The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-03 00:00:00

THE TREA7Y WITH FRANCE.

A supplement to the London Gazette, published on
Saturday, gives the following convention between her Ma-
jesty and the Emperor of the French, supplementary bathe
Treaty of Commerce of Jan. 23, 1860 ; with a tariff an-
flexed thereto ; and which was signed at Paris on Nov. 23,
the ratifications being exchanged at Paris on Nov. 30 :
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, desiring to insure the complete execution of the
treaty of the 23d of Jan., 1860, by fixing the duties on the
importation of such of the goods of British origin or manu-
facture enumerated in the said treaty as were not comprised
in the arrangement of the 12th of Oct. last, have resolved to
conclude, for that purpose, a second additional convention,
and have therefore named as their plenipotentiaries ; that
is to say :

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland ; the Right Hon. Henry Richard
Charles, Earl Cowley, a peer of the United Kingdom, &c.,
&c. ; and Richard Cobden, Esq., a member of the Blitish
Parliament.

And his Majesty the Emperor of the French ; M. Thou-
venel, his Imperial Majesty's Minister and Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs ; and M. Rouher, a Senator of the
Empire, &c. ; who, after having communicated to each
other their respective full powers, found in good and due
form, have agreed upon the following articles.:
Art. 1. The articles of British origin or manufacture
enumerated in the tariff annexed to the present convention
shall, when imported direet from the United Kingdom
under the British or the French flag, be admitted into
France at the duties specified by the said tariff.
Art. 2. The rules established by Arts. 2,4, 5,6, 7, and 8,
of the convention concluded on the 12th of Oct. last, between
the high contracting powers, for the proofs of origin, the
declarations of importation, and the valuation by exports of
the productions taxed ad valorem, shall equally apply to the
various articles of British origin or manufacture enume-
rated in the tariff annexed to the present convention.
Article 3 of the convention of the 12th of October last,
which exempts the importers of machines, or detached
pieces of machines, of British origin or manufacture, from
the obligation of producing models or drawings, is declared
to be applicable to all the goods the importation whereof
was subject to that formality, and which are comprised
either in the present convention or in that of the 12th of
October last.
Art. 3. Independently of the duties of customs stipu-
lated in the tariff annexed to the present convention, and
by application of Articles 1 and 9 of the treaty concluded
between the high contracting powers on the 23d of Jan.
last, the undermentioned articles of British origin or manu-
facture shall, on their importation into France, and by way
of compensation for equivalent duties paid by French manu-
facturers, be subjected to the supplementary duties herein-
after prescribed :

fr. c.

Raw soda - •
Crystals of soda -
Sulphate of soda :
Pure—
Anhydrate
Crystallised or hydrate -
Impure—
Anhydrate - - -
Crystallised or hydrate -
Sulphite of soda - - -
Salt of soda - -
Hydrochloric acid - -
Chloride of lime - -
Chlorate of potash - -
Chloride of magnesium- -
Plate glass or large mirrors -

4 35 100 kil.
- 435 „

- 6 0
- 240

- 5 40 99
- 2 10 II
- 6 0 )9
- 11 0 )1
- 10 0 ,I
- 66 0 )9
- 4 0 )9
- 1 0 the superficial
metre.

Glass ware, window glass, and other
white glees- - - - - 320 100 kil.
Bottles - - - - - 125
Artificial ultramarine - - - 11 0
Sal Ammoniac - - -16 0
Kelp - - - - - - 150
Salts or raw residue of the calcina-
tion of beet .root refuse . .
Salt of tin . . . .
Soap :
White or marbled, composed of
alkalis and oil of dives, or olea-
ginous seeds, pure or mixed with
animal fat—
The oil composing at least
half of the mixture of
oleaginous bodies - -
The oil composing less than
half in the mixture of
oleaginous bodies - -
Of animal fat—
Pure -
Mixed with resin - -
Of palm or cocoa-nut oil mixed
with animal fat - - -
Coloured, composed of oils from
seeds or of animal fat -
Pare alcohol - - -
Beer - - - -
Spirits of wine varnish, per hecto-
litre of pure alcohol contained
in the varnish

1 25
3 0

8 20

6 0 )1

6 0
6 0

4. 0 )1

- 6 0 /,
- 90 0 the hectolitre
- 240 ? 9

90 0

It is understood that refined sugar is not comprised in
this list, because the duty of 41 francs per 100 kilogrammes,
fixed on the iinportation of that article, includes the duty
on consumption with which it is now charged in France.
It is equally agreed between the high cqtrtracting powers
that, in the event of the modification or the suppression of
the duties of excise now imposed upon French manufac-
turers, goods of British origin and manufacture shall, with
regard to such duties of excise, be subjected to the same
conditions as similar French goods. If, however, in conse-
quence of the suppressionof any of such duties, the govern-
ment should establish a supervision or control, or an admi-
nistrative system over certain articles of French manu-
facture, the direct or indirect charges which may be borne
by the French manufacturer shall be countervailed by an
equivalent surtax imposed upon similar British articles.
It is further understood that if drawbacks are granted to
other articles of French manufacture, the duties of customs
which are imposed upon similar articles of British origin or
manufacture shall be augmented by a surtax equal to the
amount of the drawbacks.

Art. 4. With regard to pure and mixed tissues taxed ad
valorem, the valuation of which may appear to the French
Government to present difficulties, they reserve to them-
selves the power to designate the Custom-house of Paris
exclusively for the admission of such goods.
Art. 5. Each of the high contracting powers engages to
extend to the other any favour, any privilege or diminu-
tion of tariff, which either of them may grant to a third
power in regard to the importation of goods mentioned,
or not mentioned, in the treaty of the 23d of January,
1860.

Art. 6. The tariff annexed to the present convention
shall come into force within a time which shall not be later
than the Ist of June, 1861, for yarns and tissues of flax,
hemp, and jute, and the let of October following for all
other articles.

Art. 7. The present convention shall have the same
duration as the treaty concluded between the high con-
tracting parties on the 23d of January last, of which it is a
complement.

Art. 8. The present convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris within fifteen days,
or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto
the seal of their arms. Done in duplicate, at Paris, the
16th day of November, 1860.

(L.S.) COWLEY.
(L.S.) RICHD. COBDEN.
(L.S.) E. THOUVENEL.
(L.S.) F. ROUHER.

TARIFF ANNEXED TO THE CONVENTION CON-
CLUDED THE 16TH NOV., 1860, BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

Rate of duty in
1860. 1864.