The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-12 00:00:00

'a" E: CO 11 BRUTAL TRE ATI B F TWIUN
PRANCE AND PRUSSIA.

Tale,Stern-Zeitung, which is a semi-official organ
of the Prussian Government, publishes the follow-
ing analysis of the treaty of commerce recently
concluded bet ween France and Prussia :

The treaties and tariffs drawn up and cons lucied
by the plenipotentiaries of France and of Prussia
consist of a treaty of commerce and of navigation ;
of 'a convention relative to the customs dues -to be
paid on international traffic by railways ; of anothe r
convention for the reciprocal guarantee of literary'
and artistic property ; finally, of two supplements
on the tariffs.

The essential enactments of the treaty of com-
merce may be thus condensed :
All merchandise coming from the Zollverein, or
belonging to, or fabricated in, countries belonging
to the Customs Union, shall be admitted into Franco
by land and by sea, whether it comes under the flag
of France, or under the flag of one of the States of
the Zollverein, on payment of the stipulated dues.
The same stipulations will be made for French mer-
chandise on entering Germany.

Merchandise of the Customs Union (Zollverein),
imported by Hanseatic ports on the Elbe and Weser,
or by Belgian and Swiss railways, will be consi-
dered as imported directly.
The two Governments abolish the export dues.
An exception will only be made for France as re-
gards rags and driltes serving for the fabrication
of paper, and for old rope, upon which there will
remain a duty of 12f. and 14f. per kilogramme; the
Zollverein, on its part, will establish a duty of 1i
thaler on old rope per custom-house quintal.
Spirits of wine and varnish of spirits of wine will
pay, on their entry into France, in addition to the
dues fixed in Tariff A—the first a duty on French
consumption of 90f. per hectolitre of spirits of wine,
and the varnish 90f. per hectolitre for the spirits of
wine contained in the varnish. The following
articles will also pay a supplementary duty
Chemical productions, glass, articles of glass, inso-
much as the French Government shall not have
abolished the duty established in France upon the
salt necessary for their fabrication. These supple-
mentary duties shall be suppressed or diminished
when the premiums for exportation actually exist-
ing in prance shall be in their turn suppressed or
diminished.

Merchandise of every description, coming from
one of the two countries and entering into the other
can never be subjected to a duty of superior con-
sumption than that established on similar produce
of national fabrication. The wines of France,.
brandies, and the corps, gran, which have already
paid the entrance dues, shall be exempt from auy
other duty established by one of the States of the
Zollverein, by the communes and corporations.
Merchandise imported from France by land and
by the frontier shall be admitted into the States
of the Zollverein at the same duty as if entered by
sea and under the French flag. Merchandise com-
ing from the Zollverein and entering France by
land, shall be admitted on paying the same duty as
that established upon articles imported under the
French flag.
The origin or the fabrication of the merchant-Ise
imported must be indicated to the Custom-house
Department of the respective country by means of
official documents emanating from the local autho-
rities, or from Consuls acting for the country for
which the merchandise is destined. The value of
the articles destined for exportation shall be deter-
mined by the price of the article in the country of
its origin, adding thereunto the coat of transport,
insurance and commission, to the town whore the
importation takes place. Should the Custom-house
authorities deem the value declared insufficient.
they are authorised to purchase the article at the
price declared, adding 5 per cent.
The transit dues are suppressed in both countries,
The French Government will maintain only the
prohibition of the transport of gunpowder, and re-
serves to itself the right of authorising specially
the transport of munitions of war.

The subjects of the contracting parties will enjoy
in the two countries on their voyage and return the
same advantages as nationals ; they may purchase
or rent houses, warehouses, or any other real estate
(immobiles), on the same terms as subjects of either
country. Commercial travellers---recognised in
France as such—may carry on their business
throughout the whole of the Zollverein without pay-
ing a commercial tax. Zollverein commercial
travellers will enjoy the same privilege in France.
A reciprocal protection is assured to the designa-
tion and ticketing of merchandise, bales, samples,
and manufacture marks.

The conditions of the Treaty of CommErce ure also
applicable to Algeria, both as regards importation
and exportation. As regards future changes in the
tariffs or other ameliorations, the two contracting
parties assure themselves mutually the rights of the
most favoured nations. The treaty is concluded for
a term of twelve years, dating from the day of its
ratification, and if it is not given up twelve months
before the expiration of that term it will remain is
force until one year has passed, dating from the day
that one of the contracting parties has given it up•

Should the Zollverein —be dissolved—before the
above-mentioned period, the reciprocal engagementS
enumerated in the treaty will cease at the same time
as the treaties concluded between the different States
of the Zollverein.