The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENpTO, FEBRUARY 13, U6o`.

of which salt is the basis, the Excise or Inland duties shall
be added to the amount of the above specified duties.
AxTICLI 11.
His Imperial Majesty engages to reduce the import duties
in France on British coal and *eke to the amount of lbc.
for the hundred kilogrammes, with the addition of the two
decimes.
His Majesty the Emperor also engages, within four oars
from the date of the ratification of the present treaty, to
establish upon the importation of coal and coke by land and
by sea a uniform duty, which shall not exceed that which
is fixed by the preceding paragraph.
ARTICLE 111.
It is understood that the rates of duty mentioned in the
preceding articles are independent of the differential duties
m favour of French shipping, with which duties they shall
not interfere.

ARTICLE IV.
The duties of ad valorem stipulated in the present treaty
shall be calculated on the value at the place of production
or fabrication of tho object imported, with the addition of
the cost of transport. insurance, and commission necessary
for the importation into France, as far as the port of dis-

charge.
For the levying of these duties the importer shall make
a written declaration at the Custom-house, stating the
value and description of the goods imported. If the Cus-
tom-house authorities shall be of opinion that the declared
value is insufficient, they shall be at liberty to take the
goods on paying to the importer the price declared, with
an addition of d per cent.
This payment, togethea with the restitution of any duty
which may have been levied upon such goods, shall be
made within 15 days following the declaration.
ARTICLE V.
Her Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to Parlia-
ment to enable her to abolish the duties of importation on
the following atticles !
Sulphuric acid, and other mineral acids.
Agates anL cornelians, set.
Lucifers of every description.

Percussion caps.
Arms of every description.

Jewels, set.

Toys.

Corks.
Brocade of gold and silver.
Embroideries and needlework of every description.
Brass and bronze manufactures, and bronzed metal.
Canes, walking canes or sticks, umbrella or parasol sticks
mounted, painted, or otherwise ornamented.
Irate, of whatever substance they may be made.
Gloves, stockings, socks, and other articles of cotton or
linen, wholly or in part made up.
Leather manufactures.
Lace manufactured of cotton, wool, silk, or linen.
Manufactures of iron and steel.
Machinery and mechanical instruments, tools, and other
instruments.
Cutlery and other articles of steel, iron, or cast iron.
Fancy ornaments of steel and iron.
Articles covered with copper by galvanic process.
Millinery and artificial flowers.
Raw fruits.
Gloves and other leather articles of clothing.
Manufactures of caoutchouc and gutta pereha.
Oils.
Musical instruments.
Worsted and woollen shawls, plain, printed, or patterned.
Coverlids, woollen gloves, and other worsted and woollen
manufactures not enumerated,
Handkerchiefs and other manufactures not enumerated,
of linen and hemp.
Perfumery ; cabinet ware, carved work, and turnery of
every description.
Clocks, watches, and opera-glasses.
Manufactures of lead, enumerated or not enumerated.

Feathers, dressed or not.
Goat's and other hair manufactures,
China and porcelain ware.
Stone and earthenware.
Grapes.
Sulphate of quinine.
Salts of morphine.
Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with any other
materials, of whatever description they may be.
Articles not enumerated in the tariff, now paying an ad
valorem duty of 10 per cent. ; subject, however, to such
measures of precaution as the protection of the public reve-
nue may require, against the introduction •f materials
liable to Custom or Excise duties, in the composition of ar-
ticles admitted duty free in virtue •f the present paragraph.

