Star.
London, England, 1814-10-01 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

SITTING (F TIIE 26T11 (IF SEPTEmrsen, 1814.

M. Dutut.toEunt:i, in the name of the Central COM.
rnittee, made a Report on the plan of law concerning.
threign iron. France, he observed, possessed in abun-
dance the ore tit for the fablication of iron. A consi-
deiable number of smelting furnaces, tefineries, and
forges, pouted annually into circulation 14t) millions
ut kilograms of iron and steel, which in the course of
the years 1813 and 1814, produced a mm of
75,56,),000 francs, and were wholly consumed in the
interior. The forges of France were therefore among
the number of its most valuable manufactures, and
deserved all the protection of government. On the
other hatni, they had to consider the wants of agricul-
ture and ccannrace, which were deeply interested in
the diininution of the price of Fart-awes had to
compla;n of the bad quality of most of our agricul-
tural implements, and our colonies and foreign com-
merce would ritinire a great quentity of iron. It
was painful, therefore, to think that one of the first
law's proposed would have for its object, to impose a
tax on a raw material of the first necessity ; but the
interests of our iron-masters seemed to require it,
though lie trusteed the la* would be only temporary.
The Reporter next stated the amendments which
the Committee proposed to make on the law as origi-
nally pttiposed. One of these was, that the duty on
foreign steel should be diminished. He observed that
French industry having assumed a new vigour, there
would boon be nothing whet ein we might envy our
neighbours, and the manufacture of cast steel would
no longer be a rurtery to us : but, in the meantime,
it was ni.ccssary to favour the introduction of that sort
of steel which, many of our artisans conid not dis-
pense with. He theiefore had to propose, that the
duty on foreign cast steel, instead of 4u should be 30
francs, and on steel wire 20 francs.

The following, then, would stand as the substance
of the law, as amended by the Committee:
Foreign pig Iron, 2 fr. per It 0 kilograms.
Iron in the ragh, In masses, prohibited.
lion having undergone too manipulations or processes, 15 fr.
I,e. 100 kilograms.
Iron ut three manipteat'onc, 25h. per 100 kilograms.
Fine iron, of 4 manipulations, 40 fr. per 100 kilogram.
Iron In plates, known by the name of tole, id.
Iron wire, GO fr. per 100 kilograms,
All kinds of raw bud, 45 fr. per 100 kilograms.
Cast steel for cutlery, 30 fr. per 100 kilogtama.
Steel wire for needles, 20 Ir. per 100 kilograms.
Iron and steel now In entrepot in French ports, to pay the same
duty as ab•ve.

The Committee, however. added another article,,
exempting from the above provision, iron which shall
be proved to the satisfactivn of the Custom-house, to
have been duly purchased in Sweden, prior to the
25th of.lnly,lBlo, the date of a decree enacting, that
no vessels should eater or depart from any port of
France, but in virtue of a license.

The Chamber ordered the report to be printed, and
the discussion to tike place three days alter its dis.
tribution.

BAITISII OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF TIM
AITACK ON FoRT ERIIi.

Head-quarters, Camp before Fart Erie, Assiut It
EXTRACT FROM MORNING DISTRICT.
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GENERAI. ORDER.
Lieutenant• General Drummond congratulates the
army on the brilliant achievement executed last night
by Captain Dobbs of the Royal Navy, and a party
of seamen and marines, who, in the most gallant
style, boarded, and, after a short snuggle, cattied
two of the enemy's armed schooners, anchored close
to Fort Erie. Accident alone prevented the capture
of the third schooner; those captured are the Somers
and Porcupine, the former mounts two long wave-
pounders, the latter one twelve. They were comman-
ded by Lieutenants, and hailson board 35 men each.
The Lieutenant-General laments to find that
Lieutenant Radcliffe, Cornma,ider of his hlsjesty's
schooner Netly, has fallen on this occasion ; he was
killed in the act of boarding. He will he buried at
twelve o'clock, with such marks of reTect as cir-
cumstances will permit; besides Mr. Radcliffe, our
loss has been one seaman killed and four wounded.
The enemy's loss is one seaman kiiltrd, three officers
and four seamen wounded. The whole enterprise
reflects the highest credit on the ability and spirit
of Capt. Dobbs, and the gallant party under his corn.
mand. J. HARVEY, Liellt..Cul. D. Adj.-Gen.
Head-qulrrerso.hiontreal,.2.sth August, 1814.