The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

WITH FRANCE.

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1)4 shall mat . derive: all the advantage which ought
,I*4 taka' ei from the present good understanding
I 44 this. country an a France, unless some attempt
'l44e to remove those restrictions which ;have
lillt.tto
'tNimpodedthe commercial relations between two
oliis
k 14,1,4 nations, •so .well fitted, by pposimilry and
I,te and acquired .tdmntages, to benefit .each
kFormer attempts to open the matkets of
1
wst, to British produce and manufactures have been
kl l'llea by the exclusive notions of French producers
r't,t4anufacturers and against such influences Termer
Vhiments have been
~powerless to contend, even
%sing they possesseclthe desire. Louis NAIPOIRON,
over, occupies a far more favourable position Masa
41Irnediate predecessor
L Oh, s,, depending less on popular

"'lt, and po,,essing an.abuos t ineilaustibletaf ety-
te for unquiet spirits by -the war in the Crimea.
the aid of a genius peculiarly his own, and fairly
;table to a master-mind which acts independent',
class interests, he lias placed himself above
ItY influences which too . often operate to the
e..74t of national interests:; :and, no doubt, pos-
the power, if he has the will, to cement the
between the two ocautries•still closer by new
dial relationships. It would afford the best
of the sincerity of his professions of amity to
itligki.z; and though it might at :first somewhat
kee
ti:l'e with long-cherished monopolies, it would
\4"4, :in a very considerable degree, Ito the mutual
‘t,4 t of all parties concerned. !England has
st:4B, .ahnost unlimited, of coal and .iron, which,
ilss_° People of France, would ,00ntribrate great
t4ges; and many of our manufactures mould find
NY snaxlietv notwithstanding the French supe-
,\Linsdesign. France has, on the other hand,
k(i'llikt natural resources in wines and other pro-
i I:tite which :oar markets might be opened on
,'it‘. I advantageous terms. The convictiom is
kItT Stronger that more is to be gained by the
iNtillige of commodities than by the restrictions.of
Nt rY duties ; and though national jealousies, of
lit L hereditary standing, have hitherto prevented
:114:Qtercourse which would be so desirable, the
NitBl4l) of war has obliterated old grievances, and
tilted confidence for distrust. It is this mutual
flhotiteeling which ought not to be allowed to pass
1114154: some substantial fruits. While the soldiers
4 hations are mutually enduring hardships, and
Ntt renown, in the Crimea, the population of
ii:, %,_' who hold military glory in such high estima-
Nnid not allow the complaints of a few manufac-
Olitl:.interfere with any scheme for the promotion
0 htjleriShed alliance with England ; while the
06, "e of the French EMPEROR will teach him
ti:„3' ettension of commercial relations, however it
N'ttiatently affect a few particular interests, must
Ic
,15; tend to the permanent advantage of all.
Itiliti
Ot a is difficult to over-estimate the benefits that
Nett. lie to both nations from a comparatively
.t 44 ..,
11074 interchange of their products, as each
141414414th; only be large consumers, but, under the
he c,_t influence of the new !markets which would
1,,' egt7, fled. each would become greater producers,
4ti:Cquettly„ bahre more employment for native