ARTICLE VI.
Her Britannic Majesty engages also to propose to Parlia-
ment that the duties on the importation of French wine be
at once reduced to a rate not exceeding 3s. a gallon, and
that from the let April, 1861, the duties on importation
shall be regulated as follows :-
1. On wine containing less that 15 degrees of proof spirit
verified by Sykes's hydrometer the duty shall not exceed is.
a gallon.
2. On wine containing from 15 to 26 degrees the duty
shall not exceed Is. 6d. a gallon.
3. On wine containing from 26 to 40 degrees the duty
shall not exceed 2s a gallon.
4. On wine in bottles the duty shall not exceed 2s. a
gallon.
5. Wine shall not be imported et any other ports than
those which 'Shall be named for that purpose before the pre-
sent treaty shall come into force, her Britannic Majesty TO-
serving to herself the right of substituting other ports for
those which shall have been originally named, or of in-
creasing the number of them.
The duty fixed upon the importation of wine at ports
other than those named shall be 2s. a gallon.
6. Her Britannic Majesty reserves to herself the power,
notwithstanding the provisions of this article, to- fix the
maximum amount of proof spirit which may be contained in
liquor declared as wine, without, however, the maximum
being lower than 37 degrees.
ARTICLE VII.
Her Britannic Majesty promises to recommend to Parlia-
ment to admit into the United Kingdom merchandise im-
ported from Franctiat.e_ rate of duty equal- to the Excise
duty which is or shall be imposed upon articles of the same
description in the United Kingdom. At the same time the
duty chargeable upon the importation ;of such merchandise
may be augmented by such a sum as shall be an equivalent
for the expenses which the system of Excise may entail upon
the British producer.

ARTICLE VIII.
In accordance with the preceding article, her Britannic
Majesty undertakes to recommend to Parliament the admis-
sion into the United Kingdom of brandies and spirits im-
ported from France at a duty exactly equal 'to the Excise
duty levied upon home-made spirits, with the addition of a
surtax of 2d. a gallon, which will make the actual duty pay-
able on French brandies and spirits Ss. 2d. the gallon.
ller Britannic Majesty also undertakes to recommend to
Parliament the admission of ruin and tafia imported from
the French colonies at the same duty which is or shall be
levied on these same articles imported from the British
colonies.
Her Britannic Majesty undertakes to recommend to Par••
liament tho admission of paper-hangings imported from
France at a duty equal to the excise tax—that is to say, at
1-Is. per cwt. ; and cardboard of the same origin at a duty
which shall not exceed 15s. per cwt.
Her Britannic Majesty further undertakes to recommend
to Parliament the admission of gold and silver plate, im-
ported from France at a duty equal to the stamp or excise
duty which is charged on• British gold and silver plate.
ARTICLE IX.

It is understood between the two high contracting Powers
that if one of them thinks it necessary to establish an excise
tax or inland duty upon any article of home production or
manufacture which is comprised among the preceding enu-
merated articles the foreign imported article of the same
description may be immediately liable to an equivalent duty
on importation.
It is equally understood between the high contracting
Powers that in case the British Government should deem
it necessary to increase the Excise duties levied upon home-
made spirits the duties on the importation of wines may be
modified in the following manner :
For every increase of ls. per gallon of spirits on the
Excise duty there may be on wines which pay Is. 6d. duty
an augmentation not exceeding lid. per gallon; and on
wines,which pay 2s. an augmentation not exceeding 21d.
per gallon.

tion which shall not at [the same time be applidable to all
other nations.

ARTICLE XX.
The present Treaty shall not be valid unless her Britannic
Majesty shall be authorised by the assent of her Parliament
to execute the arrangements contracted by her in the articles
of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE XXI.
The present Treaty shall remain in force for the space of
10 years, to date from the day of the exchangg of ratifications,
and in case neither of the high contracting Powers shall have
notified to the other, 12 months before the expiration
of the said period of ten years, the intention to put
an end to its operation, the Treaty shall continue in force for
another year, and so on from year to year until the expira-
tion of a year, counting from the day on which one or other
of the high contracting Powers shall have announced its in-
tention to nut an end to it.
The Wei contraating rowers reserve to themselves Vie
right to introduce by common consent into this Treaty
any modification which is not opposed to its spirit and prin-
ciples, and the utility of which shall have been shown by ex-
perience.
ARTICLB XXII.
The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications
shall be exchanged at Paris within the period of 15 days, or
sooner if possible.
In faith whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Paris, the 23d day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1860
(L.S.) COWLEY.
(L.S.) RICHARD COBDEN.
(L.S.) V. BAROCHE.
(L'S.) F. ROUHER.

