The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-10 00:00:00

UN I TED- STATES.

CONSULATE FEES.
By an Act passed in the lat Session of the
Congress of the United States, the Masters'a all
Foreign Vessels, resorting to any of the port's ‘vi'tl.)-.

in the Union, are required to deposit their Ship's'
papers with the Consuls of their respective Na-
tions. A regulation altogether unnecessary, -and
calculated to create delay and expence. In con-
sequence of this Law, the Masters of British
ships and vessels are indiscriminately deemed
lia-
hle to pay, in addition to the port charges and
Government d-uties, the fees the British Consuls
have established; which are considered extrem::-,
ly burtbensome, especially on vessels arriving
frdm the King's Colonies in North America, the
fees varying at the different ConsulateS:i-

The Merchants in some of these settlements,

have made representations on this subject to his
Majesty's Government, and they are, we under-
stand, at this time under consideration. There
is not any objection to the King's Consuls being
properly remuneratell for the duties they are re-
quired by their own Government to perform, in
►the exercise of their official functions; but as

this regulation was altogether unnecessary, an
entailing on the navigation of this country an ad

ditional and grievous expence, which, under exist.
ion; circumstances, it is ill able to bear, it is
thought the British Consuls in the United States
should have previously communicated to the proper
Authorities at Home, this Act of Congress, and
their intention to make, in consequence of it, the
Masters of all British vessels pay the fees esta-
blished in their respective Consulates. Had they
done so, there is little doubt btit that the Secre-
tary of State would have made known the sub-
ject to the different interests affected by it, and
in that case some explanations might have been
given to relieve the ship owners, at all events,
from the Consulate charges, if they could pot
have been wholly freed from the operations of
the Act.

The penalties.imposed by this Act of Congress
on the Masters of foreign vessels, are enormous. It
was to have been expected thatthe British Consuls
would have given some publicity to this regulation
in the United Kingdom, so that the mercantile
and shipping interests might have been .apprized
of it. It has long been a subject of regret, that
the standing instructions to the British Consuls
have not been revised and adapted to the modem
state of trade and navigation. It ought to be the
duty of these Officers to make known all the
changes which take place in the municipal Laws
and Regulations, and in the Import and Export
Duties on Goods and Tonnage in the several
countries where they are stationed, as we know
that frequently many very important changes have
occurred, affecting deeply the trade of Great Bri-
tain, and of which the Government were totally
ignorant, until;;from the representation of some
branch of trade injured by them, they were
made known to them. We have not the least
doubt, that the;lßritish Consul 3 readily make
coriimunicationir of this nature if they thought
they were expected, and as W'e arc in the corn-
mencement hope, a long, permanent, and
beneficial peace, it is not too much to presume,
but that some new Regulations will be made in
these respects, to protect the interests of our fel-
low-subjects, who must all recollect the special
and very minute instructions which were brought
over by Cit:!zen OTTo for the French Consuls who
were to haVe resided at the. several ports in this
kingdom, after the Peace Amiens. We have
often thciught the office of Consul to he of a more
•
important nature than hitherto it has been consi-
dered in England, and:. we think, from all we
have heard from travellers of different countries
with whom we have conversed, that these esta-
blishments might be made more extensively use-
ful hi a political and commercial point of view.
The following are two of the Tariffs of Fees
established by the British Consuls in the United
States of America, and as we do not recollect to

have seen them in any of the contemporary prints,
we insert them for the information of our com-
mercial Readers :

BRITISH CONSULS FEES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Provisional Tariff of Fees to be received by Biltish Consuls
in the United• States upon every British Vessel entering a
Port in the United States and unloading
If under GO Tons
Front GO to 100 Tons 8 Do.
10 Do.
15 Do.
20 Do.

4 Dollars.

100 to 150

150 to 200

200 to 300
300 and upwards ..25 D.

Should the Vessel discharge a part of her cargo at one
Consulate, and proceed to another, two-thirds of the fees to
be paid to the Consul at the first port, and one-third to the
second, on producing the receipts of the first Consul.
For every Certificate with the Signature and
Seal of the Consul 2 Dollars.
Duplicate I Do.
For the Preservation and Management of the
Property of a British Subject dying intestaie 5 per Cent.
For Affidavit and Certificate attached to a Ge 7
neral Tobacco Manifest, when there is more
than one !ihipper 4 Dollars.

Al! Documents to Individuals iu the Army or Navy, or
Merchants' Service, gratis.
(Signed) ANTHONY ST. JOHN BA 1(1.:
British Consulate General in the United States,

9th August, 1816.

