Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-05-28
NEWPORT:
Thursday, May 2sth, 1885.
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
The Question Settled!

was carried in the Chamber of De equities
by the decisive vote Of $50 to 1877, COW
ering the whole amount due under the
Treaty, with interest, amounting in all
to nearly 10000, 900 francs, condition.
ally, however, Of an AMIcADLE ExrLANA.
TIoN from the President of the United
States, for the language he thought pro.
per to use towards the French Govern.
ment. 1t is probable that Mr. Livings
ton will return home with all possible
expedition. The question, (says the n
Y. Evening Starr is now settled-and
we congratulate the people Of the Uni
ted States that the course pursued by
the opponents Of the present administra-
ton, has saved this country from the
horrors, the evils, and the privations OF
war-and that too, with al ancient ally
always dear TO the freemen Of this Re-
public, from the blood and treasure she
expended to aid US in our revolutionary
struggle. We say the opponents of the
present administration have saved this
country-for, had the Senate allowed
Jackson and Van Buren, the use Of the
three million Of dollars which they vio-
lently and abusively demanded, the
Treaty would never have been ratified
by France, and q war would have swept
our commerce from the ocean, involved
all Europe in bloody contest, and
thrown us back full twenty years from
those bright prospects which now every
where open upon us.
The Journal dcs Debats holds the follow
ing language in reference to the passage of
the vote, requiring that the money shall not
be paid until France obtains satisfactory
explanation:
"As we owe, we pay but rs the payment
has been demanded in language wanting in
measure, before payment, we require that the
national dignity should be satisfied. This is
proceeding at once just and noble; it is the
proceeding ofa great nation, as much above
threats as above the idea oftaking advantage
of an insult to declare itself free from all
debt. Mr.. Livingston, with oil his legisla-
ton, was to quit France il the bill was not
adopted. 1t has been adopted; and it is pro-
bable that Mr.. Livingston will think proper
to be the bearer himself to his Government
of the account of all that has passed here, in
order not to expose himself second time to
the inconvenience of having his correspon-
dence published.
1t is probable, also, that the American Co
vernmcnt will think proper not to send him
back to France, in order to spare him the in
evitablc embarrassment under which he must
labor, after the written expressions that have
been attributed to him in the course Of the
debate. We do not blame the American
Government for having given so complete
and so prompt publicity to Mr.. Livingston's
letters; perhaps it was demanded by the forms
and practice of her institutions; but such pub.
licty must often have the effect of ofsacrificing
individual negotators, it being impossible to
require that the negotiator who has spoken
publicly i'll Of the country to which he is ac-
credited, should continue to he well receiv-
ed by the people he has offended. These
ulC tuC lCuooho "iltn itIuuSC 10 W fOOh upOu
the longer stay of Mr.. Livingston in Paris as
very difficult, and his return very uncertain"
GREAT BRITAIN.
After various alterations and re-adlust-
ments Of his materials, Lord Melbourne has
at length succeeded in completing his minis
teriai arrangements. The cabinet, and rela-
tive appointments, stood thus at the last
dates:
THE CABINET.
First Lord Of the Treasury,-Lord Mel
bourne.
President of the Council, Lord Lansdownc.
First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Auck-
land.
Chancellor of the Duchy Of Lancaster
Lord Holland.
Woods, Works, and Privy Seal, Lord Dun
cannon.
Home Secretary, Lord J. Russell.
Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmcrston.
Colonial Secretary, Mr.. Charles Grant.
India Board, Sir J. IIobhouse.
Secretary of War, Lord IIowick.
Board fTrade, Mr.. Poulet Thomson.
Chancellor Of the Exchequer, Mr.. Spring
Rice.
Nor IN THE CABINET.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Mu-
grave.
Lord Chancellor of ireland, Lord plunkett.
Chief Secretary for Ireland, viscount Nor.
peth.
Postmaster General, Marquis Conyngham.
Lord Chamberlain, Marquis Wellesley.
Lord Stewart, Duke Of Argyle.
Master Of the Horse, Earl of Albermarle.
Paymaster General and Treasurer of the
Navy, Sir ii. ParnelD.
Vice President of the Board of Trade. and
Master of the Mint, Mr. Labouchere.
Lords Of the Treasury, Lord Seymour, Mr..
Stcuart, Mr.. Ord.