Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

THE -COMMERCIAL TREATY.

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The following is the Treaty of Commerce be
tweon Her Majesty and the. Emperor of the
French, signed at Paris, January 23, 1860; and
the ratifications ,of which were exchanged at Pa-
ris, February 4, 1860 : _ _ _

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor
of the French, being equally animated with the desire
to draw closer the ties of friendship which unite their
two people, and wishing to improve and extend the rela-
tions of commerce between their respective dominions,
have resolved to conclude "a 'treaty for that purpose, and
have named as their Plenipotentiaries; that is to say—
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great:Britain andireland; the Most Hon. Henry Richard
Charles Earl Cowley, Viscount Dangan, Baron Cowley,
a Peer of the United Kingdom, a member of Her
Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, Her Majesty's
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
Emperor of the French; and Richard Cobden, Esq., a
member of the British Parliament ;

"His Majesty the Emperor of the French, M.
Baroche, Grand Cross. of the Imperial Order of the
Legion of Honour, Btc., a Member of his Privy Council,
President of his Council of State, provisionally charged
with the Department of Foreign Affairs ; and M.
Rouher, Grand' Officer of the Imperial Order of the
Legion .of Honour, &c., Senator, his Minister arid Secre-
tary of State for the Department of Agriculture, Com-
merce; and Public Works ; •
" Who, after having communicated to each other
their: respective full powers, found in good and dile
form, have agreed upon and concluded the following
articles :

" AnTicLm I.

" His Majesty the Emperor of the French engages
that on the following articles of British production and
manufacture, imported from' the United Kingdom into
France, the duties shall in no case exceed 30 per cent.
ad valorem the'two additieriarileciines included.'
"The articles are as folloWS :
" Refined sugar.
.;
"Turmeric in powder.

"hock crystal 'worked.
"Iron for.ged in lamps or prisms.
"Brass wire (copper alloyed with zinc), polished
.or
unpolished of ' every description.
" Chymicarp roduetions, enumerated or not enumerated.
"Txtracti of dye-woods.
" Garancine.
"Comnion- soap •of every description, and perfumed
soap.
" Stoneware and earthenivAre, fine and common.
" China and porcelain ware.
"Glass, trystal, mirrors, end plate-glass. , •
." Cotton yarn. • .
" Worsted and woollen yarn of every description.
"Yarns of flax and hemp.
"Yarns of hair, enumerated or non-enumerated.
•'; " Cotton manufactures. •

" Horse-hair manufactures, enumerated or non-
enumerated.
" Worsted and woollen manufactures, enumerated or
non-enumerated. , •
" Cloth list. '
" Manufactures of hair.
" Silk manufactures.
" Maiufactures of waste and floss silk.
• "Manufactures of bark and al/ other vegetable fibres,
enumerated or non-enumerated.
- Mixed manufactures of every description. - ,
. " Hosiery.
" Habordaithery and small•wares.
Afanizfacttires of caoutchouc and gutta percha, pure
or mixedl •
"ArticleS of clothing, wholly or in part made up.
"-Prepared skins. •'
" Articles Of every sort manufactured from leather or
skins; ineluded'or not under the denomination of small
wares, fine or common.. 1 • -

" Plated articles of every.deseription.
" Cutlery. ~, ,
" Metal wares, whetlyer enumerated Or not.
" Pig and cast4ron of every description, without
distinction of weight.
"!,Bar and wrought-iron, ! with the exception of the
kinds•specified in Article XVII.
Steel.
" Machinery; tools,, and mechanical instruments 'of
every description.
" Carriages on springs, lined'and painted.
" Cabinet-ware, carved werk,: and turnery of every,
description ; 'worked ivory and wood.
"Brandies and' spirits 4 including those not distilled
from wines, cherries, molasses, or rice.
" Ships and boats.
"With respect fo refined sugar and chyinical produc-
tions, bf Which salt: is the basis, the; Expise Inland
Duties shall be added to the amount of the above specified
•:. " ARTICLE IL : '

"His Imperial Majesty engages to reduce the import
datips.iiiFranee on British coal and coke to'the amount.
of 15C:for the hundred kilograinmes, with the addition
of the tWo.decime§.

Tlis Majesty the Emperor also engages, within` four
years 'from the date of the ratification of the present
treaty, to establish' upon the importation. of coal anl
coke by land Mid by sea a uniform duty, which shal:
not exceed that which is 'fixed by 'th? preceding Para
graph.

" ARTICLE VI.
" Her Britannic Majesty engages also to ptopose to
Parliament that the 'duties. on the importation of French
wine to be at once redueed to a rate not exceeding 3s.
a gallon, and that from the Ist of April, .1861, the
duties on importation shall be regulated as.folloyrs:---7,
" 1. On wine containing less than 15 degrees of proof
spirit. verified by Syke's hydrometer the duty shall not
exceed Is. a-gallon.
"2. On wine containing from 15 to 26 degrees the
duty shall not exceed ls. G.
"3. On. wine. containing. from 26 to 40 degrees the
duty, shall not exceed 2s. a-gall'on—
" 4. On wine in bottles the duty shall not exceed 2s.
•
" 5. Wine shall not be imported at. any other ports
than those which shall be named for that purposebefore
thepresent. treaty shall come into force, Her Britanie
Majesty reserving„to herself .the right of substituting
'Other ports fin those which shall have been originally
named, ,or of increasingithe.nunsber of,them. .
"The; duty fixed upon the importation of wiue at
ports other than those named shall be 2s, a-gallon.
"6. Her Britannic. Majesty .reserves to7sherself the
power, notwithstanding the provisions of, thii article, to
fix the, MaXillll4lll amount of proof spirit which. may be
contained in liquor declared as wine, without,, however,
the maximum being loier than 37 degrees.

