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London, England, 1825-11-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.-

DAILY
Extracts frem the Morning Papers, N0v.18,1825

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
From some remarks in the Etoile of Wednes-
day, which has reached us, with the other Paris
Papers of the preceding day, we are inclined to
believe that Mr. Huskisson's recent visit to the
French capital will form a memorable era in the
commercial intercourse between France and
England. The Etoile has long enjoyed the re-
putation of being the principal organ of the pre-
sent Ministry ; and its remarks in this instance
are too elaborate to be the result transient
liberality. They refer to a proclamation by the
Dutch Government, declaring Anzer, iir the
Indian possessions of that Power, a free Port,
which they characterize as another homage to the
new commercial system of England. The Etoile
then observes, " It is thus that the new English
system has made ground in the two extremities of
the world, so true it is, that there are great
changes in politics and trade, the conse-
quences of which are inevitable, and which,
notwithstanding every resistance, must be
followed by thry• Powers who would not, by
refusing, sink, I,ke Spain, by degrees, from the
highest rank to the lowest."—Mere we have, hi
the first place, a formal admission that to refuse
to imitate our commercial policy, would be cer-
tain to subject the Power that did so to the feeble
and disastrous condition of the Spanish Monarchy ;
and, in the next, the important concession is made
that the first rank in the political world now be-
longs to the richest. As these admissions would
be only a covert attack on the French Ministry,
had the latter made Mr. Huskisson's overtures in
the manner so peremptorily stated in a Morn-
ing Paper, they confirm us in the opinion
we expressed at the time, that the peremp-
tory statement originated either in misinforma-
tion, or in a deliberate attempt to depreciate
the liberal measures so successfully pursued
by his Majesty's Ministers for the encourage-
ment and extension of trade. We also express-
ed, at the same time, a confident hope, that the
President of the Board of Trade had succeeded

in the objects of his mission; whilst our con-
temporaries, one and all, appeared to sanction
the statement, with the vituperative comments
accompanying it, in which it was alleged that the
French Government had repelled his proposals.
We have, however, a more agreeable task than
that of pointing out the gross inaccuracies and
studied misrepresentations of the Public Press
generally, whenever our present policy is the
subject, though that policy, which took its rise
at the time Mr. Canning assumed a leading part
in the public councils of the country, has ad-
vanced her interests nearly half a century. We
have a more agreeable duty, we say, than to
point out the systematic course of vituperation
and depreciation—that of congratulating our
Readers upon the prospect of the trade between
the two countries being placed upon a more
friendly and enlarged footing. The accomplish-
.

ment of this hope would be the consummation of
that admirable policy, begun as \veil as per-

severed in under the most discouraging opposi-
tion, by the present Ministry ; for should the
French Cabinet but once adopt it, all the
other European Cabinets, that still cling to the
restrictive system, would strive to outrun one
another in• their determination to abandon it.—

There is a contagion in good, as well as bad ex-

ample ; and the period is probably much nearer
at hand than is commonly imagined, when the
"commercial relations of all nations shall be
placed upon as liberal a fooling as the most
ardent and enlightened advocates of the princi-
ple of free trade can desire. Whoever imagines,
too, that commerce has already reached its utmost
limits, will soon have reason, in all probability,

to admire the illusions under which he now

labours i►► this respect ; for commerce, as regards
its capabilities, appears to he now in that state
ltt which the steam engine was some years since.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

Yesterday we received the Paris Papers of
Tuesday, with the Etoile dated Wednesday.
The opposition journalists notice the. current re-
ports of changes in the French Ministry, but
only for the purpose of saying, that unless the
doinestic system of government is to he improved,
they are utterly indifferent as to the removal of
any particular individuals. The wonder, in-
deed, is, as the Constitutionnel remarks, not
that changes have occurred so frequently in
the French Cabinet since the restoration, but
that any Minister has been able to remain in
office, even for the shortest period, having to
serve and satisfy such a confused multitude of
parties and interests. There seems, however, to he
no reason to believe that M.de Vitlele is at present
in danger, or soon likely to be so. The course
he has followed is one that will gradually obtain
for his administration More public confidence than
any of those that have preceded it. Already the
Journal des' Debuts, 'the organ of the factious
Royalits, complains of the support given by M.
de Lafitte and the liberal papers to some of the
recent measures of foreign policy adopted by the
French -Government, especially the recognition
of the independence of Hayti. The Journal des
Debuts may rail as it pleases, but while. the Mi-
ulster can thus make conquest of his political
opponents On principle, he may defy the im-
potent endeavours of his personal enemies to
dislodge him. The advices from Madrid are
dated the 4th instant. The Duke del Infan-
tad° haS; it is said, entirely lost the favour of
the Apostolic party. He has resolved to continue
the sittings of the Consultative Junta, and he
maintains a friendly intercourse with M. Zea,
who is still visited and treated with distinction by
the Court and the Foreign Ambassadors. The
Junta instituted for classifying the rank and
regulating the promotion of the Officers of the
A tiny of the' Faith, has • been dissolved. The
French Ambassador, the Marquis de Moustier,
had-' arrived .at Madrid. The observations we
have given In -another column, from the Etoile,
on the cOrninercial system of':Great Britain, will
be read with Considerablk interest. It is gratify-