The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-30 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
IN SENATE, DEC. 27.
The following bilk from the House were taken up, read
twice, and referred :
An act to explain an act entitled an act to reduce the duties
on cf,ffee, tea, and cocoa, passed the 20th May, 1830.
Referred to tie Committee on Finance.
An act to establish a Land-office in the territory of
Michigan.—Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
An act to amend an act entitled an act to alter and
mt nd an act to set apart a portion of the public lands for
the cultivation of the vine and olive.—Referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
The bill supplementary to an act entitled an act to
authorize the Secretary of Florida to open a C mat through
the public lands of the United States, between the Chipola
River and St. Andrew's-bay, and from Matanzas to Hali-
fax River, approved March 2, 1832, was read a third time
passed.—Adjourned

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THE TARIFF.

Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, reported the subjoined bill.
Mr. Verplanck stied that the Committee had also pre-
pared a report to accompany the bill; but owing to some
delay is copying some of the statistical statements accom-
panying it, the report would not be in readiness for pre-

sent ition before to-morrow.
The bill was then read at the clerk's table as follows :
A bill to reduce and otherwise alter the duties on

imports.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United Statea of America, in Congress as-
sembled, that, from and after the 3d day of March, in
the year of our Lord 1833, there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported
into the United States, in place of the duties heretofore
laid by law, the several duties hereinafter mentioned, for,
during, and until the several respective periods hereinafter
specified,• that is to say :
1. On wool unmanufactured, the value whereof at the
place of exportation shall exceed eight cents. the pound,
and on woollen and worsted twist and yarn, a duty at and
after the rate of 35 dollars for every hundred dollars value
thereof, until the 2(1 day of March, in the year 1834, in-
elusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 25
dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof, until the
211 day of March, 1835, inclusive, and thereafter a duty
at and after the rate of 15 dollars for every hundred dollars

value thereof.
All wool samanufactured, the value whereof, at the place
of exportation, shall not exceed eight cents, the pound,
shall be free of duty, from and after the 3d day of March,
1833. Provided, that wool imported on the skin shall
be estimated as to weight and value as other wool ; and
provided further, that wool mixed with dirt, or other
materiel, and they reduced in value to eight cents the
pound, or under, shall he appraised at such price as in the
opinion of the appraisers it would have cost had it not
been so mixed, and a duty thereon shall be charged in
conformity with such appraisement.
2. On all milled and fulled cloths, known by the names
of plains, kerseys, or Kendal cottons, of which wool shall
be the only material, the value whereof, at the place of
exportation, shall not exceed 35 cents. the square yard,
and on all blankets, the value whereof at the place of
exportation shall not exceed 75 cents. each, a duty at and
alter the rate of five dollars for every hundred dollars

