, 1860-02-10
THE NEW FRENCH AND ENGLISH
TREATY.


lfats Correspondents Of ths ". +. Evening Pot.1
The Emperors letter to Hr. Foutdwas mere.
y intended as prelude to more important
announcement; which cannot be made until
the meeting sf the British Parliament.
the Treaty Of Comuerce petwecn france
ana England, which has been several months
unaer discussion, is now 30 far advanced th4tit
wants little more than the signatures Of the
P!en'botentiarjea TO complete. one Of the most
Important diplomatic nets oi this century. I In
ape to give you. from reliable source, the prin-
c'pal M details ofthis treaty.
~ Vu the side Of England it is intended to
make same sweeping changes in The tariff, with
REV to favor the admission Of French pro.
oaGts. The duty On wine, which has long been
hiot On the free-trade escutcheon Of England,
1s 20 be reduced with bold hand. Hitherto
al ~ 1ne qualities have paid the same rate Of five
snnlinss and nine pence gallon, the elect Of
"nleh mas been, Of course, 10 exclude all the
to the charnpagues, sherries, ports aud ciarets
! consumed BY the rich. During the the last six
y Fears, although the population Of England
mas doubled, the he>importntion Of wine has e1pe-
rienced no sensible increase.
| !, 1T IS proposed to bring down the duty on
1he common quantities. to one shilling gallon,
aad to lay on two shllings on the higher class
ot wines. And there is no doubt that grent
| increase III the consumption viii follow. Bor-
dean1, with all It's English sympath'es, will be
ready to illuminate itself in token Of gratitude
to the Emperor for this great boon.
| brandy, y hlch is great article Of export
from France, has hitherto paid fifteen shillings
gallon duty into England, whilst the home
made gin and whisky have only been liable to
m excise duty Of eight shil]inss gallon. This
relic Of protection Is to be hurried along with
tue corn lnws and other abominations Of the
kind; and henceforth the great distillcrs Of
England will hare to compete with French
brandies on equal terms, for under the treaty
the import duty Of the LITTER will be the same
as the excise duty on the former.
"Then came multitude Of French maauiac.
lures, such as silks, ribons, gloves bronzes
jewelzy, &C., oil which are to be admitted into
England duty free. In fact every article o.
manufacture is to 60 from France into EnglanG
without any impe1iment ut the Custom house
recalling to mind the terms Of the treaty Of 113t
when the productions Of both countries vert
mutually admitted on terms Of complete recip
rocity.
Next came the concessions on the side o
Of the commercial reforuer. The tariff o
France is notoriously the most prohibitire j,
Europe, or in the world. Woolcns, cottons
hardware cutlery, &c, are all prohibited Somt
Of these prohibitions have stood the test fo1
sixty years, and every successive goycrnmcn
has rccoiled from tue task OF surpressing them
With one stroke Of his pen Louis Napoleon pro
poses next year to sweep away all these pro
hibatory duties, nndso substitute for them mod
crate duties for revenue. The maximum dut.
is to be ut first thirty per cent, to be afterward
in two years lowered to twenty-five. The dutie
will range between eight per cent. Us
minimum and twenty-five per cent. as maxi
mum. They WILL sweep the whole tariff:
"lt must be explained that England offers III
| exclusive advantages to France in the reaue
tious made in her tritf. They apply equally +
all countries, for England has long since pusse
the day wien she could hare exclusive dealing
show to France is by reducing tie duty on thos
articles which are Likely in the main 10 be sup
! piled from the latter country.
"France, gu the contrary. makes hcrconces
sious to England for the present, reseEving t
herself the right to nuke commercial treatie
with other countries, to whom the same adyar
| fntas may he Hiyan y