The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-24 00:00:00

CUSTOM DUTIES ACT.

Amongst the 349 at -;icles in the Custom Duties .Ac!,,
producing less than l pt,;/. each of revenue, "
stands at the head, the clut7
received on which, in 1839,
was Bs. Ashes,. not otherwise `numerated, IL 4s. 7d. ;
copper ore, the produce of, and .imi:orted from any Bri-
tish possession within the limits of the East India Com-
pany's charter, gave 4s. 7d. ; camels' wool or hair, Is. ;
clog skins in the hair, not tanned, Is. '7.4.; fish's skins,.
undressed, is. ; slates, not otherwise enui'ierated, the
large sum of Bd.; walnut oil, 35.; tanned goat Aim, 6d.;
steel unwrought, prepared in and brought from any Bri-
tish possession in Asia, Africa, or America, 6d. These
are taken at random from the table in the appendix to
the report of the Select Committee on import duties,
which contains numerous others of similar insignificance,.
ranging from shillings to pounds, and vice versa.
The list of 147 articles on which no duty was received
contains alkali again at the head, not being barilla ; the
duty being I ls. 4d. per cwt., and running up to 11. 10s.,
according to the per centage of soda contained. Basket
rods, Is. per bundle •, cinders, 2L per ton ; and this list
ends with thrown silk, on which a duty was paid of
38,4521., and a drawback allowed of 43,8501..

By the new tariff; this duty on alkali, not being barilla,
is reduced to Is.-6d. per cwt. ; ashes, nut enumerated, to
5 per cent. ; and the duties on copper ores were, as is
well known, materially altered, and for the better ; but
the tariff was left with the whole army of unproductive
duties still standing in the schedule to the Custom Duties
Act ; and, therefore, it may be safely inferred that any
document correctly prepared, to show the operation of
the new tariff; will contain numerous sums of sixpences
and shillings, denoting the amount of revenue received.
As many as 1,150 articles, or nearly so, may be said to
remain liable to Custom-house duties ,: and yet, out of a
revenue of 22,000,000/., about 17 artalcles produce as
much as 9411 per cent., or 21,700,6301.
This state of things show that the Custom Duties Act
requires a complete and searching reform, and .it is ma-
nifest that a very large saving in the expense of collec-
tion would thus be effected, exclusive of important ad-
vantages and facilities to trade.—Chronicle.

GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—AbOIIt
ninety of the friends and supporters of this useful Insti-
tution assembled together on Wednesday, at the London
Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, to celebrate the sixth anni-
versary of the Society. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Sidney presided, and amongst the company we observed
IL Pownall,l Esq., the Middlesex magistrate ; A. L.
Gower, Esq. ; Captain Lamont, R.N.; the Messrs.
Noble, Mr. Groom, and most of the leading gardeners
and horticulturists of London and its vicinity. The
dinner was served in Mr. Lovegrove's best style. The
usual loyal toasts were given and responded to, after
which the secretary announced that the subscriptions of
the evening amounted to 170/., the Hon. Chairman and
the Lord Mayor being in the list of subscribers for five
guineas each. The secretary also stated that that morn-
ing no less than thirty new annual subscribers of one
guinea each had enrolled their names in the subscription
list. Several appropriate toasts were given and res-
ponded to, and the amusements of the evening were
varied by several glees and songs, given with much
effect by Messrs. Bradbury, Lloyd, and Showbridge.
Miss Steele, a lady with a charming voice and consider-
able taste, whom we do not remember to have met
before, sang Benedict's beautiful song, " By the sad sea
wave," in a style which reminded us forcibly of Mrs.
Alfred Shaw.
A " RECXLESS" COUPLE.—On Wednesday week a
marriage was about to be celebrated at Boston, between
a Mr. John Reckless, well known as a waiter, and Miss
Eliza, Procter, daughter of Captain Procter, of Boston,
but who had been brought up by her aunt, an old lady
named Lilly, of Leverton. The license was bought—a
good dinner provided—friends and relations met—and
every arrangement was made to do honour to the
joyous occasion. The bride and bridegroom were present,
and received the congratulations of, the assembled guests,
and the aunt of the bride, in the joy of her heart, gave
a cheque for 1001., as her marriage portion. On the time
arriving to :proceed to church, the company were much
alarmed by the sudden disappearance of the young
couple, and, although the strictest inquiries were made,
not the slightest intelligence of them could be obtained.
Much anxiety soon prevailed, and joy was turned into
mourning. An application at the bank upon which the
cheque was drawn, however, set all their fears at rest.
It was there ascertained that the youthful pair bad
called at the bank and received cash for the cheque, and
had then decamped witheut having the marriage cere-
mony performed, leaving their friends And relations to
enjoy the marriage feast by themselves. It, is su
that this " reckless" pair have fled to London. :Mort
Herald.