value thereof.
On worsted stuff goods, shawls, bombasins, poplins,
tabinets, and all other manufactures of silk and worsted,
a duty at and after the rate of ten dollar, for ever hun-
dred dollars value thereof.
On coach lace a duty at, and after the rate of, 25 dollars
for every hundred dollars value thereof.
3. On blankets, other then those hereinbefore spe-
cified, a duty at and after the rate of 25 dollars for every
hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2tl day of March,
1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate
of 15 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof.
4. On carpets, corpetings, flannels, bockings, baizes,
cloth., kerseymeres, merino shawls, and all other woollen
manufactures, or of which wool is a component parr,
except as herein otherwise provided, and on ready-made
clothing, a duty at and after the rate of 40 dollars for
every hundred dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of
March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and
after the rate of 30 dollars for every hundred dollars value
thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1835, inclusive, and
thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for
every hundred dollars value thereof.
5. On woollen and worsted hosiery, mite, gloves,
stockinet', and on worsted bindings, a duty at and after
the rate of 20 dollars fee every hundred dollars value
thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and
thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 10 dollars for
every hundred dollars value thereof.
6. On all manufactures of cotton costing not more than
25 cents. the square yard at the place of exportation, a
duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars for every hundred
dollars value thereof, until the 2d day of March, 1834,
inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 20
dollars for every bun& ed dollars value thereof.
On ad other manufactures of cotton, or of cotton and
silk, not herein otherwise specified, a duty at and after the
rate of 25 dollars for every hundred dollars value thereof,
until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter
a duty at and after the rate of 20 dollars for every hundred
dollars value thereof.
On nankeens imported direct from China, a duty at and
after the rate of 15 dollars on every one hundred dollars
value thereof.
On cotton hosiery, mite, gloves, and stockinets, and on
cotton twist, yarn, and thread, a duty at and after the rate
of 20 dollars for every one hundred dollars value thereof,
until the 2d day of March, 183/, inclusive, and there-
after a duty at and after the rate of 10 dollars for every
one hundred dollars value thereof.
7. On iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured in
whole or in part by rolling, a duty at and after the rate
of 18 dollars the ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834,
inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 15
dollars the ton.
On bar and bolt iron made wholly or in part by rolling,
a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars the ton, until the
2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty
of 24 dollars the ton ; provided that all iron in slabs,
blooms, or other form less finished than iron in bars or
bolts, and more advanced than pig iron, except castings,
shall be rated as iron in bars and bolts, and pay duty ac-
cordingly. All scrap and old iron shall pay a duty of 12
dollars and 50 cents. the ton. Nothing shall be deemed
old iron that has not been in actual use, and fit only to be
unmanufactured, and all pieces of iron except old, of more
than 6 inches in length, or of sufficient length to be made
into spikes and halts, shall he rated as bar, bolt, rod, or
hoop iron, as the case may be, and pay duty accordingly.
All manufactures of iron partly finished shall pay the same
rates of duty as if entirely finished ; all vessels of cast iron
and all castings of iron, with handles, rings, hoops, or other
addition of wrought iron, shall pay the same rates of duty
as if made entirely of cast iron.
8. On iron in pigs, a duty at and after the rate of 50
cent. per every 1121bs. weight, until the 2d day of
March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after
the rate of 40 cents. for every 1121bs. weight , on cast
iron vessels, and all other castings of iron, a duty at and
after the rate of 1 cent. the pound.
9. On steel a duty at and after the rate of one dollar
and 50 cents. for every 112 pounds weight, until the 2d
flay of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty of
one dollar for every 112 pounds weight.
10. On manufactures of iron and of steel, not herein
enumerated, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the
several rates of duty provided by existing laws, until the
2,1 day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter the low-
est rate of duty which should have been payable on the
rime, either under the act of the 27th of April, 1816, en-
titled " an act to regulate the duties on imports and ton-
nage"—or by virtue of the acts of the 13th of July, 1832,
entitled "an act to alter and annul the several acts im-
posing duties on imports."
11. On hemp, a duty at and after the rate of 35 dollars
the ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and
thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 30 dollars per ton.
12. On cordage tarred, a duty at and after the rate of
four cents. the pound until the 211 day of March, 1834,
inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of two
cents. the pound.
On cordage untamed, and on yarn, twine, and pack-
thread, a duty at and after the rate of five cents. the pound
until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and there-
after a duty at and after the rate of three cents the pound.
13. On cotton bagging, a duty at and after the rate
of 15 dollars for every 100 dollars value thereof.
14. On all manufactures of hemp or of flax not herein
enumerated, a duty at and after the rate of 15 dollars fur
every 100 dollars value thereof.
15. On spirits from grain, a duty at and after the fol

lowing rates, to wit—on first proof a duty of 20 cents. per
gallon; of second proof, of 23 cents. the gallon; of third
proof, of 26 cents. the gallon ; of fourth proof, of 30 cents.
the gallon ; of fifth proof, of 30 cents. the gallon ; and
over fifth proof, of •40 cents. the gallon ; on spirits from
all other materials than grain, a duty at and after the lol-
lowing rates, to wit—of first and second proof of IS cents.
the gallon, of third proof of 21 cents, the gallon, of fourth

plod of 26 cents. the gallon,. of fifth proof of 30 cents.
the gallon, and over fifth proof of 36 cents. the gallon.
16. On salt a duty at and after the rate of 8 cents. the
bushel, until the 2d of March, 1831, inclusive, and there-
after a duty at and after the rate of 5 cents. the bushel.
17. On olive oil in casks, a duty at and after the rate
of 15 cents. the gallon, until the 2d day of Mach, 1834,
inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 10

