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which be received was about £l4

Since the ab

tion of slavery his estates haat on
the contrary, they have lost for the proprietor trom £lOOO
to £l2OO a-year, and do not at present return a single
hogshead of sugar to the British market, although capable,
with an adequate supply of free labour, which the huma-
nity-mongers, par excellence, who are now clamouring for
slave sugar, have pertinaciously objected to allow the
planters to obtain, of producing 1000 hogsheads a-year.
Mr. Berkeley contends that an ample supply of free labour
ought to have been afforded, before submitting the colo-
nial proprietor to foreign competition—in fact, that ar-

returned no income

rangements for affording such a supply ought to have ac-
companied emancipation. Had this been done, Lord John

Russell would not: have Lad to counpl.in of the inadequacy
of our colonial supply ; neither would the colonists have
had reason to fear competition, from whatever quart(
Mr. Berkeley concludes with the fon
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As your lordship's follower in y

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July 28, 1846.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE
(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN EXCUT‘NGE

.-YESTERDAY,

The supplies of English wheat by land carriage samples this
morning were exceedingly small, and our quotations of last
week maintained ; free foreign met an improved demand, and
in many instances at prices which were unobtainable on Friday
last. There was a trifling inquiry for Black Sea wheat to ex-
port for Belgium. Flour is a slow sale at former rates.
Odessa letters of the 10th and 13th instant, inform us of an
active business in wheat there ; about 85,000 quarters had been
purchased, principally for Italy, up to prices equal to 41s and
43s per quarter here in bond

iere were very few Beans or Peas, and little Barley, at
market, and the value of each is unaltered from last Monday
Oats sell rather more freely than last week on the same terms
SMITHFIELD CATTLI

61A RKET

-YE.Th:RDAY

The beef trade was in a very sluggish state, but at
nothing quotable beneath, the currencies obtained on this day
se'nnight, a nnight, the primst Scots with difficulty realising 4d. per 81bs.
rrn. - 1- • • .

quality. (in the whole, the In-inon trade was dull, at, in most
transactions, a decline on last week's prices of 21. par Blbs.—the
highest general figure for the best old Downs not exceeding 4s.
2d. per sibs.
_ . _

Iri lambs, the supply of which was larger, comparatively little
was doing, at the late decline in value.
The veal trade was steady at late currencies.

For pigs the inquiry was very inacti

,t about previous

quotations

THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF,

The New York papWspubiisl-Ilie new Tariff Bill as it
passed the house on the 3rd, by a majority of 114 to 95.
It is divided into 12 sections. The following is an ana-
lysis of the document

The first section contains a preamble of the measure,
then follows the cost of articles under the various rates of
duty to be imposed, viz. :—First, those that are to pay a
duty of 100 per etnt. ad valorem, such as brandy and
other spirits distilled from grain or other materials, &c.
Second, articles to pay a duty of 40 per cent., in which
are fish preserved in oil, composition tops for tables, or
other articles of furniture, wines, &c. Third, to pay a
duty of 30 per cent. ad v-alorem,—alabaster, German
silver plate, ale, beer, or porter, in casks or bottled,
walking sticks, ina, earthenware, &c. Fourth, to pay
a duty of 25 per cent. ad valertrn. Under this tax,
among other articles, are buttons and button moulds of
all kinds, several descriptions of drugs, cables, cordage,
tarred or otherwise, cotton laces, cotton insertings, cot-
ton trimming laces, cotton laces and braids, manutactures
composed wholly of cotton, not otherwise provided for; ma-
nufactures of goats' hair or mohair, &c.; matting, Chinese
and other floor matting, and matting made of flags, jute,
of grass ; manufactures of silk, or of which silk shall be a
component material, not otherwise provided for; manu-
factures of worsted, or of which worsted shall be a com-
ponent material, not otherwise provided for ; slates,
other than roofing slates • woollen and worsted yarn.
Fifth, articles to pay a duty of 20 per cent. Sixth,
articles to pay a duty of 15 per cent. Seventh, articles
to pay a duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem, in which are
included books, printed magazines, pamphlets, periodi-
cals, and illustrated newspapers, bound or unbound ;
hempseed, linseed, and rapeseed, &c. ; Arabic, East
India, Senegal, &c., gums ; furs; tallow, soap stocks
and soap stuffs ; chronometers, watches, and parts of
watches, &c. Eighth, to pay a duty of 5 per cent.
Ninth, articles free of duty,

Sec 3 further enacts that, from and after the Ist of De-
cember, there shall be levied, collected, and paid an all
goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from foreign
countries, and not especially provided for in this act, a
duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem.
Sec. 4 provides for the weighing or measuring of goods,
when such is not contained in the invoice or entry.
Sec. 5 allows a drawback in the duty on pickled El of
the fisheries of the United States equal to the amount of
duty paid for salt, if said fish be cured with foreign salt.
Sect. 6 fixes the 2d of December for the commencement
of the act.

Sec. 7 authorises goods, from the American side of the
Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn to remain in the pub-
lic stores (if so desired) for one year, instead of ninety
days, as enacted by the act of 1512.
Sec. 8 enacts, that in no instance shall the duty be as—
sured upon an amountless than the invoice value. Owners,
consignees, or agents of imports which have been actually
purchased, may, on entry of the same, make such addition
in the entry to the cost or value given in the invoice as in
his opinion may raise the same to the true market value of
such imports in the principal markets of the country
whence the importation shall have been made, &c., and
add thereto all costs and charges which, urder existing
laws, would form part of the true value at the port where
the same may be entered, upon which the duties should be
assessed.

Sec. 9. Value of goods may be appraised, should the
Custom-house authorities deem them entered at too
small an amount ; and in case the United States appraisers
shall deem them under value, the collector of the district
to have power to sell the said goods by auction within 20
days, for au attempt to defraud the United States'
customs.

Sec. 10 relates to the appointment of officers under the
act, who will be required to take an oath of office.
Sec. 11 prohibits all persons connected with the Ame-
rican navy, in any ship of the United States, importing
any article subject to duties specified above, &c.