The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-09 00:00:00

POSTAGE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE

Monday's Moniteur publishes the postage convention be-
tween France and England, signed April 3, 1843.
The first litre, or chapter, establishes towns of the two
countries from which letters for one another are to be des-
patched. The French towns are—Paris, Calais, Boulogne,
Dieppe, Havre, Cherbourg, Granville, St. Malo, in the Chan-
nel. The English towns are—London, Dover, Brighton,
Southampton, Jersey, and Guernsey. For the Mediterranean,
the French Post bureaux of transmission are—Paris, Mar-
seilles, the offices at Alexandria, Smyrna, the Dardanelles,
and Constantinople. Ths English are, lexandria, Gibral-
tar, and Malta.

The principal transmission of letters between the countries
takes place between Dover and Calais, six days a week ; the
French Government will send on the seventh day, weather
permitting.

By the eighth article, the post-boats will continue their
services without interruption, even in time of war, until one
of the Governments shall have signified its wish that the ser-
vice should cease.

In ports where regular Government steamers do not exist,
private vessels and steamers may be employed to carry bags.
For this purpose a post-box shall be put up on board the
packet for the reception of letters.

There is nothing new in the regulation of the Levant cor-
respondence, which continues to be transmitted •three times
a month.

Letters may be franked or not ; and lettres charges, or par-
ticularly recommended, may be sent in both countries. The
English Post-office is to pay to the French two francs for
every 30 grammes of letters not franked ; and in the same
case the French Post-office will pay the English ls. an ounce.
Letters from France to • England, franked, will pay in
France by the amount levied on French letters by the law of
1827. The letters from Paris, however, will pay but the
tariff of Boulogne. Letters franked from England to France
wiil pay sd. per single letter, weighing half an ounce. (This,
in addition to the tariff of Boulogne mentioned abOve, will
maka 10d. postage between England and Paris.)
There arc especial charges for letters exchanged with St.
Malo, Cherbourg, and Granville.
Journals of either country are to be delivered at the port
of the country to which they are addressed exempt from
duty.

Pamphlets may be sent by post from one country to another
paying in France as usual; in England, Id for two ounces;
6d, from two to three ounces ; Bd. from three to four ounces ;
Bill 20. per ounce more up to 16 ounces, beyond which
weight the English Post-office will not receive them.
The following is article 86, which relates to a point so much
disputed, and which has involved English journals in some
expense:—

"Art. SG.—ln order to insure reciprocally the integrity
of the produce of the correspondence of both countries, the
Fi e3ch and English Governments will prevent by every means
in their power the transmission of correspondence by other
channels than the post. Nevertheless it is and Tstood, that
couriers sent by commercial houses or other., Lo carry acci-
dentally a single letter, or one or more newspapers, may
freely traverse the respective territories of both states, these
couriers presenting the letter or the gazettes at the first
bureau of post, where the postage will be levied in the usual
manner."

Varliamentarp livorttbinml.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FfunAr

The Registration of V'ters Biil went through committee,
Lord CAMPBELL postponing his amendments until the
bringing up of the report.
Lord BEATTMONT brought the question of Servia under
the consideration of the house, contending, at great length,
that the recent interference of Russia was an infringement
of the integrity of the Ottoman empire, wholly unjustifiable
upon any other ground than that the Sublime Porte was
weak, Austria timid, Russia encroaching, and England
apathetic : although it was rumoured that France was in-
clined to stand with England against the despotic interfer-
ence of Russia. The Porte was, he contended, abandoned to
its own resources against Russia, and the result was that
Russi, as usual, would obtain by negotiation what never
could have been obtained by force of arms. If Servia should
decline to have its own choice of a sovereign over-ruled, he
wished to know from Lord Aberdeen if he was prepared to
allow Russia to send 50,000 men into that country to enforce
obedience to its wishes under the specious pretext of pro-
tection—a pretext so often resorted to for the purpose of
extending its territories. The noble lord concluded by
moving for papers connected with the subject.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said that a revolt took place last
September in Servia which led to the dethronement of the
reigning ruler, and this dethronement was the result of a
bargain between the Turkish Pacha of Belgrade and certain
parties of Servia, with whom the people of that country so
little sympathised, that the prince whom the revolutionists
chose would, ere longs be but too happy should he escape
from those very people withOlit any aid from the arms of
Russia. It was said, when the revolution took place, that
it was to be attributed to Russian intrigues, and great credit
was given to that country for the crafty and successful man-
ner in which it carried out its objects. Now, however, that
Russia condemns the revolution, it was contended that other
nations were succumbing to her influence. The fact was,
that Servia possessed only a qualified independence, which
she owed to the support of Russia, and this independence
was sought to be destroyed by the intrigues of the Pacha of
Belgrade, which caused Russia to interfere for the protection
of that qualified independence that Servia could not maintain
without her assistance. It appeared to the Government,
under all the circumstances, that the wisest course to pursue
was that of following in the steps of Austria, which had the
strongest interest in maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman
empire. He believed a new election would take place of a
Servian prince, but he had no apprehension whatever of the
alarming consequences which the noble lord appeared to fore-
bode. Ile therefore opposed the motion of the noble lord.
Lord BEAUMONT then withdrew the motion, and their
lordships adjourned.