The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur publishes a decree of promulgat-
ing tho convention concluded on the 2d July last
between France and the Grand Duchy of Baden,
for the reciprocal guarantee of the rights of indus-
trial property.
. .

The Siecle contains some observations on
the treaty of commerce lately signed between
Russia and France, and expresses its apprehension
that v'hile the terms of the convention appear to
establish the principle of perfect reciprocitybetween
the two countries, a marked disadvantage will re-
main on the side of French traders from the less
liberal character' of the police regulations existing
in Russia.. The objections of our contemporary
to the treaty will be found in the following extract :

" The treaty, if executed with good faith on the part
of Russia, is certainly calculated to create a real
commercial connection. It enacts that there shall
he reciprocally full and entire liberty of commerce
aad navigation for the vessels and subjects of
the high contracting parties in all ,the ports of
their respective dominions in which navigation is
at present, or may hereafter be permitted to the
vessels of any foreign nation. The French in Russia
and the Russians in France, may reciprocally enter,
travel, or-sojourn at full liberty in any part whatsoever
of the respective territories, to attend to their affairs,
and they are to enjoy for their persons and property the
same protection and security as the natives ; they are to
have the power in towns and ports of hiring or possess-
ing such houses, warehouses, shops, and land as they
may require, without being subjected to taxes, general
or local, or obligations of any nature, different from
those which are or may be imposed on natives. IL
the same manner they are to enjoy in commercial and
manufacturing matters all th€+ privileges, immuni-
ties, and other favours enjoyed by natives. This
certainly is perfect reciprocity in appearance, but
we fear from the state of civilisation and of the
police in Russia that it will not secure to the
French who establish themselves in that country
any very great security. The convention promises them
the same treatment as Russian subjects in Russia. But
how is the Russian commercial class treated, and what
are its privileges? If we are to believe writers on Russia,
the law is not favourable to them always. Now it is said
by the clauses which we have summed up that these sti-
pulations are not to affect in any respect the laws, ordi-
nances, and special regulations in force with respect to
commerce, manufactures, and police. But Russian re-
gulations, according to the avowal of everybody, are ex-
tremely severe. French regulations, on the contrary,
give absolute security to the trader and navigator. All
the advantage is therefore on the side of the Russians,
and we could have wished that instead of the simple
clause of reciprocity inserted in the treaty, it had been
formally stipulated that the French should enjoy, not
the same treatment as the Russians in Russia, but the
same treatment as the Russians in France."

BOURSE, Sept. 7.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. End of 3iontb.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 66 80 66 95
Bank Shares 2,775 Credit Foncier 665
Credit Mobilier B6O Roman A—
Do. Account 855 Austrian
Belgian 41 .. 99k— Spanish Threos —--
Piedmontese;(s) 9O Rome Debt