THE BUDGET.

ESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED IN COMMIT-
TELLOR OF EE OF WAYS
THE EXCHEQUER. AND MEANS, BYTHE CHAN-
C

1. CONTRACT NOTES.—That towards raising the supply
granted to her Majesty, the exemption from stamp duty
contained in the Schedule to the Act 55 Geo. 111., chapter
184, and also in, the Schedule to the Act 56 Geo.
chapter 56, in the following words, that is to say, " Memo-
randum, letter, or agreement made for or relating to the
sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise," shall be re-
pealed ; 'and there shall be charged and paid for and upon
every note or memorandum, commonly called a contract
note, for or relating to the sale or purchase of any goods,
waree,,or ,merchandise, or of any stocka, funds, or securities,
r agreement under hand
y
or share or shares of or in' any joint stock or other public
company, and for and upon eve
only, letter, minute, or memorandum made by the 'vendor
an person on their behalf respectively, for
purchase of any goods, matters, or
or
things
relatingn purchaseasaforesaid
e orthe stamp duty'of ld.
2. Dock WARRANTS.—That towarda raising the supply
granted to her Majesty, forand upon any warrant or docu-
ment•commonly called a dock warrant, • or document, by
whatever name the • same • shall bit designated, entitling
or intended to entitle 'any person therein' named, or his as-
signs; or the holder "thereof, to the, property in any goods,
wares, or merchandiselYing. in, any deck or warehouse, or
upon' any wharf; and .also far and upon every transfer of
any such warrant, writing, •or document as aforesaid, there
shall be charged the stamp-duty of3d: • •
3. BILLS, DRAFTS, OR ORDERS,—That towards raising
the supply granted to her Majesty, all bills, drafts, or orders
for the. payment of any sum of money, though not made
payable to the bearer or to order, and whether delivered
to the payer or ' not ; and all writings or documents
entitling or
.intended 'to' entitle to the payment of
any sum of money any person whatever, whether named or
designated therein or. not,. or whether delivered to him or
not, shall respectively be deemed to be bills, drafts, or orders
• for the payment of money chargeable with stamp duty as if
the game had been made payableto bearer or to order.
4.! EXTRACTS—BIRTHS DEATHS, &c.—That towards
iraising the supply-granted to her Majesty, for and upon
every certified copy or extracts of or from any register of
Ibirths, deaths, or marriages, there shall be charged the
`stamp duty of ld.
6. COST Boox.—That towards raising the supply granted
to her Majesty, for and upon every note, instrument, or
writing requesting or authorising the purser or other
officer of any mining company conducted on the cost book
system, to enter in the cost book any transfer of any share
or part of a sham in any mine, or any notice to such
purser or officer of any such transfer as aforesaid,
there shall be charged and paid the stamp duty of 6d.
6. HERITABLE Borins.-i-That towards raising the sup-
ply granted to her Majesty; money secured on heritable
property in Scosland, and money secured by Scotch bondi
in favour of heirs and assignees, excluding executors, shall
be held and interpreted to be moveable property, and shall
be included in any-inventory to be exhibited and recorded
in any_Commissary Courtin Scotland of the estate and effects
of any person deceased entitled thereto, and in England
and Ireland respectively shall be deemed to be estate and
effects for or in respect whereof any probate of will or letters
of administration shall-be granted ; and every such inven•,
tory, probate, and letters of administration shall be charge-
able with stamp duty in respect of such moveable property.
7. AGREEMENTS.—That towards raising the supply
granted to her Majesty; the respective • stamp duties now
chargeable upon any agreement, or any minute or memo-
randum of an agreement, made in England or Ireland under
