The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-12 00:00:00

INTEREST-FRANC E.
TII E Hele on the state of the wine

The Pram has an`A.
FranceA which is not wit.—
tithl ffieefrorts of the growers to
mercial tfefttlet Wthdd have the effect
new markets to their plodtiets: the
.readers are :twin,.
that one of the leading points of the CerritiftetAd Treaty
between France and England which has been at +. 1 nig
delayed, and of which we have now heard nothing for
!numbs, although nearly a year ago we were told that
it "'Anted only the signatures of the parties, relates to
a hifgd fettitetuM of the duties on French wines and
brandies in ELIO:it/di its return for certain concessions
by France in favour of British fritmof:tetores, The delay
nhich haLtnk. en place in the conclusion of this treaty is
generally attributed to the temporary mTgrinderstgrifftg-
between the two Governments on the Eastern question,
end which has prevented the immediate cultivation of
close? rehttlons y but it is also supposed by many that
the manufacturing Interest in France, which, as in sonic
other countries, sees or fancies that it sees the necessity
of withholding advantages from the agricultural interest,
as the latter in its turn, and perhaps equally erroneously
opposes the manufacturing interest, has in no slight de-
gree contributed by its remonstrances towards this de-
lay in drawing closer the commercial ties of the two
countries, It will be seen, by the following extract
from the Passe, that It makes out a strong case for the
agricultural interest :
" The vine is cultivated in France in 76 departments,
and occupies a surface of two millions of hectares (not
flVe millions of English acres). The produce represents
a value of dOO millions of francs annually, and every year
this branch of agriculture pays in one form or 'motile
more than 110 millions of taxes, This interest is thenr
incontestibly one of the most important of the country.
lolt up now see what has been done for it. Before the
ReVollitiott; when affairs had not arrived at the extent
which it has since tielifired, Bordeaux exported annually •
to the north of Europe mOre than 100,000 tonneaux of
.wine. At this moment the exports to the lour quarter do
not exceed 25,000 tonneaux. This is a cinnintstion of
three.fourths, if we merely take as a point of compa-
rison the commercial relations of forty years ago; but if
we take into eonsideration the general increase of trade
and population, as also of the wealth of the country, this
diminution will appear much more striking. And the
most deplorable part of the subject is that the ex-
ports diminish more and more every year. From
ta3t4. to 1839 alone, they diminished 12 per cent. for wines
and gti Cent, for brandies. There was the same result
as to the home cOristiMptlon. In 1809, the average annual
consumption of the inhabitaiio of Paris was 165 litres each.
It is now only ninety-eight litres. Wle_lre this state of
things will stop, nobody can say ; but it is ety to trace
its cause. It lies exclusively in the prohibitive system,
as regards foreign countries, and in the system of tax-
ation which has prevailed at home. In order to favour
certain products and - manufactures, all similar pro-
dual and manufactures which we could have had
at a cheaper fate from abroad have been excluded, and
the necessary coriSetliOtee has been a system of reprisals
on the part of those countrlel -Which would have supplied
them. The Swedes, whose iron We Would not receive,
have shut out our wines. Russia, whose Corn and tim-
ber are prohibited here, has prohibited our wines. Eng-
land, Prussia, and Denmark, treated in the same way,
have adopted the same reprisals, and a similar exclusion
of French wines has taken place in the countries which
grow sugar. Wine, which Was one of the greatest ele-
ments of exchange with these different Countries, has thus
borne nearly all the burthen of our illiberal and absurd
tariff-system. And it is not merely the foreign market
which is closed against the wine-growers of Franey
the home-market is also affected by this kind of legisla-
tion. We will mention one example< If a tonneaux of
wine be purchased at Bordeaux by a dealer of Lille for
115 fr., it has to pay first for octroi, circulation sfild eon-
sumption, 1821 r. 89c.,
.then 18fr. 28e. for the &awe.
duty , which, added to the carriage, would compel the
retailer, in order to have a legitimate profit, to sell for
40010. what was charged him in the market only 1151 r.
How is it possible that with such a system as this the
wine-growers of France can find a sale for their pro-
ducts ? How, with such a system, can the labouring
classes drink genuine wine ? 'How, with such a sp.tem,
is it possible to prevent adulterations which are poison-
ous to the consumer ? Such a state of things cannot be
allowed to endure."—Galignani.