PROGRESS 08 THE PRINTING PRESS.—WiII have
lying before us a little vocabulary of fourteen ptigess
being the first attempt at printing on the island of Fel**
nando, and the work of the Rev. Mr, Merrick, Baptist
missionary there, who, having procured some Englislta
type, has printed this vocabulary for the use of th ttf.
natives in learning English. It is printed only on on*
side of the paper, and, on the whole, is a very creditable{
first attempt. It seems that, in the native language, Of
dialect, the long and short sounds of the vowels are th
same as on the continent of Europe. Gis always hard ,
a single H is never sounded, but EH marks the aspirate,
and KW is sounded as QU in equal. Obassi signifies
God ; bubi, sin ; mohnia, mind, soul, or spirit ; linggeetti
to love. With this book we received another, "The
Adeeyah Vocabulary, for the Use of Schools in resteria
Africa," by John Clarke, and printed at Falmoutkr
Jamaica, last year, for the use of the Baptist mission'
Father, in this dialect, is Boy-em, or In-ta ; mothe:h
Emmi, or 0-mi; the great spirit, Al-e-hun-du ; the goo‘t
spirit, Dupe; bad spirit, Itio-o ; man, Bu-bi ; wommeo
Wa-di.—Manchester Guardian.
ORANGES AND LEMONS.--The Lords of the Trear
sury have issued an order to the effect, that chests t 4
boxes of oranges and lemons, measuring 36 inches i.S
iln2chineeshiens dinepthhe,i
gahnit
aha
length,
revitnog he 2 aoconesdm inchesoi
tfte9d
tion inchesewnitdratyhnt
as not exceeding 7,300 cubic inches, and as this result. •
ataunntddhee7rduty of 3s. 9d. cuitt.
is to be arrived at by rejecting any fractional parts of att
inch which may appear to remain after the deduction
the two-third parts of the cone has been made, in cone
formity with the order of the Commissioners of Customs,
dated
authorising
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fractional
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in London, and at all the out-port?
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of the kingdom, for the information and government
the officers and
FanAd the trade.
AN
MondayD night, before Mr. William on the body
in a cab, it transpired, in the. —A. t. an inquest held ct,
course of
the evidence,
Cit;;
of a young man whheoedied suddenif
the policeman who came up, instead of at onee fakir 'the deceased to the nearest surgeon's, ordered the cat.
secondmantw leee
where
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wotnhoitet,ahhh e station house in Black Horse-cow
ikeeh
nadil coroner
eioom teh
the
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had
presentdnobtei
ceeo
rtweackaes tit
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the station-house, instead of to the nearest surge
In so doing much time, which was of the most vital ie
portance, was lost. It was his opinion that the fiitt,
thing a policeman should do, on coming to a fresh
was to ascertain the residence of all the medical m
near it, so that in all cases of sudden illness or accideri.
in the street, he might know where to obtain medic
ll
aid, without first going to the station-house for ordeitt
He trusted the inspector would take notice of what 9
said, so that in all future cases of persons being take it
ill in the streets prompt medical assistance might be o c
tained.
The venerable Earl of Carlisle, who has been aga:
much indisposed, was, in answer to inquiries on Wednesda
at Carlisle House, Grosvenor-place, somewhat better
Viscount Morpeth is expected in town next month frost
Castle liowar

IRELAND.
THE CHIEF SECRETARYHIP.
DUBLIN, JAN. 21.—Intelligence of the death of the
venerable Earl of St. Germans reached Lord Eliot this
day, at Dublin Castle. As his Lordship goes to the
House of Lords as Earl of St. Germans, it is very pro-
bable that he will not continue in the office of Chief
Secretary of Ireland. There are already rumours as to
his successor, and amongst those spoken of are Lord
Dalhousie, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and
Mr. Sydney Herbert, Secretary to the Admiralty ; but,
of course, everything on this point at present must be the
merest speculation.
Lord Eliot had arranged to receive a deputation from
the Corporation at the Castle to-day ; but, in conse-
quence of the event above referred to, the interview did
sot take place.
Lord Eliot is to sail for Port Eliot, Cornwall, this
evening, to attend the funeral of his father.