The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

BRADFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The monthly meeting of the council of the
Itimakai Chamber of Comma was held yesterday &Ber-
mes. sit Bradford ; W. latrznY, Esq., the yresideat, occupy-
ing the chair.
Thedeputatka who reeeetly dated Paris on the subject
of the Pres& useliaoreig Testy weesetat • ,spurt, from
which the following is an ex.ct
"The deputation, connoting of Messrs. Behrens, Whit-
Mr•
.t RelL and Preller, having been summoned to Paris by
Cobden, proceeded thither, and on their arrival took into
comideration a proposal made on the of the French
government of the duties pro to be imposed
upon wonted yarns and pieces. ter several days' nego-
tiation end anxious deliberation upon the different plans
=the deputation were informed that the tariff for
hoed been settled, though nothing definite could be
stated until the signatures of the commissimers had been
' affixed ; but when the deputation left Paris they had the
best grounds for expecting that the duty on all worsted and
mixed fabrics of wool and cotton would be tit per cent. ad
valorem, to be reduced to 10 per cent. in 1954. A still more
prolonged deliberation arose in respect dyarns. Thedem
tether has ground for believing that mohair yarns will re-
main m they are—that is, with a penny and • fraction duty
per lb. ; that all sinthers tip to 25 French count,
W equal to about s English, will be 25 eosin par kilos.,
equal to about 1 1- Od. per lb. English ; and for each
number above 25, la extra per hiker. Two-fold yarns,
sot slack-twisted, for tapieurie, 50 per cent. upon the duty
for single yarns extra. All double yams for tapissene 50
anti. eaten, Upon single-dyed yarns 25 centa.:=7.
extra. The deputation since their return haves
letter to Mr. Cobden respecting the practical working of the
treaty in as far as the introduction of worsted yarns sad
=
into
France will be oonosrud, and they have Mr.
's usurance that their suggestions will be taken into
serious consideration.'
The report concludes thus : " The deputation fulfil a
pleasant duty in expressing their admiration for the peeve-
raring seal, tact, and good management exhibited through-
out these negotiations by Mr.Cobslen, who was ably assisted
by Messrs. Ogilvie and Mallet. They believe that the
result of these negotiations will be of the greatest
benefit to the worsted district. The de=
tion having thus fulfilled the task imposed upon
cannot close their report without expressing their high NMI
of the frank liberality with which they have been met oa the
part of the French government. Many powerful interests and
deep-rooted prejudices rimoupt our neighbours were op-
posed to the treaty, but not only were these not allowed to
prevail, bat in every instance in which the deputation were
immersed, the Frisch government have invariably allowed
the meat libadoonstruction to be put upon the terms of the
treaty. Thus this peat mama eompsct, entered into with
mutual confidence, and now, they believe, only wanting
the formality of tipster& has been completed with hon-
ourable fairness, and cannot fall to improve the relations of
the rare ociontrica by creating end promoting the most WU-
mate eunmereial relations between the two peoples."