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LATER FROM ENGLAND.

The packet ship Sirsinian, at New York,
brings to the editors Of that city Loadon pa
pcrs Of the 10th and Liverpool Of the llth
February.
II will he seen that the cotton mark; had
been very acknowledgements sales having
taken place al some advanc. in prices. Great
activity prevailed in the manufacturing dis
tricts.
These papers contain no news from France
as late n reached ia by the HaYrc Packet, but
the English correspondents of the London
press all express belief that the American in
demnity bill will be paid.
Correspondence efLse London Morning CAron
PARA, rEB- Z.
There cannot bc the least doubt now that
the American indemnity will nc voted by the
Chamber. since the members of the commits
sion elected ON Thursday 10 report OH the quc>-
ton arc unanimously IN its favor The vote
Of the United States Senate, which subse-
quently arrived, must remove most Of the OBJ
jections raised by the hurt pride OF the French.
against the payment Of the claims. Hence, IL
is probable that the treaty will pass without
any paragraph throwing blame on the minis
try, such az VI. Passy proposed, and for which
proposal NJ. Passy was not chosen on the COM
mission.
II should, however, be remarked that many
members Of opposition supported ministers, or
at least insisted on the necessity Of fully salts
flying the United States. Amongst these were
not only George Lafayette, but DC Sale, DE
Tracy, and others. NJ. Realier Dumas, n mem
her OF the Tiers PGrfi, and VI. Dclessert, who
in 1891, had decided that only thirteen mil
lions were due instead Of twenty-five, were
found on the present occasion supporting the
ministerial view OF the question. With these,
moreover, were all the deputies Of the great
ports, Bordeaux, Nantes, llayrc, who, though
in general anti-ministerial were nevertheless
obliged from position Ia avoid all possibility Of
n war with America Two members for the
Girondc, Ducas and Dufauye are Of the com
mission.
And yet, Notwithstanding all this, OF the 4OI
votes given in the burcaux for the choice OF
the Commission, there were l6l given 60 men
hostile TO Il, 30 to men favorable TO il. In
some bureaux the struggle was close. Ia the
first bureau NJ. Cameron had but one vote
over VI. Salverte, and in the ninth VI. RumIi-
sat threw cut VI Berger 10y only two votes.
The strongest argument, that which weigh
ed most against the American Treaty, was the
fact, that the majority of the Commission Of
1881, consisting of VI. Delessert and such men,
were for giving only thirteen millions TO the
Americans, whilst the minority Of the said COM
mission, which proposed thirty, consisted
merely Of George lafayette, who was prr iu-
uiceu IN favour OF America, and of VI. PichOtt.
whose opinion for divers reasons does not car
~ much weight Vet in the settlement Of tho
question the Ministers, it IL said. followed the
advice Of the two forming the minority. rather
than Of the many respectable names forming
the majority.
Founded on this, those in opposition 20 tie
measure will propose the following amend
meDt:--
That the IS millions he paid out Of respect
TO the United Stlies, whose Government was
mi'lcd by the expressions of the French Gov
eTnmcnt To believe that France had acknowI-
edged the debt, and was already bound TO pay
q; but that the payment should not be made
IN virtue Of the Treaty Of 1891. A consc-
quence Of this motion being carried would be
that the interest, amounting 90 nearly three
millions Of francs, due since the date Of the
ratification, would be thrown overheard.
u AL the TI,Ts PHh and opposition, agreed
on this IOlni, they. an conjunction with ihe f.o-
gIi'ma,i,ts, might carry Il. But a. has alrca-
dy been seen, there are serious defecti0nS and
the nOn-election Of " Passy IN the Commits
, lion, seems 10 augur the defeat even Of the
rcprobatOry clause.