Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-05-14
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|. n !. IMpoRTANr FROM EUROPE.


LATE & IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
The ship st. Andrew, which arrived
,h;. morning May So brings the following
Intelligence. which we take from the cor
respo1dence of the New York Evening
Star:
q The mail has arrived, bringing 10 the
London papers of yesterday morn'os.-
They contain important intelligence, oou-
bly important as il concerns America
Your question is settled. Inc fePor'
Of the committee on the American inoenn
nity Bin was brought up to the Cham per
of DEPUTIES. a. four o'clock on SATURDAY
afternoon. IL occupied exactly one hour
and half in reading, 90 that its length
.o.y be estimated. The report as given
10 = snpplement TO the Journal des DE.
hats. occupies twelve columns
n was the unanimous resolve OF the
committee that The twenty five millions
should be paid, with interest, from the
time the treaty was signed Thus, the
,reaty is recognized in the fullest manner.
The report contains sundry fourlshes
about the national honor" NC. which
will answer very well--in France!
Nj. de Berger endeavored to prevail on
the Chamber not to discuss the report un.
til after the arrival Of news 10 France that
Congress had separated without heap
ing fresh insults on France"
The Due de Broglie denied that any
hostile language used ty the American
President could have committed the Anne
rican Goyerpment--as the President and
The senate formed the American Execu-
tive. and the Senate had not assented to
the hostile intentions Of the President.
lie commended that the Presidents mes
sage was not an act between Government
and Government. but mere " domestic
and municipal communication"
II strikes me that this special pleading
is absurd for if the Presidents message
be so unimportani. Why was NJ. Serrurer
recalled? Why was Mr.. Livingston Of
fered bis passport?
The long postponement Of the question
recommended by NJ. Berger was not &c
morally supported by the opposition. Odil
lon Barrett wished that the documents
would ne examined and printed. and then
decided on. He trusted America and
France 10 be more wise than 10 convert
simple question ofmoney into cause Of
war.
II was then agreed that the discussion
on the report should come on eight days
after il was printed. Ministers wished to
fix Monday April 6. The documents are
nearly printed, and, in all probability, the
discussion will not be deferred later than
April 10.
The report Of the Commission proposes
the 70 flowing project Of law:
Art. !. The Minister Of Finance is au
thorized 10 take the requisite measures for
tho execution Of articles and Q Of the trea-
~ signed the 4th July, by which % mil
lions Of francs were TO be paid by France
Art. The sum of a million and half
Of francs, which the United States Gov
eminent agreed to pay in ten annual in
stalments. shall be inscribed in receipt 10
a special article Of the budget.
Art. 5. A gratuitous commission, named
by Royal Ordinance. shall be charged with
examining and approaching all the de
mands OF French claimants on the United
States. among whom the million and
half shall be divided.
Art 4. Tho payment Of the IS millions
shall not be made in the case the United
States Government shall have burt the
interests or dignity Of France.
LWERPooL, April 8.
The packet not having sailed yesterday
as | anticipated, | am able to add little
more detail to my hurried note, (necessa-
rlly hurried) in which communicate the
result Of the Partisan Chambers decision
on your Indemnity Bill-that is, the fir.
result. The Morning Herald has the fol-
lowing:
"The American question will be deba-
ted on the 7th Of April. The names of4O
deputies have been already entered as
those who are TO speak pro ct con. upon
that occasion. We do not, however,, per-
ceiye. amongst them, any Of the leading
men of the Constitutional Opposition,
those inscribed as pledged against the mea.
sure being chiefly, if not exclusively, Car.
lists.
The following summary Of the chief
points Of the Report Of the Commission
10 the Chamber Of Deputies, will explain
the views taken of this subject, as they
have been proposed, to the Chamber.
nj. Dumon. entered at great length into
the series Of facts which had given rise TO
the pecuniary question now ar issue be-
tween France and the United States. He
traced the history Of the heightened nego-
tiations to which that question had given
birth, and which various incidents had
prolonged from the period Of the Empire
TO the present day. He stated that the
claim was on the point Of being ably
and speedily settled when the Revolution
of July troke out. and that after that
epoch, M. Sebastiani offered at first S
millions, and then 30, then "a. and finally,
IS millions Of francs to the minister Of the
United States, who had demanded forty
millions. The offer Of nj. Sebastiani was
subsequently accepted. and in consequence
of it the United States had made some
c commercial concessions to France, such
as The reduction of the duties on French
wines, silks, Sc. After some reflection on
the rights which the Chamher nossasead