The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-26 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS,

THE following are copies or a circular letter rnci
gePeritiJ)bietvatioris on the pr4Trased
of the Duties, of Customs, sent by the R!ght Hon.
jiAAC CORRY, _Chancell_9r of the' Excl:e,:iurr for
Ireland, to the Merchants and Committee of iVier.
challis at the ComMereial Buildings, Dublin
LorAori, Dec so, 1803.

I have the honour to enclose herewith a SCIKNiII le
was voted in the last Session of Parliament, a geno:A
phut of a consolidation, with some alterations, of the putt
duties on foreign articles then subsisting,.
I have the honour also to enclose some copies of:ni ex pi.
,r.4.Story paper, intended fur the better inform'ation of the met-
Cfrants respecting those duties_

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I request,you will communicatethe same to the Mer Chants
of your ?ort, and others intere,ltecl therein, ter the piirpo,.c of
.enabling them tosuggest such,obi,2rvations as they may incir;e
necessary, hefpretheintroduetion of the measure in the pre:.
sent Session, cf which I have already given notice in
meta. I am, Sir, your-lilt:Pit humble Servant.

The following general observations are stated for
the better information of Merchants, respreing the
Schedule Of Duties on the Importatir')n of ;F :reign
Articles imported into Ireland, voted in the Szsstun;
of Parliament of the 43 G. 111.

Ist. The Duties, therein relate to foreign a7ticie4
only, whether imported direnly from the place o-,F
growth, or through Great Britain, but in no rnpen
to articles of British growth or rnanobaure.
2d. The Ddties now payable are principally those
under the Ads of 4.b Geo. 3. c- 4 : G. 3. c. 33. :
since Fontinued, and the G. 3. C. 1 T 7.
E.d. The severn'l Duties abovementi,,ned'arc- in the'
Schedule consoiid;3.tetf ; but the Duties therein voted
are not in all cases the precise consolidation me rely
for first, all fra6.ions of a penny have been Chamicd
for the next integer, above or below ; and secondly,
in certain cares, the Duties have b.rera somewhat in.
creased, as on East India goods, to which the Duties
of 4.2 G. 3. C. 1 17. are by the Schedule extendedl
in other case's Daties.have been somewhat dimini-h-
-ed, when compared with the Duties under the Ads
abovementicned. . .

4:11. In instances where the duty payable by'te
40 G. 3. c. 4. since continued, was payable on the,
value of the article, and the additional duty ot 42-
p. 3. c. 117. was a rated duty, or the reverse, tre.•
have for the ease of the merchint been blended itro
one stun of duty, either by a rate or per centaFe,
according to the nature of the article.
sth. For the duties on certain goods of the growth,'
produce, or manufaaure of the United States of
Atnecica, see also the American Treaty At 14.1 G. 3. .
C. 95-
6.11. The drawbacks now allowed on export of fo-
reign at tides to foreign countries, are those under.:
the Ads of the 40G. 3.c. 4. 4.1 G. 3. C. 33, since
continued ; the duties u.lder 42 G. 3. c. 17. act
now drawn back,, were by the scitetiulc, as voted, co
be drawn back.

7th; Ten pet cent. on the subsisting import
ties having been added by the .4.3 G. 3. c. 94. iris .
intended to consolidate this add►tional ten per cent,
in the schedule to be submitted to Parliament.

Sch. Though the schedule with the alterations
herein stated is intended to be submitted to Parii4_.
ment, as the ground of the new Echcdules, it will ne.-
vertheless he understood. that the new schedule to
he proposed may vary from the present, where that
may be deemed expedient, in pursuance of any sug-
gestions for that purpose.

A Letter from Madrid, dated Dec. 23, states,
that on the 9th of the same month His CATHOLIC
MAJ ESTY and the Prince of ASTint lAS we're over-
turned in a carriage, in consequence of which the
former was seized with an asthmatic fit: He was
afterwards twice bled, and became touch better. It
was generally supposed that he would not go to
Madrid during th; winter, in c;lnsecitiettce of the
prevailing scarcity, btit would proceed to Toledo,
and from thence to Atanjuez. The people of Ma.•
drid of course feel great disappointment, as it takes
away sOOO persons of his suire, whose money would
be otherwise spent in the capital. The. deaths oc_.
caioned by the fever, supposed to be brought to
Malaga by the French horn St. amingo, amount-
ed to 7000. Its virulence was considerably dimi-
nished; but the corder: of Troops had nut been re-
moved.

In the Court of King's Bench, on Wednesday, a .
notion was made to increase the issues in an Aaiun
against Mr. Saville, for bribery at the late Hcydvn
Eletion. It was stated, that the ohjed of the
suit was ,to recover three Penalties of eg,oool.
0,0001. and 36,0001. and that the Defendant,
having.been summoned as a Member of Parliament,
had. batricadoed his house, to avoid being served
with any other process; he had made it a per feet
Mahon Muree, and when any person knocked at the
door, a servant hallooed from the top, that she had
directions nox,to receive any message or paper. It
was further mentioned, that the Honourable Senator
made it a pradice to enclose his 'Castle on the first day
of Term, and throw it open on the last.--Theectut
direded that 01. might be levied on each penalty.
Yesterday, about four o'clock in the aftetnocn, as
a lady and her daughter were walking in the fields
leading to Canonbury-houSe, Istington, they were
stopped by a single footpad, who robbed them of
two guineas, and ran out of sight before the ladies
had time to call any person to their assistance.
On. Monday morning the wife of a labouring man
at Sommers-town was safely delivered of three 0111.
dren, two m..es and a female, the whole of which.
are liVing and likely to do well. This wo:nan has
brought forth nine children within the last f_xa- years,
she having twice had twins prior to this.
On Friday evening last, about ten o'clock, as
Mr. John Mead, a respectable carpenter of Ashley,
in Catnbridgeshire, was returning from Mr. Hough.
ton's, of Chevely (where he had been spending the
evening), in crossing a field at the back. of Mr.
Houghton's house, where the path laid between two
ponds, fri)m the extreme darkness of the night, he
unfortunately fell into one of them, and was drown-
ed.

On Friday evening last, as one of tl..e Canted ury
coaches was coming into Town, it was overturned
near the Elephant and Castle, St. George'
and a Lady who Was passenger, had her heed dread.
fully cut, her left arm broken, and was udierwise
very much bruLed.