Litchfield enquirer., 1833-02-07

LOndon, Dec. 27-( Evening. l--Tha ae-
counts from Antwerp, conlain some highly
interesting details Of the terms. Of Iit cspita-
lati0n, md Of the occurrences N1Ith took
place up to O'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
The conduct Of the French md Belgians
with regard 10 The gun-b0ats stationed be-
tween the Citadel aud the Teie de Flandres
deserves 10 be designated as aarocious. The
gun hoais were in 90 degree dependent upon
The Citadel, nor were they under the orders
of Gen. Chase; their commdEder. Cant.
sKoopman, acted under Instructions direct from
his Sovereign. They were not, therefore,
included IN The capitulation of the Citadel,
and actually kept from it. Nevertheless. in
defiance OF this distinct understanding. md in
violation Of Belgic neutrality, when Capt
Koopman, on the cessation of hOstiltles,
thought proper to drop down the river with
tis little fleet, the Belgians, from some Of the
works on the banks, with the assistance of
French artillerymen, opened heavy fire up
ca fhe gun boats, and their gallant Com
handler, finding that il was next to irnpossi-
bla to effect Il passage by the opposing Bate
ries. blew IN and sunk his vessels with the
exception of one which escaped,) rather than
sallow them to- fall into the hands Of either
French sor Beigians, by, whom they might
have been subsequently used against Forts
Lilo and Liefkenshock. This spirited con-
duct Of the Dutch Commander provoked the
disappointed feelings of the Belgians, who
were base enough TO pelt and boot at him
and his gallant comrades as they passed
through the streets as prisoners of war.
King Leopold, who arrived at Antwerp a
short time after this disgraceful scene, was
received with GOODNESS by his ignoble people.
Cant. Pendleton, arrived at Boston from NJ.
Dieppe, reposts, that the lpss Of the French
was computed at from 16 600 to 5000 men.
The citadel was taken possession Of on the
Q5th. The loss Of the Dutch was not known.
Ten Thousand bombs were thrown by the
French engineers into the citadel, which de-
stroyed ali the provisions aud water Of the be-
seigpd. Gen. Chase defended the citadel
for two days after the destruction. Of his pro-
visions and ssatcr.
Ertroct from Mr.. fngersoirs Speech on the
Tariff bill.
There are other objections to this bill
which shall now be noticed. Its very details
are SO unjust, and sounequalin their bearings,
Though doubtless not 50 considered by the
Commitee.) should be willing to submit the
question of their Inequality Ia the opponents
ofthe protective system, to those even who
hold TO the doctrine Of State notification /;
and from tho votes we have taken, there is
some reason TO believe that these questions
are to be yet decided IN this House by the OPP
ponents If the protective system, rather than
its friends. We have here bill 10 which the
report that accompanies II informs US, the
duties are generally averaged from 10 to 90
per cent; aud as woollen and cotton goods
stand at 90 in the bill, one would suppose that
they had been favored with a place'on the
outside Of the average. Now, how is the
fact? What are the great articles Of dutiable
imports? They are principally iron, dry
goods Of various kinds, sugars, teas, SPIRITS
salt, SIC. We will see h0V the duties on these
things compare with the 10 and 90 per cent.
average. First, we have iron, an article
which an the friends Of the Tariff will say
should he well protected, and the duties 90
which far be it from me to complain of; you
give By the bill On<hammered iron.a duty OF
Is dollars the ton, which is equal to 90 per
cent, on rolled iron 81 dollars the ton, which
is equal to 76 per cent, on pig iron speclhc
duty equalto IS per cent. and on sheet ana
hoop irons sneci6c duty which - equai tc %
per cent. So much for the protection ofiron.
On coal, another most valuable product of
Pennsylvania and Virginia, the duty is pro-
posed 10 be $ cents the bushel, which IS equal
to ~ per cent. On salt. an important pro-
duct Of the Empire State" the duty will
still be equal TO SO per cent. though reduced
from what it was before. On cordage, by
way Of fasorfng free trade as we are to pre-
sumo. or the shipping interest, the duties will
be equal TO Al and SO per cent. On spirits.
Ito encourage the manufacture 0f whiskey,)
they amount to 81 per cent. On brown SUI
gar at 2 cents the pound. which is equal to a
bout 40 per cent. Molasses, cents the gal-
Ion, which is equalto % per cent. Hemp.
for the special benefit Of our beloved sister,
Kentucky, 90 per cent, which " not quite so
bad rs the wOoiens. On cotton goods the
duty is 10 be but 90 per cent. and ON wool
lens, some Of them. Those costing IS cents
the square yard. the duty is TO be but per
cent. and on the residue 90 per cent. rs there
any thing like an average, or appr0aching' ~
n ail these arrangements Then we have
teas, an unprotected article, on which the
Comn,ittee have assessed a mere revenue du-
" OF about 80 per cent. so that according
TO this rule, If so per cent. is a fair revenue
rate, throwing out Of the question the pr0tec-
tive principle, you have placed the great In
terests OF cotton and woo!Ien manufactures.
not only below every other protected article.
but you have put them far below the revenue
standard that you have applied to teas
Inc president has said. and the i Commit
tes of Ways and Means in their report admit,
.hat 90 articles necessary 10 our Independence
20 VET, ~ y proper 70 put higher duties than
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