ART. XX. Tableau Statistique du Commerce de la France, en 1824. Paris. 1826. THE paper whose title we have placed at the head of this article, was read at one of the late sittings of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute at Paris, by M. Moreau de Jonnès. It forms an important document, as it furnishes a view not only of the state of French commerce in 1824, but several data from which its progress and its character may be collected. It appears that, in 1823, France exported, of natural productions, the value of 163,492,000 francs; in 1824, the value of 163,056,000; thus leaving a diminution under this head of 446,000 francs. This statement shows that the products of the soil of France found a more limited vent in the latter year than in the former. But the deficiency was much more than compensated by the increased exportation of her manufactures. In 1823 she exported of these the value of 227,262,000 fr., and, in 1824, that of 277,486,000 fr.; thus gaining, under this head, an increase of 50,224,000 fr. within a single year. As much the greater part of the articles exported were conveyed from French ports, in French vessels, it is a necessary inference that the tonnage of that country must have been augmented in proportion. The manufactures so exported appear to have consisted chiefly of linens, cloths, silk, cotton, paper, hardware, porcelain, glass-ware, jewelry, books, engravings and lithographs, dresses, hats, furniture, and hides worked and prepared. In the four first descriptions of manufacture the increase has amounted to a sixth beyond what it was in 1823. The paper next procceds to the importations for the two years. The amount of materials necessary for industry imported in 1823 amounted to 221,554,000 fr.; in 1824 to 272,873,000 fr,; leaving a difference in favour of the latter of 51,319,000 fr. The articles of consumption imported amounted, in the first year, to 88,579,000 fr., in the second to 121,957,000 fr.; increase 33,378,000 fr. The manufactures imported amounted in the former year to 51,694,000fr., in the latter to 60,030,000fr.; increase, 8,336,000 fr. The next table which this document supplies is one containing a comparative account of the imports and exports of Great Britain, France, and the United States, according to the most recent official returns. Upon this table we find the following observations : 1. The natural products exported by France are of double the value of those exported by England, and less than half of the value of those exported by the United States; our superiority in this respect over the former of these countries proceeds from the sale of our wines and brandies, which rose in 1824 to 64 millions of francs. The superiority of the United States arises from the exportation of the produce of their forests and fisheries, and principally from the dearness of their tropical commodities, the growth of the most southern states of the union. 2. The manufactured products exported by France are scarcely a third of the value of those exported by England; they exceed those of the United States in the ratio of 21 or 22 to 1. The superiority of England proceeds from the sale of its cotton goods.' After some further observations upon the comparative commerce of the three countries, the framer of this document takes Russia into the account, and states the amount of the external commerce of the four great powers at 4 milliards and 234 millions of francs annually. In this sum, it proceeds, their shares are proportioned as follows: Russia 1; the United States 2: France 3; England 5. But if we compare the mass of their commerce to that of their population, this proportion will be modified in the following manner. 'A trade of exports and imports of 1,900 millions, distributed amongst the 22 millions of inhabitants in the British islands, would give to each individual for his share 87 francs. 