cents, the gallon.
18. On brown sugar, and on syrup of sugar cane in
casks, a duty at anti after the rate of 21 cents. the pound,
until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter
a duty at and after the rate of 2 cents. the pound. On
white clayed sugar, a duty at and after the rate of 3 cents.
the pound, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive,
and thereafter a duty at and after the rate of 21 cents. the
pound. On sugar candy and other refined sugar a duty at
and after the rate of 10 cents. the pound.
19. On molasses a duty at and after the rate of 4 cents.
the gallon.
20. On coffee a duty at and after the rate of one cent.
the pound.
21. On teas, from and after the 3d day of March,
1834, a duty at and after the rates following :—to wit,
on imperial gunpowder anti gama, hysen and young hyena,
10 cents. the pound. On by eon skin and other green,
sonchong and other black, except bohea, 6 cents. the
pound, and on hohea 3 cents. the pound.
22. On all manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall
be a component part, coming from beyond the Cape of
Good Hope, a duty at and after the rare of 20 dollars for
every 100 dollars value thereof ; and on all other manu-
factures of silk, or of which silk is a component part, a
duty at and after the rate of 12 dollars and 50 cents. for
every 100 dollars value thereof.
23. On all printed hooks, in other languages than
Latin, Greek, or English, whether bound or unbound,
if printed less than 30 years before the time of their im-
portation, a duty at and after the rate of 4 cents. the
volume.

On all printed books in Latin and Greek, if printed

less than 30 years before the time of their importation, a
duty at and after the rate of 12711 cents. the pound weight,
when bound ; and when unbound, a duty at and after the
rate of 10 cents. the pound weight.
On all other printed books, printed less than 30 years
before the date of their importation, when bound, a duty
at and after the rate of 25 cents. the pound weight, and
when unbound, a duty at and after the rate of 20 cents.
the pound weight.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that, in addition to
the several articles made free of duty by the act of the llth
of July, 1832, the following articles shall be admitted
free of duty from and after the 3d of March, 1833, that
is to say, cotton, wool, indigo, and printed books in wl,at-
ever language, printed 30 years before the date of their
importation.
24. On all articles not herein enumerated there shall
be levied, collected, and paid, the lowest rate of duty,
calculated upon the value of the article, which would have
been payable on the satne, either under the act of the 27th
of April, 1816, entitled, " An act to regulate the duties
on imp irts and tonn ige," or by virtue of the act of the
14th of July, 1832, entitled " An act to alter and amend
the several acts imposing duties on imports." Such rate
of duty being calculated upon the value of the article at
the place whence imported, estimated according to the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that so much of the
fifth section of the act of the 14th of July, 1832, entitled
" An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing
duties on imports," as repeals the existing laws, requiring
teas, when imported in vessels of the United States from
places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, to be weighed,
marked, and certified, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
And the residue of the said section, and the whole of
the 6th, 7th, Sth, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th,
15th, 16th, and 17th sections of the said act of the 14th
July, 1832, be, and the same are, discontinued, i❑ the
same manner as if they had been inserted in and re-enacted
by this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that the several laws
heretofore existing shall extend to, and be in force for the
collection and remission of all duties imposed by thin act,
and for the prosecution and punishment of all offences, the
recovery, collection, distribution, and r mission of all fines,
penalties, and forfeitures, and for the allowance of all
drawbacks heretofote and hereby authorized, as fully and
effectually as if every regulation, restriction, prohibition,
offence, fine, penalty, forfeiture, allowance, drawback,
provision, clause, matter, and thing, power, duty, and
authority, in the several heretofore existing laws contained,
had been inserted in, re-enacted, and m ide applicable to
this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, that all acts and
parts of acts, repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the
provisions hereof, shall be, and the same are hereby re-
pealed ; provided always, that all laws heretofore existing
shall, nevertheless, continue in full force, so far forth only
48 the same may be necessary for the prosecution and
punishment of all offences which have been or shall he
committed contrary thereto, and for the recovery, collec-
tion, distribution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and
forfeitures, which have bee❑ or shall be incurred under
the operation thereof, and for the allowance of all di iiIV•
back authorized, accruing, or hereafter to accrue under, or
by virtue of the said laws, or any of them, in as full and
ample a manner as if the same were not hereby repealed.
On the motion of Mr. Verplanek, the bill was committed
to a Committee of the whole House on the state of the

Union.
The following resolutions, moved by Mr. Adams, came
up for consideration.
Resolved—That the President of the United States be
requested to communicate to this Howe a copy of his pro-
clamation, dated on the 10th instant, and of the Ordinance
of a Convention held in the State of South Carolina, to
which it refers.
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, moved the question of consi-
deration, viz.—whether the House will, at this time, con-
sider the resolution, and demanded the yeas and nays
upon it.
The question on consideration was then taken and de-
cided by yeas and nays as follows :—Yeas, 65 ; Nays, 106.
So the House refused, at this time, to consider the
resolution.

SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Charleston papers, received yesterday, furnish the
following important proceedings of the Legislature on the
19th:—
Mr. Preston,from the Committee on Federal Relations,
made a report on the proclamation of the President of the
United States, as follows :