The Washington union., 1857-09-12
DEPARTMENT. NEWS.
STATE pKrARrMKsr.

oIenburg has furnished the following information
cerning the tolls collected 10y Hanover at Sade, the
Elbe, from vessels coming from and bound 10 Ham
burg, Altoona, and other places ON the river
The authorities Of Hamburg not ii appears TO
me, very anxious to those tolls abolished for Ham
burg enjoys for her vessels freedom from the tolls Her
vessels thus have preference in the carrying of freight
from foreign parts This is of the reasons why,
far American vessels participate in the immense trade
which Hamburg has with South America China Austria
ia and the East and West indies IL is not likely that
she will take any intatory steps for the abolition OF
these dues for fear of losing this advantage and having
to pay large proportion of the amount required for
their capitalization in case she should show much desire
TO have them abolished The greater part of her
sagaeious and liberal merchants would, however,
joce to see steps taken the Hanoverian
to rcnquish its claim for the collection of
such arbitrary tolls
AS soon as the Stadc tolls the lower part of the
Elbe shall be abolished the tolls collected by Den
mark lin Lauenburg) MeckenbuIg, Prussia Anhalt,
Bernburg Dessau Kothen, and Saxony, ON the upper
Elbe, would thereupon also be abolished Austria
has already ceased to collect such tolls in Bohemia and
thereby has set praiseworthy example.
To show the injurious effects of these tolls upon the
sale of American produce, will give single example
The freight cotton shipped from Hamburg into the
interior per railroad in year amounted to Sl53, ITO;
which, it had been shipped by the river TO its destna
tion would have paid S2S l25 river TOLL consequently it
could have been sent into the interior of Germany at
that much less expense if the tolls had not been in exist
cnce and the river transportation could have come into
lected on the railroad lines
However oppressive the collection of this toll sade
is the part Of the Hanoverian government ancient
privilege usagcs and the of most nations ira
ding on the Ebc have long converted this odous toll
into something of positive right vested in the King of
Hanover
Tho tolls collected by Hanover differ however,
TALLY from the other river tolls the upper Ebc for
the governments which collect such tolls give at least
some equivalent to by keeping the river and
its banks in navgablc order Hanover does nothing of
the kind the lower Elbc all the Improvements for
the benefit of the shipping the river put up and
maintained at the expense of the city of Hamburg alone
consequently, this toll Is only called toll like the
tolls heretofore collected by Denmark at Elsnore, and
not n river toll But Denmark contributed largely to
the safety the shipping passing through the sounds by
maintaining lights buoys, beacons &C., ut considerable
expense,
Hanover will find it very difficult to get the consent of
all other nations who trade the Elbc to capitalize
these tolls particularly such not parties to the
convention of the States bordering the Elbe held and
concluded at Dresden in 1874
This convention which assembled at Dresden to carry
out article 1885, and the articles following IT, OF the
general treaty of the Congress Of Vienna concluded
June 3, 1915, and the appended act No. XVI, (see
" Translation of the general treaty signed in Con-
gress at Vienna consisted of delegates from Han
over, Denmark, Prussia, Hamburg, Anhalt, Saxony,
and Austria who the parties directly interested
in the tolls on the Elbe and the only powers which
actually egaized the collection OF tolls at Stade with
out requiring equivalent to be given by Hanover to
those from whom they collected is therefore held
that these States ought to DO the only ones who
should contribute to its capitalization and also because
article III of the above mentioned general treaty and
No XVI of the net appended to the same only make
mention of and regulate the tolls on the ''Rhinc,
'.Necker'' ..Moselle,' Mcusc," and '.Scheldt"
Denmark, also having obtained the freedom OF her
own between her various ports end places
the river will object to pay much towards capital
ton of the tolls
To make the collection of these tolls with little trou
bic and detention possible to the shipping and thereby
avoid opposition from other powers, Hanover and Ham
burg agreed in separate convention, that the former
should collect the money through agent at Hamburg
Accordingly the papers Of the vessels given up at Stade
and from thence they sent to the Hanoveran agent
in Hamburg who collects the tolls from the consignees
brokers Of the vessels and delivers the receipts to the
captains This however gives much cause OF complaint
as the papers often detained by the authorities at
adc for several days. and consequently the vessels can
discharge their cagocs and put to much loss and
inconvenience by the detention II is however, under
stood the Hanovean gave to the Senate
of Hamburg upon the conclusion of the
convention, the that the toaccouns should
be made up within twenty four hours after the delivery
of the papers ut Stadc and that they should be handed
to the consgnccs brokers of the vessel without
further delay.
Vessels have moreover, another detention; for, on
passing down the river Ebe when going to they have
again to stop Sac to deliver the toll receipts which
were obtained in Hamburg, and pay fee Of Is cents to
the toboat.
The question of the Stade dues is not in which the
States of Germany have direct interest," but question
to be settled with Hanover alone and the latter power
having freed all vessels and their cagocs bound for ar
burg (the Hanovcran port on the Ebc opposite Ham
burg) from these tolls and having support from the
sympathy of any nation in this matter would be very
creditabe to foreign government to take some steps
towards freeing the of the world from another
of its shaclSles.
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