`"AirricLE 111.
"It is understood that the tate of duty mentioned in
the preceding articles are independent of the differential
duties in favour of French ,shipping, with which' duties
they shall not interfere.
" AhTICLE IV. •
" The, duties ad valorem stipulated in. the present.
treaty ;shall be calculated -on the,-value at the place of
production or fabrication of the object imported, with
the addition of the cost of transport, insurance, and
commission necessary for the importation into France as
far as the port of discharge.'
"For the levying of these duties the importer shall
make a written,dglaration at .;he Custom-house, stating
the value and description- of the goods imported. If the
CasOin-house authorities shall be of opinion that the
dec4red value is insufficient, they shall,be at liberty, to
take the goods on paying to the importer the price
declared, with an addition of 5 per cent.
"This payment, together with the restitution of any
duty which may have been levied upon such goods, shall
be made within the 15 days following the declaration.
"ARTICLE V.
" Iler Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to
:Parliament to enable her to abolish the duties of im-
portation on the following articles :--
1 " Sulphuric acid, and other mineral acids.
"Agates and cprnelians, set.
"Lucifers of every description.
" Percussion caps.
," Arms of every description.
JeWels set.., -
." Toys. • • , , . .
" Corks. •
"Brocade of gold and silver. - •
" Embroideries and needlework of every description.
"-Brass. and bronze manufactures, and bronzed metal.
" Canes, walking canes ,pr sticks, umbrella or parasol
sticks, mounted, painted, or otherwise ornamented.
. "Hats, of whatever substance, they may be made:
-"Gloves, stockings, socks, and other articles of cotton
or linen, wholly or in partliiade up.
" Leather manufactures.
"Lace manufactured of cotton, wool, silk, or linen.
" Manufactures ef, iron and steel.
"Machinery and mechanical instruments, tools, and
other. instruments.
" Cutlery and other articles of steel, iron, or cast iron.
" Fancy ornaments of steel and iron.
"Articles covered with copper by galvanic process.
" Millinery and artificial flowers.
" Raw fruits.
,gc Gloves and other leather articles of clothing.
"Manufactures of caoutchouc and gutty perclia. •
"Oils.
"Musical instruments. • • "Worsted and woollen shawls, .plain, 'printed, or
patterned. , .
" Coverlids, woollen goods, and other worsted and
woollen manufactures not enumerated,
"Handkerchiefs. and other manufactures not enu-
merated, of linen and hemp.
of
every •PclerocfudkellisFwnry; cabinet
aptteihones.andwoapreer,a,c-gairayssede:ork, and turnery
'Feathers,GMoaantu,
sfaaci uddrroeets f s
shoeerd lead,
hoari
r not.menumeratednmanufactures
a e t u oc rs or.
enumerated.
" China and porcelain ware.
" Stone and earthenware.
" Grapes.
" Sulphate of quinine.

" ARTICLE VII.
Her, Britannic 1,.1 *sty promises to recommend to
Parliament to admit into the United Kingdom mer-
chandise imported from France at a rate of: duty -equal
to the excise duty which is or shall, be imposed upon
articles of the same description in the United Kingdom.
At the same tim9 the duty chargeable upon the: impor-
tation of such merchandise may be augmented by such a
sum as shall be an equivalent for the expenses which
the system of excise may entail upon the British pro-
ducer. • .

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Monday, February 13, _ 186 O.

. t! lt': , //le 1 •
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" Salts of morphine. in the -tariff`-of -duties of -importation on the article, „,
" Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with any rnentionedrin the, present Treaty which the said ros--e
other Materials" of whatever,descriptiOn they may.be.- i 'cU 'MaYee'del6 infthird Povier.." They further enPgof
Articles nol'enumerated in the tariff, now paying an InKtoipnforte one:,against the other anyprobibition.,"
ail valorin duty of 10 per cent. subject, however,,to importation or exportation which shall not at,the sa":'
such measures of precaution as the protection :of the 7tiinate'applicable other nations.
public revenue may require,,, against thejiiii'oduction'of .7)^,na .) AitTIOLB XX: - •
materials liable to Custom-or Excise duties, in the corn “The,present Treaty shall, not"be valid unless 'wri
position of articles admitted, 'dnty free in virtue of the 'llrifaninc Majesty shall *be autherised by the assort 0
present paragraph. her Parliament: to execute- thn engagements 'contra°
..by her in the articles of the, present- Treaty. - , ~r
" ARTICLE XXI.
"The present 'Treaty; shall - remain in force for
space of ten years, to date from the day of the exchartg
of ratifications .and 1n casetneither of the hig io
h contract':
ing ;.Powers ;hall have ,notified. tp, the other twel
inontha beforeqhe expiration of Elie 'said period of tell
years, the intention to put an ,end to its operation, the
Treaty shall continue-in force for another year, and sf
on, from to year until. the expiration of a Ye''l
,ciiimeing, from the, day on which one pr other of tio
Itzglr eontrtacting.POwers shun hdteinfotinCed its inter
tion, to. put an end to it. • .f
"The high c'ontracti'ng Powers reserve to theinsell.
the tighl to- introduce 'by eommin consent into -tuv
Xreatyjmy ;modification which is; not opposed ito '4,56
,spirit arid principles, and the utility of which shall hal
been shown'bY experience.' -
• , -"Anxicrx;;XXll.
"Thosh,parietsebnet Tdireheaatyllisell-islal t bpe .rraitsifiweidt,h,ainnd.ththe.e
prearitla-
cationsof days4;oirsooner if possible.lT ' • 5
faith whereof, , the respective. Plenipotcirtiari
`have' Vinid it, andaillted thereto the seal of their ark
"Done in duplicate at Paris, the 23rd day:of JanuarY'
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