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

Inch sbi,s and France grounds her refusal 70 admit
our ships terms the manteDance OF those
charges, ready ana wiling 10 Surrender them
| ali We desire, al we have contended for
| is reciprocal advantages With less we win mot
es Of this country Less than this The Oach govern
need not assume as the basis Of any commercial
ueaiy with this country We have framed our CONNER
cia system most liberal foundation, and we are will
ling meet tire French Emperor half way In any propo
sal for the mutual liberation q commerce We cordially
agree with him that the multiplication Of the Of
exchange is the most effective encouragement to com
| MERGE, and congratulate France the prospect
letter opens 70 her but we desire that in the Convention
which the respective governments are at present de-
berstng the privileges stipulated for shall be reciprocal
Z From tho London News, Jan. III ta
If Louis Napoleon had been required To gsve Europe
demoQsraon Of his confidence in his power he could
hardly have complied more effectualy than by
nouncng policy OF free trade just he has made the
priesthood Of France and Rome his enemies he has,
reason 70 believe tina. he win be justed BY the result
How are we Englshmen TO regard this develope
meSs french enc as ~ @ policy sns we say ass
70 English interests or m approximation % English ideasa
Heaven forbid We could place confidence in the pro-
lghtened man In France convinced, that il has It's
deep French interests and nothing than the best
opnion aud practice Of other nations might be. The EN-
peror only says what great Frenchnen have said before
him when he sets forth that consumption the true final
cause or industry This the Of tho teaching Of the
Chevaers and Basats- Had the legislation OF France
been guided by The mind OF France would not have
been left the Emperor nAugurate free trade by this
letter. To him belongs the ncontestAbe merit Of
and courageous endeavor 70 make the prosperity
of the nation, instead Of the aggrsndisement Of few
G interests" his aim. ..
Not approving OF those parts Of the plan by which
Imperial government is 70 do what had better be left
the competition Of Individuals we must remind our
readers that in France grea. system Of control has
part Of life Suddenly 10 change this system IL not pos
sible Even in setting industry free the Emperor y
and so to do his work by halves We say word
against him for adapting his conduct TO the opinions and
as an additional proof OF his sagaciy At the same timo
that the interests which will speedily
grow up as industry is partially liberated viii require,
and the best Of quietly ensHrng the further
reforms necessary for perfect freedom The present is
not the beginning of improved that was made
before Is raa ezenson Of IT, which nH lead to an &C.
That it Will very much promote the welfare Of the
French increase their knowledge skill and increase
the of France cannot be doubted In that
rejoice rather than be sorrowfu Our great industrial
and commercial improvement has promoted very much
and Of all the countries Of Europe We can in reason
therefore, expect that the Improvement in France should
rebound the advantage OF England and other countries
The effects US, however, will depend chiefly
selves. Our prosperity s determined at all times far
neighbors The Emperor by this measure gues England
and to Europe the very best security for the continuance Of
gracefully and promote it's in order to secure this
blessing for ourselves and our posterity.
The intentions Of our own government have not been
avowed but notice in the Edinburgh Reieo article
evidently by official hand which implies that the Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer engaged in reforming the tariff,
and does not tinst hs TO fiscal considerd
ons He Ia ready, presume revise fiscal
on high national principles, as well as on mere
CONS mere are m our n ad ooes On
tended protection for very few Of manufactur
against their French competitors; and there
tain other duties on wines and spirits, which, originally
enacted principle Of hostility to France, yield
able to the The entire existence Of the
DxTn~
doubby these duties, and the whole obtained both
by silk and wine duties, as dust in the balance
derive from convincing the French by conduct that
we are heartily DESTROYS to promote their prosperity and
'ne EmpsrTr % succeed IN ms wise ana noble
the initiative in doing what right with respect 70 these
duties N our own syes We sna preserve the inaepen
another State may dol and while enlist in favor
and in support Of the Emperors policy the SURFACES Of
the wine growers and SIX manufactures We shall COM
From the London Times, Jan. ISL
heavy ledger and il the reader Win turn to another CO.
umn Of impression this morning he will Of the
largest Christmas accounts ever made up The figures
express nothing less than the entire amount or British
rade-export and mpor-all We bought and all We sold
What gained by ia matter Of further deduction but
there at any rate books completely posted up for
the year 1865 We did good stroke Of business in that
yearno quite 90 much, apparently, q in 1857, but more
a 70 Goods o the
amount Of f60 oo0 and sold goods to the amount Of
4l40 900. The commodities In which deal mis-
celaneous but the two prehensve items OF mines and
manufactures will account Tor almost all We produce
two great articles Of rawpnateral-ooal and ron-and
the yield fully double that Of all The gold Of California
By the aid Of these materials work up others-cott0n
Dor Of our turns them into cacoes hardware ma
chnefy, saddery and such like productions, FOR all which
we find ready markets abroad But for getting through
all this work require things-twfs tcork 10Th
and food to ue upon 50 send abroad and buy enor
nous quantities Of cotton, fax, hemp, WOOL hides and
coffee Cocoa tobacco spirits and wines 10 these in 1855
added nearly 800 900 live cattle principally sheep 1t
W. supply any people with coal or cacoes raw IRON
or wrought iron 30 cheapy that they could never find
for materials articles Of food literally they
will get an excellent bargain.
Next to the description Of business, the i'm.
portant point that Of our customers, and here the
count presents very striking features The United
States are beyond al conpavson, the largest customers .un
much as they sell Germany, on the other hand takes
from u.s. through the Hanse Towns twice much she
sends while Spain and Turkey keep tho balance pretty
the account between the two countries Is only very
large 600 900 and upwards both ways tosetherbut
we buy immense stocks of Tea and silk, whereas at pres
We sell them next TO nothing Russia again. 10 more
sdering how much want Of her produce and how little
she actually needs Of ours but there h another example
palmer than that our dealings whrance are unnaturay
restricted We ourselves do net France for much
az really want though We do take fl3 900 worth
from her. but when 10 the of Frenchmen 70
be buyers the figures less satisfactory still They
literally only deal with the amount Of "a 900
Is GOO, whereas Holland does more than this, and
BrszInearly as much.
Evidently there something wrong here. France has
population Of above IS, 0o0 900; England Of nearly
go The two countries thus peopled lie close 70
each other, separated only by few miles Of They
produce respectively articles Of peculiar importance TO
each others welfare We cannot send ia market what
France sends nor France send what we send. We
cannot pretend to grow the vine, buy any
where wines OF that particular quality which France pro-
would for coal and iron they would them
selves infinite amount OF money Can anybody be-
hcve In Short that the people Of South America have
greater need Of British markets than the people Of France2
Look II cutlery. We could put knives scissors
the house Of every Fenchman far better than now
gets, and Ut cheaper price; could lessen by heavy
gurepe mile the cost of laying down those railways
which the French Emperor wisely counts for the improve
Of nndx fhorur