The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-21

this attack is very different from that which is to be
made upon the settlements OF the coast of Africa,
and that it is not intended to treat Cuba Porto Ri
co, and the other Spanish colonies the barracoons
of the African slave dealers have been treated
hitherto The prominent feature of this negotiation
on the right of search is the price we have once
more to pay to England for this taking
part with her against America in the affair Of Tex
as"
Little has been said in the Partisan journals dur
ing the last fortnight to the 3lst ut American al
very decided opinion is expressed, that however me-
naclng the Oregon question may appear, II will be
settled amlcably, the United States and Great Brit
am both having an immense interest in the preser-
ION Is given, decided declaration is made, that the
settlement, be II what it may will be dsgracefu
one or the other power, both having taken such
hlsh and perempory ground that any filnchng will
be base and Infamous. But this way OF viewing the
matter is absurd and ridiculous. Granting that the
American government may have gone too far on the
one hann, ana the British government on the other,
surely 1t would be making bad worse, be adding
CRIME to folly, TO rush into for childish punc-
tilo as to which shall make the first or the longest
step towards reconciliation. All sensible, all prac-
teal men, whether French British, or American,
with whom have conversed in this capital and all
the ably conducted newspapers, unanimous In
thinking that the question only be settled by mu-
tual CONCESSIONS; and that those concessions will
take place. sooner or later, they entertain not the
slightest doubt The next arrivals from America are
looked forward to with great anxiety, as they will,
IN all probability, bring the decision OF the United
States Cabinet on the subject
With respect to Texas there has been something
said, and more written; but all that I find worth no.
clng is leading article in the Constitutional of
this morning, The Constitutional asserts positive
y, on the faith of private letters from London that
the English Cabinet has required from the French
Government, in return for the concession it has
made on the right OF search question: its assistance
this demand the Constitutional adds, has been ac-
ceded to- 1t further asserts, that the English and
French diplomatic agents IN Texas had, inthe name
OF their respective Governments, induced the Pre-
sldent OF Texas not to convoke the Congress be-
fore the end of the month of July, the beginning
OF August, promising him in the meantime, TO pro-
cure the recognition Of Texas by Mexico. and the
adoption by England Of the debt of Texas, in return
for treaty to be hereafter entered into, favorable
to the admission Of English manufactures into that
country.a. The Constitutional protests with some
energy against this arrangement and declares that,
with bad faith towards the United States Co
yernment. 1t, insists that France ought to
have sustained strict neutrality in the mat
American Ministers had counted upon that
neutrality. 1t concludes by saying that if the pro-
ected annexation of Texas to the United States be
prevented the latter will be much mortified and will
be angry, not with England, but with France; and
It severely condemns the government for consenting
de blesser proiondfment une vpitissance alice de Ia
France ct Qrec aqueNc ceHe-c doit conserv9 de ais
passports Having thus laid before you an epitome
of the article OF the Constitutional must warn you
against placing implicit faith upon its statements,
notwithstanding the positive manner IN which they
are put forth. The Constitutional, it is true, is
what the French call IN Journal serieur-t is the
recognised organ of M. Theirs, who has been
minister, hopes to be minister again. is one of the
most eminent political men Of France, and the recog
Missed leader OF political party. But then the Con-
sttutiond is violently anti-ministerial, that it
often asserts that things are as suspects them to be-
Germany.
Our accounts from Frankfort are to MAY Both.
hose ,horc ~ tho par1,n D.~l,
ment who were opposed to the resolutions of the
majority Preferred to in recent communications),
grounded their dissent on the conviction that high
protective duties would not be advantageous TO the
Aax-spnnng trade, which, in their opinion, ought
to be left to develope itself Instead, therefore, OF
protective duties, they recommend yearly premium
on spinning machines during ten years. The
amount, for the first seven years, OF rx-dollar
per spindle in establishments where 5000 such ma
chimes were employed, and Of two riX-dolars where
from 5000 to y, 600 were at work During the last
was considered advisable. It was generally admit
ted that ID spinning establishments (each with TO-
600 Jennies) would be required to supply the linen
industry OF the Zolverein with yarn the estimated
yearly consumption of linen in the above union
being 1895, 900 cwts. The outlay, therefore, in
premums-if the proposals OF the minority Were
adopted-would be $4,000 nx-dollars during the
first seven years. With respect to the proposition
to levya duty on linens independently Of the one on
yarns, 1t was urged by the minority that foreign
competition in the former wasno much to be feared,
as the imports from foreign parts did not amount to
the 10th part OF the home production. With regard
TO the removal OF the import duties on Bohemian
and Hanoverlan unbeached linens it was
asserted by some Of the members that such step
would be a dangerous one for the Zollvereln; and
by others that it was necessary and advantageous
one. This portion of the debate (including the
resolutions OF the majority as already given) at
tended by thirty members Of the commercial con-
venton, and by SIX deputies from the Prussian gov
ernment, The next questions were whether pre-
terence should be given to machine or hand yarns;
whether 1t would be necessary to increase the flax
Notwithstanding establishments in the Zollverein;
and whether German flax was suitable for machine
spinning. With reference to the first it was unan-
mously decided that hand-spun yarns were only fit
tor coarse and very fine linens The other two
questions were resolved airmativcy.
During the discussion on these points, the repre-
sentative of Belefield gave a long account of the
decay of the Westphallan linen trade particularly
IN the exports, and attributed it to the competition
OF the cheaper machine yarns Until that compet-
ton arose, Westphalla, he stated, exported yarns
alone to the yearly value of from 2OOO,OOO to 3,OOO
700 OF thalers; the most prosperous period being
from 1888 to 1899, when there trading capital
OF l,5OO,OO0 OF rix dollars. During the last few
years, however, the exports of yarns had dwindled
down to the average value OF only 100000 halers,
and the linen trade 70 about l.0Oo,O0o. The same
representative also drew melancholy picture of the
situation OF the Westphalian spinners (whom he
reckoned at 100000 and asserted that the
were also IN avery precarious condition, although
not so bad one as that Of the former BODY He
contended that both the spinning and the weaving
trades would be benefited by the use of machine
yarn, which would also, he maintained, bring the
so-caed Osnaburgh linens (woven out of coarse
yarns) entirely into the hands of native weavers.
This species OF linens was in great demand in Spain
and the West Indies, and the trade was at present
almost entirely monopolised byScotland, because the
Scotch goods were manufactured with machineyam.
There were almost everywhere preferred to Osna-
burgh articles (dT achten Osuabrtcher fast Meber-
all Uorgezoden ,cerden) The representative of Halle
observed that the Westphalian yarns had been SUI
perseded IN France by English and French produce.
II was unanimously agreed to maintain hand-spin-
ming to certain extent, and to increase schools for
that branch OF industry, particularly in Slesa.
In the continuation of the report of the proceed,
ngs OF the late commercial Parliament in Berlin
Preferred 10 IN recent numbers of the Syandrd) il
stated by the representative Of Dusseldorf that the
Causes OF the decrease in linen exports We're the
greater demand for cotton goods, and English COM