13 FEBRUARY 1841, Page 2

The French have begun to exchange their warlike rhodamon- tades

for the business of peace and commerce : the Chamber of Deputies has been occupied in revising the commercial tariff. The main question raised by the new Customs-duties Bill, which is under discussion, has been, whether the duties imposed on some of the most important articles should be prohibitory, or merely high ; and several divisions have affirmed the less restrictive policy of the Government. The French begin to acknowledge their real wants ; and among the first they reckon steam-engines for large ships, equal to those of England ; and those they intend to get from England herself, without helping to cripple their " home manufac- ture " by more nursing.