The new tariff of the German Customs Union has been
made public, and the Leeds Mercury of this day explains its bearing on our manufao- tures. The following are the most important alterations-
Old Duty. New Duty. Cotton warps, per hundredweight. 2 Pr. Dollars. 3. Pr. Dollars. Worsted, and worsted and cotton mixed goods, if printed, em- broidered, or " broche ".... ....... . 30 50 Quincaillerie (hard-ware) 50 100
The effect of the second of these items depends upon the construction of the term " broche," which is generally taken to mean all goods with a figured pattern ; but the Aignification intended in the particular instance is doubted even in Genitany- " A letter from a mercantile firm in Frankfort says-' The new tariff has at last been published, and we are glad to say that plain worsted and cotton mixed goods-crapes, stockinetts-have escaped. Our oftidals at the Custom- house here do not know whether the term "brochirt " includes our figured Yorkshire stuffs, such as figured Merinos, Alpacas, Mohair linings, Orleans, &e.; and they have written to Berlin and Leipsig for clearer and positivee apla- nation. We expect an answer from these places in a very few days, and we must hope for the best ; but we fear that these articles will be comprised under that term.' We rejoice, however, to say, that there is still reason to hope that the word • broche' may not be applied in its common acceptation, but in a very restricted sense, confining it to the original signification of the French word-that is, worked with the needle or with a second shuttle."
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