Star.
London, England, 1829-11-09 00:00:00

COMMERCE. OF FRANCE.

We subjoin a few tables respecting the Commerce of France,
which am, in some reopens, arson detailed than any we Mycoses
in English publications, Their sotheuticity may be depended on, so
far as they are net ,tested by our numerical snore, for they are
curetted from documents printed with the greatest care. To us
it has always, appeared that mere translations of French tables
in their original form, are almost of no value whatever in an
English Journal ; and to this reason we have, with no mull
labour, converted the money, weights. and measures. Into thou
of Britain. But even its this shape the interest they pawns de.
ponds chiefly on the materials they furnish -for comparison with
our own trade, or at least it is with reference to this that we
jtuip of the trade of our neighbours in each commodity. We
have, ,therefore, in our notes, brought the imports, capons, and
domestic consumption of the two countries, into contrast with
mspect to emend weighty articles. The facts throw some light
en the, habits and social candid= of the two nations. To
judge of the state of any people, it is always desirable to
we the (Ink, or national iJt Viers. Eating and drinking are
functions, which in paint of urgency, though not of dignity, take
precedence of all others; and therefore, generally speaking, the
best fed nations will be the happiest. We never can tell, how-
mm, what, part of the beef and corn produced within difhrent
, countries is consumed by the inhabitants; but We can form an ap.
peottlenatim judgment of the degree ague and abundance enjoyed
in each, by marking the comparative consumption of those ankles
*tick belong to the elm of luxuries, or non-necessaries. Yet.bere
agalarallowance must be made for variety of climate, taste, and
ciraunstukes. The French prefer coffee, ,the English tea ; yet
men of the former article the proportional consumption is greater
in Britain than in France.. Of sugar, whick is perhaps in more
gineral use in a multitude of forms, than any other non-necessary
ankle, the consumption is nearly as 6 to 1 in favour of Britain ;
but taking in the domestic sugar of France, made front beetroot,
the proportion is probably not more than 4to 1. We must bear in
mind, however. that till the end of the war the French were nearly
deprived of all means of obtaining article: of foreign growth, and
that in the facility of procuring and circulating these commodities,
France was only at the point in 1915 which Britain bad reached
in 1790.

Silk ••/.

Cotes

Supt
14•41:7ebefele ....ft
CAA*
Olive OM. r. Moss-
factures ••

Indigo
Cliregium Fruits ..
Tobacco
Building Timber
Silk Tiseuee, ......
Capper
Iron ••
Woollen Facie ..
• ••
Tee

2,1.
46,2
13,4
...

182,1
8,400.1

,5,000
2,000
9,100
(46,000
8,100
6,300
)1,000
SAM
1,000

1,011

N.B. Franc* imported, in 1821, 400,000 ginner. of wheat,
value £950,000 ; and the value of all grain, rice, 'nut, &c. which
paid duty for home consumption. was £4,300,000; but this in-
cludeslo,4oo,ooo kilogrammes; or 10,000 tons of olive oil., value
£58u,000.

Rinses:l Is 111g7.

Wart of

Whole 114.
port.

mule Pro-
duce or
Mauilac-
tore.

Whole
Value.

IMPOWiIIn t 9 1827.
Part for
Whole Domestic Vibe", Produce
Imported. Csosump- ♦alue. of
tl'io. Dudes.
lbs. lbs. sif
3,120 ' 1,470 $ 2,750.000 43.000
80 001 $ 65,200 $ $ 2,510,000 265,000
175,000 $ 132,000 , , 1;905,000 1,200,000
11.600 0$ $ 9.7' $ $ 976,000 118,000
49,700 $ $ 22,000,000 899.000 348,000
96,000,$ 0$ 65,200,0, 840,000 334.000
2,150 $ $ 1,530,000 780,000 40,000
46,200,, I 45,0410,10$ 628, 45,000
,13,400,$ $ 7,300 sss 603, 2,000
517,000 9,100
26,000,$ 490,000 146,000
182,000 33 $ $ 370,000 8,100
9,400,000 9.400,1, $ 390, 6,500
49,000,$ $1 35,500,. $ 290,000 101,000
260,$ $ 119 $ $ 112,000 5.000
1,010 3:0,000 110,000 11,000