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jusw------ - On all other books, when Wind, pe r pound ; when tb. Ol l V in itseets or hoards, twenty - six lento po n . On folio and quarto post paper,of all kinds,twenty rents per pound. On foolscap and all drawing and writing paper, seventeen rents per pound. On printing, copper-plate and stainers paper, ten cents per pound. On sheathing paper, binders' and box boards, And wrapping pa per. of all kinds, three cents per pound: On all other paper, fifteen cents per pound. A duty of twelve and a half per centum ad valorem on all articles not herein specified, and now paying a duty of seven and a half per centum ad valorem ; with the exception of patent adhesive felts, for covering ships bottoms, which shall be admitted free of duty, until June thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred aad twenty-six. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an addition of ten per centum shall be made to the several nitre of duties hereby imposed upon the several articles aforesaid, which, after the said respective times for the commencement of the duties hereby imposed, shall be imported in ships or vessels not of the United States. Provided, That this addition shall not be applied to articles imported in ships or vessels, tint of the United States, entitled by treaty, or by any act of Congress, to be admitted oil payment of the same duties that are paid on like articles imported in ships or vessels of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that there shall be allowed a drawback of the duties by this Act imposed upon the exportation of any article that shall have paid the same, within the time, and in the manner, and subject to the provisions and restrictions prescribed in the fourth section of the Act, entitled " An Act to regulate the duties on import and tonnage," passed the 27th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the drawback allowed by law on plain silk shall be allowed, although the said cloths before the exportation thereof shall have betas coloured, printed, stained, ,dyed, stamped, or painted in the United States. But, whenever any such silks shall be intended to he so coloured, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, and afterwards to be exported from the United States, with privilege of drawback, each package thereof shall, before the sante shall be delivered froni the public stores, be opened and inspected by an Inspector of the Customs, and the con tents thereof measured or weighed, and the quality thereof ascer tained, and a sample of each piece thereof reserved at the Custom house; and a particular account or registry of such examination, describing the number of pieces in each package, their weight or measure; and the samples thereof reserved, shall be entered in the books of the Custom-house and, after such examination, said goods shall be repacked in the original package, and the said original package shall be marked with a Custom-house mark. And whenever any such goods, being thus coloured, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted, shall be entered at the Custom-houte for exportation and drawback, the same shall be so entered in the original package, marked as aforesaid, and not otherwise, unless the person so entering the same shall give satisfactory evidence to the Collector or Naval O ffi cer, or one of them, that such original package has been lost er destroyed by accident ; and no such application for drawback shall he made, except on the contents of entire packages ; and upon application tor sods entry and drawbackrflie contents of the packages so offered shall be examined by an Inspector of the Customs, and measured nr weightd, and compared with the original entry, registry, and samples ; and if. upon such com pariso:: aced full examination, the Collec!..:r shill be satisfied that the contents of each package are rite same identical go ids imported and registered as aforesaid, and not changed or alter:al, except by bane coloured, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, p a; aforesaid, then the person so entering such goods shah he admitted to the o th prescribed by law, to be used in cases of application for ex portation of goods for the b:tiefit of drawback, and shall thereupon be entitled to drawback, as in other cases : l'iuvided, That the ex porter shad in every other particular comply with the regulations and formalities heretofore established for entries of goods fur ex portation with the benefit of drawback. And it any person shall present, for exportation and drawback, any coloured, printed, stained, dyed, stamped, or painted silk, basowiug the same not to he entitled to