hand only, or made in Scotland without any clause of regis-
tration, and not otherwise charged nor expressly exempted
from all stamp duty, where the 'matter thereof shah be of
the value of £2O or upwards, whether the same shall be
only evidence of a contract -or obligatory upon the parties
from its being a written instrument, together with every
schedule, receipt, or other matter put or endorsed thereon,
or annexed thereto, shall cease ; and in lieu thereof there
shall be charged for and upon every such agreement, minute,
or memorandum as aforesaid, whether the matter thereof
shall or shall not be of the value of £2O or upwards, the
stamp duty of 6d. And where the. same shall contain
2,160 words, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words
contained therein over and above the first 1,080 words, a
further progressive -duty Of 6d. Provided always, that
where divers letters shall be offered in evidence to prove an
between the yarties who shall have written such
letters, it shall be sufficient if any of , such letters shall be
stamped with a duty of is.
8. BUILDING SOCIETIES.—That towards ' raising the
supply granted to her Majesty, any exemption from-stamp
duty granted or conferred by the • Act 6 and 7 William IV.
chapter 32, for the regulation of Benefit Building Societies
other than the exemptions contained in section Bof the said
Act `ASH cease and be repealed. .
9. AGREEMENTS FOR LEASES.—That towarns 'raising
the supply granted to her Majesty,. every agreement for
a lease ,or tack of any lands, tenements, hereditaments
or 'heritable subjects, and every. agreement, minute, or
memorandura of agreement, containing the terms and con-
ditions on which any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or
heritable subjects are let; held, or occupied, shall be charge-
able with the stamp duty,,,payable on a lease or tack for the
term, rent, consideration, and conditions mentioned in such
agreement, minute, or memorandum. And any lease or
tack of the same lands, tenements, hereditamentt,.er .here-
table subjects, afterwards made in pursuance of, and con-
formably to, any such agreement, minute, or memorandum,
which shall have actually paid the duty payable on such
lease or taoltnS aforesaid, shall not be chargeable with any
higher stamp duty than 25., 6d. exclusive et progressive
duty. Provided alwayi that where an 'such lease or tack
would, but for the last preceding provision, be liable to any
higher rate of stamp duty than 2s 6d. (exclusive as afore-
said), such lease or= tack shall not be available unless
stamped with a particular stamp for denoting or testifying
the payment of the full and proper stamp duty on such
agreement, minute, or memorandum as aforesaid, which
said particular stamp shall bo impreised iiphn such lease or
tack on the same being produced, together with such agree-
ment, minute, or memorandum, and on the whole being
(fitly, executed or signed,- and, duly stamped in all other
respects.
. .
10. PROBATE DUTY.--IrdWERS pr APPOINTMENT.—
That: towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty,
the stamp duties payable by law upon probates of wills and
letters of administration, with a will annexed, in England
and Ireland, 'and ,upon inventories in' Scotland, shall: he
levied and paid in respect of all the personal. or moveable
.estate and effects which any pergon hereafter dying shall
have disposed C. 4 by will under any anthority enabling- such
person to dispose of the same as ho or she shall think fit.
11. MALT_ OREDIT.—That towards raising the supply
granted to her Majesty, the tithe limited for payment of the
ditty of excise on malt by every nialister or maker of malt,
who shall have given. security in the manner directed by
the -sot passed in that behalf, in respect of all malt begun
to be made on or after the Ist day of October,-1860, shall
bo six weeks in lieu of tivelVe weeks, after the making of
such.account or return of duty as in the said act is men-
