The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN TARIFFS.

A parliamentary return lips- inst been issued of the
new and old rates oldity d
leVied cOtineries (so
tir Thq cap tie giveii and the ate of alteration, from
he Ist August, 1858, to 31st December. On the Nth of
• June last, Russia reduced the duties on iron imported to
an extent varying. between 12.50 and' 66.66 per cent.
The dutylon rails coming by land, howeVer, was increased
to the extent of 77.33 per cent. The Zollverein have
made reductions on the import duties, to come into ope-
ration on the Ist January last, on citstor oil, 85 per cent.;
indiaruhber plates, tallow, and pasteboard covers, 50
per cent.; dyed silk, also yarn of cotton, and silk, 27.28
per cent. ; whilst On ice, asphaltum, coal tar, and
cement, the duty is entirely removed. On the' 28th, the
prohibition on the exportation of cattle, swine, sheep, and
other animals of food beyond the western frontier of the
Zollverein, was removed, and ou the 28th July, the same
course was taken with regard to cattle, horses, oats, and
gunpowder from Wurtemberg. In France a considerable
alteration was made in the import duties on the 9th of
January, 1859. Thtis, the duty on dress feathers, cock
and vulture, which bad ranged £2 Os. Bd. to £8 qs. 1,1;
on 110.201 b. avoirdupoke English, wac entirely renl6.ye :
do gl#P.i.29 4 rP44ceq 4), ceUt.6
sago and salep, from India and'Erench colonies, 9,,,°:3%
per cent.: 'Sesame fitom 'the "West Coast of Africa, 4`?
,„- •
pei. cent. ; flax qr linseed from New Zealand, for soil"'
temov.ll;" Pei:avian bark, 33.33 to per cent. ; sar-
i, saparilla, 84 to 87.50 per cent. ; iris, 87.50 to 88'66.Pe r
cent. ; benzoin, 78.26 to 90 per cent. ; balsam copaiba,
.72.73 to 90.28 per cent.; cotton for India, 50 to 84 25 per
cent. On wood for ebonists' trade, more than eight inches
thick, the reduction varies from 14'29 to 83.78 pert
. cent.,_i
whilst in some cases the duty is altogether taken on
wood not exceeding eight inches in thickness lin dot
was reduced by from 28.57 to 95-56 lief Mt.
4
; Woo
for buildings, duty removed. On copper, pnro' or
40 to,
Voiypee,(lll
article cert., aril on' detached pieces of
the
s
tilactinerv, l' to 'B6 per cent. one ang7lcultural
im-
inqe4.6d; ale,es, 'l6- 1014 211
git 4, gqi4i7 rp.mgq%,
itefolll -Pimp tit virenell Yowls, by 11-0 •
in English money the duty is raised from
On the 14th

dutyliilbdtril 0 n :Aa. 23 last ni
~..p. Jkl. to 2s,
exportarticles
- - .1", '''''''''se Pr° Itaketticto'exiffd:tirlte
From of ivar was removed, and the
of sulphate of iron on the oth J:tiii 1
Portugal, Cape Verd Islands, wn,
beef, pork, and f 1 • the duty on hogs' lard, To
untiluttne end of 1863 b Leiga
bacon, was reduced import duty on Servian Y•
pent: Jn 4iistria, the
' ' duties on aim as er, mug'
cncreaspd 400 per cent.,
the export
art has per
.obr,frtom 4s. to 16s. In Prigs was
_ . useany
ro.hibited,
), or in works of
b„n reduce(' from 50 to 83.33 per cent and
~
tables 60 per cent. At Rome, on the 19th M y
30th of June maize was excewastedP
vegetables
ortatiou of articles of food a'
last, the exp
iften. in the Two Sicilies the 'd
pro .
obfuNti:rleat and maize has been removed
In Brazil, the Import duty on sweet
creased by 16.66 per cent• other monopolr of exportation and
been abolished, and an ad imposed. On cotton
products exported at
been reduced to the
Argentine republic bar extent
,th o ee, sugar,
import, Without speciallicense,eent.
P from the
!mil June, 1860.
wines has been in-. i sorts 60 per cent. The
isa cof per
dyewood has
0 gyre ()rem duty of 15 per cent.
hides, and other
e:et port of Ceara, the duty has
of 16.66 per cent. The
v e increased the import duties on
all articles 66'66
hofil ifirhea-sarpuriso,hsi
ibdiete-darntihse,
gunpowder, and oilier
export. 'of h warlike stores. Powder for mines
can be Pooled at t o port of Valparaiso only. On the
pper smelted by Chilian coal, which was
forinerly free, an ad valorem duty of 4 per cent. has
been placed.

Liverpool Cough Specific is an unfailing remedy. We con-
gratulate the inhabitants of Liverpool that so simple and
effectual a means of relief is at last procurable. For years
this great boon has been needed in this exposed part ; and it
being an undoubted cure for the most harassing coughs, we
can recommond it.—Advt.
ST. Cinonan's-M-THE-EAST.—The Rev. T. Richard-
son has been elected lecturer of St. George's-in-the-
' Piast, in succession to Mr. Hugh Allan. The votes were,
for Mr. Richardson, 17; for Mr. Courtenay, 7 ; for Mr.
Eastman, 4. Mr. Richardson unsuccessfully opposed
Mr. Allan, and it is well known that Mr. Bryan King
expressed his regret at the result, as he is on friendly
terms with Mr. Richardson, and would have cordially
worked with him.

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FRANCE.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, Feb. 21.
12.10 P.M.—The Funds open steady. Rentes
67f. 95c.
3.25 P.M.—The market has been rather ani-
mated,. and closed very firm. The final price of
Rentes was 68f., being nearly higher than yes-
terday.

PRUSsIA

BERLIN, Feb. 21

The new Prussian Gazette says, "We learn
that a proposal of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg,
for the assembling of a conference of the five
great powers, has been forwarded to Paris, and
that Prussia has joined in this proposal."