BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

A convention for the extension of certain stipulations contained in the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of the 27th of August, 1829, between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, was concluded and signed in the city of Washington on the 8th of May, 1848; and on the 23d of February, 1850, the said convention was duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications exchanged in the city of Washington by JOHN M. CLAYTON, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and JOHANN GEORGE HULSEMANN, Charge d'Affaires of His Majesty the Emperior of Austria. On the 25th of February, 1850, the President of the United States caused the said convention to be made public, "to the end that the same, and every clause and article therefor, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof." We publish below a correct copy of the articles of this convention, which are now in force :

CONVENTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN STIPULATIONS, CONTAINED IN THE TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF 27th August, 1829, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

The United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria having agreed to extend to all descriptions of property the exemption from dues, taxes, and charges, which was secured to the personal goods of their respective citizens and subjects, by the eleventh article of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation which was concluded between the parties on the 27th of August, 1829, and also for the purpose of increasing the powers granted to their respective Consuls by the tenth article of said Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, have named for this purpose their respective plenipotentiaries, namely, the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on James Buchanan, Secretary of State of the United States, and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria upon his Charge d'Affaires to the United States, John George Hulseman; who, after having exchanged their said full powers, found in due and proper form, have agreed to and signed the following articles:

ARTICLE 1. The citizens or subjects of each of the contracting parties shall have power to dispose of their personal property within the States of the other by testament, donation, or otherwise; and their heirs, legatees, and donees, being citizens or subjects of the other contracting party, shall succeed to their said personal property, and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their pleasure, paying such duties only as the inhabitants of the country where the said property lies shall be liable to pay in like cases.

ART. 2. Where, on the death of any person holding real property, or property not personal, within the territories of one party, such real property would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by the laws of the country where such real property is situated, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a term of two years to sell the same, which term may be reasonably prolonged, according to circumstances; and to withdraw the proceeds thereof without molestation, and exempt from any other charges than those which may be imposed in like cases upon the inhabitants of the country from which such proceeds may be withdrawn. ART. 3. In case of the absence of the heirs, the same care shall be taken, provisionally, of such real or personal property as would be taken in a like case of property belonging to the natives of the country, until the lawful owner, or the person who has the right to sell the same, according to article two, may take measures to receive or dispose of the inheritance.

ART. 4. The high contracting parties grant to each other the liberty of having, each in the ports of the other, consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers of those of the most favored nations; but if any of the said consuls shall carry on trade they shall be subjected to the same laws and usages to which private individuals of their nation are subjected in the same place.

The said consuls, vice-consuls, commercial and vice-commercial agents, shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the masters and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities, unless the conduct of the crews or of the captain should disturb the order or tranquility of the country; or the said consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, or vice-commercial agents, should require their assistance in executiug or supporting their own decision. But this species of judgment or arbitration shall not deprive the contending parties of the right they have to resort, on their return, to the judicial authority of their own country.

The said consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and vice-commercial agents, are authorized to require the assistance of the local authorities for the search, arrest, and imprisonment of the deserters from the ships of war and merchant vessels of their country. For this purpose they shall apply in writing to the competent tribunals, judges, and officers, and shall demand said deserters, proving, by the exhibition of the registers of the vessels, the muster-rolls of the crews, or by any other official documents, that such individuals form legally part of the crews; and on such claim being substantiated, the surrender shall not be refused.

Such deserters, when arrested, shall be placed at the disposal of the said consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and vice-commercial agents, and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belong, or to others of the same country. But if not sent back within three months from the day of their arrest they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same cause. If, however, the deserter shall be found to have committed any crime or offense requiring trial, his surrender may be delayed until the tribunal before which his case shall be pending shall have pronounced its sentence, and such sentence shall have been carried into effect.

ART. 5. The present treaty shall continue in force for two years, counting from the day of the exchange of its ratifications; and if, twelve months before the expiration of that period, neither of the high contracting parties shall have announced, by an official notification to the other, its intention to arrest the operation of said treaty, it shall remain binding for one year beyond that time, and so on, until the expiration of the twelve months which will follow a similar notification, whatever the time at which it may take place.

THE NEW SWISS TARIFF.

