Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-06-11
From the N. Y. Commerci i Advertiser of Monday
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From the N. Y. Commerci i Advertiser Of Monday.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Since our last publication, two packets
have arrived-the Albany, Captain Hawkins,
from IIavre, whence she sailed on the 25th
of April, and the Britannia, Captain Waite,
from Liverpool. BY these we have files of
London papers to the 30,h of April, and Liv-
,erpool Of the lst ultimo. Our latest Paris
dates are by the way of London.
! THE FRENCH INDEMNITY.
The subject Of the French Indemnity, is
still Of chief Importance to the American rea-
der, and there are indications that the ques-
ton Is, by no means, as near to pacific and
final adjustment, as has been supposed. The
Bill, as it is passed the Chamber of Deputies,
was brought before the Peers on the 9th,
by M. De Rigny, Minister of War, in the alb
sence of the Minister of Finances. 1t had
been supposed by some, that the amendment
of the Deputies, on motion of Gen. Nalaze,
would be discountennnced by the Ministers,
and rejected by the Peers But it appears,
on the contrary, to have been expressly sane
toned by the Ministers. We give in this
place, the only sketch of the proceedings of
the Peers on the question, that has reached
us -
CHAMBER OF pEERs-Siuipg Of April 81.
The Minister of War, in the absence of
the Minister Of the Finances, presented the
Bill adopted by the Chamber of Deputies for
the grant ftwenty five millions for the exc
cuton of the Treaty with the United States.
The Minister then entered into some devcl-
opcments on the Treaty of the 4th OF July,
and stated, that if the relations between
France and America were to be we'd, it
was not now for the former to take the inltla-
tive. lie stated that Ministers had, with the
utmost good faith, eXcrted their best efforts
to obtain the means Of discharging the Amer
lean claims, and there their task ended
They were convinced that such steps would
be taken by America, rs would eXpunge
every trace of a misunderstanding which
ought never to have existed. The Chamber of
Deputies had understood the feelings of Min
listers on this point, and had consequently IN.
serted in the text of the bill n clause to
which Ministers had agreed. Another a
mendment which had been presented, had
been rejected at the suggestion of the Gov
crnmcnt, the object of it having been to sub
ject to publicity the explanations which the
French Government had ii right to expect
from the Government of the United States.-
Ministers were of opinion that the dignity of
France, should be satisfied, bnt they at the
same time, thought that the satisfaction must
be offered in manner honorable to both
Nations.
This is a very unsatisfactory summary,
more especially when taken in connection
with the following paragraph from the Ma
tional, of April 2Sth - =
"Scveral journals have announced that
the American Indemnity Bill, would be
brought to the Chamber of Peers, without
the amendment of General Valaze. TO day.
it was presented to that Chamber. and the
Minister boldly asserted that the amend
ment Of the Deputies was the expression of
his own feelings on the subject. "Ncver,"
said he, "should we have thought Of paying
twenty-five millions to America, without hav-
ing previously obtained some satisfaction for
the words and manner in which the claim
was made, however founded it may otherwise
be.""
1t is farther asserted by the Paris opposi.
ton journals, that the amendment of General
Valaze had caused dissatisfaction to Mr.
Livingston and the Courier Francais as
serts, as it says. upon Mr.. Livingston's own
authority, that the arrival of that gentleman
at Washington, will be the beginning of
hostile measures against France. The Lon
don papers, in which we find these state
ments, dscredit them entirely but they are
strangely corroboratcd by the letter of one of
our Paris correspondents. The writer is an
American gentleman of intelligence, who has
kept us regularly and most correctly advised
of the whole [French] history of this, matter,
for the last six months. From this letter it
will be seen that Mr. Livingston is preparing
to take his departure, and that, too, with dis
pleasure.
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICs.-Much anxiety