The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

FRENCH COMMERCE.

The following is extracted from a report of M. War-
temberg to the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce :
" Our maritime commerce has not been treated by
Spain as it ought to have been, according to the old con-
ventions between the countries. France has always re-
spected the existing stipulations as to the right of tonnage.
Spain has only done so in appearance. A number of
local rights have destroyed this equality, and it is in-
dispensable to remedy this false position, which the new
tariff might tend to aggravate. A protestation ought to
be made against the kind of exclusion effected by this
tariff. to the navigation of our coast of the Mediter-
ranean and part of the ocean - the result of ' such
a measure would be to transfer the whole commerce
of Spain from France to other nations. Finally,
the sprtaxes established upon merchandise imported into
the-Spanish colonies by French ships are too high, and
ought to be the object of the negotiations of our Go-
vernment. It is urgent that our sugar duties
should be modified ; for, on account of our
high surtax upon foreign sugar, the Spanish flag
is gradually taking the place of ours for the im-
portation of our produce to Cuba and Porto . Rico. The
change of the Spanish customs line from the Ebro to the
Pyrenees, is alsd detrimental to the sale of French colonial
produce. Until now the provinces of the north of Spy
st
:
received our produce freely, and made use of it,
their consumption, but also for their exchanges with
of the reninsula. These relations with the 13asq
ue Pro-
vinces were a great source of freight to those,a,u vessels Ha_
not , °
theYre
turning from Columbia, St. Thomas, GMI-houses
vannah, Lc. Now the line of Spanish or
ii separated the provinces of the
ourn frontier, and
rest of the kingdom has been broughttoslre know it is not our
separates us from our old markets.
lation of other
part to to interfere in the internal regun,
of course, place its
orth from the
tries. The Spanish Government ca.
but we can obtain
line of Custom-house as it choostcos
u's by these measures.
compensation for the harm don_e
show the bases upon which
them, and we have sought to
established.
be
- ensations mightt to tissues, we have remarked
The mission of the French Ciovernment is to demand
these comp
being
top
" Finally, with respect
project of the p
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cloth and kerseymere, are ab-
solutely the maximum ini-eiesacivrteasriofff, brtoeadstehria.edopasteda by the
for the duty upon
as
those of the English stuffs.
solutely the
gmenarrower than ours, the result will be
heavy duties, our manufacturers
or
force Spa-
nish
d to manufacture special stuffs for Spain,
willT that,li e sbeieli stud;oorb . .
first,
inconvenience, because at a given
erfe,:ii,sucaluld "thuthse
cloth
demands, ~,
and kerseymere,
tariff
moment,a source . of.
our manufacturers to renounce important affairs,
which would not take place if cloths, made ac-
cording to the French size were admitted at the
ordinary duties ; also, because, if the French manufac-
turers fabricate, beyond the wants of Spanish consump-
tion, stuffs of the breadth demanded by the tariff,
they can sell them with great difficulty in
France, where these breadths are not in use. As
to linen we have remarked the exaggeration which
the proposed tariff git•es to the value of this article,
which, in several cases, renilers•the duty ad valorem com-
pletely illusory. Finally, we demand, as a means of ex-
change with Spain, that the French import duty be dimi-
nished, in a• great measure, upon the produce of .that
country, namely, upon oil, wool, wine, liquors, iron, &C.

BRUSSELS) 02---c.r. and the Royal
Family returned to Laelten yesterday afternoon. Messrs.
Barrett and Van Mistitz, the Dutch Commissioners, are
going to return to the Hague, in order to consult with
their Government on the basis of an arrangement which
has been laid down in the conferences in which they
took part.