The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-24 00:00:00

R. VPAN MG ED ITI ON.

enlightened as France ready to sacrifice to null"-
dual gratification the lives of thousands and the
peace of the world.
The Royalist Duke DEVALMY, has favoured the
French public with a somewhat long, but exceedingly`
clever expositicn of the entire conduct of the French
Cabinet on the Eastern question, a translatioO
which will be found in another part of The Sill'
Though coining from a suspected source, it states
facts with great clearness, and will well repaY the
trouble of an attentive perusal. The Duke demon.
s:rates unanswerably that France has herself only
to blame for the state of isolation in which her
;Ministers have placed her; and that the conduct
of England has been straightforward, consistent'
and in perfect harmony with the true interests of
Western Europe. With the Noble Deputy's sug:
gestions as to the course by which France may Yet
retrieve the errors of her policy, we have here 14;
thing to do. We identify ourselves with none (3
the Noble Duke's speculations or opinions. ti~ hat
is of importance in our eyes is the chain of facie
he
which he adduces, and the facility with which 1'
unravels the intricate web of French policy in 90
that relates to Turkey and Egypt.
That some step may be quickly taken, by which
not only war will be prevented, but all popular al);
prehension of such a calamity removed, is what
most ardently desire. Already has the discussi° 6
of the probability of such a crime been produeti. h
of heavy losses on the Bourse. The eagerness viltd
which the Paris Press seized upon a possible grGlin
.
of quarrel for exhuming long-buried calumnies in'
vented to foster a hatred of England in the minas
of the French people, has not been unattended
with equally pernicious, though less obvious °lll
sequences. But we wish to forget these s
rie
groundr
complaint, which happily yet oppose no harls
to a return to the most amicable relstiras
with our powerful and respected ally. France
yet time either to modify her policy, or to assti;
the dignified position of an umpire, on the East
ern question ; and that question disposed of, there
remains nothing to interrupt the good understand
ing which has prevailed between England I°j
France for a period of twenty-five years' dial
which, besides greatly extending the eommercn,
interests of both, has given constitutional Overi,
ments to Portugal and Spain, nationality t° nett
gium, and, in spite of the conflict of opPet
of
principles and passions, maintained the Peace
Europe.
France
But while there is time enough for
ne
to adopt an amicable course, there is none
for further deliberation. Already have thl,s
Austrian, Russian, and Prussian ratificat4io
of the Treaty of the Four Powers arrived ht
London, and in ten days or a fortnight
at the latest the ratification of the Sou- a,
Porte is expected, when the formality of exchan,l
ing the ratifications will take place, to be fulicisti,s
immediately by the presentation of the SULTItmt
ultimatum to the VICEROY. If MEHEmEI bat
refuse to accept it, the impression at present's ttlie
England, Austria, and Russia, will blockade "og
coast of Syria, and invite the Syrians to throwiere
the Egyptian yoke. It is not intended to inter
er,
with the commerce of Syria or Egypt, se. that.,,,nitioll
chantmen of all nations will suffer no imerr.t-
do
in their traffic with these countries. Th.e;abl:f cic:ny
will amount to no more than the prevention the
co-operation of MEHEMET ALI'S fleet w I What
army of IBRAHIM PACHA in Syrta' hof
course will be taken to prevent the tnarci, go
IBRAHIM upon Constantinople has not yet
indicated to the public; but we trust the defell—
of the Turkish capital is not to be committed 1n
the Russian troops now encamped on the shores
the Black Sea. England cannot be so insane °
to suffer a Russian military force to encamp, under
any pretext, on the shores of the Bosphorus. Suer
an event would defeat the very object which E9g:
land had in view in proposing the Quadruple
Treaty.
To the middle classes,—the Shopacracy and the
National Guards of France--we recommend ih
attentive perusal of the following summary .°f
the
return just made to the House of Commons - °
P
exports and imports to and from France from' 18f
to the close of 1839. It is from the Observer
ben'
yesterday, and on comparing it with the 011'e 0,10
ments, which would occupy more space .
we can devote to this subject, we find the lie
ms
1 svi
correctly given. The balance of commerce' 1 face
be seen, is completely in favour of France—'a
the
which, if well weighed on the other side 0f
o,e
Channel, may convince the French Press that of
have less reason to be frightened on the siic°,r,eitit
commercial losses than our neighbours.
of
is borne in mind that, in addition to the ills-
s
1/6
trade, France, in the event of a war, ,;-ti •
stripped of all her colonies, it cannot fail to st
every honest French politician, that, in adv°c3tio;
peace, we are not influenced by selfish or crvano
considerations. We detest war, not because
1•113),,
land lacks power to carry it on against any el ems,
but because it is a crime disgraceful to the eivi'd,
11 I
tion of the countries threatened by it, anti
;ps fer
rect attack upon the liberties of those countries, is
the maintenance of which the peace of Eur°!P
et
the only safe guarantee. We repeat, there 15
d if
time for the adoption of pacific measures ;
an
the middle classes in France will only Well exani,:
oo
.
the following summary of commercial relations s
sisting between the two countries, we entertain
of
doubt of their ranging themselves on the side
peace and amity with Great Britain :--- SO
COMMERCE BETWEEN ENGLANm,
FRANCE.

