The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-14 00:00:00

IN COUNCIL,

At the Court, at Carlton.llouse,. the list of
July; 18tH.—Present, the IC t No's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Wlceres is by an Act, passed in the third year of his Majesty's
reign, intitsded " An Act' to regulate the trade between his
" Majesty`Spossessions in America and the West Indies, and
" other places in America and the West Indies," certain
articles enumerated in the schedule B. annexed to the said Act,
are permitted to be imported; into certain ports in his Majesty's
said dominions r and whereas some of the said articles are sub.
ject, on importation into the said ports, to the payment of cer-
tido duties, according to the rates set limit in schedule C an.
nexed to the said Adt ; and whereas by an Act, passediin the
forth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled " An.Acf audio-
" rise his Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the
" duties and drawbacks on goodsimparted or exported in foreign
"vessels, and to ex era pt certain foreign veasels*orn pilotage," his
Majesty is authorized, by and with the advice of his Privy Coun-
cil, or by his Majesty's Order or Orders in Council, to be pub- I
fished from time to, time iu the London Gazette, whenever it
shall be deemed expedient, to' levy and charge any additional
duty or dirties of Customs, or to withhold the payment of any
drawbacks, bounties, or allowances upon any goods, wares, or
merchandise imported into or exported front the United king-
dom, or imported into or exportedfrom any of his Majesty's
dominions, in vessels belonging to any foreign country in
which higher duties shall have been levied, or smaller draw-
backs, bounties, or allowances granted upon goods, wares, or
merchandize when imported into or exported front such foreign
country in British vessels, than are levied or granted
upon similar goods, wares, or merchandize when imported
or exported in vessels of such country, provided always that,
such additional or countervailing duties so to be imposed, and
drawbacks, bounties, or allowances-sit to he withheld as afore--
said, shall not be of greateramount than may deemed fairly to
countervail the difference of duty, drawbaCk, bounty, or allow-
ance paid or granted on goods, wares, or merchandise imported
into or exported from such foreign country in British vessels,
more or less than the duties, drawbacks, bounties, .or allow-
ances there charged or granted upon similar goods, wares, or
merchandise imported into or exported from such foreign
country in vessels of such country and whereas British yes.
sets entering the ports of the United States, from the ports
of his Majesty's possessions in America or the West In-
dies, with cargoes consisting of articles of growth, produce,
or manufacture of the said possessions, are charged with
a duty of one dollar per ton for tonnage duties and light monty,
and a discriminating duty of ten per cent., is charged on the
cargoes of such vessels, to which vessels of the United States,:
anti cargoes of the same description, entering the ports of those
States from the ports of the said dominions are not subject;
Ilis Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the said
last recited Act, and with the advice of his Privy Council,
is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and
after the date of this Order there shall be charged on all
vessels of the United States which shall enter any of the
ports of his Majesty's possessions in America, or the West
Indies, with articles of the growths production, or manufacture
of the said States, a duty of four shilthigs and three pence
sterling for each and every ton burthen of such vessela, equal
(as nearly us may be) to ninety-four cents of the money of the
United States, anti being the difference between the tonnage
duty payable by vessels of the United States and British vessels
entering any of the ports of the said United States, from any
ports of his Majesty's dominions in America or the 'West
Indies above enumeratetl, and further an addition of ten per
cent. upon the duties set forth in table C above referred to, on
any of the articles therein enumerated, which may be imported
in any such vessel of the said States ; such duties to be levied,
collected, and applied in tile same manner, and to the same
purposes, as the duties levied under the authority of the said
-Act of the third year of his Majesty's. reign ; and the Right
Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Itlikiesty's Trea-
sury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
JAS. 13U141.E1Z.
[The foregoing Article is of so much importance to the com-
mercial world, that it ought to have obtained an: earlier inset.•
tion in the public Prints.]