tioned.
12. Hors.—Thattowards raising the supply granted to
her Majesty, in lieu of the duties of Excise now payable en
hops growing or to grow in Great Britain, there shall be
charged the following rate of duty (that is to say) 7—For
every pound, weight avoirdupois of such hops which shall
be cured and made fit for use, the duty of three halfpence ;
such' duty to be paid by the owner or possessor of such
hops, and to be payable on the first day of "January next
after the curing thereof.
13..CHlooity.—That towards raising the supply granted
to her Majesty, there- shalt chkrged and paid upon
chicory, or, any
,other vegetable matter applicable to the
uses of chicory or coffee, grown in the United Kingdom, for
every hundredweight thereof, raw dr kiln-dried, until the
Ist day of April, 1861, the duty of 35., and on and after that
day the duty of 65., and so in proportion for any greater or
less quantity than a hundredweight. • .
14. GAME—LICENSES TO KlLL.—That towards raising
the supply granted to her Majesty, the duties contained in
schedule (L) of the several Acts 48 Geo. 3, chap. 55, and
52 Geo)l,chttp. 93, and payable in respect of killing game,
and also the further additional duty payable in- respect of
. the same under-the Act 3 Vie., chap. 17, see. 8; shall cease
and determine on the sth day of April, 1860 ; and in lieu
thereof there shall be charged and paid the following duties
(that is to say)
•
For a Hume to be, taken out by-every person who shall
use any dog, gun, net, or other engine for the purpose of
taking or killing any game. whatever,, or any woodcock,
snipe, plat!, or landrail, or any. CdnieS, or shall take or kill,
by any means whatever, or .shall, assist in any meaner in
the taking or killing, by any ,tnesns whatever, any game,
or any woodcock,. Anail, er,tandrail,. or any-coneY-
- If such person shall be a servant to any person a. d.
;.kitgg,euelobtoy,r
duly
virtue
y.rneoygf.,
anmsteanyreoddre
duly charged to the duties of assessed taxes
poourr t:trutoityoe nar
royalty
as
ianp pg
Eng-
land, r
ainnget
in respect of such servant, and shall be act-
. land/ &Lear:. or Berwick-npon-Tweed,. or
for any lauds in Scotland - • 1. 7 6
And if such person shall not be such servant
acting as aforesaid, then-,
If the license shall be taken out after the sth day
of April, and beforeq the Ist day of October .
• in any 7ear ... . ........ .. 3 . 0 0
Or if th 4 samehhall be takeu out on or after the
Ist day of Oetober,, and before the Ist day
• of December in tiny year 2 . 0 0,
Or if the same shall be taken out on or after the
let day of December in any year; and before
the 6th dayof April in the following year.. .1 .0 0
15. EATING :11spusEs.—Every who shall, in any
how' , Mod], sii9PtlOr building, sell any victuals or refresh•
;mint, to be consumed on the premises where the same shall
tie sold (except beer, cider, wine, and 'spirits resphetively
sold under a proper license in. that behalf) ; and every per-
son wirvt-sball-keep (von any'hous:o,.rooin, shop, or building
for th4consuniptiOn therela' h, y the public of any victualer
refreshment (.exce,pt as aforekaid), although the same shall
not be sold therein, shall respectivicy be deemed to keep a'
refreshment-house, and shall fun] esxhe shall be duly licensed
by the justices to keep a common inn;ulehouse, or victual-
ling-house on the same promises, take out a license to keep
a refreshment4ieuse ; and every such license shall be
charged withlhe respective duties following, that is to say,
fir every license to keep a refreshmenthonse.l--
If the house and promisee shall be under the rent and value
0f425, &tear • . •
£0 10 0
`Antif the-same -shall be of the rent or valu of
-425 a YAaJ" or.Fywards
•1 0 0
And it Lily personwho shall'"s
take out a .toeuse to keep a
refreshment-holtse shall bo desirous of selling beer oi.wine,
or boor and wine by
retail, to be consumed therein, a
license shall" be wrgtted to f that: . or, kurpose on paynaen_t

