The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-31 00:00:00

AMERICAN TARIFF.

We yesterday mentioned that we would select
some of the rates in the tariff now proposed by the
American Congress, and compare them with the
amount of duties in the tariff of last year, in order
that the English public might see the extent of the
reductions which are made, with the pto,pect of
satisfying the southern states. It is needles to ;o
at length into the subject; probribly the following
enumeration may be thought sufficient :

EXISTING TARIFF.
Wool, 40 per cent.

PROPOSED MODIFICATION.
35 per cent, for the year 1833,
25 fo3
Woollens manufactured, 50 SO perr celB nt4. after May, 1834,
per cent. Blankets, 25 per to be reduced to 20 per cent
cent.
afterwards.
Hosiery, Woollen, Linen, 10 per cent. after 1834.
and Cotton, 25 per cent.
Cotton-yarn, 25 per cent.
Cotton-manufactures, 25 per 20 per cent, after 1834.
rent.
The last item which we shall select is iron, and the
following are the two tariffs relative to this article :

EXISTING TARIFF.
Iron in bars or bolts, not nianufaatured in whole
or in part by rolling, also all iron in slabs, blooms,
or other forms less finished than iron in bars or
bolts, and mere advanced than pig iron, except
castings, per cwt., 90 cents.
Ditto bar and bolt, made wholly or in part by
rolling, per ton, 30 dollars.
Ditto in pigs, cwt., 50 cents.
Ditto, cast, vessels of, with or without appendages
of wrought iron, such as handles, hoops, not
otherwise specified, per pound, 1 cent.
Ditto, all other castings of, not other wise specified
ditto, 1 cent.

Ditto, round or braziers' rods of 3-16ths to R-16ths
of an inch diameter inclusive, and on iron in nail or
spike rods, or nail plates, slit, rolled, or hammered,
and iron in sheets and hoop iron, and on iron, slit,
rolled, or hammered for band-iron, scroll-iron, or
casement rods, ditto, 3 cents.
Ditto, scrap or old,—all pieces of iron, except
old, of more than 6 inches in length, or of sufficient
length to be made in spikes or bolts, to be rated
accordingly as bar, bolt, rod, or hoop iron, ton, P.?
dollars, 50 cents.

Ditto, manufactures, or of which iron is a com-
ponent part (not otherwise specified), per cent.,
25 dollars.

Ditto, manufactures of, partly finished, same as
entirely finished.

Ditto, or steel wire, not exceeding N 0.14, pound,
5 cents.

Iron ditto, exceeding No. 14, ditto, 9 cents.
Ditto, square wire used for the manufacture of
stretchers for umbrellas, and cut in pieces, not ex-
ceeding the length used for that purpose, per cent.,
12 dollars.

Iron spikes, pound, 4 cents.
Ditto nails, cut or wrought, ditto, 5 cents.
Ditto tacks, brads, and sprigs, not exceeding
16 oz. to 1,000, 1,000, 5 cents.
Ditto, exceeding 16 oz. ditto, pound, 5 cents.
Ditto, anvils and anchors, and all parts thereof
manufactured, in whale or in part, ditto, 2 cents.
Ditto, cables or chains, or parts thereof, manu-
factured in whole or in part, without benefit of draw-
back, pound, 3 cents.

Ditto mill-cranka and mill-irons of wrought iron,
ditto, 4 cents.

Ditto, mill-saws, each 1 dollar.
Ditto, blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, pound,
21 cents.

Ditto, axes, adzes, hatchets, drawing-knives,
cutting-knives, sickles, or reaping-hooks, scythes,
spades, shovels, squares of iron or steel, plated,
brass and polished steel, saddlery, coach and harness
furniture of all descriptions, steely mds, scale-beams,
socket-chisels, vices and screws of iron, called wood-
screws, per cent. 30 dollars.

All articles manufactured in whole of sheet, rod,
hoop, bolt, bar iron, or of iron wire, or of which sheer,
rod, hoop, bolt or bdr iron, or iron wire, shall cunstit tile
the greatest weight, and which are not otherwise
specified, shall pay the same duty that is charged
on sheet, rod, hoop, bolt, or bar iron, or iron wise
of the same number respectively, but the duty is in
no case to be less than, ditto, 25 dollars.

PROPOSED TARIFF.
On iron in bars or bolts, not manufactured in
whole or in part by rolling, a duty at and after the
tate of 18 dollars the ton, until the 2d day of
March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and
after the rate of 15 dollar: the ton.

On bar and bolt iron made wholly or in part by
rolling, a duty at and after the rare of 30 dollars the
ton, until the 2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, arid
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 casting•, shall be rated as iron
in bars and bolts, and pay duty accordingly.
0.1 iron pigs, a duty at and after the rate of 50
cents per every 1121 b. weight, until the 2d day of
March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a duty at and
after the rate of 40 cents for every 1121 b. weight ;
on cast iron vessels, and all other castings of iron,
a duty at and after the rate of 1 cent per pound.
All scrap and old iron shall pay a duty of dol-
lars 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 six inches in length, or of suffi-
cient length to be made into spikes and bolts, shall
be 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, ,hall pay the same
rate of duty as if made entirely of cast iron.
On steel a duty at and after the rate of one dol-
lar and 50 cents for every 1121 b. weight, until the
2d day of March, 1834, inclusive, and thereafter a
duty of one doll►►r for every 1121 b. weight.
On manufactures of iron and steel not herein enu-
merated, there shall be levied, collected, arid paid,
the several rates of duty provided by existing lAws,
until the 2d of March, 1834, inclusive, arid there-
after the lowest rate of duty which should have been
payable on the same, either under the act of the
27th of April, 1816, entitled " An act to regulate
the duties on imports and tonnage," or by v►rtue or
the act of the 13th of July, 1832, entitled " An act
to alter and annul the several acts imposing duties
on imports."

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
Emit India House, when Captain HIEN" HARKIs, of the
ship Lowther Castle, took leave of the Court, previous
to his departure for St. Helena, Bombay, and China,

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