19 JULY 1873, Page 3

The Queen has answered the address which Mr. Richard /carried

last week in the House of Commons, praying her to in- struct Lord Granville to take steps for the establishment of a general and permanent system of International Arbitration, very drily. She is "sensible of the force of the philanthropic motives which have dictated" the address. She has always been anxious to extend the practice of settling quarrels by arbitration. And she will "continue to pursue a similar course, with due regard to time and opportunity, when it shall seem likely to be attended with advantage,"—a very safe promise. Mr. Richard's prayer is plainly not granted. It is politely ignored.