X a. d.

i”;

1,. .. a.

of the respective duties following, that is to say, for every
such license to sell beer only, or wine only :
If the house and premises shall be under the rent and
value of £25 a year
And if the same shalt be of the rent or value of

£25 a year or upwards
And for every such license to sell both beer and wir,o,_
If the house and premises shall be under the
rent and value of £25 a-year
And if the same shall be of the rent or Yalu° of
£25 a-year, or upwards 8 0 0
Provided always, ThP_t no license for which the forego-
ing duties shall I,;'e paid shall authorise any person to keep
open any refreshment-house after the hour of 12 o'clock at
midnight, or to open the same before the hour of four
o'clock in the merning...
_ _

And for every such license as aforesaid which shall au-
thorise any person to keep open any refreshment-house
after the hour of 12 o'clock at midnight, and to open the
same before the hour of four o'clock in the morning, there
shall be charged and paid double the rates of duty afore-
said respectively.
18. PAPBR Drrv.--That on and after the Ist July,
1860, all duties of Excise on paper, button-board, mill-
board, paste-board, and scale-board, made in the United
Kingdom, and all drawbacks and allowances in respect
thereof, shall cease and be repealed.
17. IN coma T.Y.--That towards raising the supply
granted to her Majesty, there shall bo charged, colleeted
and paid, for one year, commencing on the Gth day of April,
1860, fur and in respect of all property, profits, and gains,
charged or chargeable under the act passed in the 16th
and 17th years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 34, for grant-
ing to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property,
professions, trades, and offices, either by assessment, con-
tract of composition, or otherwise, the following rates and
duties, that is to say : upon any assessment on the annual
value or amount of any property, profits, or gains (except
property, profits, and gains chargeable under Schedule (B)
of the said act), the rate or duty of tenpence for every twenty
shillings of the annual value or amount of all such pro-
perty, profits, and gains respecttvoly ; and for and in re-
spect of the occupation of lands, tenements, hereditament',
and heritages chargeable under Schedule (B) of the said
act, the rate or duty of fivepence in England, and of three-
pence halfpenny in Scotland and Ireland respectively, for
every twenty shillings of the annual value thereof.

RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED IN COMMIT-
TEE ON CUSTOMS ACTS BY THE CHANCEL-
LOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
1. RESOLUTION IMPOSING A DUTY ON CHICORY, nAW
Oil KILN-DlllED.—Resolved, that the following duty of .
customs shall be charged on the article undermentioned on
importation into the United Kingdom, on and after the
11th February, 1860, viz.:—Chicory, or any other
vegetable matter applicable to the uses of chicory sr coffee,
viz.—Raw or kiln-dried 6s. the cwt.—Agreed to in com-
mittee on Friday, 10th February.
2. WINIt DUTIES. —Resolved,— That in lieu of the
duties and drawbacks of Customs now charged or allowed
on the articles undermentioned the following duties shall
be charged thereon, on importation into the United King-
dom, viz.:—Until the 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive.
—Wine of and from Foreign Countries---Red, the gallon,
es.; white, the gallon, 3e, ; lees of such wine, the gallon,
3s. With an allowance for drawback on exportation until
the said 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive, of 3s. per gal-
lon on such wino exported or used as ships' stores, but that
no drawback be granted on lees of wine ; and with an al-
lowance of drawback to licensed dealers in wine who have
complied with the provisions of the minute of the Lords of
the Treasury, dated. the 7th July, 1313, on the foreign wine
which they have had in stock on the 10th February, 1860,
on tho conditions of the said minute, at the rate of 2s. 9d.
per gallon.
On and after the tat day of April, 1861:

Wine of and from Foreign
Countries—
Red the gallon
White
Lees of such Wine „

Wine the growth and pro-
duce )f any British posses-
sion, and imported direct
from thence—
Red the gallon
White
Lees of such Wine

Containl
followi
spin].
Sykes

15 deg.

s. d.
1 0
1 0
1 0

1 0
1 0
1 0

,inn less than the'
Eng rates of proof
it, verified by I
Hydrometer,
viz. :

26 deg.

v. d.
I 6
1 6
1 6

40 deg.

