Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-22 00:00:00

a tonnage of 402,283- In 1858, the x

French ships-; was, %270, with a tannage a
1,406,471 ; showing in ships,• during that period'
an increase of 4;100;. arid in tonnage 41;004,188'
This indicates the great and rapid striais which
France ;has made in. hr mercantile maLine,

particularly in her YoutwuPll. trade.
AlthOugh our Shipowners have had toventella
with, many heavy -port dues, high different°
ditties, ,and. a non-reciprocating principle; _there
has, notwithstanding; been., a regular increase

the arrivals and clearances of foreign ships in the
periods here indicate& "But it must be remarked,
that British vessels 'constitute only one-third "j
this amount, in the entries of the years IBsVilou
1868.

It is rumoured th

t! very important chang69 are

about "to be made by the. EMPEROR NAratiEo-Ni
the F,rench Tariff, and. that reductions will be
made on goods introduced from the United:Rior
'dom. We hope these reports" are true, and •th3t;
his Majesty will apply his mind to the further
development of the commerce of
has already so greatlyr augmented under his rule;
,The commercial of France has- hithert
been essentially an aggressive.. one, partaking'
of that Continental system, established: 1:!,

,
-NAPOLEON L We shall be glad to filid.L°lii
-.NAPOLEON relaxing relaxing the protective and-,13191113.4i-
t0ry duties of the country over which he Pile;

and into which, _we- believe, he is desiroto•
introducing,—if it can be done 7ithoutirritatl:
his subjects,—the principles of Free Tradei
accepted and_ adOpted in this Country; but, '111)
particularly in making us a congenial coticedres-

siren, by opening the ports of Francei afr
have opened to hint-the porta of Eland..
ba
By such a system of reciprocity.vi
p4abled to multiply a hundred-fold: the in-to
ekange Of our commerce: We should. be able
consume their suaplus produce in, wineih,fxiiiess
and silks ; while, they would obtain, et LtLa,..,,
cost, our 'Cotton-prints, 'woollens,. and: iranLictu,
!in theingtufaetwe of which Weare-mareswP der
:and have greater. facilities, theam they AS
the restrictive- and• prohibitory-I
-Pits t°'. 11-1
of
trade' has been:subjected, Franee:has, sili-coo'
the disadvantages .whieh such,a, system. PAl9°l

4.9
been so prosperous, as tho late eißcial re" her
indicate, how; much more. woulsi it be t°llse
interest to revise her Tariff, and. remove allut-i;ty•
impediments to that great- latent cap
a—ji•
which, uniler an adverse system, she alre-si
displays. Our French, neighbours, as Icre
know, am a most ingenious people; but it is
generally known among us what a varictpouill
a multiplicity of articles they produce, iao
might find a ready market in this country" ws4sb
those reciprocal arrangements one wottla oat
to see fairly and fully established. 119 g.
this would directly extend their Silirrt 0-
11ut indirectlyy it might do so to a very gel.* oija
tent, in all parts of the world, since it
shove
stimulate their commercial energies, a" tide.
them how they might cultivate a Slr a on.
in other and more distant quarters, than t'ur for
England has
-a deep interest in this matter ; ,
devotc,-
just in proportion as our French ally woe.,
herself to commerce, will be the seeuritY:s.iin
°
tufty, for peace and amity.j"--
As t o a o
ads
to any other rivalry than that of 311 -ot of
tageous emulation, on either side--1" arc pre-
those who would entertain the slightest al)

hension on any such score.
Great as has been the mutual incroa-
gib- -se 0f CO
illi-
be
et
merce in France and England, it may
regret
much further extended. We should not r,,
to see the Shipping of France double itself,'
and obtain a full share of the carrying trade Gins
the world. Our common discomfiture ill.
en
will, doubtless, have the effect, in the