Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-09

did not carry out win iHtHi INC DRESSINGS VI ~
Constitution o. The practices or principles OF cvil or
rel,ginns liberty and because North America was
crowned with al these political blessings And II a
passing cloud has over i'e!n Tor moment a"
il is hui for moment an II there should seem 20 t,
and baave j; IS onIy ths semhiaGce oil any ds'aF
inc ~ .;,- sa and IN their conduct, fro, those KIND
elinrs and street principles ct religion, ana CONNER
cal honor and perfect .a::ona' good iah' when iao
always DISTINGUISHED them, have no mere DOUBT, IMAM
that nov s,and here addressing your Lordships una.
hot cond viii PASS away, and that tie Americans wili
once marc aa, III no long space oi time, ieei p.ouo'
and fee, glorious IN once more resunin. their
station woriay Of eir British descent, and OF ti'e'
british L;narcG-,y feeling and acting rs they have
e, ~, :, steia should be suffered % rest on any
Gar, Of their national honor -[Cheefs
| TsrAry or WAsuiNCTo..-On the 81 oil Anr a
copve,o1,;on occu.fod the House 0! Lords, respect
mr. ,ba os, ,esa.s of President Tyler on the subject
of The rrt, o: visitation affected by the treaty oil
Wash;nyion The tlarquis OF Lans3owne remarked
uoon the difference OF opinion Is 10 the true consifrc
ton of the eighth Article Of The treaty, ana requested
any information ministers could afford. Lord Aoer
deem proas;ct his Willingness TO produce whatever pa
re-s MIGHT be required, and tie motion in which Lord
| ,psdoSue had embodied his request, having been
agreed TO- the subject appeared likely TO drop, when
| Lord Campbell, whsle ~ the act 81 expressing his
regret a, the absence OF Lord Brousham, whose mo
tinn in 1oprobaon OF The conduct Of the negotiation
stood for the following evening, suddenly Interrupt
ed by the apoearauce of the learned ex.cancelior
series off followed which ended IN the post
| ponemcnt Of Lord Broughams motion until Friday
Lord Aberdeen iicn expressed his conviction, that al
though the difference Of construction to which The Pre-
sdens mcssggc referred, related 10 very important
part of The treaty. il more apparent than real, 'aa
It conld lead to 80 serious Inconvenience, or produce
any unpleasant consequences. The truth OF this oPn
ION Lord Bioug CHAM pledged himself 10 demonstrate, ana
in it's correctness Lord hhburtcn concurTed. lie had
inquired into this, among other matters which were
subjects complaint. dnrna his s's'i !" Tbs United
States and had heard nothing but expressions OF
satisfaction at the explanation gwen by this country
Ga the 1th Lord Brougham rose to bring forward his
motion for vote of thanks TO Lord Ashhufon Tor the
ability lac had displayed i'll bringing the Treaty with
America TO termination, alike honorable and advan-
tageorS 10 beth parties. The noble Lord detailed nj
length The disputes that had existed between THIS
country and the United States, up to the period when
the prssen. ministry came into power lie observed
tia, these disputes had created treat deal OF III blood
and I'LL feeling in the minds ri tie lower classes IN
America and that Ill feeling had been exaspera'ed by
the conduct OF General Cass, upon whom the noble
and learned Lord pronounced most severe concem
nation having pandered TO the worst passions OF the
lower orders in America. further bis views upon
the Presidents chair. lie then proceeded 10 point out
the advantages which this country had obtained by the
Treaty, defended the policy pursued by Lord Asabur
ton throughout the affair." and showed that not only
was the of the burning of the Caroline set al rest
by IL but the request of the noble Penpo'entlary
ac; submitted to, and passed the American Lee
rsaturc which rendered i: impossible for such case
that of Leod again 10 occur The noble Lord
next referred TO the case o; the Creole, which bad
been satisfactorily arranged, aud had established the
,cle, that The moment slave touched British
ground his cha rs fell CT, and he became free. lie
deemed that the right of search had been given up TO
that copnryai parties agreed upon IN lis mo
dicd form Of right OF visit to ascertain II the ress"
really belonged to the nation whose flag she carried-
He did think the boundary question would reflect
dshonor upon either countryall admitted Tia, IT was
in the nature Of u compromise, in which concessions
were 10 he made on both sides They had secured
much better line than had been awarded To them by
the King Of the Netherlands and he thought the noble
Lord was fully entitled 10 the thanks Of the country
for having brought it 10 a satisfactory termination
The Duke OF Cambridge concuFred in the motion
He fully approved Of the treaty, and also OF the entire
course Of conduct pursued by Lnrd AshhnFlon III
bringing the matter to a happy termna,ion The
Marquis Of lansdowne inquired the motion was sup
ported by Lac Government. The Ear! cl Aberdeen
sad, the motion had 30, teen brought forward n
coGneXon with 'he Government, but IL would eef,aniy
receive tlIer support The Marquis Of. Lansdowne |
SAID, the noble and learned Lord might have spared
much OF his coquence in his case, although he did
not think 1t would meet the approval OF many noble
Lords his side Of the House He wished to know |
why the noble and learned Lord had not brought Tor.
