The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-23

CT 'hah ~ was last spring. anu molasses Is moro
than 90 per cent higher The refners of these ar
ucles have been memorializIng Sir Robert Peel with
view TO more ample supply. The only mode OF
meeting the evil is TO equaze the diferenlal duIes
between slave and free.labor sugar. Not only has
the exclusion Of slave sugar deprived the English
people from procuring great necessary Of life al a
cheap rate, but has inflicted inealeulabe injury on
the commerce Of the country. Our relations with
Brazil painfully restricted and one Of our best
customers is netted at the dishonest distinction II
the West Indians had been literally treated by the
government, and allowed the opportunity OF pro.
curing a sufficient supply of labor, they could have
competed with the slave grower, and the odium I'M
der which they now labor, Of standing between tho
mother country and plentiful supply Of sugar,
would have been removed. To exclude slave
grown sugar, while we admit slave-gIown cotton,
and numberess other articles raised by slave labor
makes the anomaly more paPable and absurd.
| The accounts which came 10 hand from America
recently had no visible effect ON the price Of tho
English securities The settlement Of the Oregon
on the basis Of the 49th parallel continues to be
garded as thing that must be-as a fair settlement
TO which the leading statesmen on both sides Of the
Atlantic will combine TO give their aid. The inter
| minable discussions on the subject in the Senate
bear striking affinity TO the dreary waste OF words
IN the English House Of Commons on the coercion
| and the corn bills.
| The commercial accounts from India which came
to hand yesterday show improved feeling in that
distant land. Peace is restored, and commerce the
handmsd Of peace, will participate in the general
prosperity. summary Of the political and
commercial intelligence viii be found in another col
umn
The Canadian timber trade has painfully expe-
renced the effects resulting from the disputes amongst
the masters and the operative build-rs. Business,
IN consequences Of the sagnation, has been suspend
ed and the review Of the last month in this branch
is dreaTy monotony.
The English funds have risen shade in conso-
nua 0f IA ahu of nd
upon tho whole, the commercial prospects Of the
last more encouraging than those Of the previous
fortnight
france.-PARIs, April %.
Great interest has been excited by the discussion
Of the credits relative TO the marine. The minis
ter Of marine had demanded an extraordinary cred
il Of ninety Millions for carrying the heet up
to 40 vessels, Of which 90 afoat and 90 on the
stocks Sc frigaes, Of which 40 aAoat, and % on
the stocks 100 coryettes, brigs &C., and 20 trans
ports and 100 steam-vessels, with % 800 horse
power. The committee of the Chamber Of Depu-
ties, nominated to examine the law, proposed %
| vessels, So fngates, 100 coryettes, briggs, DC, Is
! transports 100 steamers; it proposed also that
eam.engnes Of $500 horsepower should be
placed on vessels, frigates, coryetes so as 10
try the mixed system Of sailing and steam; il also
proposed that engines Of 800 horsepower should
be placed on two batteries, TO defend the entrance
OF rivera and, finally, It recommended reduction
OF 2OOOO 600 francs on the ninety-three millions
demanded by the minister. The debate on the
ministerial proposition, and the amendments pro-
posed by the commission, occupied several days,
and quite remarkable. Every one expressed
the earnest desire that France should have a pow
erful marine, and NJ Theirs thought that she ought
to have at least 60 vessels Of the ine with fgates
IN proportion, to make a stand against England.
Among the documents published on this great
naval question is one by the Baron Charles Dupin,
peer OF France, and formerly minister Of marine.
M. Dupin says:
within the last six months great war party
has manifested itself in the United States. England
thinks that in the Oregon affair there is one of those
questions Of national honor which do not permit
her to cede TO imperious lnjunctions She has fear
ed, especially as the probable result of a war with
the American Union, the loss Of her immense pos
sessions of Canada New Scotland, New Bruins
wick, and other colonies on the continent to the
north Of the great republic To put hersefin posi-
ton to meet all dangers, she has, without aecta-
tion, but without mystery, made the most formida-
bic armament. 1t is as follows:
armament Of England in the Atlantic and the Pacific
oceans ready to tho United States, on the Isl
January, 1876.
Vessels Fyigate,
6 vessels, 3 decks 7 frieates of so guns
vessels, Of 80 guns frigates, ~ to A
vessels, IA frigate, 46
IA vessels. 10 frieates g. IA corvs.
ains, and, moreover, steam frgates and coryetss,
disposable IN the Atlantic and Pacific"
The accounts Of the indirect contributions for tho
first three months Of the present year are very salts
factory, showing total of 1873, 429 900 francs, be.
ing l3,59O,0OO francs more than the same period
last year.
Ibrahim Pacha, son of Mehemet Ali, has arrived
at Paris. He will be treated with almost royal
honors
The Indian victories Of the English army have
not excited the envy Of the Partisan press, whilst
the majority Of the more intelligent journals speak
highly OF the moderation Of the English generals
La Presse, however, says that the English have
taken the greater part Of the Sikh territory have
compelled the Sikhs to pay an enormous indemnify;
have forced the sovereign to sue humbly for pardon;
and have inflicted every humiliation upon their van
pushed foes. Sand that" exclaims the Presse,
"our neighbors call moderation! Good God! what
would they have done if they had not employed
moderation!'
The winter campaign in Algiers had finished, and
the last advices represent the colony tranquil.
The public companies of France railways, in
surance, DC have capitals amounting in the whole
to got, los $50 900 francs. The total amount Of
money circulating in the kingdom is from 300, 000-
600, 900 to 4,O0O, OOO, 900 600 francs.
The Russian government has caused to be laid
before all the governments Of Europe another note,
asserting that the story of the prosecutions of tho
Abbess Mieczy slawska is totally false, and citing
circumstances to prove its fasity. On her part, the
abbess declares that the Russian government is i'm.
pudenty imposing upon Europe by statements
grossly untrue. One of two things is certan-eithsr
The aboess or the Russian government lies most
confoundedly. -
1t is said that the fortune of the Rothschds is
not less than 1876 900 of francs, or So, 100000
British money. The profits of their house at Paris
last year were 1886 100000 francs; and their es,ab-
lishments at London, Vienna, Frankfort, Naples,
&c, also produced large sums. BY the magnitude
of Its operations, and the immense amount of capital
can command, the house of Rothschild is undoubt.
ediy the largest and most important mercantile es-
adjustment in the world.
A complete revolution is going on in what we call
the mercery and linen drapery trades. Shops as
large as barracks now becoming the order of the
Gay, and IN them you can find everything you want,
from shoe ribands up window curtains These
immense establishments require enormous amounts
Of capital. One of them has just been started with
not less than S,OOO,00 francs In few years time
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