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rm:Zmcm Gb*r\-’ r ' > that as tlie.c ap peared a division of featiment upon the fnb ietf, he would piopofc an adjournment: The Houfc accordantly adjourned. be continued.) An ACT for U i\ing a Duty on goods, wares, and merchandises, imported into the United Staus. WHEREAS it is ueceffary, for the sup port of government, and the mcou xageinent arnkprotcdion of manufaflures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchan dises, imported, Be it tnudtdy by the Con gress of the United States, That, from and after the fifteenth day of June next eufutag, the fevcral duties hereinafter mentioned thall be laid on the following goods, wares, and merchandises, imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, that is to fay : Cents* On all diflilled spirits of Jamaica proof, imported from the European doinini 6ns of any state or kingdom having a' commercial treaty with the United States, per gallon', 12 On all other diflilled spirits, imported from the European dominions of such state or kingdom, per gallon, 10 On all distilled spirits of Jamaica proof, imported from any other kingdom or country whatsoever, per gallon, i> On all other d/iftilled spirits, per gallon, i z On MolafTes, per gallon, 5 On Madeira wine, per gallon, *5 On all other wines, per gallon, 15 On every gallon of -beer, ale or porter, in calks, 8 On all cider, beer, ale or porter, in bottles, per dozen, 2 5 On malt, per bufliel, 10 On brown sugars, per lb. -1 On loaf sugars, per lb. 3 On all other sugars, per lb. 1 1-2 On coffee per lb. a 1-2 On cocoa, per lb. 1 On all candles of tallow, per lb. 2 On candles of wax or fpcrmaceti; pr. lb. 6 On cheese, per lb. 4 On soap, per lb. • 2 On bo"ts, per pair, 50 011 all Hines, flippers or galofhoes, made of leather, per pair, 7 On all dices or dippers, made of silk or fluff, per pair, - - 10 On cables, for every 112 pounds, 75 On tarred cordage, for every 112 lb. 75 On untarred ditto, and yarn, for every 112 lb. 90 On twine or pack thread, for every 112 lb. 200 On all fleel, unwrought, for every 1 12 lb. On all nails and spikes per lb.. 1 On fait, per bufliel, 6 On manufactured tobacco, per lb. 6 On fnuff, per lb. 30 On wool and cotton cards, pet dozen, 50 Oh coal, per buihel, 3 On pickled filh, per barrel, 75 On dried fifh, per quintal, 50 On all teas imported from China, or In dia, in fliips built in the United States, ami belonging to a citizen or citizens thereof, as follows : On bohea tea, per lb. 6 On all fouchong and ether black teas, per lb. 10 On all hyfon teas, per lb. 20 On all other gteen teas, per lb. 10 On all teas imported from any country other than China or India, in any thip or vellel whatsoever, or from China or India iiuany lliip or veffe! which is not wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, as fol lows : On bohea tea, pet lb. - 10 On oil fouchong or other black tear, per lb. . X* On all hyfon t#23, per lb. 30 On all other grceu teas, per lb. • l 8 On all Idhking glades, window and other glass, except black quart bottles, 10 per centum ad valorem. On all china, flouc, and earthen ware, ten per centum ad valorem. On all blank book?, " On all writing, printing, or wrapping paper, papti hauginga, and pafleDfaid, On all ihtbiuei wares, C'fl in utiitons or mcra;, I On all facdles, ( I M On all gloves cf leather, ' j 7 On all hats of beaver, fur, wool*or j _ mixture of either, | 0, On all millinary ready made, | « On all . callings of iron, and upon flit 5 and rolled iron, | * On all leather, tanned or tawed, and all | manufacture of leather, except such as j fliall be otherwise rated, j > On tanes, walking flicks and whips, | § On cloathing ready made, j. On all brushes, On gold, fdve’r, and plated Ware, and on j jewellery and paste work, On anchors, On all wrought tin and pewter ware, J On every coach, chariot, or other four wheel carriage, and on every chaise, solo, or other two wheel carriage, or parts thereof, 15 per centum ad valorem. On all other goods, wares, and inerchandife, five per centom on. the value thereof at the time and place cf importation, except as follows : Saltpetre, tin in pigs, tin plates, lead, old pewter, brass, iron and brass wire, copper in plates, wool, dying wood and dying drugs, (other than indigo) raw hides, beaver and all other furs, and deer lkin. And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid) That from and after the firft day of December, which fliall be in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, thete (hall be laid a duty on every one hundred and twelve pounds weight of hemp, imported as aforefaid, of fixtr cents. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid , That all the duties paid, or secured to be paid, upon any of the goods, wares, and merchan dises, as aforefaid, fliall be returned or dif tharged upon such cf the said goods, wares, or merchaudifes, as (hall, within twelve months after payment made, or fecuriry given, be exported to any couutry without the limits of the United States, except one per centum on the amount of the said duties, in conside ration of the expence which fliall have accrued by the entry and lase keeping thereof. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid , That there fliall be allowed and paid, on every quintal of dried, and on every barrel of pickled fifli, of the filheriesof the United Statee, and on every barrel of salted provisions of the United States, exported to any country with out the limits thereof, in lieu of a drawback of the duties imposed on the importation of the fait employed and expended therein, viz. On every quintal of dried fifli, 5 cents. On every barrel of pickled fifli, 5 cents.