ward vote Of thanks 10 Lord falmerston when he |
concluded the Belgian treaty which had been 50 much
r,upera,ed while perding but was so important and
advantageous in lis results; ilear) He really did
what great object the noble Lord had achieved
his Seti!.i5 Mol Vie oil the lsCoe, because lns
primer Pile therein recognized bad been !or long pc
Rod acted Gpon rs tet@cen the sla"ao!ing and free
States o! America. The noble Lord then proceeded
10 point out the errors in Lord Ashburlons negoca-
TONS especially IN hts having made all his concessions
at starting, and keeping nothing IN reserve. lie then
referred to the right nt search question, aud concluded
that the message Of President Tyler clearly showed
that the matter had not been placed sa;siac tory
footing The noble Lord concluded by moving as an
amendment, tla, tie House do adjourn
The Earl Of Aberdeen had no doubt that the thanks
OF the House would be highly appreciated by Lord
Ashbnrton, C II had emanated from the Government
which lie would observe quite ready TO take upon
itself all the responsibility of the acts of that noble ord
He thought the settlement of the question reflected The
(: chest credit upon Lord hshbnton, and the Govern
nent would give the melton its ready and willing sup
port.
lord Campbell could not give his assent 10 The mo-
ton Of the aohe and learned lord, who bad gone Tar
beyond the flight OF his leader III The other House, (Mr
iIune.) whose motion oil much more circum-
scribed and limited character He cUntended, nj some
length that Lord Asbburton had been completely over
reached by Mr. Webster i'll these negotiations, and had
made concessions which involved the rights Of Great
Britain, and calculated 10 produce the most dis
political results.
Lord Denman approved generally of the treaty, and
glad that question which had been so long the
of disagreement and Ill feeling between the two
countries had teea amicahy arranged. He disap
proved however, of some parts OF with reference 10
the slave trade ard did not think The principles for
which Gree, Britain had a!wal ooniended with regard
10 that question had been sufficiently upheld.
After icw words from Lord Caruarvon, in support
of The motion Lord Brouc CHAM replied, and the amend
nent having been negativcd, without division, the
original motion was agreed io-and the House ad.
jourued.
The New Postal T&EATY-OuT correspondent
informs US, that the postal treaty between France
and England signed in London Oh Monday las,
hy the Count DC ST. Auiare, tie French Ambassador,
aud the Ea:i Of Aberdeen the part OF England.
BY this treaty. the charge upon letters under the weight
Of ba!r an vii! be uniform Of one franc,
instead OF two francs the present rate, fer those
oeived here from England when not prepaid there,
rs prepayment !rcn France 70 England ard tcnpence
under SIMILAR circumstances in England. instead of
enc shifting and eish'pcnce, IS ncw charged. The
treaty 10 INTO operation the Is: o. June next.
The negotiations conducted in London BIZ ~.
Dubos;, tic representative Of Vi. Contc, the D.ec-
General es Posies and Lord i.ow;ter The Eng
lish Postmaster General. and Colonel haherly, the
Secretary of the Pest Office, the part Of England
There were, understand, many obstacles IN The
way of the treaty, which were surmouned by the
or ypal aud indifference Of Iouho ND ~