We have not been able to obtain the complete tariff of Switzerland. The following are, however, the most important provisions of the new law :

The terms of the new Swiss tariff, of which the publication has been for some time expected, have only just reached London, though the new law came into force on the first instant. It is provided that all articles imported into, or exported from Switzerland, or crossing the Swiss territory, in course of transit from one foreign state to another, are subjected to a certain fixed rate of import, export, or transit duty. Articles subject to the import duty are divided into nine classes. On class 1, which includes

seeds, rice, and a few other articles, the duty on import is 4 kreutzers per quintal of 50 kilogrammes weight. Class 2 comprises alumn, cotton, lead, iron ore, dyewoods, tallow, fish-oil, wool, skins, resin, madders, glue, common oils, sulphur, and soda, on all which articles the duty is fixed at 8 kr. per quintal. Iron, ground dyewoods, acids, tin, and zinc, which are included in class 3, are subjected to a rate of 20 kr. per quintal. Classed under the 4th head, on which the import duty is 40 kr. per quintal, are chemical products, coffee, unworked metals, wine in hoghseads, and spirits of wine. Class 5 includes cotton and linen handkerchiefs, indigo, machinery, unworked steel, leaf tobacco, worsted, tin, and zinc in plates, and sugars of all kinds, and on these the duty is 1 fl. per quintal. On raw silk and sewing silk, which are placed in the 6th class, the rate is 1 fl. 20 kreutzers per quintal. On class 7 it 1 fl. 40 kr., and subject to this rate are drugs, articles made of iron and steel, books, colors, common cloth, coarse woolens, utensils of zinc and tin, varnish, iron-wire, and steel. Class 8 includes the following:-cotton manufactures, dyed and printed, colored twist, spices, varnished leather, leather manufactures, linens, utensils of brass, hardware of all kinds, cut tobacco and snuff, handkerchiefs, dyed thread and manufactures; on these the import duty is 3 fl. 20 kr. per quintal. On class 9 the duty is fixed at 6 fl. 40 kr. per quintal. It comprises cigars, provisions, articles of dress, liquors, articles of luxury generally, perfumery, cutlery, manufactures either partly or solely of silk, carpets, and wine in bottles. The following articles are exempt from import duty, namely:-articles of clothing belonging to travelers, carriages passing through the country, the produce of estates belonging to Swiss citizens, and situated bevond the territory of the Confederation, the produce of estates lying not more than two leagues from the frontier, samples of articles subject to duty weighing not more than sixteen ounces, rough materials in general, manures, gold and silver coin. Unhewn stone is especially exempted from export duty, and the Federal Council, is, moreover, authorized to introduce into the rates of the export tariff any reduction which it may consider necessary, and calculated to increase the exportation of the produce of the country. The above are the most important provisions of the new law.

THE BALTIMORE BOARD OF TRADE.

This institution, which has lain dormant since 1841, has been revived, and promises, under its new organization, to prove an efficient auxiliary in promoting the great interests of trade and commerce in Baltimore. The association was organized anew in October, 1849, by the adoption of articles of association, by-laws, and the election of a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and twenty-four Directors. We give below the rules and regulations of the association as adopted at a general meeting of the members:

Believing in the necessity of an association of citizens to give tone and energy to their efforts in securing the advantages which the position of the city offers to commerce and manufactures, and that this end may be accomplished by the establishment of a Board of Trade, the duty of whose executive shall be to consider all subjects of internal improvement, agitated in the community, which may be brought under their notice by members of the same, and take such effectual measures in relation thereto as the importance of the subject shall call for; to settle and adjust all matters relating to the trade of the city; to establish its customs and ordinances, and to maintain unity of action for public good: We hereunto subscribe to the following articles of association :

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. ARTICLE. 1. The officers of this "Board of Trade" shall consist of a President, four Vice-Presidents, twenty-four Directors, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen by ballot, annually, at the annual meeting. And the Secretary shall be remunerated for his services by such salary as may be fixed by the President and Directors annually.

ART. 2. This association shall hold annual and special meetings. The annual meeting shall be held on the first Monday in October of every year, and special meetings may be called by order of the President, or one of the Vice-Presidents, when occasion may require, of which the Secretary shall give public notice.

ART. 3. The Board of Directors shall meet, statedly, on the first Monday of every month, for the transaction of such business as may come before them; and at the