The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-19 00:00:00

State ; Samuel P. Chase, of Ohio, Secretary of the
Treasury ; Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Secre-
tary of War; Gideon Wells, of Comnecticut, Secre-
tary of the Navy ; Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana,
Secretary of the Interior ; Montgomery Blair, of
Maryland, Postmaster-General; Edward Bates, of
Mobile, Attorney-General."

The new Tariff Act was signed by President
Buchanan on the 3d. The last section of the new
tariff provides that—

"All goods, wares, and merchandise actually on
shipboard and bound to the United States, within
15 days after the passage of this Act, and all goods,
wares, and merchandise in warehouse or public
store on the Ist day of April, 1861, shall be subject
to pay such duties as provided by law before and
at the time of the passage of this Act; and goods in
warehouse at the time this Act takes effect, on which
the duties are lessened by its provisions, may be
withdrawn on payment of the duties herein pro-
vided."

The President was in great doubt for some time
as to whether he would sign the Bill. He said he
had examined some of its more important features,
and he regarded it as a very imperfect and loosely
drawn Bill. He yielded, however, to the persua-
sions of some of his Pennsylvania friends.
A despatch from Washington states that the
Border Slave States' men had condemned the tone
of the Presidential actress.
On Mr. Buchanan's departure from the capital he
was escorted to the station by four military com-
panies and many prominent citizens. He exchanged
many farewell hand-shakings, and appeared deeply
affected by the manifestations of friendship. He
was vigorously cheered by the crowd as the train
was about to start.

Mr. Preston, United States' Minister to Spain,
had resigned.

Arkansas had elected a majority of Unionists.
North Carolina had elected 65 Unionists and 33
Secessionists. The Texan State troops were con-
templating an attack on Fort Brown. The revenue
cutter Dodge had been seized by the authorities of
Texas in Galveston Bay. The second officer in
command resigned, and tendered his services to the
Governor. In Virginia and Louisiana the Presi-
dent's Message was received with disapprobation.
Missouri declined to secede. The collector at
Charleston had received the following despatch
from the Secretary of the Treasury of the Southern
Confederacy :

" I wrote you that the exclusion of foreigners
from the coasting trade, and all discriminating
duties are abolished. The Act of the 18th of
February makes no distinction between citizens
and foreigners. I see, then, no objection to the
exemption claimed by the citizens of Massa-
chusetts."

A telegram from Savannah says :
,t It has been decided here that all goods shipped
via this port for Tennessee must pay duties here,
as Tennessee is not one of the Southern Confede-
racy, unless the goods were purchased before
February 28, and loaded in the vessel before
March 14."

From Louisville we learn that General Twiggs
bad been enthusiastically received. Draughts by
ex-Secretary Dix on the Assistant Treasurer at New
Orleans, to pay for work on the Custom-house in
that city, also draughts on the Postmaster of New
Orleans from Postmaster-General King, in con-
nection with the postal service, amounting to be-
tween 200,000 and 300,000 dollars, has been returned
unpaid. The Montgomery Convention had adopted
a new flag. Among other resolutions passed by
the Convention was the following :
" That the Committee on Naval Affairs be
instructed to inquire into the propriety of contract-
ing by this Government, for two iron-plated
frigates, and such iron-plated gunboats as may be
necessary to protect the commerce and provide for
the safety of this Confederacy."
The commercial advices from New York report
the rate of exchange firm at 106. The trade in im-
ported goods was active, and although the entries
during the week had been £750,000, against
539,000 in the corresponding week of last year, the
stocks in the warehouses were diminishing. The
new Tariff Bill was signed by Mr. Buchanan on
the 2d inst., and will take effect on the Ist of April.
The schedules were expected to be published in an
official form in the course of a few days. Iron and
woollen manufactures are those which will suffer
most. With regard to a majority of the other de-
scriptions of imports, it is thought that the increase
in the duties over those now in force will not aver-
age more than 5 per cent., but the vexatious mode
in which they are levied is likely to prove as serious
as has been anticipated. The next steamer to sail
was the Adriatic, on the 9th of March, which may
be expected to-morrow. Sebjoivaed is an extract of
a letter from a leading New York banker :
The President's Message came to hand last
evening. It would have been a very valuable docu-
ment tif the six States were only talking about se-
ceding bat the 4 have seceded, and have taken
possession of "Federal forts and ether property, and
have elec*,ed their own revenue and other officers;
and 3.4: the President attempt to retake this property
in the seceded States, or collect revenue there, war
will immediately take place.
I doubt much if the South will wait for this
action, but expect, so soon as the Message is re-
ceived at Charleston, Fort Sumter will be attacked ;
and when this civil war commences no one can tell
when it will cease.
"In commercial matters there is little or no
change. The new Tariff Bill has passed, but it will
have to be changed next winter. In the mean-
time it will do very little harm, as in the present
unsettled state of the country the imports this year
would be very small under any tariff.
" As Congress has adjourned without passing any
measure to conciliate the border stave States, I
expect they will secede and the join Southern Con-
federation.'