drawback, according to the provisions of this Act, or shall wilfully misrepresent tat conceal the contents or quality of any packages as aforesaid, the goods, so presented or entered for drawback, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by the collector, and proceeded with, and the forfeiture dish ibuted, as in other Car& Sec. 5. And be it limber enacted, That the existing laws shall ex tend to, and be in knee for, the collection of the duties imposed by this Act, for the prosecution and punishment of ail uffeuces, and for the recovery, collection, distribution, and remisbien of all hues, pe nalties, and finftitures, as fully and eliectually as if every regula tion, penalty, forfeiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing, to this effect, in the existing Jews contained, had been inserted in, and re enacted by, this Act. Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, That the prov:sions of the se cond section of the Act of Cont , ress entitulyd " An Act to rezulatr the Duties on imports and Tonnage," appioved April el 7, ISIS, shall extend and endure to the benefit of schools and colleges within the United States or the territtnics thereof, in the same manner, and under the like limitations and restrictions, as is provided in the said Act with respect to seminaries of learning. BATTLE IVITH THE ASHAATEES. EXTRACTS FROM I'Rl VAT E LETTERS. Cipe Coa.t, Feb. 23. " The news I have to tell yog are - of the most dis tressing nature. His Excelleocy‘Sir C. M.Cal thy, with a few regulars and militia, and some of the natives, made a rapid advance into the \Vassaw country, to repel the Ashantees, who advanced in great numbers, and in the most gallant style. The attack commenced about two o'clock P.M. on the 21st of January, across a liver about 20 or 30 feet wide. The firing was tre mendous on both sides till 6 P.M. when it was found the ammunition on our side was all expended; on which the Ashantees began to cross the river in great numbers, and the havoc b,7;an. The natives of our patty (the Fantees) would never carry bayonets; but the regulars and militia used them with the most deadly effect. Each one bayonetted three or four Ashantees; then, snatching the bayonet from the musket, they dashed into the middle of the enemy's force, falling nobly and killing till the last. As his Excellency and Staff com menced retreating, they were attacked in rear by 2,000 of the enemy who had been sent to intercept them, after which nothing has been learned of any of the whites. Only two officers escaped nut of battle, who were Brigade-Major Ricketts and Tae .,. .enant Erskine. Those that are missing are his Excellency Sir Charles M'Carthy, the Honourable Mr. Buckle, Messrs.Wethe rell, Williams, Ifeddle, Jones, Rayden, Robertson, Tedlie, Brandon. Titer_ is n , 4t a doubt of his Excellency and most of them being killed. It is said their corpses were used in the most shocking manner. It is pretty well ascertained that Williams is a prisoner. Thus in one day has the sword cut off what disease left. The most lamentable part of the catastrophe is, that it was caused in a great measure by the neglect of the officer who had charge of the ammunition, and did not bring it forward as he ought : the Ashantees never would have broke our line had there been powder. When Major Ricketts went to opea the three last kegs, he found—what think you? Why Macaroni! !!—while the Ashantees, who plundered the camp next day,took 10 1 , barrels of ball-cartridges, with a great quantity of other booty. When we got the news of Sir Charles's disastrous fight, we retreated directly; Captain Lang going to Cape Coast, by the way of Annamaboo, while I, with Mr. Fraser and all the Fantee force, marched across the country to reinforce Major Chis:tolm ; but when Capt. Lang arrived at Annamaboo, the reports front Care Coast were, that the Major and his patty were also cut to pieces, and he sent expresses after me to fall back and garrison Cape Coast, as the panic was so great, and an attack dteaded. I shall always recollect with plea sure the receistion I met with when the standard was seen advancing over the rocks, and the bugles played, t Over the hills and far away.' The whole town ap peared mad with joy; such a day in a man's life richly repays for years of pain. Fortunately, next day Major Chisholm and patty arrived, having never been engaged. I was ordered to occoßy the camp of Djguah with my little band of 80, none of the auxiliaries having come up. " AU trade is at a complete stop; every merchant's r 4 ' , "TR!. goods are deposited in the forts, which I have no we shall have to defend till we hear from England, as the Aslanrees.saill no doubt make R push to destroy us before supplid can come out. The short of the Mat ter is this—England must either now withdraw her pro• tection to this toast, or send out a force to put down as cruel an enemy as the world produces. The loss of the' merchants is not to be calculated, such a quantity of goods being on hand." Another letter of the same date says—:- " When Sir Charles M'Carthy and Major Chisholm were in the interior, they divided their army, and each took a different route. Sir Charles, I hear, had ouly 1000 men and ten officers, of which only fifty have rettnnel They had gone but a short way,when they were attacked by the Ashantees, by all accounts 10,000 in number.