The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

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THE SPAN I 'TARIFF.
A royal decree, dated 10t rinsi countersigned
by Senor Bravo Murillo, wa at „Madrid on
the 12th inst., by which t e uties on hardwares
and other miscellaneous articles, and also on flax,
linen thread, Saxon wool, woollen cloths (called
Lanas Dulces), and on mules, are ordered to be re-
duced. The duty on flax was increased about one
third in 1849, and both the importation and the
revenue fell off in consequence ; it is henceforth to
be 22 reals per quintal, being 10 per cent. on the
estimated value of 220 reals per quintal, and carded
ditto 30 reels, being 10 per cent. on the estimated
value of 300 reels, these duties being nearly the same
as those paid before 1849. Under a foreign flag,
these duties will be 27 and 35 reels per quintal.
Linen thread (crude) paid 63.60 and 79.50 reals
per quintal, according to the fla; it is now to
if crude or half bleached, 50g and 55 reels pay,
per
quintal; full bleached ditto, 65 and 70 reels, and
dyed ditto, 100 and 105 reels. Saxon wool paid
pay,
150 and 180 reals per quintal : it will now
it unwashed, 63 and 68 reals ; and if washed
84 and 89 reals. Woollen goods (called Lanas
Dulces) paid 12.70 reels per square vara in
Spanish ships, which is stated to be 64 to 74 per cent.
The duty is to be reduced to 8 reels the square Yarn,
stated to be equivalent to 14 reels the lineal vara, and
to 48 per cent. ad valorem. In foreign ships it will
be 9.60 reels. The duty on the last-named article
was doubled in December last year, by its being
ia-
eluded in the class of woollen cloths; and the impor-
tation, which in the last eight months of 1851 was
96.956 vares, was only 6,364 yams for the first six
months of 1852.

In hardwares and miscellaneous articles the follow-
ing changes are made :—plain buttons, metal horn;
pasteboard covered, and the materials for covering
paid 6.25 and 7.50 reals per lb., according to the flag.
They are henceforth to pay 2 and 2.40 reels. Tor-
toiseshell, ivory, mother of pearl, and all other but-
tons not included in the preceding, and those with
letters, arms, &c., which were previously included in
the same class with plain buttons, are to pay 4 and
4.80 Teals per lb. instead of 6.25 and 7.50.
Watch chsins of steel iron, varnished metals, &c.,
duty reduced from 12 and 14.40 reels per dozen to 6
and 7.20 reels per &seri ; ditto gilt or plated, from 24
and 28.80 reals to 12.20 and 15 25.
Gun barrels, double, reduced fromZ and 90 reals
each to 40 and 48 reals ; pistol barrels, double, from
45 and 54 to 24 and 28.80 reals each. Gun barrels,
single, from 45 and 54 to 24 and 28.80 reels each ;
pistol barrels, double, from 30 and 36 to 18 and 21.60
reals each. _ _ _

--liaii brushes, clothes brushes, Sze duty reduced
16 80
from 22.50 and 27 reals per dozen to 14 an
reals.
3,60 reels. 7.20 reals per lb. to 3 and from 6 and
wrappers
(ocorrechard• boxes, duty reduced (corchetes), plated or nnplated, with their
- Knives and forks, large, for carving, with handles
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from
3.60 and 4.35 reals per dozen to 3.20 andpearl,
reals. Such of the above as are curved or in other
forms or sizes, for arts or professions, paid before 4
and 4.80 reals per dozen.
Knives, with handles of tortoiseshell, plated or gilt,
dozen.i patterns,
reaolsactololtbOsao nfd
alll2 tealsclasses,
eplain brass or ivory, duty reduced from 12 and 14.40
cotton, hempen, woollen, or linen fabrics, duty re-
duced from 3 and 3.60 reals per lb to 2 and 2.40 reale.
. Ordinary single fowling-pieces, duty reduced from
100 and 120 reals each to 50 and 60 reals each;
ditto, double, from 200 and 240 reals to 100 and
120; ditto, ornamental (de lujo)
~ whatever the number
&C., on
of barrels, from 30 to 36 ad valorem to 200 and 240
reels each.
Prints and engravings of all kinds, whether bound
or unbound, duty reduced from 15 to 18 reals per lb.
to 10 and 12 reels.

Brass in common hardware, not varnished or gilt,
as basins, braseros, feet for the same, &c., reduced
from 5 and 6 reals to 4 and 4.80 reals per lb. ; ditto
gilt or varnished on the same objects (a new class
in the tariff) 6 and 7.20 reals per lb.
Umbrellas, parasols, &c., of silk, duty reduced from
16 and 19.20 reals each to 10 and 12 reals each.

Combs, tortoiseshell, from 7.50 and 9 reals per oz
;o 4 and 4.80 reals.

Pistols, ordinary, one-third of a vara in length
and upwards, single-barrelled, duty reduced from 60.
and 72 reals per pair to 30 and 36 teals; ditto,
double-barrelled, from 90 and 108 reals to 50 and 60
reals per pair.

Pocket pistols (less than one-third vara long) to
pay 24 and 28.80 reals per pair ; ditto, double.
barrelled, 40 and 48 reals per pair ; ditto, 4 or more
barrels, 40 and 48 reeds each pistol; ditto, hair trigger,
with all accessories, 100 and 110 reals per pair.
Gilt articles of all kinds (plaque de oro labrado),
duty reduced from 7.50 and 9 nail' per oz. to 4 and
4.80 reals.