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The weekly averages of the banks of the city of
New York for the week ending March 3, exhibited
the following changes from the previous week :
In loans, an increase of 2,667,673 dols.; in specie,
an increase of 3,563,822 dols. ; in circulation, a
decrease of 161,963 dols. ; in deposits, an increase
of 1,993,328 dols, Money continued in abundant
supply, and call loans were freely offered at 7 per
cent. on first-class collaterals, with some transac-
tions at 6. In the discount market paper was in
demand, and first-class single names, haying four
months to run, go at 7 per cent. Ckei6e short
acceptances were sought after, at 6 and 6/. The
discount houses complained of a scarcity of first-
class paper, and report inferior grades as hard to
sell at rates ranging from 19, to 36 per cent. The
failure of an old and rP_,-s
goods house had bee pectable domestic cotton.
'...t announced. In foreign ex-
change there ha
rather firmer in their rates for sterling, but the
demand '...3 not been much done. _Bankers
"t''..-u. e bills was good. We quote the rltesiitoriot4:
was very light, and the supply of prime
h
America :—On London, 60 days bankeris_bi s,_. .
to 106 ; ditto, commercial bills, 105 to Oq ; ditto,
1 s,
b'll 105 to 1051; ditto, short
and Canada Bank
with bills of lading, 104 to 104,, , ditto, Southern
Cotton was inactive at 111 for middling Uplands.
sight, bankers' bills, 1071 to 1071.
-Wright's circular says, " The advices by mail, and
the latest by telegraph, tend to confirm the estimate
of less than 4,000,000. From New Orleans, where
hitherto the highest estimates have prevailed, we
hear of figures put forth much below 4,000,000;
there is now a very general belief that this amount
will not be reached. The receipts at all the interior
markets are reported as quite small, and there is
also a marked reduction in stock at Augusta, Macon,
and Montgomery, the total this year being 38,000
bales against 79,000 bales last year.

REFUSING TO BURY A PROTESTANT.—The kkiecle
has the following, the truth of which it says is guaranteed
by several honourable persons :—" At Ctrrbie, in the
Somme, a manufacturer of the name of Schlumberger died
a few days back, and his family arplied at the mairie for
the usual permission for interment in the cemetery. But
as M. Schlumberger waP, a Protestant, the clerk, instead of
granting it, referred them to the mayor, and the mayor to
the cure, and eventually a refusal was given. On that
three friends of the deceased waited on the mayor, Baron
de Caix de Saint-Ayniour, to complain of such an act of
intolerance. Not only,' said the latter, will I not give
a permission for a burial, but the gates of the cemetery
shall be closed against the deceased 1" Where, then,
is he to be buried ?" Outside the walls I' But a
child of M. Schlutnberger had been buried in the cemetery,
and his family were naturally desirous that the father
should repose Lear it, They therefore, in spite of the
opposition of the naybr, caused a grave to be dug, but the
latter had it moiled up. An application Wes then made to
the pro
ect
of the department, and Ito ordered that a grave
,uould be fortwith prepared. At the time, however, fixed
for the departure of the fungal procession, the mayor pre-
sented himself at the louse of the deceased, and oven the
collin declared that the Protestant minister who was to
officiate could not be allowed to deliver a speech at the
grave. This led to a most unseemly discussion, but at last
the mayor gave up the point. The funeral then took
place, upwards of 2,000 persons attending it,"