London, July 17. The fact that some of the fastest Jdestroyers of the British Navy have recently been sent to the Red Sea land the Persian Gulf to assist in the suppression of the slave trade, was Jrevealed by Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty, at a luncheon in London to-day to celebrate the centenary of the emancipation of slaves throughout the British Empire.
Sir Bolton said that fourteen ship were constantly engaged in the suppression of the slave trade in that Ipart of the world, and the faster ships were sent in consequence of Remarkable Operation
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