The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-13 00:00:00

THE AMENDED TARIFF.

The new commercial tariff, with the changes to which the
Government has been induced to accede by the representations
and suggestions of those par ies who have a practical acquain-
tance with the subject, was laid upon the table of the House of
Commons at a late hour on Monday night. These changes
are few in number. In the case of a few manufactured at-
:ides, in which it appeared that a sudden removal of protec-
ion to the whole extent proposed would have a fatal effect ou
certain branches of domestic industry, without procuring any
great amount of benefit to the community at large, some con-
cession has been made. For instance, the duties on women's
gloves, habit-gloves, and men's gloves will be reduced from 75., ss.
ant 45. per dozen pair respectively, to 4s. 6d., 3s. 61., and 2s. 6d.,
lot to 55., 2.. 6d., and 2s. : the.duty on straw-plait will be re-
duced to 7s. 6.1., not to ss. per pound. The tariff, as it now
:rands, has been considerably simplified by the removal of a
vast number of differential duties, which stood in the original
scheme, for the purpose of favouring the produce of the colo-
Ales. Many of these differential duties were to have been
eviod on articles which none of the colonies produce, and they
might have had the bad effect of encouraging, by new protec-
tion, certain branches of unprofitable or unnatural cultivation
and industry. But the preference given to the trade and pro-
duce of the British colonies has been retained in favour of all
those articles which are, •r may soon become, important and
natural portions of our colonial and national wealth.
The duties on provisions remain as they were in the origi-
nal scheme, except that the admission of foreign beef and
pork to the English market is postponed to the 10th of Octo-
ber, 1842.

The admission of foreign fish is subjected to the condition
that it cannot be imported in fishing vessels, because by the
various treaties with foreign Powers, which regulate the home
fisheries, it is stipulated that the fishing-boats of one nation
shall not fish or trade within three miles of the coasts of an-
other country. The trade in fresh fish will consequently be
limited to such fish as may be conveyed to this country in car-
goes of a certain size ; as, for example, salmon from Norway,
and eels from Holland.

The following is the Amended List, with the principal arti-
cles under the head Animals and Articles of Food.*

ANIMALS (LiviNsi ).—Asses, each, Foreign, 2s. 6d. —l3ri-
fish, Is. 3d. Goats, do., Foreign, le.—British, 6d. Kids,
do., Foreign, Is.—British, 6d. Oxen, do., Foreign, 11.—Bri.
tish, 10s. Cows, do., Foreign, 15s. —British, 7s. 6d.
Calves, do., Foreign, 10s.—British, ss. Horses, Mares,
Gel lings, Colts, Foals, do., Foreign, 11.—British, 10s.
Mules, do., Foreign, 2s. 6d.—British, Is. 3d. Sheep, do.,
Foreign, 3s.—British, Is. 6d. Lambs, do., Foreign, 2s.—Bri-
tish, ls . Swine and Hogs, do., Foreign, 55.-13titisis, 2s. 6d.
Pigs (sucking), do., Foreign, 2s.—Bri ish, Is. Poultry, for
every 1041. value, Foreign, sl.—British, 2/.

ARROW Root, the cwt., Foreign, ss.—British, Is.
FlSH.—Anchovies, the lb.,Foreign, 2d. Eels, the ship's
lading, 131. Lobsters, do., oreign, 5/. Fish imported from
Foreign places, in other than fishing vessels, viz.: Oysters,
the bushel, Is. 6d. ; Salmon, the cwt., 10s. ; Stockfish, the
120, Ss. ; Soles, the cwt., ss. ; Sturgeon, do., ss. ; Turbots,
do., ss. ; Turtle, do., ss. ; Fresh, not otherwise enumerated,
do., ls. ; Cured, riot otherwise enumerated, do., '2s ; if im-
ported in fishing vessels, Prohibited. Fish of British taking
and curing, including Turtle, Free.
FRUIT, viz.—Raw, and not otherwise enumerated, for
every 1001. value, Foreign, 51. Almonds, not Jordan, ner
bitter, the cwt., Foreign, 10s. Jordan, do., Foreign, 1/. ss.
Bitter, do., Foreign, 2s. Apples, ravv,the bushel, Foreign, 6d.
—British, 2d. Dried, do., Foreign, 2s. 6d.—British, ls.
Currants, the cwt., Foreign, I/. 2s. 2d. Dates, do. Foreign,
103. Figs, do., Foreign, 15s. Grapes, for every 1001. value,
Foreign, Si.
NUTS, VlZ.—Chesnuts, the bushel, Foreign, 2s. Cocoa
nuts, the 1,200/, British, Is. Small nuts, the bushel, Foreign,
2s. Walnuts, do., Foreign, 2s.
ORANGES and LEMONS same as in the first tariff, with the
exception that the duty on those of Foreign and British pro-
duction are the same.

