Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-08

sush an explanation can be- gwen, 4, will sustain
The honor of all parties
NJ. de Rance complained, that the officers of the
rrehch brig OF war d'Assas had been insulted by
The populace of New York and likewise thai Com.
Elliott did not fire salute until eight DAYS after his
arrival on the French coast, To both of these
complaints, however, satisfactory explanations were
made by NJ. de Rignv-thc insult In the French
o'neers was the act OF a mere mob, and was amply
''ohoo Tor by the excuses which were rendered on
Tue next day by the Mayor, the civil authorities
ana many OF the principal citizens. And, in rela-
tlon TO the saluatc, il was said that Com. Elliott
icft ms vessel two or three leagues from the shore
lie came on shore IN his yaw and his first at
tentlon was directed to the salute In consequence
OF bad weather. however, the frratc remained three
or Tour leagues from the land, and therefore was
not IN situation To fire salute. But us soon as
1t was possible the twenty one cannon were fired by
the Constitution, and were mmediacl, returned
During the debate, the Due dc Broglie produced
document which is said to have excited no ordi-
mar, degree OF curiosity, and which appeared to
make very powerful impression on the Chamber
twas letter written by Bonaparte to Taeyrand,
IN the first year of the consulate, and ran thus:
Il beg the citizen Tallcyrand to draw me up
report on two subjects, especially on the first, (thc
American caims) Let there be no talk of inca
Pacity to pay. t,rc ore, IRE ought to rag.
(Slgncd) BoN,rARrE."
This document, said to be in Bonapartc's
own handwriting, and was relied uponby the Min
lister to show that the principle of indemnity,
which was attempted to be secuted down by the
opposition, had been recognized by thai, great man.
We copy the following singular article from the
London Times because is going the rounds ofthe
papers, and not because we have any faith in its
nuendoes Should MIR. Rvcs deem the story
worthy Of contradiction, shall Of course
publish whatever he may have to say on the sub
ject;
From the London Times.
PNus, April ls.-Among all the fabricaons
rrailrd in the Chamber and the newspapers on
the subject OF the american claims and the treaty
which reduced them to the form OF a valid obga-
ton, il Is a matter of surprise, especially to the
members of the diplomatic body, with whom the
facts are familiar, that neither deputies Jour
nali,s have laid their hands ON an anccdotc,
which would have thrown more light ON the
chief point ISSUE than all that has resulted from
tornghts nccssant debate. During the irst
days of the revolution, when the future King OF the
French was still at Ncuilv and Lafayette was hes
tatng at the Hotel dc Vile between the proca-
nation of a republic, 81 the institution of monar-
chv surrounded BY republican institutions, the Duke
OF Orleans sent across the barricadcs, to ask an in
tcrycw of Mr.. Rivcs, the American Minister, who,
like most of the d diplomatic servants of the United
States, is known to have entertained opinions
the subject OF government, having decided lean
ing towards aristocratica and monarclcal forms.
The object of his Royal Iiiclncss was to induce
MIR. Rvcs TO 20 the Hotel de Vile, and convey to
Lafayette the effect of his own conviction on the
all important question which was then under lclb-
Grafton. The American Minister consented, and
during his subsequent stay in Paris as perhaps
nov at Washington, he delighted to recount the
part he played at this crisis of the revolution put
ting especial emphasis the cordially with which
he received by the venerable old man, who
for the moment held the dcsncs of France in his
hand, because, i'll the representative of the AmVr
can Republic, Lafayette thought he saw the per-
sonifcation OF that pure form of government with
whichhe desired that his country might be cndow-
cd.--Suiiicc il to say, that the mission proved sue
ccssful, that Lafayette allowed himself to be
vnccd and that Mr.. Rves knew how to exact
from the King and his Ministers the price ofthat in
tcrvenon, which had contributed 50 essentially To
smooth his path to the throne