'A trade of 790 millions would give to each of the ten millions of inhabitants in the United States 79 francs. A trade of 1164 millions would give to each of the thirty millions of inhabitants in France less than 40 francs; 'And a trade of 390 millions, enjoyed by the 50 millions of the subjects of Russia, would not raise the contingent of each to 8 francs.' M. Moreau de Jonnès concludes with expressing his opinion that, in the course of ten years, with sufficient foreign markets, and its present rate of progress, France will double the value of its exports in native products, and surpass in value those of England. Of course he means the present value of the latter; but does he suppose that during those ten years England is to remain stationary? * ** In the article on the Princess Lamballe's Secret Memoirs of the Court of France, commencing at page 314, for Madame Solalle, read passim Madame Solari. This lady's maiden name was Catharine Hyde. Some attempts have been made to question the authenticity of those memoirs, but, in our opinion, without effect. INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW, NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES. A. ABASSAH, an Arabian tale, 438 Africa, northern and central, Denham's tion to the interests of the peasantry, 13 Ann Boleyn, a dramatic poem, 52 B. Bahminee dynasty, 348 Balfroosh, a Persian town, described, 191 Barca Gana, 23 Bard, the, of Hawaii, 207 Bark, the source from which cloth is made Basset (the Rev. William), his drama of Bath in Jamaica, account of, 312 VOL. II. Becker of Berlin, 465 Bellerophon, the, Buonaparte's conduct Bernier (Francis), his travels in the Mo- Bertrand (Madame), her attempt to throw Bhonslay (Sivajee), the most renowned Bible societies, their progress in Russia, 15 Bloomfield (Lord), 69 Blount's MSS., 32-Observations on, ib. Boo-Khaloom, an extraordinary sort of Bordelaise, la Belle, poem of, 334 Botta (Carlo) his history of Italy, from Bowles (the Rev. William Lisle), his Boyne Water, the, a tale, remarks on, Bunbury (Sir Charles), his epigram, 301 Burke (Mr.), his plan for purging the C. Cabrera, island of, a depôt for prisoners of NN Cambacérès, parallel between him and upon Russian officers, 15 Canning (Mr.), his use of figurative lan- Cecilia Metella, account of a visit to her Characters, revolutionary, of France, their Characters, the, of different nations de- Characters introduced into the Coventry Charles XII., his paltry tomb at Freder- Chile and La Plata, travels in, by John Chile, government of, its bad faith exem- Chilenos, character of, 371, 372 Cochrane (Lady), anecdote of, 372 Constitution of America, Segur's reflec- Contest of the twelve nations, 272 Cordier, character of, 42 Corn laws, remarks upon the, 248 257 Courtiers of Bornou, their qualifications, 26 Croker (Mr. Crofton), his fairy legends, Cuvelier, the dramatist, 51 D. Dalmas, character of, 42 Dauphin, the, his visit to the theatre, its Deccan, the, the first Mahomedan pos- De Clifford, a romance of the red rose, 446 De la litterature Allemande, par M. C. De Maintenon (Madame), her inedited Denham's and Clapperton's narrative of Denmark, the king of, characterized, 71 De Stael (Madame), her remarks on the Des Ursins (la Princesse), her inedited Dogs used as articles of food, 214 Drama, tragic, character of, 53 Dubois, his collection of Indian fables, Duff (Captain), his history of the Mah- Dugdale, his remarks on the Coventry Dumourier, his appearance at Versailles Duvaucel, the naturalist, 52 E Earthquake felt at Carlstadt, 65 Education, the state of, in the time of Education, remarks on its utility, 103 Eloquence, style of, adopted in the House England, history of the commonwealth England, peculiarity of its political con- England, her commercial and agricultural Envy, an essay upon, 120 Epistles to a friend in town, 222 Erskine (Lord), his rise at the bar, 297 Eugene, his conduct in Italy, 502 225 F. Fairy legends, and traditions of the south Fanariotes, essay on the, 271 Flanders, regiment of, its reception by Flea, the master, a tale, 470 Fodéré, on the poverty of nations, 96 France and Italy, notes of a tour through, 431 Franceschetti, his memoirs of the events which preceded and followed the death Franks, laws and institutions of, 229 tures in the Persian provinces, on the French troops, their departure from Italy, G. Gambarou, river of, 30 Gaston de Blondeville, and other posthu- German romance, specimens of, 464- Ghost, the, of Hilderheim, 465 Godwin, his history of the commonwealth, Goths, laws and institutions, 229 382 Greeks, the resemblance between their Greek revolution, a historical outline of, Guelficæ origines, 385 H. Halliday (Sir Andrew), his annals of the Hating, the pleasure of, an essay by Haz- Hawaii, or Owhyhee, narrative of a tour Hazlitt, his account of his old friends, 115 -his plain speaker, 113- his notes of Henry the eighth, memoirs of the court of, Heywood, his interlude of the four P's, 4 Human character, how its physiology |