- On every barrel of salted provision, 5 cents. And be it further enabled by the autbo' ity aforefaid) That there fliall be allowed and paid, on every gallon of rum diflilled within the United States, and exported beyond the limits of the fame, in consideration of the duty on the importation of the molafles from which the said rum fliall have been diflilled, 5 cents. And be it farther enabled by the authority aforejaidy That a difeount of ten per centum on all the duties imposed by this Aft fliall be allowed on such goods, wares, and merchan dises, as fliall be imported in velfels built in the United States, and which fliall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof. And be it further enabled by the authority aferejaid) That this Aft fliall continue and be in force until the fit ft day of June, which fliall be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundted and ninety-fix, and from thence un til the end or the next lucceeding fefiion of Cong refs which lhall_ be held thereafter, and no longer. 17 May 1 ‘6. Kead the third time, and palled the House of Reprefematives. JOHN BECKLEY, Clerk . Burke y Oblober Term, 1788* GeorgeWyche, Ex’rofßafsT vs * > Attachment. John Todd, J Ordered , THAT the defendant do appear and plead within a year and a day, other wise judgment by default. By Oraer es the Ccurt , JOHN DAVIES,. Clerk* 08. si, lyfifl. BOSTON, Mcy 11. 011 Friday last arrived here, his Bntaunick Majefty’e frigate Penelope, of 3 2 guns, com manded by Capt. Linzee, ftom Halifax. 13. Capt. Shillebar, of Salem, we hear, had his veflel seized at Coracole, for runuing su gars, and himfelf and crew confined in goal at the Cape. 16. The very polite reception which Capt. Linzee, and the officers of his Britannic Ma jelly’s fliip Penelope, have met with from his Excellency Governor Hancock, his Honor the Lieutenant Governor, and the inhabitants of the town of Bolton in general, equals their warmest wilhes, and affords them the molt pleasing fatisfaftion. Extrabl of a letter from London , March 6. “ 1 have the pleasure to inform you, that your townsman, Mr. Mather Brown, is very well, and in the highest state of success. He now rents a house of 1201. a year, and keeps a servant in livery; and is appointed Portrait Painter to his Royal Highness the Duke of York. He has a great run of bufinefs* and has not only painted a great many of our no bility, but also the Prince of Wales. N E W - Y O R K, May 22. The fliip Chesapeake, from Bengal, John O’Donnel, Esq. owner and commander, has brought a valuable cargo, confiding of rdmoft every production and' manufacture of Asia- He has had a very quick pafiage, being only four months, including five or fix days flay at the islands of St. Helena and Ascension, from Bengal. By Mr. O’Donucl’s arrival we are favoured with the following intelligence : The Chesapeake was the firft American veflel allowed tohoilt the colours of the Unit ed States in the celebrated River Ganges, and to trade there. When Lord Cornwallis, the Governor General, then at a great distance up the country, was applied to by letter from Calcutta, to Know in what manner the Ame ricans were to be received, his anfwei was, on the fame footing with other nations. This anlwer being probably conformable to his inftruftions from Great Britain, evince the friendly disposition of that nation in that quarter; for the American lhips pay no more at any of the Engliih lettlements of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, which Mr. O’Donnel viflted, than other foreigners. It is to be notjeed also, that the Supreme Council of Ben gal have taken off a heavy duty, called govern mental cuftcuns, which included exports as well as imports; this duty all other nations, except the Engliih, were liable to. That on Madeira wine was so high as 18 rupees the calk; and one rupee, or 2s. Cd flerling, on all wines in bottles. Ali forts of European goods, wines, spirits, &c. were felling at the different European fettlemeuts in India considerably under prime cost, in consequence of the markets being overstocked. The belt Madeira wine would not nett twenty pounds flerling the pipe. Capt. Kerby, in the Betsey, from Philadel phia, arrived fafe at Bengal, but in a very leaky condition ; her cargo of wine, &c. was unloading. The veflel was to be fold, and not to re urn. Capt. Randall, in the Jay, was fafe arrived at Batavia, from Madras, It was supposed the would winter there, and proceed early next season to China. Capt. Metcalfe, in the brig TV-anor, be longing to New-\ ork, lying in tne river Ti gris, was boarded, we understand, by a num ber of Chinese banditti; out by the spirited conduct of the crew, who brought a gun, loaded with grape, to bear on them, they were repulled, with the loss of some of their gang. The Captain was up at Canton. All was profound peace between the coun try and Europeau powers in India, when Mr. O’Donnel failed. The hitherto refllefs and ambitious Tippoo, son ot the famous Hvder Ally, and the Engliih, appear heartily sick of war, aud are now fully employed j n reflot ing loft credit and their almost mined finances, by Iyltems of reform and economy. The French at Pondicherry were preparing a (Don* armament to accompany the dethron ed Prince of Cochin China, who lately visited France, and to afiift him in the recovery ot* his legal and hereditary kingdom. We understand it is very unfafe for Ame* ricau vcftcls to go on the coast of Malabar, for tear of the Mahratta fleets, who without dirtinftioii capt 111 e the (hips of aM nations with whom they have no treaty, I »