— Our party behaved very well, and had much the ad vantage, until they found all their ammunition was ex pended. There were only two officers that were not killed, and they had to make their escape after being wounded. The battle took place on the 21st, and weclid not hear of it until the 23d ult. Poor Mr. Tedlie was the first that fell a sacrifice to these dreadful barbarians. He was shot through both his knees, and in that state he killed with his sword two of the enemy. In a short time after a party of the Ashantees came to tilt off his head, when he shot himself in the heart. " His Excellency Sir Charles M'Carthy ; Ensign Wetherell, Private Secretary; Mr. Buckle, Engineer at Sierra Leone; Doctor Tedlie ; Mr. Edwin Jones, Merchant; Mr. James Brandmi, Store keeper ; Mr. Robertson, whom you will know as the author of the ' Notes on Africa ; Mr. Rayden, who was in Mr. Reid's establish ment ; Mr. Williams, Secretary, supposed to be a prisoner. " The Officers who returned wounded are Major Ricketts and Ensign Erskine. It is said that the beads of those unfortunate Gentlemen are ciirlieti to Com •massie. We expect the enemy to come down to attack this place, but if they do, they will meet with a warm reception, as we have the Colgate Owen Glendower and the Raven sloop of war to assist us. I have put all our property intg the Castle for safety ; but I do not think there is the least fear, hut it is better to be on the safe side, as the people at the Dutch fort of Elmina are sup posed to be rather favour able to the Ashantees. We have blockaded it to prevent any supplies being brow ;ht there, In f.tct, we shall never be at peace until Eli . ina is under the British flag ; and instead of Government sending out a few white troops, they sh:'uld send ouL duce or four regiment , . Major Chisholm is sending home dispatches, and I have no doubt he has state,) to Government the necessity of sending immediate relief." I We have also received the letter subjoined, which I was pnbli',lted to the friends of the Hampshire Telegraph, as a supplement : .. Cape Coast Castle, March 23. It 3 4. " The following are the heads of what has lately occurred on this coast. The late warfare that the Gold Coast has been cugaged in with the Ashantees, for the last twelve months, has creat-d little or no importance until the present period. His Excellency Sir Chas. M•Carthy arrived here, from Sierra Leone, in thee:utter last, anti in the early part of January marched into the interior, towards the river Pra, with a force of from 6,000 to 7,000 men, consisting of natives and companies of a West India regiment. On the 61st of January, near the Pra, a n.ost desperate battle was fought, and irom the superior force of "the enemy, they had surrounded our troops in every direction; and aftc• ; ::r ammunition was totally expended. the troops under Sir Char,. • .reated, with a loss of steady all the Officers, and sorry ant 1 to sane the Wittman manner in which they have been treated. .inungst whom that gallant Chief, Sir Charles M'Carthy, who wa , wounded and taken prisoner. " The loss of the.Ashantrea - .Pas upwards of 1,000, who were brought down by ou, : - 'r .. Every possible means have been taken to ascertain the loss of our officers and men, and intelligence has been received from a messenger, who saw et the enemy's camp, the heads of nine white men (officers) with their jaw-beets taittli our, and amongst them was the head of Sir Charles. Thi. ii inva riably a practice among these savages, when an enemy fall. into their hands. It is said, that our loss of men was nc; to ally great amount : out of 140, said to have arrived in the Joseph Green trans port in November Lest, one half have paid the debt of nature." Extract of a letter from Mr. Williams, the Col >nial Secretary, addressed, I believe, to the Commandant of Cape Coast Castle. from the Dutch settlement of Elmina, dated March, 1824, and read to me by Brig ade Najd: Ricketts, the day before I sailed from Cape oast Castle, March 22, 1824: " It was my fortune to be near oar lamented