The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-03

symptoms Of returning activity. Money is abun.
dant. at low rate Of interest
The crops OF more than lou farmers have been
destroyed (says the BRUSSELS Gazetle,) in the com
| mune of Landeghem, Eastern Flanders,by a violent
hail storm The loss IS reckoned at upwards OF
Isl 900 francs.
The activity noticed in the iron trade short
time back still continues. The demand seems
principally for railway iron.
The claim 70 the Sussex peerage, by Sir Augustus
d'Este, was decided in the House of Lords on the
9th instant. The claim was disalowed.
II appears by a letter from Algiers that the at
tempt to organise corps IN Al erla mounted on
camels which was at first failure, has at length
been successful Three hundred men, mounted in
this manner, accompanied the last expedition, and
manGuyred to the perfect satisfaction of the off
GERS
The proprietor and printer of the Limerick Re-
porter have been held bail at the instance Of the
government, to take their trial at the ensuing ass-
yes upon an Indictment tor sediticus article, which
lately appeared in that paper.
Accounts have been received from Auckland,
New Zealand, stating that the Hannah, plratlcal
brlgantine has been selzed by the authorities and
that the crew had been committed for trial.
British House Of Commons, Tuesday, July 10.
The SLAVE TRADE AND THE UNITED STATES =
Lloyd PALMsRTsoN, In moving for some returns Of
when he mad given notice. entered at considerable
engt into the subject OF the slave trade contend
ing that the measures which hr had adopted Tor IL
Impression had not been carried out by the present
Government: indeed, that that Odious traffic had
increased since he left office. The following ex-
tract from his speech relates more Immediately IL
the United States, and treats of a subject which
excited an Intense interest year or two back -
We obtained treaties with nearly every American
state except the United States. Additional treaties
were perfected with some others of the powers OF
Europe. 1t was intended to move even further,
W hen the treaty with France was signed, II con
laned an article under which England and Franc.
agreed to make application 10 other European mar
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lion was made accordingly to Austria, Prussia, ano
Russia, powers which signed the treaty OF Aix-la
Chapelle, under which II was agreed that every
discourage ment should be afforded to slave traffic
Well, these powers, in reply, said that they adhered
10 the conditions OF the treaty 81 AK la Chapelle
but that as matter OF etiquette, they would rather
be contracting parties 10 new treaty than 10
one already ratified between two foreign powers.
The English Government cordially entered into this
condition, and new treaty was drawn up. We
thought that the opportunity afforded us was
good one Tor correcting an omission In the treat,
with France-an omission not OF much importance
as It affects the French flag, but Of considerable
consequence, as II atfec the flags OF other powers
that stipulation OF the treaty, | mean, by which
The sphere OF action IS limited to zone Of 60 miles
round Cuba, along the coast Of Africa TO Madagas-
car, including, indeed, all the coast from the lat
tude ID degrees north to the latitude 10 degrees
south. As regarded the new treaties, we proposed
70 adopt the larger limits existing in the treaties
with Spain and the Netherlands, limits which en-
the West indies. The French government con-
scented 10 the alteration, and we proposed to Aus
ina, Russia and Prussia, treaty so drawn up
After much discussion about minor details il was
agreed to on all sides, and when we were going
out OF office it far ready for signature that
believe only few days were required for its en-
yrossment. Two trltilng points certainly remained
~ allegiance with Russia but they were points on
which should have felt no difficulty in yielding,
and that done, nothing remained but 10 sign
Hear, hear In that case, the treaty might have
oeen ratified within two months, and II certainly
would have been great advantage, as uniting with
England and France three great powers, whose flags
are liable to be abused, though their subjects may ne
~ parties to abuse them but that not The only
object we mad ia view. When this treaty sgn
ed We lntended TO have proposed similar terms Il
every other European power, and, when all wer.
agreed, we meant TO go IN a graf European body
10 the Government OF the United States, and ask
that Government to accede 10 a similar treaty 10
that which we ourselves had ratified. loud criee
of "Hear') | viii not pretend TO conjecture VIVA,
would have been the result OF such proceeding;
but think II tar 10 assume, at any rate, that when
The Unlted states saw all the powers Ct Europe
,hro wing aside their jealousies, and permitting
their commercial naves 20 Ee arched by the ships
Of other powers-l say, when we exhibited to the
United States such a spectacle of confidence ~
each other-such an abandonment OF all selfish coa-
sideratlons for the attainment OF great and gene
purposel do think it fair to presume that tht
United States may have taken some important ste i
TO wipe away the stain which now taches Itself
10 their name. CLEAR, hear) Wen, then, such
was the state of affairs when the late Government
relinquisheG power"
sir r. Peel replied at considerable length, laying
the whole blame Of the continuance OF the slave
trade on Spain and Brazil All the other powers,
he stated, had united for its suppression "France,
Portugal, Denmark, (Which, to the everlasting ho
nor OF that nation, let me remark, was the first I,
renounce that infamous trade)--(hear)-Norway
Sweden, England, the United States, Austria.
Prussia, RHssia all are ready to cooperate with
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nave named, oppose themselves to the general de-
sire that the slave trade should cease, SO long am
afraid no effectua progress can be made tow ards
the accomplishment OF that object. (Hear) i,
no wever, here declare it TO be my opinion that :
heavy load Of public guilt rests on the heads OF
hose nations who derive profit from this horrbt
traffic and |, moreover, assertit can be clearly and
ndlsputably shown that Spain and the BraZlls ar.
the only two Christian countries the governments
or pc ople Of which derive any profit from the trade
IN uman beings" (Hear)
The FLKcrRo.MAasETIc TELEGRAPH IN ENG.
LAND Most OF our readers have hearu of the cleo
tro telegraph on the Great Western Railway, be-
tween Paddington and Slough, distance Of Is
miles, by which any communication can be made
from one point to the other, or TO any in.
ermedlate station, IN an almost Inapprecla-
bly,. short space OF time Professor Wheatstone
and Mr.. Cooke, to whose ingenuity we are ndebt-
ed for this Interesting and important application OF
electro magnetism, have recently made an entire y
new arrangement OF their telegraph, by which II
mas Deen greatly snplIeu, ana possesses great au-
vantages over the former one. II is now very por-
table, and any person. after few minutes observa
ton, can send and receive message through its
medium. 1t requires merely a single pair OF wlres,
and from 40 to 50 letters signs, be sent by il
in the course OF a second The telegraph, with It's
accompanying alarum, Is included in case not
larger than that of small table clock. The tee-
graphic communication is carried on by means oil
conducting wires extending the whole length Of the
Ne understand that the electric telegraph on the
Great Western Railway has for the last few weeks
been in great activity, and that in some days up
wards Of hundred messages have been transmit
ted. Most Of these have reference to the traffic
on the line, which OF course would be materially
aided on those days when many heavy and extra
trains were requisite, by means Of the telegraph.
We give few specimens of the nature of the mes
sages sent to and from the Paddlngton station.
Slough, 6 lS p M Send MI. H another train
of empty carriages Immediately; we are in urgent
nj al lhaHa