(From the Observer of yesterday.) floesg
A return has been published by order of the, —*bleb
of Commons, on the motion of Sir Robert Pe''',...seo
is well worthy the most serious attention at the Pejour,
moment,a when there are so many of the Parisian tern
n
advocating a war with England on the ,ang'arti
question. This document is a return of the `irlir the
from and the exports to France, commencing' the
year when the peace of Europe was established " a
defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. This interestiPg the
important document will serve to show that. bY.,,,e0
commercial relations which have subsisted het 0,
En gland and France now for the last twenty-five AY-.40 b
the prosperity of the fatter has been promote-1
much greater degree than that of the former.
,if the
It is shown by these documents that the value red
imports from France in 1816 was 417,783/., w"e"
in the year 1839 the estimate of the value
4,022,526/. It appears, also, that the exports -rob
the United Kingdom to France in 1816 were
1,634,222/., and that in the last year theY, ,eest
3,632,6531., being with one exception the 15;;106
amount of the shipments in any previous year, the
of the exports in 1838 exceeding that of 183'tio
250,0001. If we take the declared value of France
and Irish produce and manufactures exported to I'loo
from 1815 to the close of 1839, we find that sntter
former year it was 298,2921., and in the urea
2,298,3071. It appears, therefore, from these had
that our neighbours across the channel have of
greatly the advantage over us in the
trade during the period peace has continued e
tween tl3, and that should, unfortunately that i reeatti4
be interrupted, France even in a cumin' P. I
United 1010 gt.
of view must be greater sufferers than the
dom. It may not be uninteresting to notice a few
those articles of import from France which have el .0
bited the most rapid augmentation. We find ths:',lar
1814 the value of apples imported was 348/. ; lastifof
increase be,
it was 20,651/. On clocks, the increase in the vaireein
the imports, within the same period, has bee 41. to
1,417/. to 27,069/, ; in brimstone, from in
103,863/. ; in wheat, from 83,4621. to 458,6151-
Th° i 0
cotton manufactures, from 109/. to 41,700/. _ry.
crease in the importation of eggs is most extraordinpatio
%e received from France 804,746 eggs' °than
In 1815 s'
official value of 2511., but last year not less,,c6i,
90,834,163 eggs were imported, of the value of 28c;°1-'ase
In the imports of hemp and flax we have an inom
from 17,000/. to 148,000/. ; in artificial flowers
2,183/. to 20,993/ , and in g 1
lass from 4,600/. to 30.0 u, ifs
In human hair wee r
an advance in the 'to
rom 847/. to 3,063/. In gloves, front 1,320 pie !b°
,657,907 pairs in 1'324, and 1,007,889 in 1829'