The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

THE NEW- AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.

The following is a copy of the New Tariff Bill
recently passed by Congress :
" A BILL TO PROVIDE INCREASED REVENUE FROM IM-
PORTS TO FAY INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assem-
bled, that from and after the date of the passage of this
act, in lieu of the duties heretofore imposed by law on the
articles hereinafter mentioned, and on such as may now be
exempt from duty, there shall be levied, collected, and paid
on the goods, wares, and merchandise, herein enumerated
and provided for, imported from foreign countries, the fol-
lowing duties and rates of duty—that is to say, first, on raw
sugar, commonly called Muscovado or brown sugar, not ad-
vanced above No. 12, Dutch standard, by claying, boiling.
clarifying, or other process, and on sirup of sugar or of
sugar cane and concentrated molassses, or concentrated
melado, 2elc, per lb., and on white and clayed sugar, when
advanced beyond the raw state above No. 12, Dutch
standard, by clarifying or other process, and not yet re-
fined, 3c. per lb. ; on refined sugars, whether loaf, lump,
crushed, or pulverized, 4c. per lb. ; on sugars after being
refined, when they are tinctured, coloured, or in any way
adulterated, and on sugareandy, 6c. per lb. ; on molasses
sc. per gallon; provided, that all sirups of sugar or of sugar
cane, concentrated molasses or melado, entered under the
name of molasses, or any other name than syrup of sugar or
of sugarcane, concentrated molasses or concentrated melado,
shall be liable to forfeiture to the United States ; on all teas
15c per lb-, on almonds 4c per lb., shelled almonds 6c per
lb., on arrowroot 20 per cent ad valorem, on brimstone,
crude, 3 dols. per ton ; on brimstone, rolled, 6 dols. per ton ;
on coffee of all kinds 5c per lb., on cocoa 5c per lb., on cocoa
leaves and cocoa shells 3c per lb., on cocoa prepared or ma-
nufactured 8c per lb.; on chicory crude 2c, and on chicory
ground 4c per lb. ; on chocolate 6c per lb., on cassia 10c per
lb., cassia buds 15c per lb., on cinnamon 20c per lb., on
cloves 8c per lb., on cayenne pepper 6c per lb., on cayenne
pepper ground 8c per lb., on currants 5e per lb., on argol or
cream tartar 6c per lb., on dates 5c per lb., on figs 5c per lb,
on ginger root 3c per lb., on ginger ground Sc per lb., on
ginger preserved or pickled 30 per cent ad valorem ; on
limes, lemons, oranges, bananas, and plantains, 20 per cent
ad valorem; on liquorice paste and juice 5c per lb., on li-
quorice root lc per lb., on mace and nutmegs 25c per lb., on
nuts 2c per lb., on pepper 6c per lb., on Peruvian bark 15
per cent ad valorem., on pimento 6c per lb., on plums 5c
per lb., on prunes 5c per lb., on quinine 30 per cent ad va-
lorem, on raisins 5c per lb.
" Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that from and after
the day and year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter men-
tioned, the following duties, that is to say, on unmanufac-
tured Russian hemp 40 dols. per ton, on manilla and other
hemps of India 25 dols. per ton.
" Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that from and after
the day and year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected,
and paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter men-
tioned, the foaming duties, that is to say :—On lead, in
pigs or bar, / dol 50c per 100 lb. ; in sheets, 2 dols 25e per
100 lb. ; on white lead, dry or ground in oil, and red lead,
2 dole 25c ;per 100 lb. ; on oil of cloves 75c per lb.
" Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, that from and after
the day end year aforesaid there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, on the importation of the articles hereinafter men-
tioned, the following duties, that is to say :—On rags of
whs.teeer material, 10 per cent. ad valorem ; on salt, in
sacks, 18c per 100 lb., and in bulk, 12c per 100 lb. ; on gun-
powder, 30 per cent. ad valorem, on feathers and downs,
30 per cent. ad valorem, on hides 10 per cent. ad valorem,
on sole and bend leather, 30 per cent. ad valorem, on india-
rubber, raw or manufactured, 10 per cent. ad valorem, on
inliarubber shoes and boots, 30 per cent. ad valorem, on
soda ash is per lb., on bicarbonate of soda lc per lb., on sal
soda lc per lb., on caustic soda lc per lb., on chloride of
lime, 30c. per 100 lb., on saltpetre, crude, lc per lb., refined
or partially refined 2c per lb., on ivory, unmanufactured, 10
per cent. ad valorem, and vegetable ivory 10 per cent. ad
valorem, spirit of turpentine 10c per gallon.
" Sec. 5. And be is further enacted, that all articles,
goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from beyond the
Cape of Good Hope in foreign vessels, not entitled by reci-