TARIFF OF CONSULATE FEES TAKEN AT NEW YORK

From Vessels under 100 Tons B Do!lars

—to 160 lO *Do.

50 to 200 l5 Do.

200 to 250 O3 Do.

All above 950 3O Do.

British Consulate General, T! as,
7th March, 1 8 1 7.

All Masters•of British Vessels arriving in the United States
are hereby informed, that by an Act of Congress, passed on
the 3d Instant, they are requested, after having prodticed
their Registers and other Papers as heretofore to the Collector
of the Port at which entry is made, within 48 hours after
such an entry, To um.osyr these Papers with the British
Consul or Vice-Consul who may be resident "at the said. Port,
and to deliver to the Collector the Certificates of such Consul,
that these Papers have been deposited, under a penalty of
not less than 500 DOLLARS, and not exceeding 2000
The Register and other DOcuments will be returned by the
-Consul or Vice-Consul, on production of the Clearance of
the Collector.

(Signed) ANTHONY ST. JOHN BAKER.

AMERICAN PORT CHARGES.

The Port Charges on a ikitish Vessel of 179 Tons in <we o
the Ports of the United States, in the course of 'the:pro..
sent Year.

Dollars. Cents.

Entry at the Custom-house 5 -- 50
Tonnage Duty .
Light Money ...
IMeasureruent
Clearance
Blank Manifest

• 359 7---• 16

89 -- 79
1 -50

3-40

0- 6

BRITISH CONSUL'S CHARGES.

459 - 41

Tonnage l5 Dollars
Bill of Health 2 Do. .
Clearance
Landing 2 Do. ---- 21 --- 0

Total Dollars 480 ---- 41

POETRY.

THE OLD ALAN'S SONG.
(From a M.S. Poem) by HENRY NETLE.

Oh Lady ! do not weep for me,
Because my closing hour is near,
I only mourn that I should be
So long a way-worn traveller here.

These old white hairs are Slender ties
To bind rue to so bleak a shore;
'A heart that only beats with sighs
Cares not how soon it beats no more.

The worms will soon feed on my breast,
And revel o'er toy senseless clay;
But gnawing thoughts will be at rest,
Afore ravenous and fell than they.

The grass-green sod will heavily
Press on the head it covers o'er;
But light will every burden be
When grief shall weigh it down no more.

And dark will he my couch of rest,
And cold, but free from pain and fears,
Unshaken by any tin-o%in:: breast,
Unwetted by my buriting tears.

Then Lady do not weep for me,
Because my closing hour is near;
I only mourn that I should be
So long a Way-worn traveller here.

SHIP NEWS.

DEAL, Nov, 9.—Arrived, and sailed for the Ri-
ver last evening, the Richard. NOBLE, from De-

merara, and the Miss Platoff, from the Mediter-
ranean.' Came down from the River the Lady
Castlereagh, for Botany Bay and China ; Neily,
for Jamaica; Aurora, for Grenada; and Albion,
for Bourdeaux.

FALMOUTH, Nov. 7.—. The Lady Raffles, AtY-
BORNE, for the Last Indies ; Sappho, HALL, for

Bombay; and Stedfast, BARTON, for Barbadoes,
sailed yesterday, but put back in the evening.
The Tarantula, and the Mary, for the Meditcrra-
nern, sailed this day—the former has put back.
Half-past Ten o'clock.—The Prince Ernest
packet is this moment arrived from Lisbon ,with
•
a mail, in six days.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Charles
Forbes from the Downs for Tobago. Put back
the Kinnersley Castle transport : she parted com-
pany with the Minerva, off the Lizard, in a gale
of wind. Sailed his Majesty's ship Tiber on e
cruise.

BRIDLINGTON, Nov. B.—The Palermo,
of and from Broadstairs for Shields, in ballast, got
on shore near Flarnborough Head, during a fog,
on the sth inst. but has been got on; and brought
into this harbour, with loss of keel and other da-
mage.

PHILLIPS, the singer, arrived in America, from
Ireland, some time before INcLEDoN. Thus these
two vocalists, who were harmonious rivals in t►ht
old world, are likewise likely to continue so in the
new.

On Thursday last a fishing boat belonging to
Mr. Shea, of Lowestoft, got upon the Scrob'•
sand and was wrecked ; eight poor fellows out of
nine lost their lives.
,This is the third boat that
has been lost on three succeeding Thursdays—
makint; in the whole a IcAs of 20 persons.