New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-03


subjects In Their own Language shall be adrn;,,.s
every cass in which documents IN the Eugl sh lar..
may be admitted, and the business "a wrca "A. s
meuts drawn up in said language NAY relate 49, l,
dispatched with the SANE good faith ara cs-r. ~ ~
whenever Translation - presented about n. -
rGcy ot Which ditfersnce nlsy Rrise, tie sara a..
be refeued to the French Consul Toy hs Isy,-s "a
certificate Of approval
At present English is the language of m ,hsh...
executive, judici.l and legislative Offices. s,3 =.
glish documents are received by the Court. G.
tom-Houses and Legislative bodies no in tie IL.
eUsge OF the country. But the French is a..
cusge foreign 10 The knowledge Of the 49,
This requirement that French documents sb,l =
received and translated at the expense of a, g..
ernmeat. and the translation be sUljeci 10 n. =,
Proyal Of the French Consul, may prove -
troublesome one, and then il viii extend under y.
" most favored nation" claim, 10 many osse, !,
tons, such as Chill, Peru and Denmark; sDi ~
Government may have to employ transla,o, Il
Spanish and Dsnish as well as of French.
Article sixth provides that
THE subjects II the two countries shall h. f,as
acquire aud to possess rssl estate ard 10 lis,...
may suit them, by sale dora,ion. EXCHANGE WI :
N any other way whatever Of all the property wa,
they may possess IN The respective territories. 4,
tie subjects OF ether OF the twu States VINO may
c,uc heirs OF property situated in the other. nay,
coed without hindyance 10 those Of ssis ,,-o,...
which may deyolye upon them even aB .pft,t.o 49,
dispose Of them according 10 their pleasure. ana 81
sand lers or legatees shah not be subjected IN
charges Of transfer or deduction aud shan n, II
bourd to pay any expenses OF SUCCESSION Il, 81
higher than those which shal be borne In bks -
by tie natives themselves
This ia decided advance in tresty.n,l.,.
Such clause should be in al treaties. The mo-
erty of Americans who may die in,estste IN 4,
Hawaiian Islands Will 20 to their heirs In l,rag, !
COMMITTEES under "the most favored n,.;oT
clause. While the kanskss will enjoy no sne,
privilege in California, aud presume not in mos.
other States of the Union.
Article tenth provides that the Hawaiian Gov.
ernmcnt shall not impose an import duty OF moc,
than 80 per gallon on French brandy. Hereto,e,,
the duty has been 50 per gslloa 1t is no doubt
limitation of Hawaiian independence for Fnncsl
Ia dictate rs she really has done, how much ar
NAV be imposed upon French brandy Beside
this reduction WILL it is supposed, cause loss n
500 GOO or more 10 the annual revenue Of tls
kingdom. la le56. the revenue derived fnm I,
tariff in French brandy amounted, At - per a.
Ion. to S54,715, and in 1857 10 $50, so Al s. a
gallon. the amount of revenue from the ass
source. provided the importation does net in-
crease will be about S36. Geo, or $50, 900 es, th,
under the 50 rule. Now, 5000 IS consde.
able sum for the Hawaiian treasury 10 lose.
IN article fifteenth il is agreed that
"The esstls-of-war, steam vessels be,Onging n
the State the packet boats engaged IN the postal si
vice and the French whale ships shall be su6ec3
lin the ports open to foreign conmercel tcthe saTi
rples as are or may be imposed on and shall enjoy
all respects the same rights, privileges and immaniie
which are or may be granted TO the same Hawai- q
vessels and whale ships, or TO those OF the mos;
vored nation /
This clause breaks down the advantages whied
Hawaiian whale ships now enjoy in the ports OF IN
kingdom. The benefit will accrue to the Aner1
cans as well AZ to the French, and will prooabH
do no harm to the kanaka revenue.
Article seventeenth provides that
Neither consuls, vice-consuls nor their 'ereSl
cbsrcenors or secretaries provided they are not ei
Gagged in business of any sort, but exclusively ennf
themselves to the fulillment of their pubic datie'
shah be subjected to appear ms witnesses before ui
tribunals When the justice OF the country slal nav
need TO take any Judicial declaration, on ther paIl
il ought to require il of them in writing or 10 procee
TO their domice to receive il rtra roce."
This is an inludicous provision, similar TO ol
which we have in convention with fransiI
Ii may give much trouble If consul happens
be conccited or foolish. Il
Article twentieth stipulates that the eonsuls
each nation shall be the administrators OF tsI
estates of all their couDtrymen who may die iattI
tate in the dominiOns of the other nation.
The treaty is to remain in force forever, unsfI
abrogated by mutual consent except as to tbtI
articles regulating the duties on imports aDdt
privileges of ships of each country IN the portl
the Other-which articles are to be IN iorce iofh
years.
The document was drawn up on the yth "
1857, but was not signed until the 4th Sept, ~
and it is not yet finally ratified, but no dou'
will be.