9 AUGUST 1834, Page 2
The French Chambers have been occupied with preliminary arrangements for
more important business. The politicians of the Bourse and the salons think, write, and talk, of nothing but Spanish news and Spanish stock; by the rapid fall of which many have been ruined. The Deputies of the new Chambers are said to be more liberal than their predecessors in regard to commercial policy; and great efforts are making by the free-trade party to procure a reduction of duties on foreign products. The joint Commission appointed to regulate the Tariff between France and Belgium will soon commence its labours.