Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-10
FOREIGN.
En he Great E.st.rA


The London Herald says
"so.ne Of The rars journals comment. but IN slight
manner on the letter OF General Cass (Which will be
found on oar last pagc) The opposition onrs are, OF
course, un'ted ~ p.a!SIhT Tue arg uichls Vi the Ae
IIcan Minister.
ain the Chamber Of Peers several questions were put
10 the Government, relative t" the ratification oi Inc
treaty for the suppression Of the slave trade, hy NJ
Eossg who sad that the right Of search was supported
by n coalition Of the ministerial press III France ana
Eurland and designated NJ. Gulzot us the organ CT
English interests
..Rumors are aoa, in vel! Informed circles TINT the
French Cabinet has length received proofs that Ge-
neral Cass the American Minister IN FarIs, IN protest
nr apains, the ratification Of tie slave trade treaty, was
only an instrument in the hands ct NJ Theirs aud TIE
opposition. The evidence IS sad to be So irresistible as
In have induced the French Government to forward
= Statement, tAerco; 10 the Washington Cabinet. The
pea,est indignation 1t added, las hren expressed al
lie circumstance in the highest quarters
tThis as matter Of course !, all nonsense. Gen.
Cass views tbs Gnest;on VIII be supported ana ap
proved 5y the United States Government and peo-
p!e.--Phd gazette
Cu,NRrn OF PEEEs-SlTrING o. MAY lS.-Ihe
rreslden, took the char at Two O'Clock.
The Chamber proceeded to the order Of the day,
which was the adjourned discussion on The supple
,,en,arv and extraordinary credit Of the estimation of
I'LL and >;:l.
The Marquis de Boissy repeated his arguments of the
preced,nr DAY against the rght ot search. He mann
iaped ha, the case Of the MaFab0u was by 10 means
the only one OF which France had I" complain, aud
messed his opinion that when the Minister OF Marine
had received al the documents referring 10 ~ vessels
searched il would he found that many cases OF III usage
would be discovered 10 nave occurred lie wished TO
ask the Minister OF Foreign Affairs If he had received
any fresh intelligence this head, and whether Tie
French sailors who had been unnatona'sed anu mace
TO serve IN foreign vessels had yet received PERMISSION
10 return 30 their country:
The Minister OF Foreign Affairs (trom his place =
There has no, been SINGLE one treated as the noble
peer asserts.
The Marquis de Boissy The right Of search was
compromising for the country, and dangerous tor Ills
commercial interests. lie dad not certainly desire
war declared unnecessarily, but lie thought the Go
yerpment on rht 10 decje Oh energetic measures re-
spectnr the matter Under discussion. Above ALL that
part OF the rea,v of ISIS, which regarded the number
of cruisers ouah; TO be strictly ms scG on
Viscount Dubouehngc considered that discussion
had called forth important declaration from the Nj
mister for Foreign Atlurs-that the extension winch
The treaty of December l. II intended 10 give To
the treaties Of lS; and lS, should not receive the
ratification of the French Government, unless same
new facts should come 10 l,ghl TO authorize IT. lie
noble peer declared that Erga.d acna,ed IN seek
mo this treaty by desire 10 assume the sovereignty OF
the seas that she had always tired TO shut out neutral
Hars from any power the sea, and had se;z-d on
every oppo.u OF maintaining her right 10 search,
even when she went far back rs blockadn1 neutral
ports under the pretext OF preventing them from aid
ing parties engaged in war. When these preiences
were no lonrer be invented she came forward with
certain p,rciplcs of philanthropy, and under Of
them underworld to continue tho same proceedings.
The noble peer conclusion said that ;l!e use o! ma
chinery havn aitc.cthe done away with The necessi
~ of the slave trade IN the French colonies there was
no longer any necessity for the nigh, OF search and
that therefore France ought 10 withdraw from any
LONGER executing a treaty of which the character was
evidently temporary, and fitted 10 The circumstances
which had now ceased.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs thought it necessary
to make bu. remark No French sailors had ever
hseu unnotionalized and obliged to IN English
vessels No such fact had ever occurred
Baron Dupin-Were the sailors who had been arrest
ed restore 10 France
The Minister of Foreign Ailars-Every one.
The Marquis de Gabriac considered that the part 81
the treaties of 1881 and ci which gave French judges
10 French traders, sufficient guarantees asanS
vexa,ions which might be exercised against them All
the facts alluded to, respecting the right OF search
might be answered by this single one, viz that their
maritime commerc had evidently prosPered since The
treaties were in force and hence he concluded that the
on,nion which had represented them as injurious to
Their interests was altogether ill'iounded'