The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-21 00:00:00

APRIL 21,4833*

AMERICAN CLAIMS ON FRANCE.

( From a correspondent of the Standard.)

M. BERRYER.
To analyse the speech of M. Berryer, would be to me impos-
sible. Still there are a few points to which I can just refer.
The first was, that America being a neutral power, in the
quarrel bietween America and France, did not act as a neutral
State, and is, therefore, not entitled to the Indemnity she 'de-
mands as a neutral state.
The second objection which be raised was, that the empire
and the restoration had never acknowledged any debt. to be
due ; and that, it, was false that either Napoleon, Louis the
Eighteenth, or -Charles the Tenth had ever agreed to pay any
claim whatever. His eulogy of the policy of the empire was so
traartendantly eloquent that the whole assembly thrilled, with
emotion.
The third objection was, that the Americans had acted with
great disloyalty towards France, and that 'they had shown such
a total want of honesty in all their demands and negociatious
on the subject as to renderit-impossible, if the chamber acted
honestly, that it should vote any money. On this part of the
aulleet, M. Berryer had. all the chamber with him, and when
M. rhiers -ventured on laughing, and raising his shoulders, M.
Eerryer turned round • and so effectually flagillated him, that
from that moment he was as silent as th( grave. His atiack on
the Yankees, and their avarice, was really terrific.
The fourth objection was, that the cession of Louisiana had
abundantly recompensed America for any' supposed or teal
_ injuries. •
The fifth objection was, that the cession of the Floridas by
Spain had reimbursed America for the sums of money claimed
by her on account of the vessels seized at St. Sebastian, and in
other Spanish ports.
These were the points argued and urged, with such irresistible
eloquence in his speech of Wednesday.
Hut the question now arrives, "-What will the Chamber of
Deputies do ?" Will it vote the whole of the money ? Will
it vote an adjournment ? Will it vote twelve millions on ac-
count ? Or will it vote that the twenty-five millions shall be
paid when the President of the United. States shall have apolo-
gised for his speech to the Congress ? lam disposed to think
that, by a small majority, it will vote the twenty-five millions
Without restriction. This almost appears impossible; but, as
the Bons Sees says, "what can-you expect from a chamber in
*Welt, out of 459'members, there ape 160 public functionaries?"
Towards the close of Wednesday's sitting M. Mauguin de-
manded that the original documents, treaties, decrees, &c.
Should be deposited on the table of the house for examination.
He gave it to be understood that the commission had been de-
ceived—that inaccutate copies had been supplied them—and
that the production of the originals was essential M. de
Broglie refused to do so, but admitted that originals bad not
been consulted—and that the copies of the documents supplied
to the commission had-been- madelrom the American...journals.
This declaration greatly astonished the chamber, and- in the
midst of the general surprise the sitting closed. On Thursday
M. Mauguin as to mike some disclosures of great importance.
The result of theSe debates must be soooner or later exceed-
, ingly serious for the French dynasty, as well as for the French
ministers. •