New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-03


- ,,o.seis a, San Francisco from obligations whcn
nrss.ed with considerable hardship upon the sup
rn;ng nj o-her nations lying in thst port. resS,
YYs,;on however as it is hardly necessary 70 sa''
was made ia the liberty OF navigation 'uuS nc
clarad by our legislation. The coastlns tfade '"@,
ia 10 saw the trade between the seVeral pos W /
the limited Kingdom, was stu to De cnhhne'
., Rritish vessels exclusively. IL could not oil course
no Expected that other nations woaid orego ia our
favo- a privilege which we ourselves Pf.setF9" /
with such Jealous care, now dad Sir II mn D..
dream oil desiring that the trade along the A"A"'' I
or nataral seaboard OF the states sno4in "e
~ Rritish shipping. But the Mexican cesai'n,'
he col, niz,ton Of regon, and the mlnerm "ea""
of California. have now provided America 80
new seahoard on the opposite Gas, WV"
rapidly rsiog into commercial lmPoi'aH %"
which. while san Francisco conlnuSS - -
vite adventures from all parts u -,
must necessarily attract to lts p~s 49,
,rouoy,ion of Atlantic shipping. NON u true
ibat the trade between these ports ana 'le pOI.'
on The Atlantic shore OF the states may o. i'-vIa,y
described as pertaining 10 the coastns rae VI 'ue
Union. and Insy, therefore, be la'nlv1 @s VIC g
clasive property of American vesseis' Du' u y
eogaly obvious that the spirit Oi we UIlSi'a'
.ayc.tio, would BE- wholly lost IN such an appl-
cation Of q, principles The cosstug rans re-
served TO the shipping trade OF tue Chiteo MIG
dom IA trade between contiguous ports oe'
Tnsnsjop only a peculiar class Of vessels
fIFT
n.ted development OF science. Vi the same
gene,,c character would be the trade -" eA
Boston and Baltimore, between tie Hudson am
the Chesapeake, or between Charleston ana ""
York But toe nature o, the raihc Is rallcahy
altered when between ports oil The same Poii'I0HI
community are inte~POsed many thOusaNu H4i'-s "
the high seas, and when the socaiied co@suns
trade involves nothing less than the cifcum-
navigation Of half the globe. Before a vessel
can reach the Pacific ports o. tne CN.yu
States from any port on the oPposne $40 q we
,,bTe extent oil the North and South Ataniic ana
pac;Gc Oceans must be trsversed, Cape Horn must
b. donbled and one Of the longest known voyage'
.l,ng coasts far beyond the territorial jurisdiction
Of the States in question, must be su, ess'tNN per
6nrmed IL is dear that this can Only b. cJnsldrrcG
a coasting trade By most proiiglous expansion
if not an entire peryertOn, OF the Original idea Inc
analogous ralic unOur side would be, as Slr Heuy
HulWer pointed out, not that between hun AMI
Yarmouth or Bristol and Swansea. but that be
tween British ports and the transmarine posse
sions OF the Empire, ard as tbs commerce "nG
been opened D. foreign vessels ne desHea WIN
great Justice a cores gODding indulgence 70 ours
and requested that British vessels might be per
nitted To trade between the Atlantic ana facDii
ports Of the United States. Two days later ne
addressed a second note t. Mr.. Clayton e~-
messing ma anxious desire on the part 81 our
Goyernmept that no augmentation might taae
MACE in the duties slre ady imposed on British ron
imported into America. and conveying hls own ep
prehcnsiOns that any measure 80 essetlaiy Opus"
TO the spirit Of the recent commercial negotiations
between the two Governments might DC dlsaSreea
blv viewed In this country. Now, II IS undoubtedly
possible that the requests thus preferred may seem
less reasonable 10 the Americans than t. ourselves ;
Int we can scarcely imagine that any person wOuid
describe them as other than most legitimate SUBJECTS
for the notice of Minister ntrusted with me care
OF his cOuntry's interests III a ieroign iaud MT orh
ator Conner however stigmatizcd SIR Henry But
,tartlp
ing attributed the correspondence to clandestine
intervention ia behalf oil the slave Institutions o. inc
Union; passed, by an easy and becoming Gigres-
sion To the adventures OF the BRUSH Minister AZ
Madrid and concluded by calling uPon the Govern
mept TO administer such l. rebukc as the French
Minister'S transgresso had attracted some months
ago. 49,. t;t
unter ordinary circumstances, would have calico n
little notice served. the present occasion, ID
elicit n concurrence Of apology AID compliment 50
honorable 70 the American Senate and so natter
ING TO the British Minister, that 1t is oIhcuN 10
regret the Incident that called ior'n sueh ne
mopstration Statesmen oil the most opPosItv
nolitical opinions agreed IN jusili!lug Si H.
Rnlwers conduct aad in denouncins the mtem
ncrate rudeness with which 1t had been al
1880 s.....'-ss. indeed, Jay pretty
close to the suriace: His Pennsy lvan,aa ,gn,sId
tuents are the great iron prodnee.- - '''e On''"
and nh. Hon Senator did but achnOwedgc tncli
recent services in advocating their interests at the
expense alike of British exporters and American
consumers As regarded the pretext Of his com
plaints there was an obvious justice IN the epPl
cation OF Sir Henry Bulwer which dsarmed his
invectives of their force; nor could Gen. Cas-,
when on this occasion he found himself c0ncurrne
with Mr.. Clay, be likely TO forget that he himself
when Minister in Paris had made precisely SINH
lar repre- entations 70 the French GOvernmehi re-
specting the duties tobacco. 1t will certainly
be considered in this country that our Minister had
formed an accurate conception of his duties IN
bringing these subjects under the notice oil the
American Government, nor would 1t be easy to
withstand the proposals OF financial economists Tor
the abolition OF such international missions 1t es
tons like these are presumed to be excluded from
the attention of oar diplomatis
New Postal Arrangement with France.
The Marquis Of Clanricarde has been successful
in his visit TO Paris. He has entered into a new
postal treaty with the French Government for he
reduction Of the postage on letters between the
United Kingdom and France from lOd 10 bd, ana
an assimilation of the weight from under a quarter
of an ounce to not exceeding hall an ounce, as ca
inland letters in England 10 the British Colonies
the United States Portugal, Spain, the Meditena
mean. Egypt India, Hong koug, and China, 10y
the monthly mails via Southampton Holland,
Hamburger, &c This important arrangement, II is
stated, is not confined 10 letters between the two
countries but it is extended TO all letters passing
through France from Great Britain 10 other parts
OF the continent The high postage on letters 10
the Mediterranean, Egypt Alden, Ceyon India,
&c-ls loi per quarter OF an ounce, and onncws
papers 3d-by the ortnightly overland closed
mails through France via Marseines, has also been
the subject OF his lordships consideration and u
reduction in the tariff, postal tax. is likewise to
be extended % them.
Opcratic Matters.
HyR MAJssrYs THEArRE-Madame Son,ae
appeared on April ., as Rosna IN &" Ii Barbiere d
Of harp nj rfaf,n
The archness and raieete of the character were sd
mirably represented Her execution of the cele
brated " Rodes variations surprised the crtica
audience, and the applause unanimous. Toe