procal treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties,ton-
nage, and other charges, and all other articles, goods,wares,
and merchandise not imported direct from the place of their
growth or production, or in foreign vessels entitled by reci-
procal treaties to be exempt from discriminating duties,
tonnage, and other charges, shall be subject to pay in addi-
tion to the duties imposed by this Act, 10 per cent. ad va-
lorem, provided that this rule shall not apply to goods,
wares, and merchandise imported from beyond the Cape of
Good Hope in American vessels.
" Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that from and after
the passage of this Act there shall be allowed on all articles
wholly manufactured of materials imported,on which duties
have been paid when exported, a drawback,equal in amount
to the duties paid on such articles.and no more, to be ascer-
tained under such regulation 3 as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury; provided that 10 per cent, on
the amount of all the drawbacks, so allowed, shall be re-
tained for the use of the United States by the collectors pay-
ing such drawbacks respectively ; and further, that on re-
fined sugar, when exported, there shall be allowed a draw-
back of 4c per lb, to be ascertained under the regulations
and limitations herein provided.
" Sec. 7, And be it further enacted, thit all goods, wares,
and merchandise, actually on shipboard and bound to the
United States, and all goods, wares, and merchandise on
deposit in warehouses or public stores at the date of the
passage of this Act, shall be subject to pay such duties as
provided by law before and at the time of the passage of
this Act.
" Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, that the Act entitled
' An Act to provide for the Payment of outstanding Trea-
sury Notes, to authorise a Loan, to regulate and fix the
Duties on Imposts, and for other Purposes,' approved
March 2, 1861, be and the same is hereby amended as fol-
lows, that is to say :—First, in section 6, article Ist, after
the words, In cordials and,' strike out liquors' and insert
liqueurs.' Second, in the same section, after the word
'represent,' insert, `Provided, also, that no lower rate or
amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on
brandy spirits, and all other spirituous beverages than that
now fixed by law for the description of first proof, but shall
be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the
strength of the first proof.' Third, section 12, article Ist,
after the words, ' 18 cents," where they first occur, insert,
'or less.' Fourth, section 13, article 2d, after the word,
manufacturer,' insert, except hosiery.' Fifth, in the same
section, article 3d, strike out wool' whore it first occurs,
and insert 'worsted :' and after the word ' wool' where it
occurs the second and third times, insert in each place, 4 or
section 14, article Ist, after the words
'ad valorem.' Seventh, in section 15,
insert ' hemp ; in the same section
worsted:
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after the word shirtings,' insert, of flax or hemp ;' and,
strike out jute goods,' and in lieu thereof insert, jute
yarns.' Eighth, in section 22 strike out the words un •
wrought clay, 3 dols per ton. Ninth, in section 19, strike
out ' compositions of glass or paste not set, intended for use
by jewellers.' Tenth, in section 22, strike out ' composi-
tions of glass or paste when set.'
" Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, that all Acts and
parts of acts repugnant to the provisions of this act be and
the same are hereby repealed, provided that the existing
laws shall extend to and be in force for the collection of the
duties imposed by this act for the prosecution and punish-
ment of all offence; and for the recovery, collection, distri-
bution, and remission of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
as fully and effectually as if every regulation, penalty, for-
feiture, provision, clause, matter, and thing to that effect in
the existing laws contained, had been inserted in and re-
enacted by this act."
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seen a telegram from Mrs. Meagher from Washing-
ton, where she has resided since her husband went
into the field. The message is brief, but conclusive
on the subject Mr. Meagher is safe: The next
correction, important to our people, is that Colonel
Corcoran, at first reported killed, is alive, but badly
wounded, and, it is said, a prisoner. The 69th
(Irish) Regiment has been awfully cut up. Cap-
tain Haggerty is killed. Rev. Father O'Reilly,
S.J., chaplain, also has fallen on the field. The roll
of dead will raise a wail throughout Ireland when
the names are known: In fact, the 69th are nearly
all taken or slain."