s. d.
2 •
2 0
2 0

1 6
1 6
1 6

2 0
2 0
2 0

3. SPIRIT DUTlES.—Resolved, that in lieu of the duties
of customs now charged on the articles undermentioned,
the following duties shall be charged thereon, en importa-
tion into the United Kingdon, viz.—Spirits or strong
waters, not being sweetened or mixed with any article se
that the degree of strength thereof cannot be ascertained
by Sykes' hydrometer, for every gallon of the strength of
proof by such 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, Bs. 2d. the gal-
lon. Other spirits, being sweetened or mixed so that the
degree of strength cannot be ascertained as aforesaid, and
perfumed spirits to bo used as perfumery only, 12s. the
gallon. Spirits or strong waters imported into the United
Kingdom,• mixed with any ingredient, and, although
thereby coming under some other denomination, except
varnish, shall nevertheless be deemed to be spirits or strong
waters, and be subject to duty as such. Water, Cologne,
the flask (thirty of such flasks containing not more than
ono gallon), sd. each. 'When not in flasks, as perfumed
spirits, 12s. the gallon.
4. ARTICLES TO BE MADE Pit UE OP DUTY (UNDSIR
TREATY).—Resolved,—That the duties of Customs charge-
able upon the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter
mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease
and determine, viz. :
Agates, or cornelians, set.
Apples, raw.
Do. of and from British possessions.
Arms, as denominated in the tariff.
Brass, manufactures of.
Brocade of gold.
Do. of silver.
Bronze, manufactures of, or of metal bronzed or lac-
quered.
Canes, walking canes or sticks, mounted, painted, or
otherwise ornamented.
Do. umbrella and parasol sticks.
Caoutchouc, manufactures of.
Cherries, raw.
China or porcelain ware, plain, painted, gilt, and orna-
mented.
Clocks, as denominated in the tariff.
Corks, ready made, and squared for rounding, after the
31st March, 1861.
Cotton manufactures, as denominated in the tariff.
Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or described.
Embroidery and needlework, as denominated iii the
tariff.
Feathers, as denominated in the tariff.
Flowers, artificial.
Fruit, raw, not otherwise enumerated.
Grapes.
Gutta percha, manufactures of, not moulded.
Do, articles moulded.
Hair, manufactures of hair or goat's wool, or of hair or
goat's wool and any other material, wholly or in part made
up.
Hats or bonnets, viz.:—
Of chip
Of bast, cane, or horsehair after 31st March, 1861.
Of straw
Of hair, wool, or beaver.
Of felt.
Hats of silk shag, laid upon felt, linen, or other material.
Iron' and steel, wrought or manufactured, viz.: machi-
nery, wrought castings, tools, cutlery, and other manufac-
tures of iron or steel not enumerated.
Do., fancy ornamental articles of iron or steel.
Do., manufactures of, coated with brass or copper by any
galvanic procoss.
Jewels, emeralds, and other precious stones, set.
Lace and articles thereof, as denominated in the tariff.
Lead, manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated.
Leather manufactures (except gloves), as denominated
in the tariff.
Do. gloyes, after the Ist February, 1361.
Linen, or linen and cotton manufactures, as denominated
in the tariff.
Lucifers of wood.
Do. of wax.
Medlars.
Morphia and its salts.
Musical instruments, as denominated in the tariff.
Oil of almonds.
Do. bays
Do., chemical, essential, or perfumed, as denominated in
the tariff.
Opera glasses, single or double.
Pears, raw.
Percussion caps.
Perfumery, not otherwise enumerated.
Quinces.
Quinine, sulphate of.
Silk, millinery, or manufactures of silk, or of silk and
any other material, as denominated in the tariff.
Stays and corsets, of linen or of cotton, or of linen and
cotton mixed.
Sulphuric acid,
Toys, viz. : marbles.
All other toys.
Turnery.
Watches, as denominated in the tariff.
Woollens, viz.: manufactures of wool, or wool mixed
with cotton, as denominated in the tariff.
Goods, being either in part or wholly manufactured, and
not being enumerated or described, nor otherwise charged
with duty; and not prohibited to be imported into or used
in great Britain or Ireland • but if any such goods shall be
composed of any article liable to duty, as a part or ingre-
dient thereof; then such goods shall be chargeable with
the full duty payable on such article, or if com-
posed of more than ono article liablo to duty,
thew with the full duty payable on the article charged
with the highest rate of duty.
5. Resolution reducing the duty on corks, hats, and
gloves (under treaty).
Resolved,
That in lieu of the duties of Customs now chargeable on
the undermentioned articles on their importation into Great
Britain and Ireland, the following duties shall be charged
until the days hereinafter mentioned, and that from and
after these days the duties shall cease and determine, viz. :
Until the 31st day of March, 1861, inclusive.