chief when he re ceived a wound in the breast by a musket ball, I believe mortal. Buckle, Wetherell, and myself; conveyed hint under shelter of the nearest tree, and there sat to await that fate which appeared in evitable. We had not remained long, before we were discovered by the enemy. who immediately rushed on us with their knives. lu the struggle, I received a desperate cut on the left side of my neck, and before the stroke could be repeated, a man, who appeared to be of authority among them, fortunately passed, and ordered my' executioner to desist, which was immediately complied with. On my being released front their grasp, and turning round, I was horror-struck at seeing my three companions lying headless corpses at my feet. I was now bound as a prisoner, and conveyed towards their camp." • A strong force have now crossed the Pra, under the command of Captain Blenkarne, West India Regiment; and it is to be hoped that the Ashantees will meet their reward. An action is hourly expected to take place, and the natives appear fully resolved to revenge the fate of our poor countrymen. The Owen Glendower has been usefully and actively engaged with the Army in destroying the towns along the coast, where the enemy had taken shelter ; she sails to-morrow morning to de stroy a town in the Gaboom, which has lately insulted the British flag, and murdered the crew of an English merchant-vessel. COLOMBIA. EXTRACT FRANI TILE GAZETTE OF COLOMBIA. OFFICIAL. COMMUNICATION. From the General Secretary in Camp to his Excel lency the Liberatos, President Bolivar, to the Secretaiy of State for the Department of War : " TO TIIF. SECRETARY OF MARINE AND WAR. " General Ilead-quarters at Truxillo, Dec. 24, 18E3. "Stn—Mr. Belford Wilson has been presented to his Excellency the Liberator, admitted, and worthily em ployed by his Excellency. I can assure you that the opportunity now offered to shew and acknowledge his gratitude towards the illustrious and generous protector of cur cause, General Sir Robert Wilson, has been -tttifyilig to his Excellency the Liberator, who has felt .1 v, i•- particular pleasure in giving an employ ment to L:2 excellent young Gentleman (his son), and in being able to . give this new proof of the high esteem consideration which Sir Robert Wilson so justly deserves from the Supreme Congress, and from the Most Excellent President of the Commonwealth. (Signed) JOSE DE ESPINAR, Secretary- General of the Interior. PATENT PLATE GLASS WINDOWS AND SPLENDID Looxixo Grasses, &c.—The Atent Windows, without Cross Bars, having the effect of one uniform sheet of Glass, have ob tained the highest approbation of the first Nobility and Gentry in the Kingdom in whose Mansions they are plated ; similar to which may always be seen, adapted to French Casements, Conservatories, Library Bookcases, Skylights, &c. at Jolty HEDGge Looking Glass Manufactory, the corner of Dean and Cempton-street, Soho, London (established Fifty Years); where, front the immense fall that has lately taken place, Glasses of the first quality, elegantly framed, are sold on a very reduced scale; and Large Sizes, up to One Hundred and Forty-four Inches in height, by a proportionate width, at prices less than ever known; front which they will be delivered to order, on his spring machines, expressly constructed for that purpose. `cam O&Nob ..~,~ PARLIAItitNTARY PROCtEDY.vGS. lialSE OF LORDS, JUNE 16. • Lord Gsnoao sat for Apteats at ten cites of Richardson v. Addington, Gieenhill v. Altkin, and Unitabin Cranford, the judgments of the Court were affirmed by the house. Waller and CO. v. Campbell, wait then heard, after which Lord Grrroan intimated that he would give judgment in the course of this Session. At a quarter past four Lord Gteroan rose, and at a quarter to five the LORD CHANCELLOR entered the House. Mr. }lmams and others brought up the Ireland Magistrates In demnity Bill, the Dublin Police Magistracy Bill, the Irish Tithes CompositiOn Act Amendment Bill (as agreed to), the linfilin Local Taxation Bill (as agreed to), and some other Bills, which were af terwards read a first time. Mr. AlasoN, from the Directors of the East India Company, de livered in the Monthly Returns of the Salaries and Pensions granted by the Court of Directors for the last month. Mr. JOHNSON, from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, de livered in Accounts and Papers front Ireland, in obedience to their Lordships' orders. The LORI) CH A NCELLOR thought it proper to inform their Lordships that, upon his return home last night, from attending the duties of the House, he found a Petition, which, however, he could not regularly now present to their Lordships. The Petitioners were no other than-the