an amicable settlement of those claims. The secret is now out why General Scbenck has not sooner departed for the Court of St. James. Owing to the length and unusual interest in-terest of these dispatches, considerable other matter, including a number of localitems, must hold over a day. |