Corks, viz.—Ready made the lb. 0 3
Squared for rounding the cwt. 4 0
lists or bonnets, viz.-L. .
Of chip the lb.
Of bast, Cane; or horsohair the lb.
Of straw the lb.
Until the Ist day of February, 1861, inclusive.
.Leather manufactures, viz.—
Gloves of leather.
the dozen Habit mitts pairs 1 2
I)o..gloves
Men's gloves
'Women's gldves or mitts the dozen pairs 2 3

6. Article; to be made free of duty (not under treaty).
Resolved,—That the duties of Customs chargeable upon
the goods, wares, and merchandise hereinafter mentioned,
imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and deter-
,'nine, viz.
Altoonds, not Jordan nor bitter.
•Do., Jordan';
Ammunition, as denominated in tho tariff.
Apples, dried.
Baskets,
- Bonds, as denominated in the tariff.
Books, as denominated in the tariff.
Boxes, viz.brass.
Do. not otherwise charged with duty.
Butter.
Do. of and from a British possession.
. Candles, as denominated in the tariff.
Capers, including the pickle.
Cassia Lignoa.
clioeso.
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Do. of and front, British possession.
Chloroform,
Cinnamon,
Cloves.
COcnius Indicus.
Copper, manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated or
described, and copper plates engrave&
Coral negligees.
Daguerreotype Plates.
Dates.
Eggs.
Do. of and from a British possession.
Extracts, as denominated in the tariff.
Ginger.
Glass, flint cut glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy orna-
mental glass of whatever kind.
Gongs.
Grains, Guinea and of Paradise.
Japanned or lacquered ware.
Liquorice paste.
Do. do. of and from British possessions.
Do. powder.
Do. do. of and from British possessions.
Do. juice.
Mace.
Millboarde.
Mustard, flour.
Do. mixed or manufactured, except flour.
Nutmegs, as denominated in the tariff.
Nuts, small nuts.
Do. walnuts.
Nux Vomica.
Oilcloth.
Onions.
Opium.
Oranges and Lemons.
Paper, as denominated in the tariff.
Pasteboard.
Pears, dried.
Pewter, manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated.
Pimento.
Platting, as denominated in the tariff, after the Slat
March, 1861.
Pomatum.
Prints and drawings, as denominated in the tariff.
Quassia.
Salasine.
Sauces, not otherwise enumerated.
Scaleboards.
Seeds, Caraway.
Do., of and from British possessions.
Ships, foreign built, broken up, or sold to be broken up or
abandoned by the owners, or sold as wreck, whether
afterwards recovered or repaired or not.
Soap, as denominated in the Tariff.
soy.
Spa ware.
Spolter or zinc, manufactures of not otherwise enumerated.
Stearine.
Tallow.
Do. of and from British possessions.
Do. manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated.
Veneers.
Washing balls.
Wood, firewood.
Yarn, viz., woollen or worsted, as denominated in the
tariff.
7. REDYCINO mu DUTY ON PLATTING (NOT UNDER

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COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-FEB. 11.

There was a fair attendance at our market this morning
of distant buyers, and though the business passing is not
positively active, a good and regular consumption goes for-
ward in wheat, flour, Indian corn, and most other articled
of the trade, the general tendency of prices being slightly
upward.