Pears, raw, the bushel, Foreign, 9d.—British, 3d. Dried,
do. Foreign, 3s. 9d. Plums (commonly called French Plums)
and Prunellos, the cwt, Foreign, 11.—Dried or Preserved. do.
Foreign, 11. 7s. Gd. Raisins, the cwt. Foreign, 15s.—British,
7s. 6d.

Paovlstows, viz.—Bacon, the cwt. Foreign, Ms.—British,
3s. 6d. Beef, salted, not being corned beef, do., Foreign, 83.
British, 2s. Beef, fresh, or slightly salted, do., Foreign, Bs.
British, 2s. Butter, do., Foreign, 11.—British, ss. Cheese,
do., Foreign, 10s. 6d.—British, 2s. 6d. Eggs, the 120, Fo-
reign, 101—British, 2d. Hams of all kinds, the cwt., Fo-
reign, 14s.—British, 3s. 6d. Lard, do., Foreign, 2s.—British,
6d. Pork, salted, (not Hams,) do., Foreign, Bs.—British, 2s.
Pork, fresh, do , Foreign, 88.—British, '2s Tongues, do.,
Foreign, 10s.—British, 2s. 6d. Salted or Fresh Meat, not
otherwise described, do , Ss.—Foreign, 2s.f
The duties on linseed, flax seed, and mustard seed, &c., will
be reduced considerably more than was proposed in the original
schedule of the tariff.

In the duties on the metals no very important departure
from the former plan is now suggested, except in the case of
that on rolled 'palter, which will be reduced. not to I/. per
ton, but to 41. per ton. Some alteration is also proposed in
the adjustment or the duty of five per cent. ad valorem on
copper ores. Copper ores containing not more than fourteen
parts of copper will pay V. 10s. per 1001. value of metal, and
ores containing more than fourteen parts of copper will pay 51.
The duty on tin ore remains, as proposed, at I/. per ton; regulus
of tin at 21. ; and tin in blocks, ingoti, &C. 6/. the ton.
With regard to the mode of adjusting the timber duties, it
has been found that the original plan for sweeping away all the
clumsy and complicated distinctions of sizes and lengths, by
reducing all the imports of foreign timber to one head in the
tariff, would have been unfair in its operation on unhewn wood;
by the final arrangement it is proposed to make an alteration in
the duties on certain kinds of hewn wood, for the purpose of
carrying into effect with greater accuracy the principle of the
reduction on this article.

TIMBER on Woon-not being deals, battens, boards, staves,
handspikes, oars, lathwood, ufers, or other timber or wood,
sawed, split, or otherwise dressed, except hewed, and not being
timber or wood otherwise charged with duty, the load of 50
cubic feet, Foreign, 11. 10s., from and after 10th of October,
1842, 1/. 55.-British, Is. Deals, battens, boards, staves,
ufers, or other timber or wood, sawed or split, and not other-
wise charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet, Foreign,
1/. 18s., from and after the 10th October, 1842, 11. 128.-
British, 2s. Firewood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet, Foreign,
10s.-British, free. Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in
length, the 120, Foreign, 11.-British, 6d. Handspikes, ex-
ceeding 7 feet in length, ditto, Foreign, 21.-British, Is.
Hoops, not exceeding 9 feet in length, the 1,000,
Foreign, 38.-British, 6d. Hoops, exceeding 9 feet
in length, the 1,000, Foreign, 55.-British, Is. }nees,
under 5 inches square, the 120, Foreign, 10s.-British,
3d. Five inches, and under 8 inches sqUare, the 120, Fo-
reign, 21.- British, ls. Lathwood, the fathom of 216 cubic
feet, Foreign, 22.-British, Is. Oars, the 120, Foreign. 71. 10s.
-British, 3s. 9d. Spars or poles, under 22 feet in length, and
under 4 inches in diameter, the 120. Foreign, 1/.-British, 6d.
Twenty-two feet in length and upwards, and under 4 inches in
diameter, the 120, Foreign, 22.-British, Is. Of all lengths, 4
inches, and under 6 inches in diameter, do., British, 4/.-Fo-
reign, 2s. Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length,
the 1,000, Foreign, 21.-British, Is. Exceeding 2 feet in
length, ditto, Foreign, 41.-British, 2s. Teak, the load of 50
cubic feet, Foreign, 10s.-British, Is. Wastewood, viz., billet-
wood, or brushwood, used for the purposes of stowage, for every
1001. value, Foreign, 51.-British, Si.
The change in the timber duties will come into operation on
the 10th of October, 1842. These are the principal altera-
tions, and on comparingthe amended with the original tariff, it
will be found that the difference is not material.

