Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-02

one of Mr. Livingstone letters TO his Governmen nj con-
tanned the following passage The Bill will shortly be
presented to the Chambers; think the President ought
IN ms message, 10 speak OUT and boldly. Was il
that MIR Livingston had written these wordss
q, me resident OF the Council with great warmth =:
The President of the Council; al deny the fact
(Murmurs)
Nj. de Rance declared his opinion tina, the Minister
IN The answer just given by him, had by means rcfut
ed his (the Hon. Deputy's) argument.
The President of the Council stated that Government
had always intended to act in the spirit of the amend
ment proposed by General vaaze but that he and his
colleagues disapproved OF Nj Lcyraud ndment
cause athough they were ready, when called upon
give explanations to every member % the Chamber they
objected to clause that would bind publish such
documents as Government might re GIVE.
The Minister of the Marine offered some explanation
on the mission of the French BRIG the DAssas which he
insisted had been well received New York lie then
entered into some nautical details the mode in which
the American fge the Constitution had paid the usual
honors to the French flag.
| NJ Glais Bizon observed that the portion of Mr. Lii
vngsons correspondence which prior to the Presi.
dent message and which had read to the Cham.
Der by the Minister Of War; contained letter dated 9th
November, and le3o and stating tina. the writer ad been
informed by an influential member of the French Cham
Der that the debate the American claim would proba
Oily be postponed till after the Presidents message had
reached France ana that the of that message
might depend the vote on the bill The Hon Deputy
thought that the Chamber ought demand the retrac
from the lcft)
! M. Maugun thought that the Chamber ought to OBJ.
tam satisfaction not only for the American Presidents
message out also Tor the correspondence which had pro-
voked that message. He then said that in The course Of
the ensuing session. himself and his colleagues would
demand from Ministers III the dignity of France had been
satisfied.
Nj. de Mariner considered it dangerous precedent
that newspaper articles should bc allowed to interrupt
the harmony existing between two friendly nations
M Mauguin replied that the point in question had no
reference To ewspaper articles but related solely to OIL
| cal communications made to the American Congress-
The lst article of the Bill was then adopted With the
amendment of Gen. Valazc The Opposition Dcpu-
ties both OF the right and left voted against the article
a q mfr thns
The Articles and where then adopted without discus
| sion--they to the following efect--
Art = The sum of 500 ,00Uf which the Government
oil the United States, has engaged pay in annual
terms IN discharge of the claims presented by France in
oeha OF her citizens, or of the Public Treasury SHALL
In proportion as the recoveres made be credited
special article of the Budget Credits shall be opened
to the Minister of the Finances similar amount for
the discharge of the claims which shall have been IL
quldated III favor of French citizens
Art s. Committee, exercising its functions gratui-
tousy and named by Royal Ordinance, shall be appoint
ed to examine and estimate all claims addressed to Co
vernnent and TO divide the of 500 OOOf amongst
all the claimants having right thereto, and if
ry IN proportion to the just of their claims All
claims must be presented before the 1st January 1887
under penalty of forfeiture of the same. The claimants
may appeal TO the Councils Of State against decision
OF the committee according to the forms and within the
delays specified for matters in litigation The same
right is reserved to the Minister of Finances An ac
count shall be annually laid before the Chambers of The
payments effected on the o. 500 O00f Should
portion OF this sum remain unemployed it shall be re-
turned TO the Public Treasury.
n
senble of the Bill The following was the result Num-
Der OF votes 42G absolute majority 2l4; for the Bill
~ against it, 1877.
The Bill was accordingly adopted The announce
ment to that effect from the President consd
rable sensation and tunult Adjourned six o'clock
From the True Sun of april 2O)
ms morning we received the whole of the Paris pa
pers OF saturday An evening paper (the .uessager)
gives the particulars of AN extraordinary sccnse which
occurred on that day in the Chamber OF Deputies NJ
Maugun one OF the members of the extrIne left had
gwen notice the day before that if the Ministers did not
communicate to him the original papers on the subject of
the American claims he should be obliged to submit TO
'he chamber remarkable communication which he had
received The Minister not having in the interval COM
inundated the papers, M Mauguin assembled the Tr
bune, and after luminous discussion the question be-
fore the Chamber, produced the singular document of
which he had spoken The following the facts of the
case "A person wrote TO the honorable Deputv that
if he would examine the original documents he would
hnd Justification IN them, which the texture ofthe pa
per itself would expose 1t that the paper upon
which the statements written manufactured at
aperod subsequent to the date of those documents M
Maugun further stated that this strange discovery
which had induced NJ. de Pognac to reject claims inns
palpably stamped with fraud 1t is difficult says the
Messenger TO describe the sensation which this discovery
produced in the Chamber Maugun before quitting the
tribune, renewed his application for the original papers
but the Minister of Foreign affairs (tc honest nns A.
Broge) asserted that existed Afeplv TO This
assertion, is all but impossihl to suppose TINT the
Cabinet OF Washingtonas furnished the French ne
gocators with an account ofclnns Will any one believe
that The American Government on demanding an in.
IDENTITY from France, said to the Government of France
- 4 on must ma out yourselves what YOU owe u.s.
mere must be therefore, account, though the Due
de Broge who has been long cried up by his party as
man sans ache d TcpTocAe, has thought i con.
venent to produce it, In any other Representative AS
semb y the discovery Of gross fraud would have pro-
duced an immediate vote of against the GoyeAs
ment; but i'll the Chamber of Depu ,snvough it con.
ains many. Honorable individually ns of the ma
JorI zkptef of MiniserIfrslt are we ap.
81 - TOO lax to lead to such a result
1t was reported ia the Chamber that il was Prince Po
ignac who had made NJ. Mauguin the communication
relative to This strange incident
From the London Times
m LosDOS, April 2lst.
The Paris papers which we received at a late hour
THIS morning by express, put in possession of the
whole report of the Saturday proceedings in the CHAM
Der OF Deputies by which find that the debate on the
American claims had been brought a close. The bill
as amended by the committee proposing grant of 25
According TO amendment proposed by General Va.
aze to which ministers assented and which was agreed
to by the Chamber, the indemnity is not 10 be paid until
alter the French Government shall have received salts.
factory explanations with regard the message of the
PRESIDENT OF the Union, dated Decembcr2, 1884.
Two other amendments one, that no interest should
DC PAID and Tie other that the interest should only
mece from the date OF the passing Of the bill both
lost. From observations in The Journal DIES De-
Mr. Livingston is expected remain at Paris in his
diplomatic character, return thither as Ambassador
should he go To America The journal thus expresses
ITSELF IL rs probable uIat DIR. Livingston viii think
proper to be the bearer himself his government of the
account of all that has passed here ia order not TO ex
pose himself second time 10 The Inconvenience hay.
ing his correspondence published. IL is probable also
'hHt INC American government viii thnk proper not to
send hin back to fIaRce ia order spare him the in
cyabln LII,