The same letter gives a graphic, though brief,
account of the battle. The writer says the Northern
troops threw aviay 25,000 stand of arms in their
flight. Subjoined are a few remarkable statements
culled from this epistle :

" New York, July 23.
" In the midst of excitement, terror, and panic
never witnessed in this city since Clinton heard the
rebel' cannon thundering for its fall, I sitdown to
write you a few important corrections of the news
going off to Europe by this day's New York's
papers and telegrams with reference to the fearful
and -disastrous battle of Sunday. -
" The battle was probably the heaviest ever
fought in America; whether as regards the number
engaged, the number killed, wounded, and taken, or
the toughness and ferocity of the fight. There were
in all about 14;1,000 men engaged. The Northerns
had exactly 65,000 men on the field, and the
Southerns probably at least as strong a farce.
" There is no use concealing the fact. The retreat
—the flight—was the most utter, fearful, and heart-
rending ever witnessed. The battle commenced at
day-dawn on Sunday, and lasted all day. Up to
four o'clock in the afternoon the day seemed, to our
army, all their own. They had stormed and carried
three of the advanced batteries of the Confederates.
Several times, indeed, had those batteries changed
hands. They were won and lost by each side three
or four times in the course of eleven hours' hard and
bloody fight. But at 4 p.m. the Northerns held
them.

"At this point of the day's fortune Jefferson
Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy, him-
self came up by rail from Richmond, and took the
command in person of the whole army of the South.
Under him were General Beauregard, the first sol-
dier of America, and General Johnstone. All ever
the roar of battle as it raged our men could hear
the shouts that hailed the appearance on the field
of the first President of the Southern Confederacy
come to take his place at the head of his army, and
for life or death try the dread issue of a conquering
fall. Davis took command of the centre ; Beauregard
the right; Johnstone the left wing. Suddenly there
opened, on the part of the Southern centre, a whole
line of batteries masked till now. Evidently they
had hitherto only been playing with the Northerns.
The game was in the toils ; the moment was come
lor sealing his doom. The Southerns now showed
in full force, and a splendid force they were. There
was a heart and enthusiasm about them that made
them absolutely spring like leopards on their prey.
And lo ! amongst them was a battalion of negro
volunteers; a battalion at whose hands a terrible
reckoning has been received by our troops ! After
an instant of desperate effort to make a stand, the
Northern centre gave way—the left soon followed
—the right for a time held its ground fiercely fight-
ing; but in vain—at length the whole Northern
army turned and fled. It is put forward by some of
our papers that the flight was originated by the
teamsters of the waggon train galloping off. I write
from information direct from the disastrous scene.
The teams were three miles in the rear at the time
the flight began. In fact, they were ridden overby
the fugitives.
"Never was such a sight seen on a road after a
flying army. They left standards, baggage, ammu-
nition waggons, rifle cannon, all their batteries,
their commissariat, havresacks, blankets, tents, &c.
In fact, the Tribune states that the men threw
away 28,000 stand of arms in their flight. Worse
remains than all this. The wounded were aban-
doned by hundreds along the roadside, and were,
with stragglers and camp followers, ridden over by
the streams of flying thousands. The victorious
Southerns took an immense number of prisoners. It
is currently'reported here that they have prisoners
enough in their hands now to compel a settlement.
Amongst the prisoners are several Northern sena-
tors and members of Congress.
, "Young John Mitchel, who, as you are doubtless
aware, is serving in the Southern army, has been
publicly commended for valour, and promoted to a
captaincy in the South Carolina Irish Volunteers."