'-qut interest in connee-
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THE MARKETS.
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Pease
Per Qua. ter. F. to S. S. to S. S. to S. S. to t. Ilise
Abingdon 5B 66 27 31 25 31 40 41 38 41
Andover !.6 62 27 28 2:1 27
lianbitry 36 63 29 !2 24 28 36 40 -- •".
/lasi, gstoke 58 70 28 32 25 23 40 45 40 42
Cirencoster 5l 6! isl 3 31 25 !,13 36 40 31
Coventry — 62 •/.4 33 21 31 33 40 —.
Daventry
r....rby
Howden
Hungerford 50 72 29 37 25 :0 40 45 39 42
Mallow .. 5.4 74 27 :0 22 34
Mai. enhead 52 75 32 35 25 31 40 44 41) 41
Nottingham 61 69 29 34 4..3 27 37 41 —.—
Wantage 6l 80 34 46 26 32 36 46 —..—
Warwick
Winchester 633 36 29 43 40
York — 60 33 2-2 36 —.—
Per Bushel s.d. 5.5.d.(1,, a. d, s. a
Pirmingham 7 0 94 36 46 36 40 50 70160 68
WAKEFIELD CORN l'slAfthET
Waeat, Bed. Norfolk and Suflblk s. l3s. to 144 Anc re.
----- Lin. and Cam. —a. 1.2:. to 63.. tine t 5 ..

s. d. s. d.l a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d, a. 11.
7n 34 3 6 4 6 3 6 4 0 50 70 1
WAKEFIELD CORN 51ARhEr
I, Norfolk and Suffolk . —s. f3s. to 144 Anc fre.
Lin. and Cam. —s. t,2:. to 1:34. fine i 5 .
Yorkshire —s. --s. to sth. fine 1,25.
White
Foreign, Mimi
White —s. 535. to lilt. tine FBs •
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk —i. to 375. tine : 9 .
-- Lincolnshire Xs. to 275. fine 20 ;.
Yorkshire Wahl ....:6s. to 27A. tine Si)'.
-- Foreign
Beans, New ..... ..... 375. to 3.45. fine 3.4.
Old :
Oats, Potato ..... ... —s. to 28s. fine 303.
—-- Poland —5 —s. to :Ns. tins 30s.
...-- Vrieslansl and Small ... —5. —t. to •20s. fine d 3..
-- healing
Sh,lling ..... ....."............... ........ .. ........ 295. to 30s. bd. per LOA i
Malt ............ .... 0..4. 40,. fine 425. per Load
Rapeseed . .. ....... —/. Oa. 32/. Os. 311. Os. per Last

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NE WCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE.
Red. White.
Wheat, Northumberland .... ............ ... 545. -a. 6os. 62a.
--- Norfolk and 5uff01b............... 635. 67a Ma. 70..
.-..-- Berwick and 5c0tch............... Ms. M 5...., -a. il7s.
-- Foreign 62s, C 6,.......... a. 66a.
Rye, Norfolk 4nd Suffolk ........
- Foreign 294. 33s -a. -a. 4
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... 355. -a. -s. 365. 1
- Grinding and Feeding ..... ....... 295. 305..•.•• ...-s. -a. 1::
Malt, Norfolk and Surfolk Ws 585....... .....s. --s. , ;J.
Beans, Small 36s. 405....... -s. -5. 1 a.
-- - Tick ....... 40s. 42.5. --S. -a. 1..
Pease, White 4os. 425. . ... -a.-.s.
- Gray . . 364. 38s -1. -a.
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... 255. 20s -a. -..5.
.....--.....--...-....-.... Feed
- F oreign
Flour (par sack) 4os. 505....... - a. -s.

SCOTCH MARKETS.