Dean and Faculty of Advocates of Edin burgh, and their prayer was to he heard at their Lordships' bar by Counsel, against the Scotland Judicature Bill. That Bill, as their Lordships would recollect, was passed last night, and had been sent in the usual way to the other House ; but he wished to mention the circumstance to their Lordships, lest he should be supposed to have slighted tfie Petitioners in any way. - Lord GIFFORD presented a Petition against the Marine In surance Bill, which was ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of LIVERPOOL inquired if the New Churches Build ing Bill bad been printed ? and being answered in the negative, he said he should put off the second reading of the Bill till to-morrow. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the Underwriters of Lloyd's, severally, who prayed that the Marine Insurance Bill might not pass into a law, and also that they might be heard by Counsel a g ainst the 1.101. The Earl of had given two days ago, moved that the 13111 for regulating passen gers, in certain passage vessels from Great Blitam to Ireland, should he postponed to this day six months. The whole was really as neat a little job as ever he knew ; it excluded all other packets from t racing more than one passenger, while those under the Bill were authorised to take two, and this only just doriuy those very six net itha when such p: elect; sailed at all. lie could cite, in sup- I port of his opinion, the concurrent to•timony of the nu..i eminent ship-owoers; and the moment he hard of the Bill, he had come down to arrest the progress of it. Ile concluded by mot ing that the Bill should be read a third time this day six months.—The mo tion w.is then put from the Woolsack and agreed to, in consequence of tvhich the Bill is fist far the present S...ssion. The Eu OLILBY presented a Petition front the towns of Manchester and Salford anti the environs, in favour of the Equi- I table Loan Bank Company.—llmeived, and laid upon the table. Thu Earl of HARROW BY now begged to call the attention of their Lordships to the notice he had given yesterday, for suspend ' ing the Standing Orders of the House in favour of the Royal Irish Mining Company. The prevent Bill provided that four fifths of the capital should be paid down before it went into a Committee; and this provision hadirirtually been complied with. When it 1. as recollected that their Lordships had suspended the Stan , !;.:, Cinders in a former case, he could not see that the least oSje,/ilel was likely to be offend to the present claim. He wished by no means to hold out delusiveestwerations to the people of 1 relaud ; but he must re mark at the sante time, that it any country were entitled to favour aim: exceptions, it was Irelaud.—The Standhig Orders were agreed to be suspended. The Earl of KINGSTON then moved the second reading of the Royal Irish Mining Company Bill, which was thereupon read a second time, end ordered to he committed for to-morrow. Upon the motion of the Earl of DARNLEY, tile Manchester Equi table Loan Bank Bid (tile Standing Orders of the House being sus pended) was read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. The Earl of KINGSTON moved the second reading of the Dub lin Equitable Loan Lill, and that the Standing Order with respect tutlch Bid. should be suspended. The Earl of LA l; DLit. OA LE said he would not oppose the Bill in its present stage, though he should dissent from it in ano ther stage. The LORI/ CII A N ELLOR said he did not rise for the putt pow of opposing the Bill, but he must observe that the word' , Equi table" din not apply to any such Bills. The Earl of DARNLEY presented a Petition from Edmund Townsend, now of I/landlord-street, in the parish of St. Mary-la bonne, against the Bankrupt 1.3 W Bill, and praying to be heard by a Select C'oinmisree of their Lordships as to the clauses of the law under pre/eat system ; and also the remedies which, he con ceived, would remove all imperfections so generally complained of. —Ordered to lie on the table. Lord SUFFIELD presented a Petition from Chippenham, in the county of Gloucester, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. SCOTTISH JURIES. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, on the Order of the Day being read, supposed the motion for the House going into a Committee on the Scottish Juries 13111, which, lie understood, had been read a second time.