• In the List where the word " British" does not appear, the
duty is the same as for the productions of foreign countries.

t N.E. It is intended to propose the repeal of the 42d clause of
the 3d and 4th Will IV., cap. 57, as far as the Customs are thereby
empowered to require from shippers bond to land provisions at the
port of the ship's destination, and likewise the repeal of the 43d
clause of the same Act.

A woman named Deville, who lived at Vaugirard
was, on Saturday, cited before the Correctnal Tribunal under
charges of lending money upon the most inordinately usurious
interest. It was proved that, in general, her rate was ten
cents. a day on every five francs, or 700 per cent. per annum ;
almost uniformly taking pledges in the shape of articles of fur-
niture, workmen's tools, tickets from the Mont-de-Piete, and
other tangible things, many of which she fraudulently detained,
even after the sums she had advanced upon them were repaid.
Sometimes she exacted one franc for the loan of five francs for
three days. One woman deposed dud the prisoner had re-
ceived from her 360 francs for the use of sixty francs for four
months, or in effect 1,800 per cent. Madame Deville dared
not appear in the face of justice, and we3,condemned in de-
fault to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 2,500 francs.
We learn from Pecquigny, in the Somme, that
another of those deplorable accidents from the falling of wells
while being sunk occurred on the Ist instant, at La Chaussee,
near that town. The well-digger, a man named Gricourt, was
buried to a depth so great, that it became necessary, in order
to relieve him, to dig another well parallel to that in which he
was, so as to meet him by means of an horizontal cut. All the
civil and military authorities in the neighbourhood co-operated
most zealously in directing this operation, to expedite which
a detachment of infantry was brought from Amiens. On
Tuesday they had proceeded so far as to ascertain that the poor
man was still alive, and be able to supplx him with nourish-
ment; but it required the greats,d_precaution in making the
entrance into the vault which enclosed him sufficiently large to
I take him out, lest it should fall down and crush him. No fears
however of his ultimate release were entertained.

The Smyrna journals, of the 19th ult., which arrived
yesterday, gave an account of a fire at that place on the night
of the 16th, between 11 and 12 o'clock, which, but for the
prompt assistance of .the officers and men of the French and
Au'trtan ships of war on the station, would have been
attended with an immense loss of property, and per-
haps of life, equal to that of the calamity which occurred
nine months ago, as it broke out in a house in the
centre of the town, and close to the Custom-house and
the Bazaars. Immediately on the flames being per-
ceived, the French Admiral Lasusse and the Austrian Admiral
Bandiera ordered on shore strong detachments from the officers
and crews of the ships under their command ; and so judicious
and energetic was the assistance thus rendered, that in a few
hours the fire was subdued, but not until forty houses, some of
them of large size, two schools, three Greek convents, end
about sixty shops, had been consumed. Two days afterwards,
a letter of thanks, signed by a large number of the inhabitants
of Smyrna, was addressed to the two Admirals. The loss of
property is estimated at several millions of piastres.
PUGlLlSM.—Considerable excitement continues to
prevail in the town relative to the affray between Eabbage and
Cox, in which the latter lost his life, and on Saturday infor-
mation was given to the Mayor, that Eabbage had taken
forcible possession of the premises on the South Denes, and
was sitting at one of the windows with a drawn sword. The
Mayor, we understand, had Eabbage taken into custody, and
took an information against him privately, that he might be
brought up for examination yesterday (Monday) morning.
We believe some of the new Magistrates have determined that
Eabbage shall yet be committed for trial, on a charge of man-
slaughter. —lpswich Express.
DRURY-LANB TIIEATRICAL FUND.—HiS Majesty
the King of Hanover has transmitted to Mr. W. Bennett, the
secretary, a donation of 50/. At the festival, which takes
lace at Freemasons' Hall this day, the Marquises of Normanby
and Clanricarde, and Earls of Pembroke and Dartmouth, have
signified their intention to be present to support the Royal
Cnairman. A full company is anticipated.