The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-06

in the present year more than ordinarily interest
ing. Employment in the great manufacturing bu-
siness OF this country is becoming more and more
the staple employment OF her people, and the pros
perity of her manufacture more and more the sta
pie prosperity of the empire The returns, then, Of
the state and condition of her manufacturing bust
| ness and of the markets (home or foreign) upon
which il is dependent, present in some sort test
of the general ultimate prosperity of the whole
country. Now, In the present. year the result of
these returns is on the whole favorable and rela-
lively speaking-looking to the immediate past,
and to the anticipatons which it might reasonably
| have suggested-not simply favorable, bui highly
encouraging But II is not 10 this mere general re-
suit to the differences speculations to which it
| might give rise that we now refer. A great COM
mercial experiment-not, it is true, adventursd in
any extreme or wholly unreserved measure, but
| there was an experimental change-an alteration
OF system-has been in progress during the past
year. more open and extended system of inter-
national trade, the mutual benefits Of which Gf it
could only be realised in practice) to all the mari
| time countries of Europe and America have long
been admitted in theory, has been attempted to be
| reduced, so far as the commercial policy of Eng
| land is concerned, into something like an approx
| nation to practical OPERATION The general reduc-
ton of our import duties, which peculiarly dis
tinguished the last change in commercial tariff,
and which was made in the very face of series
of the most adverse commerciai negociations-of
negotiations expressly conducted by foreign pow
upon principles of the most selfish Prohibition
which was made in the face of the most numerous
array of The most highly hostile tariffs that has ap-
peared almost within commercial memory-this
reductions We say, under these circumstances, was
pledge that England, the first commercial and
manufacturing country OF the globe, was in earnest
| in the principles which she advocated and sincere
| in her faith in their success.
And what has been the result? What has been
the specific result in extending and opening foreign
| markets, and what the general one upon our own
manufacturing businesse
So far as foreign tariffs are concerned the result
has been, 1t must be owned, literally nothing. In
the course of last spring, as the issues of the seve-
raj negotiations with Russia, France, Portugal, and
the Brazis, and the fruits OF the hostile tariffs OF the
United States, and the European protectionst
tries, were successfully developing themselves, we
| took occasion, from time to time, to deduce and
insist upon the moral with which these occurrences
were pregnant; and while urging the incalculable
benefits which must accrue to all parties from the
adoption OF more liberal and extended principles OF
commerce-so only that the liberality were reclp-
rocal-to deprecate the cesson of our own advan.
tages until we were certain that the considerations
for the purpose of obtaining which that cession had
been made were toleYably safe to be realized
| No, 1t Is to ourselves, and to our own markets
that we have chiefly to trust. That the natural adj
| vantages which have led to the establishment oil
one staple trade or manufacture in this country land
| another, and different one, in that-which have
made cotton-splnning the business here, and corn.
growing the occupation there-must ultimately ovel
come the artificial restrictions of tariffs and con-
ventions certainly entertain but little doubt
but these are results which cannot be forced. We
may give up our all to gain them, and yet find our
selves In the end no nearer them than before. In
| the meanwhile, we must look to the extension Of
our markets by such means as are safe and certain
and In such places as must always be open to us
we mean, OF course, by colonization, and we refer
| to the resources and agency Of our vast colonia
| empire. While that Is secured to U.S. ana soundly
and wisely administered, we may safely let foreign
tariffs take their course secure the while that what
is for the benefit of the whole will certainly CON
quor in the end.-Iimss.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. -OxFoRD.-January
having come, the graduates have gone into the
country to refresh for more theological sQuabbling
grand set-to being anticipated in next term. Ma.
ny OF the undergraduates remain in Oxford during
the vacation, "to read Ethics with fellow of the
College," although how they effect this by residing
at Bichester, with four hunters and hack, is mo-
| Immediately evident. Romanism continues Il
make. awful advance. Such expressions as 81
would the Popes, gay lot were mine," with allu
sions highly complimentary to She monks Of old,
are heard frequently, and at hours which lead US io
suppose that the choir are engaged in nocturns OF
very early mathis There is distinctive specie.
called the Fast Men" no doubt from their abste
animation, did not answer certain questions put te
| them, and when they did respond, their replies
were strange and very different from the explana
tons OF established commentators.
THE TOBACCO TnADE.--From the result of the
with the Chancellor Of the Exchequer it is inferred
that no reduction of duty is contemplated, but thai
there will be an alteration in the Excise law affect
| ing the article.
"JoLLy NosE. THE following is going the
round of the Paris journals AT the Hure, in the
Department of the Upper Saone, may be seen a
| man who was formerly under cook, who has
| had his nose cut off by M. Cannot, a surgeon OF
| Hure, and replaced by the rump of living fowl
This ENGRAVING has perfectly succeeded, and M
Cannot has only the trouble Of, from time TO time
pluckng the feathers from the restored nose.
| A REAL MANDARIN coMING.-It is now positive
ly stated that Chinese Ambassador, ga real live
China mandarin" deputed by his Celestial Majesty
to the moon, Is about forthwith to exhibit his pig
| tail and fve-ciawed dragon, his peacock's feather
| and red button, among the blue rlbbands, black
rods, white sticks, and carriers of the court of he
Majesty Queen Victory.
! Mrs. Harrison, an amazon pedestrian is engaged
in the Herculean or rather the Omphaiean task O
| walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours, upon line O
road between Leeds and Wortley, or in Westridint
of Yorkshire
| The English provincial papers still contain nu
merous cases OF fires in stack yards most all o
| which are the work Of ncendiaries.
There are IS line-ol-batte ships, II frigates 2;
slOops OF war, and IL steam frigatcs building
| at the various dockyards of her Majesty.
| The Staffordshire potteres are again in full EN-
pley; and the iron works in that county very
brisk.
care you the box-keepor!" drawled a puppy tt
a gentleman who was looking through box
door at the late Covent Garden Theatre. "No,
quietly retorted the gentleman, care you1'-Neu
Monthly.
| Ireland.
| STATE TRrALs-THR SPECIAL JURY.---The pro.
cses of striking Special Jury in the case of the
State traverseIs commenced at twelve o'clock on
"Wednesday, in the office Of Mr.. Bourne, clerk OF
| the Crown.
| The Government reporter and reporter from
the traversers were present. but other reporters
| were allowed admission An application was made
on the part OF the traversers fora postponement OF
the summons, DIS they had no copy of the Jury panel
| though several applications had been made for it,
and they could not without it sustain any objec-
| ton they might have to the names drawn. After
| some conversation it was agreed that an adjourn
ment should take place ill the following day, and
| that each of the traversers should be allowed 10
take a copy of the panel.
The Especial panel' for the year contains the
| names Of seven hundred and seventeen persons,
sworn to be worth $4,000 each at least, and cor
responding number of cards, numbered from one to