The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-30 00:00:00

THE FRENCH TREATY OP COMMERCE.

The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has
addressed the follow* letter, dated the 15th instant, to
the President of the Consultative Chamber of St. Marie
mit-Mines (Haut-Rhin) :
" thr,—You forwarded to me, on the 14th Dec. last, along
with sundry maniples, the minute of a decision come to on
the 12th by the Consultative Chamber of St. Marie-anx.
Mines, expressing a wish that English tissues of cotton
alone or cotton mixed with other substances should be ad.
witted as tissues not specially mentioned, and consequently
subject to aduty of 15 per omit. ad valorem. The Chamber
requests, in the same deliberation, that the government will
please to state the time when it intends to apply the treaty of
commerce as regards articles still under prohibition. After
examination, I have ascertained that, with regard to thews
of pure cotton, the terms of the tariff annexed to the con-
vention of the 16th Nov. last leave no uncertainty as to
the regulations applicable to them. These term, which are
very precise, are thus stated Tissues of dyed cotton,
25e. per king., in addition to the duty on raw tissues.' It
is therefore evident that all tissues, whether dyed in yarn
or in the piece, are to be classed in the same category.
An to mixed tissues, I am not surprised that the
question has occupied the attention of the Consultative
Chamber, in presence of the terms of the tariff
stating that mixed cotton yarn and tissues shall
pay the same duties as those of pure cotton, provided the
weight of the cotton predomioates. To understand the in-
serums of that provision in the convention above mentioned,
it must be remembered that a similar formula has been ap-
plied to all the other tisanes. Being thus selected u •
general designation, this expression was also inserted by the
side of cotton Wawa. But, 1 must say, if the dame in
question is of practical and easy application for
other tissues, it cannot be so for those of mixed
cottons, m presence of the combinations which
have been adopted to determine the tissues of raw cotton,
and also because it is impossible to assimilate to
cotton yarse those of worsted, silk, dax, and grate' hair,
which have neither the same specific gravity nor the same
degree of fineness. In presence of this examination, and
the opinion of the Minister of Finance coinciding there-
with, tt has been decided that mixed tissues, in which
cotton predominates, shall pay a duty of 15 per cent. ad
valorem during the continuance of the treaty. With report
to your question as to the time of carrying the treaty into
execution, I can only refer the Consultative Chamber to
the explanations given on that point during the discussion
of the address in the Senate. I can add nothing further
at present.—Amept. &a. " Rocuia."

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