The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-04 00:00:00

COMMERCE OF FRANCE.

The Temps gives the following comparative statement of
the commerce of France and England, fiorn tables published
by the Minister of Commerce :—" The conclusions which
may be drawn from these tables, without exaggerating facts,
are important, and cannot be too closely studied. It might
be believed that the commercial relations of France with
England are on a most extensive scale. Separated from
each other by a channel only seven leagues wide, which
may be crossed in two or three hours, and both countries
being in the highest state of civilisation, the exchanges
between them ought to be incessant. This, however, is
not the case, and England stands the fourth in the rank
of nations that trade with France.* The importations from
Sardinia into France, in 1834, amounted to 93,899,838 f.,
and the exports to Sardinia to 36,175,213 f. ; while in the
same year the importations from England came to
27,095,066 f., and the exports to 62,431,586 f. The general
imports of France, in 1834, were 720,194,336 f., and her
exports 714,705,038 f. These sums are considerably above
those of the years 1830, 1831, and 1832, and the dif-
ference between the amounts of 1834 -and 1830 is in favour
of the first to ano less extent than 140,000,000 f. But
the amount of 1833 exceeded that of 1834 by as much as
52,000,000 f. \V regret that we have not materials for
giving a comparisan between the general commerce of
France and other nations, but we are enabled to give some
particulars of that of France and of England. In Fiance
the general commerce of 1834 was as above stated—
in England, the general imports were to the amount of
1,016,229,800 f., and the exports to 1,016,004,800 f.
The following is a comparative table of the principal ar7
ticles of exportation in France and England, in 1834 :--
France. . England.
Cotton goods and yarn 76,340,000 f 512,814,600 f
Flax and hmm cloth and twist 27,786,177 64,491,400
Refined Sugar 3,277,580 22,909,800
Manufactured silks 137,000,000 159,299,700 •

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Woollen yarn and stuffs 40,830,000 149,385,300
The importations of the two countries, during the same
period, present the same difference. The principal articles
in England are raw wool and cotton, wines and leather, and
in France the same articles except wines.
The following table shows the comparative importance of
the export trade of France and England, with other pi incipal
nations in the indigenous productions of each :
France. England.
Russia 6,910,547f 34,557,500 r
Sweden
,
Norway
Sardinian Statco 36,175,213
Denmark 1,765,173 2;364,620
Prussia
Switzerland . . 29,835,960 _
Portugal - - 3,476,594 42,546,330
Austria
Germany
Belgium ?
5,640,325 18,251,500
Holland
Spain
The United States.. ......
Brazil

British India and New } 4,392,508 82,364,000
South Wales
As a last point of comparison, we find that France exported
to England of her own natural produce to the amount of
62,431,586 E, and that in the same year the exports of Eng-,
lish prodtice to France were no more than 27,922,1201,T
We have taken the last sum from English official,doeu-
ments. That of the table of the Minister of' Commerce
differs from it by nearly a million, as may be seen above.
However, the limited extent of these importations frptp
England must not be complained of, for in 1827 they did nut
amount to one-fourth of tb.oso of 1834."
• The Temps does not tUto the cause of this limited cont-
mercial intercourse b-etweecitwo nations, which. natural posi-
tion, and the social interests of each, seem to have intended
for the, closest intimacy, mercantile and political. it is the
unwise and impolitic restrictions imposed upon the importation
of English produce by the French Government, in the shape
of excessive duties, amounting in many instances to a prohibi-
lion. Did the narrow spirit of monopoly, to which, we believe,
a Minister so enlightened as M. Duchai.el must reluctantly -
submit, permit the removal. of these shackles upon the com-
mercial prosperity of the country, the imports and exports be-
tween France and England would assume an importance
equally beneficial to both nationsr—Eu.. MESSENGER.

The Cheltenham Journal, a Tory paper, avers that
in many places, as Poole, Southampton, and Weymouth,
the Conservatives are able to far outnumber the Whigs and
Radicals in the several Town Councils. •
• - •
Steps, it is said, are about to be taken to compel
the Benchcrs of the several Inns of Court to account ar-i
nually to tile Barristers and Students, for the diSposalethe•
large revenues which come to their hands.
A young Haan, named Bitche, only twenty years •
age, was tried last week before the Court of .Assizes for
the Meurthe, and condemned to death for havinr, kiilcil two
soldiers. When arrested, the culprit entreated the •
darrnes to grant him only half an hour's liberty,,in order
that he n.irlit kill a third.
THE JERSEY TRAGEDY.—PubIic excitement. in
this affair does not appear at ail abated. On Monday Sir..
John De •Veulle, Bailli, and Judges De St. Croix and
Nicolle having taken their places on the Bench, prayers
were read by the Greiner, and the prisoner was placed at-
the bar. Marin's countenance was de]ected, but he be-
trayed.no emotion whatever during the examination of evi-
dence, and he occasionally conferred with his counsel. in a
cool and collected manner. As usual, he kept -111SJ)ack
sedulously turned towards the gallery, either sitting down or
leaning on the bar, and _he displayed no longer the -yellow
silk handkerchief, which appears to have become a pro-
minent object of public curiosity. After a protracted
examination of witnesses, the Court made an act of their
proceedings, remanded the prisoner to jail, and atitherised
the Attorney-General to prosecute. The boisterous state
of tile weather has delayed the Government paeketsgina
their three last trips, for a day' beyond the general time4fxsb
their arrival ; and, in consequence of which, the mail_; -haV6'•
Jn
not been able to leave Jersey so soon as under ty ordi
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circumstances.
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