— He had objected to peremptory challenges in the first instance, and although he understood they were aban doned, still he objected to leaving the nomination 9f Ju ries to the Judges. As peremptory challenges were now abandoned, he wished to get rid of the discretionary olause as it affected the Cow t. - Viscount MELVILLE could not agree with his No ble Friend, and should the:cline move that the Bill bs recommitted for this day three months. It was pet--' fectly well known that the 1111 had not originated from any complaints with respect to the formation of Civil Juries in Scotland; but r. was apprehended, in criminal cases, that the lists furnished of witnesses and jurors, and of stolen a: iiclei, gave an undue advantage to the prkoner. li the 13ili were suffered to go to a Commit tee, he could satisfy their. Lordships that its provisions were impossible to be executed. The Duke of ATtioL could not help regretting that the framers of the present Bill had riot a more intimate acquaintance with the localities of Scotland. In !pis own . county (Perthshire), for instance, it would take six u Larks I to coliect a Jury according to the provisions of the Bill. He must second the Amendment of the Noble Viscount. The Earl of ROSSLYN was forgoing into a Com mittee, oil the ground of giving an Impartial choice of Juries, and where the objections to the Bill might be met, and successfully met. He was glad, however, that the Noble Viscount was prepared to propose a Bill early in the next Session of Parliament; and, indeed, he con sidered that Noble Viscount as pledged to the measure. He regretted that the recommendation of the Commis sioners for Inquiry had experienced any difficulty; that remedial measures should have succeeded so often in the other House,- which were not entertained by their Lordships. Thus, if their Lordships did any good, or the other House did any good, they seldom came to an agreement to benefit Scotland mutually ; but he should nut press a division on the question. The Earl of ABERDEEN was disposed to go into a Committee, but only in the hope, rather than the expec tation, of doing away with the objections to the Bill. After some explanation between the Earl of LAUDERDALE and Viscount Metviu.r., the amendment of the latter was carried; so that, in effect, tho Bill is lost for the present Session. Upon the motion of the Earl of Sitarresanav, the Ireland Bank ers' Bill, the Savings' Bank Act Amendment Bill, the Wheat Warehousing Bill, and the New South Wales Laid Bill, were se verally read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commo,ts. The Welsh Judicature Bill was appointed for the third toscling on Friday next. COUNTY GAOLS BILL. On the second reading of the County Jails Amendment Dill. Lord SUFFIELD said, that he wished for a more extensive classification of prisoners than that which the measure provided.— The minimum of the classes WAS fixed at three, viz. Debtors, Con victed Felons, and Unconvicted Felons. He was desirous that one more should be established for prisoners having committed misde meanours. He should therefore move that the word Four be intro duced into the 11W, instead of the word Three. . The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated that the subject had bee n , cussed at considerable length in the other House, and that the n nimum of three bad been adopted after the most matur e consid•ra. Lion. He was therefore not disposed to agree to the pr alteration; the more so as he conceived that the pollution coition nicated by persons guilty of great crimes, such as a woman her husband's throat, was not so great as that which proceLk from an intercourse with perpetrators of lesser offences. Earl GROSTIMOR and Lord CALTIIOIOg were understood port the amendment. The Earl of LivErtroot. and Lord Samosa) explained.• Heine then divided on the Amendment. Content:, 16 I Nun Contents, Majority for the Bill 9. The Bill was then read a third time, passed, and sent Commons. At a quarter to seven o'clock their Lordships adjourned morrow morning at ten. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SelmaEa proceeded to count the llouw at four ticloel there being only 7.8 Mrinbers present, he adjourued the until to-morrow (this day). TIIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1521. TUE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CL Consols opened this morning at 95h to % for the Accoul which price they have remained up to the present hoer, any fluctuation. Up to the present time we do not hear of any expr , :t arrived from Paris, owing, it h supposed, to there being variation in the price of the French Reines, and no pulitil of importance to cun 11111 l nicate. FOREIGN FUNDS. There is little doing in the Math Lt, tscept in Nlexic. and Colombian. Current Prices :—New Spanish 15 to I, Old 201 to Shares 151 to 16, Russian 946, Chaim) 761 to 771, :)lexii to I pre. French Snip 131 3 f Austrian 93% %, et:lambi 1 to 1, Colombian 85! S 6, New Prussian 936, U 1 195;, guese Rnt, Greek It) dis. 3 had been dis- nd that the rini- ob l i iture considora- n the pr n p osr a P e Ilution comma. P er si l woman citthig hich procesdi.d. Ices. to lerstood to sup. dal xplained —Th e eonl GOS 7. that tacl sent to th e sett ljourned ti:l be sup gas nod the 11 , :.:* • rid 1 it. to 1 P: 1 !I. Tel O'CLOCK. he Account, of hour, without exprr,a having thl e being no gn:4'.. an political news thl frc !slexican Scrip ci to I, Alliance pri , Nlexican Scrip Ai ColonabLiti Scrip tit OW 9S,t, Portia- at: :,.. FOR MGM EXCIIANGF.S. HAMBURGII, JUNE London, 36. 