The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-19 00:00:00

PERNAMBUCO.

Therl having been laid before the King a Note of Mr. E.
Ward, Charge d'Affaires of his Britannic .Majesty in this
Court, of the Ist instant, accompanied by a letter of the Consul-
General of the same nation at Brazil, of the 28th February
last, relating to the revision of the tariff of Customs in that
kingdom, for the valuation of the British manufactures, and
the order of the Sovereign Congress in this respect ' • his Ma-
jesty orders, by the Secretary of State for the Affairs of Finance,
that the Provisional Junta of the Province of Pernambuco
shall immediately issue the necessary orders to the Director of
the Customs, and other competent authorities, to proceed with-
out loss of time to the reform of the said tariff, conformably to
the 15th article of the treaty of commerce, concluded between
this crown and his Britannic Majesty, and to remit the result
through the Secretary of the same department to be presented
to the Sovereign Congress.
Given at the Palace of Queluz, this 11th of March, 1822.
JOSE IGNACIO DA COSTA.

A similar order has been addressed to the Provisional Juntas
of the provinces of Rio de Janeiro, M aranhnm, Para, Paraiba,
St. Paulo, Ceara, Rio Grande de S. Pedro do Sul, Santa Ca-
thania, and Alagoas.
Besides the above circular to the Junta of Brazil, another
has been addressed to them, reprobating the arbitrary proceed-
indgs which have been complained of 'by the British Govern-
ment, of exacting, besides the regular duties on British manu-
factures, an additional and arbitrary sum to cover the increase
of the duty which may arise from the new or future tariff—a
practice hilly lamentable, and contrary to the treaties happily
subsistingetween the two nations.
The following is a Decree issued by the Cortes
for the regulation of trade between Portugal and
Brazil :

" fl. The commerce between the kingdoms of Portugal, Bra-
zils and Algarves, shall be considered as of provinces of the
same continent. _ _

" 2. Vessels of national construction and Portuguese pro-
perty shall be allowed to carry on trade from port to port in all
the Portuguese possessions. All vessels of foreign construction,
king Portuguese property at the time of the publication of the
present decree, are considered as of Portuguese construction.
" 3. The produce of the agriculture and industry of Portu-
gal, Brazils, and Algarves, exported from one port to another,
shall be exempted from all duty outwards, and only pay one
per cent. on total value as fees. Wine, however, Shall besides
pay one per cent: ; and also the duties mortgaged for the liqui-
dation of the National Debt, which shall be discounted from the
duties the said wines may have to pay in the ports where they
are consumed. _ _ _ .

" 4. Gold and silver in bars, and national coin, going from
one Portuguese possession to another, shall be free of duties.
" 5. As soon as possible, a perfect equality shall be esta-
blished in the united kingdom, as well as uniformity in the na-
tional coin.

" 6. An equal system of weights and measures shall also be
established as soon as possible.
" 7. The importation of sugar, tobacco, cotton, coffee, cocoa,
and rum, intended for consumption, and not being the growth
of the Brazils, is prohibited is Portugal and Algaise.
" 8. Other articles, being the produce of the Brazils, and im-
ported in the said ports for consumption, shall continue to pay
the present duties ; and those not being the growth of the Bra-
zils may be admitted on payment of double duties.
" 9. In the Brazils the entry for consumption of wine, vine-
gar, brandy, and salt, not being the produce of Portugal, and
Algarve and Islands, is prohibited.
" 10. Other articles being the produce of Portugal Algarve,
and Islands, entered in the said ports of Brazil, shall pay the
existing duties.
" 11. Articles, being the produce of the industry of Portugal
and Algarve, shall be'admitted into the ports of Brazils for con-
sumption, free of duties.
" 12.. Articles being the produce of the industry of Brazils
shall be admitted into Portugal and Algarve, free of duties.
" 13.. All foreign articles shall continue to be admitted into
Brazils on payment of the same Odes as in Portugal, and those
not admitted into Portugal shall pay 30 per cent. ad valorem.
" 14. The tariffs which are to tlx the duties of consumption
shall be equal, as well in Portugal as Brazils, for all articles
being the produce of foreign industry."