The duty on mules, of which great numbers are
smuggled in from France, are reduced as follows :
Under one year, from 76 to 60 reals each; from 1
to 3 years, from 190 to 100 reals each; from 3 years
and upwards, from 254 to 170 reals each.

An account of these changes to be given to the
Cortes.

CHRIST S HOSPITAL.
Yesterday being St. M itthew's•day, the Lord Mayor,
accompanied by the Sheriffs and other civic authorities,
proceeded in state, accord:tie to annual custom, from
the Mansion-house to Christ's Hospital, for the purpose
of being present at the delivery of the orations of the
senior scholars, appointing officers for the ensuing year,
&o. Previous to the delivery of the orations in the
Great Hall, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs attended divine
service at Christ Church, Newgeite-street, where a ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. John A. L. Airoy, M.A.,
of Pembroke College, and one of the Masters of the
Merchant Tailors' School. The junior scholars to the
number of 700 occupied seats at the east end of the hall,
upon each side of the organ, the Lord Mayor and
olf thearge
go-
vernors being seated at the opposite extremity. The
number of persons present could not have fallen far
centre short of 2,000. The Rev. E. Rice, D.D., the head
etlhireereede . A e
master, and the other masters of the school were seated
m platformediatelywhbiechhintdhethoerationswere d in
immediately
from
number of the clergy were present on the occasion.
The following is a list of the orations 13.
delivered,
with
the names of the scholars:—
Latin Oration, on the benefits of the Royal Hospitals.
Richard Alfred Lloyd, second Grecian,
ing to Pembroke College, Cambridge, who
is
proceed-
ing
Oration, on the same subject,
Henry Dove
Sweating, first Grecten; Mathernwical Medallist, 1851; Classical Medallist, Montefiore Prizeman and Richards'
proceeding to
Medallist, 1852; who isQ ot. John's Co l-
lege, Cambridge.
Greek Oration, on the same subject, Hadarezer Henry
Stone, sixth Grecian, who is proceeding to Pembroke
College Cambridge.
French Oretiein
011 the same subject, John George
Gauntlett, third Grecian, who is proceeding to Worcester
College, OxFord, as Thompson Scholar.
Latin AlettiCS, 011 Naples, Henry Thomas Armfield,
tenth Grecian.
Lalk Elegtees, en "Alfred the Great," Henry Rogers
Jevers, seventh Grecian.
of King cenry's Address
Greek lambics translation
kspere)
to his Soldiers (from She , John Wilberforce
Doran, fourth Grecian.
Latin Sapphics, onUlysses Redux," James Mao-
kenzie Maclean, eleventh Grecian.
Latin Hexameters, Translation from " Young's Last
Day," Claude Hu
bert Perez, eighth Grecian.
Greek Sapphics, on " nemesis Fluvius," Henry
Grecian; M
ianathematicsl Medalist, 1852.
Ludlow, fifth "The Electric Telegraph,"
Latin Hexameters, on
Richards' Prize Composition, Henry Dove Sweeting, first
ds'
Grecian.
Boglish Poem, on " The British Empire in the East
Indies," Charles William Paxton Watts, ninth Grecian.
The whole of the orations were well received, and the
style in which they were delivered reflected eonsidrable
credit on the scholars. The Latin hexameters by B.
D. Sweeting, who also delivered the English oration,
were awarced the first medal, to be in future annually
adjudged under the will of the late Rev. G. Richards,
D.D., a governor, and formerly an exhibitioner of
Christs' Hospital. The composition of Lloyd, who de-
livered the Latin oration on the benefits of the royal
hospitals, was stated by the ezeiminers to be very nearly
equal in merit to that of the successful competitor. Th
French oration by Gauntlett was delivered with e
spirit and excellent judgment, and was warmly great
ap-
plauded, as were also the Greek translation in
iasebi
of King Henry's address to his soldiers from Shak-
spere, and the translation from Young's e Last Day" in
Latin hexameters, recited by Claude Hubert Pares.
The allusions in the Englisia oration to the lamented
decease of the Duke of W ellington excited the deepest
interest.
The following lines in the poem on "British India,"
by Charles Watts, were loucl4 applauded:—
" The veteran chief, the hero of our age,
His earliest laurels reaped on India's shore,
When burst the storm of vengeful
Tippoo's rage,
And Assessheard the victor's cannon roar.
E'en though he sleeps, to crown the fight no more,
Still will each Briton point with honest pride
Where W elliugton in fame began to soar,
Ere that, beyond the Douro's silvery side.
The countless hosts of France he gallantly defied!"
The orations having been brought to a conclusion, the
Officers, I,ccording to usage,
laid their staves of office be-
fore the Lord Msyor, and
were re-appointed for the en-
suing year. In the meantime the "white glove" was
handed round for the benefit of the young gentlemen
about to proceed to College, and the gentle appeal ap-
peered to b© warmly responded to. The national anthem
was then sung
most leerily by the
junior scholars, and
the Lord
Mayor and civic authorities left the building
in the same state as that in which they had arrived. A
considerable concourse of persons were assembled in
Newgatesstreet to witness the equipage.
In the evening the boys of the school partook of the
usual substantial entertainment provided on these occa-
sions.

CRIONPT.—ELFVEN OP ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO
og ScrLAND.-012 Saturday this match was brought to
its conclusion, the result being that the representatives of
Scotland were vanquished in one innings by eight runs.
The fullowing it the score : —Scotland, first innings, 53;
second innings, 71 the Eleven, fiat juin', 132.