71. 2 Ch. 36. 40. PETERSIBURCH, MAY 28.—0 n London, 9. 13-32. lIICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CI.OOK. sank Stock 23734-3 per Gent. Reduced 91 1 / 4 91 IA 8 per Cent. Cons. shut---;4 per Cents. 101 4 per Cents. Assented looy i L/ 8 er Cents. New shut Excheq. Bills (E 1,000) 2d. 34. 25 32 25; 1!1 d. 24 Do. (0500) 2J. 28 34 29 ; 114 d. 24 21 Do Small 21. 33 26 36 ; 1 1 / s d. 28 21 Cun , ols for Acct. 95% 1 / 8 1/4. Captain ALEXANDER G. LAING, of the Royal Atli can Corps, arrived at Earl BATIIURST'S Office, Down ing -street, this forenoon, with Dispatches from Afilc:T, containing official details of the late disastrous events in Ashantee. The following is a list of the killed aud missing from the Ist to the ‘..!lst January, inclusive: His Excellency Brigadier-General Sir C. 'l`Cartity, Coloni tl Staff—Thott. S. Buckle, F.sq. killed; J. Ta,k WiMAIM, Esq. wounded, taken and ransomed. Second West ludia liniment—Captain - Pickets, wounded and escaped ; Ensign Wetherell, killed ; Surgeon Tedlie, killed. Elyal African Colonial Corps—Captain 12Ebtrange, died of ex hausefon ; Ensign Erskine, sVoundeel, and escaped ; Ensign 111 1 Leau, died of fever occasioned by fatigue.: Royal Care ('oast Militia—Captain Illeddle, killed ; Captain Jones, killed ; Captain Raydon, missing, supposed Royal Volunteers—Captain Robertson killed; Lieutenant Dc Graft wounded, and escaped. Artificers—Lieutenant Cleland died of a coup de Weil. Ordnance Storekeeper—Mr. J. Brandon nsiedng, supposed killed. In a preceding column w•e have given some interest ing details of this calamitous event, the truth of which w•e were yesterday enabled to confirm by officitl ac counts from Cape Coast. In a preceding page we have given a copy of the much discussed and much opposed American Tariff. When the British Government is :displaying so much liberality in matters of trade, and doing so much to place 'commerce on a more liberal 1345, we are sorry to see the United States acting on a principle so oppo site. Every attempt to make a people purchase native manufactures or produce at a higher rate than it can be obtained from abroad, is not only a mistaken system of policy, but defeats itself by the smuggling it encourages. By the arrival of a Brazil Mail, this morning, we have received Rio de Janeiro Papers to the IBsh of April, and the Independente Consiiincional of Bahia to the 3d of May. They are principally filled with an account of the ceremonies of the EMPEROR and Est- PRESS swearing to the Brazilian Constitution, on rho 25th of March, and the accident which took place at the Theatre, events already known to our Readers. I.: is not a little remarkable, that although the EmpEnott swears to maintain the Roman Catholic religion, and " the integrity and indivisibility" of the Empire, yet the oath does not contain any pledge as to its indepen dence, further than may be implied in the declaration, that the EMPEROR will observe, and cause to be ob served, the Constitution. This omission may perhaps be compensated for to the Brazilians, by his MAJESTY'S declared sentiments at the Theatre in the evening, where he was the Erst to cry ‘ 1 Long live the Constitution!" and afterwards, " Our perpetual independence!" The Ex- PEROR and LA:`RESS had left the Theatre before the fire which destroy&.l it broke out. The Diario atGovern°, of Rio de Janeiro, of the 15th rch , contains the EstPetron's Decree, fixing the 25th March for taking the oath to the Constitution, conformably to the wishes unanimously expressed by the inhabitants in all parts of the Empire. Accounts o f the proceedings of various cities on this subject ad dressed to his Majesty, are contained in these papers. In the Paper of the 20th March, there is an adver tisement from the War-Office, which severely censures the great inhumanity with which recruits from St. Paulo were treated, who were sent from that place to Santo, to be embarked for Rio : they were treated like the worst of criminals, suffered privations of every kind, even of mod, which they received in small quantities, and hardly or.ce in 20 or 21 hours; so that they we:c sc IA 4.4 to PI li'