The New York Herald

Belgium.

The Belgian government have issued a decree of an extraordinary purport, and which cannot fail most assuredly to cause considerable prejudice to the exportation of the cotton fabrics of Lancashire. It is enacted by this decree that, from the 1st of June to the 1st of September, with a saving clause for prorogation, a premium of 10 per cent. on the value shall be allowed on exportation for countries out of Europe of all cotton manufactures, grey, bleached, or printed. The valuation of the goods so to be admitted to bounty is to be made by a commission of "experts" to be named by the Minister of the Interior, and residing in Brussels. The intending exporter must forward patterns in duplicate of the fabrics designed for shipment. Various necessary precautions and formalities are to be observed, in order to provide for the goods being of native production. For this end, a certificate of origin is primarily to be delivered by the burgomaster of the locality where the fabrics have been prepared. The payment of the premium, on fulfilment of the necessary conditions, is to be made by the government within one month after shipment; but the bounty will not be accorded for any exportation of fabrics of less value than one thousand francs.