PARLIAIkIENTA.4Y CHANGES DURING

THE SESSION.

There have been more than the average number
of changes in the House of Commons during the
session which is now at its close. On the first even-
ing of meting (February 5) new writs were issued
for South Wiltshire, vacant by the elevation of Mr.
Sidney Herbert to the Peerage ; for Bolton, vacant
by the resignation of Mr. Crook ; for Bradford, by
the resignation of Mr. Salt ; and for Aberdeenshire,
by the succession of Lord Haddo to the Earldom
of Aberdeen. For these constituencies the follow-
ing gentlemen were subsequently elected :—South
Wiltshire, Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst; Bolton,
Mr. Barnes; Bradford, Mr. W. E. Thrster ; and
Aberdeenshire, Mr. Leslie. On the same evening
Major Barttelot (who had been elected in the recess
in the place of the Earl of March, who had become
Duke of Richmond) and Mr. Lort Phillips (who
had been elected for Pembrokeshire) took their
seats. In a day or two afterwards. Mr. Heygate
took his seat for Leicester, in the room of Dr.
Noble, deceased. By the death of Sir John Owen
in February a vacancy was caused in the represen-
tation of the borough of Pembroke. To fill this
vacancy Sir Hugh Owen was elected. By the
death of the Duke of Sutherland the Marquis of
Stafford was raised to the dukedom, and left a va-
cancy in the representation of Sutherlandshire. Sir
David Dundas was elected to fill it. On the 28th
of March Lord Palmerston was re-elected for Tiver-

ton on his acceptance of the Wardenship of the
Cinque Ports. Mr. Harvey Lewis succeeded Mr.
Edwin James, Q.C., in the representation of Mary-
lebone. By the death of Mr. David Pugh on the 20th
of April a vacancy occurred in the representation
of the Montgomery Boroughs. He was succeeded
by his son-in-law, Captain Willes Johnson, who
was returned without opposition. Just at this time
Mr. Hugh Taylor resigned the representation of
South Shields, and was succeeded by Mr. Hodg-
son ; Major Gordon Duff resigned Banffshire, and
was succeeded by Mr. R. W. Duff Abercromby.
The Hon. Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn
died on the 7th of May. He was succeeded by
Lord Richard Grosvenor, a son of the Marquis of
Westminster. Mr. Locke was re-elected for South-
wark on his appointment as Recorder of Brighton.
In consequence of the elevation of Sir Richard
Bethell to the Lord Chancellorship a vacancy took
place in the representation of Wolverhampton.
Mr. Weguelin, a director of the Bank of England,
and formerly member for Southampton, was elected
to fill it. Other results of Sir Richard Bethell's
elevation were the re-election of Sir William Ather-
ton, the new Attorney-General, for the city of Dur-
ham, and the election of Mr. Roundell Palmer,
'Q.C., the .pew Solicitor-General, for Richmond, in
the room of Mr. Henry Rich, who resigned. Colo-
nel Luke White was returned for Longford, in the
room of Colonel White, who resigned. For Sel-
kirkshire Lord H. Scott, a son of the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, was elected in the room of Mr. Eliott Lock-
hart, who resigned. In consequence of the elevation
of Lord John Russell to the Peerage a vacancy in
the representation of the city of London took place.
After a sharp contest with the Lord Mayor, Mr.
Western Wood was elected. Mr. H. B. Coles was
returned for Andover. in the room of the Lord
Mayor (Mr. Cubitt), who resigned for the purpose
of contesting the city. Within the last few days
Sir George Grey, Mr. Cardwell, and Sir Robert
Peel have been re-elected for Morpeth, Oxford, and
Tamworth, in consequence of Governmental
changes.

