The Political and Historical Works of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Volume 2); Analysis of the Sugar Question (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1852 Excerpt: ... colonics, which has occasioned their commerce to present fewer chances of advantage to our shipping interest, the general shipping-trade of France has increased to a very immense extent. From the returns of the Custom House, in 18K), it appears that the tonnage, representing the onward movement of the general shipping trade of France, has increased by upwards of one millions of tons in five years (see Table B); and adopting, as the limits of comparison, 1835 and 1840, the augmentation in the total movement of competing slripping has been 59 per cent. The number of registered seamen has increased in similar proportions--viz.: 1836 90,511 men 1S37 M.930 1833 91,320 1839 95,009 1840 96.709 1812 119,000+ It results from this examination that the activity of general competing shipping is in inverse proportion to the activity of a monopoly shipping; and it may be safely laid down, that the general interests of our marine are in antagonism with colonial interests, since the more these suffer, the more those improve. The example of North America affords another not less striking proof that colonies are not the sole element of the shipping of a M. Thiers, in his speech in tlic Chamber of Deputies, 8th Mar, 1M0, says, that the real register is 110,000, because to the figure above given mar be added 10,000 men, foreign fishermen, settled for many yean in our ports, and native registered labourers. f Though I do not generally derive my information from the newspapers, the return for lli is taken from an article in the National, which bears a semi-official character, as being a letter addrrsM-d by M. Marec, surdirector of the Xavv Board, to the Editor of the National, th Oct. 1& . country, for that youthful Republic has, wit...