The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-12

being multiplied by the duration of the society.
assures a sum of ,260f 10 the Subscribers Of JW
orl2 ,6oOf to those OF lO0f" None of these shares
are to be issued after the 3lst eli August and the
intelligence, therefore, we fear, willscone too late
to be available 10 London capitalists. Another
compony, however, the "Anglo- French" seeme
from its THE TO desire to offer us an especial part
cpaton in its advantages, aud II states that II has
htighted the ship "Fdrlie," now loading in Lon
don, in order TO send out its expedition.
Day after day the columns not only of the Ds6ats,
but OF all the other papers Of every description are
filed in this manner, and as they are unrelieved by
a single scheme having the slightest show Of feast
biity or character, they must be held TO denote
amount Of ignorance among the lower and middle
classes greater than could otherwise have been con
ceived. Ano, her consideration that arises from
them is that they evidence an amount of surplus
capital seeking employment which, il il were bat
rightly directed, might prove Of vast service in
terPrises on the Pacific that destined to attract
the most active energies of the age.
Portugal.
The Lisbon correspondent Of the Times, writing
on the 18Th, ssys:-L Loud complaints made
here oil the loss entaIed upon Portuguese vessels
by The threatening manner In which Mr. Clayton
and Mr.. Clay conducted the recent negotiations
respecting American claims upon this government
hear OF Two or three vessels which, even in Eng
land, were deprived of their return cargo, and
obliged TO come home in ballast, from the fear of
American rePrisals IL is to be hoped the Portu-
guese flag will suffer further prejudice, II ha.
ALREADY pdlu uedT enough TOT having once pro-
tected a Don Paciico, and placing hun in posi-
ton 70 bring about this new system of assessing
State claims. Shippers in Portuguese vessels may
be assured there is at present no risk of American
repIisaIs. The new cabinet at Washington shows
no disposition to appropriate to itself the odium
pertaining 10 Mr.. Clap ton, and, in any case,
ss no coercve measures can be taken with
cut consulting Congress, shippers will be in
good time II they reserve their precautions
until they find President Fillmore has actu-
ally presented message upon the subject for the
decision of Congress in 1851. | ind some of the
principal European courts taking nto serious
consideration the American Interpretation Of inter-
national law in the Of the General Armstrong,
and believe that il has strengthened their DISPOSE
ton 10 resist and provoke settlement OF such new
features IN the law of nations the United States
has at times set forth, add in regard to which il ap
pears France and Eng lard had. a short time back,
come TO an understanding With respect TO tho
particular case Of the General Armstrong, Lord
Palmerston has evinccd a disposition to evade il 50
long as the discussion rests upon the special, al
though unjust, plea that Portugal is compromised
by the imprudent confessions OF her government, at
Rio de JaDeiro in 1914; but, setting aside those
confessions they ought to be set aside-our 60
vernment would he especlslIy bound to support Por-
tugal in any further discussion of the case not only
in consequence ct its peculiarly English origin, but
because Lord Castlefeagh had, Secretary OF
Foreign Affairs, in ISl6-l7, officially declared to
the Portuguese ambassador, in London, that the
United States had mole reason to expect to be called
upon 10 give than 10 claim satisfaction