Rear-Admiral James John Stopford has been
appointed Conservator of the Thames.
We mentioned some days ago that Mdlle.
Schelles and Mdlle. Fossli, dancers at the theatre at Stral-
sund, had been severely burnt in consequence of the dress
of the former coming in contact with a gaslight and that of
the latter by running to her assistance. We regret to an-
nounce that both these young dansouses have since died
from the injuries they received.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are
expected to commence their annual inspection at
Plymouth to-morrow. On Thursday they will be
present at the ball at St. George's-hall, Stonehouse,
in aid of the funds of the British Female Orphan
Asylum.
The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain
Arthur Cumming, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., from South America,
which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday afternoon,
left again in the evening for Spithead. As the fri-
gate departed those on board were cheered most
lustily by the crews of the Donegal, 99, and the Sur-
prise, 4, at anchor in the Sound. The Emerald left
Bahia on the 4th of July, St. Vincent on the 18th,
and Fayal (where pratique was refused) on the
28th. She spoke, in long. 24.9 W., lat. 10.20 N.,
the barque Arab, of London, bound to Bahia. Mr.
Christie, Envoy to the Court of Brazil, landed from
her at Plymouth.
Lord Frederick H. Kerr, the newly-appointed
Captain of the screw steamship Blenheim, 60, sta-
tioned at MilfordHaven,on the Coastguard service
has recently completed a tour round his district,
which extends from Aberystwith to Glocester, in
the gunboat Violet (tender to the Blenheim), Lieut.
and Commander Eugene C. Batty. The Coastguard
men are exercised at the different stations, a week
at a time, at great gun drill with shot practfi'
The firing generally is good, and the force is re-
sented as consisting of a fine body of
men. The Violet is now at Cardiff, whenceshe pro-
ceeds to Milford, calling at Port Cawl and Swansea

en route.
The Plover, 5, screw despatch gun vessel, was
yesterday placed alongside the Anchor-wharf, at
Chatham dockyard, and received on board her
masts, spars, yards, anchors, sails, cables, and other
gear, with which she proceeds this day to Ports-
mouth, where she is to join the first division of the
steam reserve. The Plover was afterwards moored
alongside the Diamond, 27, in Chatham harbour.
The naval transport Rochester, Mr. Heather
Master-Commander, was placed alongside the wharf
at Chatham yesterday, and landed two of the large
condensers for the line-of-battle screw steamer
Bombay, 81, fitting for the steam reserve at Chat-
ham. The Bombay is under orders to leave Chat-
ham harbour this day, and proceeds to Folly-point,
where she is to complete fitting.
The screw corvette Rattlesnake, 21, 400-horse
power, is being fitted with her machinery in Chat-
ham harbour by the contractors, Messrs. Ravenhill,
Salkeld, and Co. Yesterday she was removed from
her moorings opposite the dockyard, and taken
higher up the harbour to enable the screw corvette
Orpheus, 21, placed under the floating shears to be
masted and brought forward for the steam reserve.
_ _

The Iris, 26, was yesterday placed alongside the
Glocester, 50, to complete stripping, in order that
her masts, yards, spars, and other gear may be
transferred to the Winchester, 50.
The Bulldog, 6, Commander H. F. M'Killop,
steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday
morning at high water to Spithead, and, after an-
choring, took in powder and shell. She will take
on board supernumeraries prior to sailing for her
destination, Halifax and the West Indies.

