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IIHE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUI-
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RAW I

111 DES.

Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. I'er Stone. s. d. to s. d.
Best Heifers & Steers 3 03 6 I Ordinary 20 2 6
Middlings 9 6 210 Market Calf 6 ()each.

COMMERCE OF FRANCE.

(From the Scotsman.)

We subjoin a few tables respecting the Com-
merce of France, which are, in some respects, more
detailed than any we have seen iu English publica-
tions. '1 heir authenticity may be depended on, so
far as they are not affected by our numerical errors,
for they are extracted from documents printed with
the greatest care. To us it has always appeared,
that mere translations of French tables in their ori-
ginal form, are almost of no value whatever in an
English Journal ; and for this reason we have, with
no small labour, converted the money, weights, and
measures, into those of Britain. But even in this
shape the interest they possess depends chiefly on
the materials they furnish for comparison with our
own trade, or at least it is with a reference to this
that we judge of the trade of our neighbours in
each commodity. We have, therefore, in our notes,
brought the imports, exports, and domestic con-
sumption of the two countries into contrast with re-
spect to several weighty articles. The facts throw
some light on the habits and social condition of the
two nations. To judge )f the state of any people,
it is always desirable to see the Carte, or national
bill of fare. Eating and drinking are functions
which, in point of urgency, though not of dignity,
take precedence of all others ; and, therefore, gene.
rally speaking, the best fed nations will be the hap-
piest. We never can tell, however, what part of
the beef and corn produced within different countries
is consumed by the inhabitants; but we can form
an approximative judgment of the degree of ease
and abundance enjoyed in each, by marking the com-
parative consumption of those articles which belong
to the class of luxuries, or non-necessaries. Yet,
here again allowance must be made for variety of
climate, taste, and circumstances. The French pre-
fer coffee, the English tea; yet even of the former
article the proportional consumption is greater in
Britain than in France. Of sugar, which is perhaps
in more general use in a multitude of forms, than
any other non-necessary article, the consumption is
nearly as six to one in favour of Britain; but taking
in the domestic sugar of France, made from beet-
root, the proportion is probably not more than four
to one. We must bear in mind, however, that till
the end of the war, the French were nearly deprived
of all means of obtaining articles of foreign growth,
and that in the facility of procuring and circulating
'these commodities, France was only at the point in
181.5, which Britain has reached in 1790.