The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT DUTIES.

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A communication has been received by the Com-
missioners of Customs from one of the secretaries to
the Treasury, stating that he has been commanded
by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury to call their attention to the resolutions re-.
spouting rum, &c., which were agreed to by the
House of Commons on the 19th instant, of which he
was directed to transmit a copy, and that in accordance
with the said resolutions he was to desire that the Commis-
sioners would take the necessary steps for the admission
of rum, &c., at the rates of duty therein specified, under
the usual conditions of the parties abiding the ultimate
decision of Parliament. In pursuance of this order from
the Lords of the Treasury, the commissioners have caused
copies of the resolutions referred to to be furnished to
the principal officers of the Customs department in Lon-
don, and throughout the several ports of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for their informa-
tion and government, with directions to take care that,
the same be duly obeyed. The following is a copy of
the resolution referred to:—
Rum, &c., duties.—Resolution reported :
That, iu lieu of the duties of customs now chargeable
on the articles undermentioned imported into the United
Kingdom, the following duties shall be charged, viz. :
Spirits or strong waters--For every gallon of such
spirits or strong waters, of any strength not exceeding
the strength of proof by Syke's hydrometer, and so in
proportion for any greater or less strength than the
strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity
than a gallon, viz.:—

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Spirits or strong waters, the produce of any British
plantation in America, not being sweetened spirits,
or
spirits mixed with any article, so that the degree of
strength cannot be exactly ascertained by such hydro-
meter—

If imported into England, the gallon Bs. 2d.
Ditto Scotland
Ditto Ireland ... ..• •••. 3 0

Rum, the produce of any British possession within the
limits of the East India Company's charter, not being
sweetened spirits or spirits so mixed as aforesaid, in re-
gard to which the conditions of the Act 4 Viet., cap. s,
have or shall have been fulfilled :
If imported into England, the gallon Bs. 2d.
Ditto, Scotland 4 0
Ditto, Ireland

Rum shrub, however sweetened, the produce of and
imported from such possessions, in regard to which the
conditions of the Act 4 Viet., cap. 8, have or shall have
been fulfilled, or the produce of or imported from any
British possession in America—
If imported into England, the gallon ... 83. 2d.
Ditto, Scotland ... 4 0
Ditto, Ireland 3 0
Resolutions agreed to July 18, 1848.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT PUTNEY BRIDGE.
—The two young men who lost their lives on Sunday
evening by the upsetting of a skiff, near Putney-bridge,
have been recognised to be Francis Thomas Walters,
aged twenty, and George Paradise, aged twenty-one,
both of Chelsea. A coroner's inquest has been held on
the bodies, and a verdict of accidental death returned.
The bodies of the two young females, who also lost their
lives on the same occasion, have, it is stated, since the
holding of the inquest been found locked in each other's
arms. Their names are ascertained to be Mary Anne
Reader, and Catherine Allen, both of Oakham-street,
Chelsea,

TOTAL LOSS OF THE ROYAL WEST INDIAN MAIL
SCHOONER LEE.—Yesterday the authorities at Lloyd's
received information of the total loss of the above-named
vessel. She was on a passage to Belize from Havannah,
and struck on the 10th of last mouth, on a formidable
rock called Glover's reef, about sixty miles northward
of the former port. She is understood to have been in-
sured to some extent. The passengers and mails were
fortunately saved.