The subjoined list of the deaths through yellow
fever on board her Majesty's ship Firebrand, on the
West India station, from the 13th to the 24th of
July inclusive, was received yesterday at the Ad-
miralty :—Adolphus D. Albertan son, assist.-pay-
master, second class; John M'Carthy, quarter-
master; John Carter, alias Kellett, coxswain. of
launch ; Thomas Lovering, stoker ; Richard Leary,
private, Royal Marine Light Infantry; James
Adams, carpenter's crew ; Daniel Oakley, carpen-
ter's crew; Thomas A. Green, stoker; Edward L.
Townsend, ordinary seaman ; John G. Rogers, or-
dinary seaman ; Howard C. Simpson, ship's
steward's boy ; James Perman, second-class boy ;
and Wm. Hill, first-class boy.
We have to record the death of Vice-Admiral Sir
Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., who expired yesterday
morning, at his residence in Cadogan-place, after a
protracted illness. This distinguished officer was
born at Cahirnane, in the county of Kerry, in 1793.
He entered the navy on the 23d of July, 1803, as
first-class volunteer on board the Excellent, 74,
Capt. F. Sotheron, and on that ship proceeding to
the Mediterranean was rated a midshipman the
following year. After serving at the defence of
Gaete and the capture of Capri, he removed to the
Blonde, 38, Capt. V. V. Ballard, and was present
in December, 1807, at the reduction of the Danish
West India Islands. On the Ist of August, 1809,
as a reward for the gallant conduct he exhibited
while prizemaster of the L'Alert, 20, he was nomi-
nated by Sir Alexander Cochrane to a lieutenancy
in his flagship, the Neptune, 98. On the 19th of
October, 1814, he was advanced to the rank of
Commander. In 1821 he was appointed to the
Icarus, 10, fitting for the Jamaica station, whence
he removed on the 6th of May, 1822, to the Carna-
tion, 18, and was posted on the 25th of November
following to a death vacancy in the Tamar, 26.
Commanding that vessel until she was paid off in
August, 1823, Capt. Herbert succeeded during that
time in destroying three piratical vessels on the
coasts of Cuba and Yucatan. Oa the 10th of No-
vember, 1837, having been ashore for a period of
14 years, he was appointed to the command of the
Calliope, 26, and proceeded to the Brazils, where,
until the arrival of Commodore T. B. Sulivan, he
executed the onerous duties of senior officer. He
was subsequently ordered to assume the command
of the naval force in Rio de la Plata. In January,
1840, he proceeded to join Rear-Admiral C. B. H.
Ross at Valparaiso, whence in the following June
he sailed for China. Arriving in the Canton river
on the 10th of October, Capt. Herbert assumed,
and, until the arrival of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
George Eliot on the 20th ofNovember, retained, the
command of the blockading force. On the 7th of
January, 1841, while in command of the advanced
squadron off the Boca Tigris,he conducted the attack
made on the enemy's forts at Chuenpee, where were
destroyed 11 powerful junks, the flower of the Chinese
fleet; and on the 23d of February, being at the time
on board the Nemesis, he effected the destruction of
of a 20-gun battery at the back of the island of
Anunghoy. Three days afterwards, while in the
Calliope, he headed the operations against the cele-
brated Bogue Forts ; and on the 27th, with a part
of the squadron under his orders) attacked the
enemy's camp, fort, and ship Cambridge, bearing
the Chinese Admiral's flag, at their position near
Whampoa, where 98 guns were destroyed. On the
13th March, after capturing the last fort protective
of the approaches to Canton, Captain Herbert's
squadron advanced towards that city, atid on the
18th attacked all the batteries and flotilla in its
vicinity, and after a severe conflict of two hours
and a-half, during which time all the former were
destroyed and the latter burnt, was enabled to
plant the British flag on the walls of the Factory,
thus placing totally in their power the city of
Quang-tong. In the month of June Captain Her-
bert succeeded, owing to the death of Sir H. F.
Senhouse, to the command of the whole force in
that river, and on the arrival shortly afterwards of
Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker as commander-!n-
chief was removed to the Blenheim, 72, in which
ship, in the course of the following months, he as-
sisted with great distinction at the capture of Amoy,
the retaking of Chusan, and the reduction of
Chunghae. On the latter occasion he landed in
command of the light column of attack, consisting
of upwards of 700 seamen and Marines, and
stormed and carried the citadel situate on the left
bank of the Tinghae river. After being present
at the surrender of Ningpo, he returned to Hong-
kong in February, 1842, and resumed the command
of the squadron in the Canton river. Sir Thomas
for his gallantry and meritorious services was re-
warded with the title of Knight Commander of the
Bath, and returned home in the Blenheim in March,