The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-06

RON he ssaboard, WHARF, tAsrs b . dsnss aAd
wealthy population Of winsdzhken, TIT
the light and delicious winss o. France would b
consumed in large quantities, providsd commerce
and an extensive exchange Of products were
encouraged, and the postal, epistolav and
travelling intercourse were greatly enlarged.
The latest telegraphie despatch from Paris
tells rs that the new commercial treaty b.
tween France and England provides for the "sup-
preston Of prohibitions, and the diminuton Of the
duties on coal and iron" In France, and ON
the part Of England, reduction Of the duty
on wines, spirits, articles de Paris and
silks. Il has long been . subject Of
complaint here that the duty on French wines was
SO high as to operate AZ prohibition and shut out
all the light and cheap wines Of that country.
Books have been written on the subject, by the
ablest pens, and, on most every other notty SUBJ
ject, no two came to the same conclusion. Sir
James Emerson Tennent, H. p, and member Of
the Board Of Trade; Mr.. Oliveira, M. F., and
many others, have given us elaborate trea-
tises on the subject. Sir E. Tennent proved
sonclusively to himself that the people
Of Great Britain want annually from six
to nine million gallons Of wine, and that they
never had or would drink more nor less, let the
duty be as il might It then became simply Z ques-
ton Of revenue. The duty is about six shillings
Isl SOY gallon on all wines.
The Emperor relies considerably on commercial
treaties, which may mean diferential and discrimi
mating duties, favoring certain countries The
policy OF England Is against such dis
examination, preferring to treat all alike. There
will be some considerable opposition by Ger.
tain classes Of manufacturers in France,
but how far 1t will be available may be inferred
from the following remarks of the Emperor, said
BY the Nord to be spoken at the Tuileries on Sum-
day evening last:--
Tie wansaavrs ,pho ent solely because they are pro-
AVID they have had plenty # time to prepare or Tie chdngs
The system Of prohibition has had day. and have not
His Majesty talks like philosopher. OF
course the French ambassador at Washington
and General Cass will soon be Mt work on new
commercial treaty between France and the Uuted
States. II they could manage and establish post
age rate on the half ounce scale at a. low figure
as eight cents, 1t would make Great Britain little
more liberal in her postal arrangements. If the
whole system Of ad vaorem duties, and
charge duties per quantity, rs ia practised
IN this country, it would sweep Oh 1T once
host !. Of 4, frauds, not only on the revenues,
loren duties is of those mpractcable crOtchets
that practice and common sense have long since
condemned. Whatever course may be taken by
your authorities there is large prospective trade
The great ship seems to be getting deeper and
deeper in the "Slough Of Despond." At the late
meeting a debate took place that was charac-
terixea as q "bear garden" Il reminded one
of he UafhQ rinOo
in Yankee land. The committee appointed
to take the affairs of the ahip into con-
sideraten, past present and future, is supposed to
be inimicaI to the views Of Mr. Campbell, the chair
MON is the ship will not leave her anchorage in
Southampton water in twelve months
Rather . lively time here now among the pofti-
clans, the day OF the meeting Of Parliament being
close at hand Many Of them are before their con-
stituents making speeches and spinning yarns on
the subject Of Parliamentary Reform, the postponed
Congress. the Pope and the Emperor, the new
commercial era In France, DC. One agreeable
thing for newspaper readers and those condemned
to pore over the lucubrations of the legislators
they not doomed to one tune on one string, as
topics to occupy the thoughts and tongues Of the
wisdom of the nation" and the coming session
will be anything but q dull one.
Considerable anxiety is felt in commercial circles
diminished quantity of gold produced year
by year. the glut in the markets OF Australia by too
| large mportations Of goods, and the symptoms OF
panic in the money market, make Australian af
fairs look unpromising for considerable time to
come.
Money is going to be more and more tight here
You may confidently look for q rise in the rate oil
interest OF threefourhs to one per cent during the
The weather-that much abused element in
England-has been remarkably mild, with the ex-
ception Of one OF two days, and they were colder
than the oldest nhabitant has known for forty years
u1vvA %
above zero, but John Bull thought that decidedly
chilly. Your correspondent enjoyed q days
skating on the Serpentine, on ice fonr inches thick.
Though there were some thousands Of people pre-
sent, suppose it did not come up to the carnival
you have almost daily on your Central Park. The
press in America, and particularly the HERALD, Is
doing glorious work in encouraging athletic
sports among both sexes, and foremost among
these rank skating, horseback riding, row
ing, curling, cricket, and base ball. Make
the wealthy the elothful and the luxurious spend
portion Of their time In this way, and they will turn
their spermaceh fibre into healthy muscle, change
sallOw compilations into ruddy, and weakness into
strength. Let parents, teachers and rulers learn
that intellectual strength and political indepen
dence among nations are always accompanied by
physical vgor and when the latter departs the two
former have not long to stay. Witness Spain,
the Roman States and Turkey. Let athletic
sports and exercises be encouraged In
America, and We shall not always hear about the
English women having finer forms, fresher COM
American females
You win see in your English exchanges an ac-
count Of the splendid run Of the steamer Prince
Albert, on her last passage from New York to Gal
way. She started one day later than the Cunard
steamer and arrived ct about the same hour, bring
ing papers one day later from New York and tele-
graphic dispatches from Newfoundland four days
later. She actually run from st. Johna to Galway
in Eve days and sixteen hours, being the shortest
time from port to port ever made by N Atlantic
steamer. By the time the new boats are In opera
tom that line win carry on the news and tho honors
from all the old lines.
eur Paris Corrsspsndsncs.
PARIs, Jan. IS, 1860.
The Eh.peror's Letter on Free Trade-Ihe Tone
Of English Journalists Changed-The Past At
tempts Of American Correspondents 10 Calun,-
Mate TIE Emperor-Mr. Golden to be appointed