2 JANUARY 1959, Page 21

Opettator

JANUARY 4, 1834

THE Prussian Government has made great progress in establishing its plan for the Commercial Con- federation of Germany. There is to be an exemption from duties on German products in German States, a uniform tariff of duties on foreign products, and a uniform scale of weights, measures, and coins. The revenue, when collected, is to be paid into one common treasury, and divided among the different members of the Confederation, in proportion to their extent, population, &c., in lieu of the duties they now separately enforce. The evident object of Prussia, is to gain a more extensive market for her own manufactures, by excluding those of foreign states—especially English—from the greater part of Germany.