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All other seeds, for every £100 value,

These seeds of and from a British possession to be charged only one half of these duties.

Silk manufactures:

Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with metal or any other material,

the produce of Europe, viz.:

Silk or satin, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, viz. :

Broad stuffs, the pound,

Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, the pound,

Or, at the option of the officers of the customs, for every £100 value,

Ribbons, the pound,

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Silk gauze or crape, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, viz. :

Broad stuffs, the pound,.

Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, the pound,

Or, at the option of the officers of the customs, for every £100 value,

Ribbons, the pound,

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Gauze of all descriptions, mixed with silk, satin, or any other materials in

the proportion of one half part of the fabric, the pound, Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, the pound,

Or, at the option of the officers of the customs, for every £100

Velvet, plain or figured, the pound,

Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, the pound,

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Or, at the option of the officers of the customs, for every £100 value,
Ribbons or silk embossed, or figured with velvet, the pound,

Manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other material called plush, com

monly used for making hats, the pound,

Fancy silk net, or tricot, the pound,

Plain silk lace, or net called tulle, the pound,

Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with any other material, not other-
wise charged with duty, for every £100 value,

Millinery, of silk, or of which the greater part of the material is silk, viz.:
Turbans or caps, each,

Hats or bonnets, each,

Dresses, each,

Manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other materials, and articles of the same, wholly or partially made up, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty, for every £100 value,

Silk worm gut, for every £100 value,

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Skins, articles manufactured of skins or furs, for every £100 value,
Soap, hard, the cwt.

of and from a British possession, the cwt.

Soap, soft, the cwt.

of and from a British possession, the cwt. Soap, Naples, the cwt.

Spa ware, for every £100 value,
Spirits-viz.: brandy, Geneva, and other foreign spirits, not being spirits or
strong waters the produce of any British possession in America, or any
British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter,
and not being sweetened spirits or spirits mixed with any article, so that
the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by Sykes's
hydrometer, the gallon,

Steel, manufactures of, for every £100 value,

66 of and from a British possession, the cwt.

Tallow, the cwt.

Tapioca, the cwt.

Tin, manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated, for every
Tobacco pipes of clay, for every £100 value,

Tongues, the cwt.

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of and from a British possession, the cwt.. Turnery not otherwise described, for every £100 value, Twine, for every £100 value,

of and from a British possession, for every £100 Varnish, not otherwise described, for every £100 value,

£100 value,

value,

£ s. d. 500

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Woollens, articles or manufactures of wool not being goats' wool, or of wool mixed with cotton, wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged for every £100 value,

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£ s. d. 500

Woollens of and from a British possession, for every £100 value,
Goods, wares, and merchandise, being either in part or wholly manufac-
tured, and not being enumerated or described, not otherwise charged with
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Free; The duties of customs chargeable upon the goods, wares, and merchandise hereafter mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and determine; namely, animals living, namely, asses, goats, kids, oxen and bulls, cows, calves, horses, mares, geldings, colts, foals, mules, sheep, lambs, swine and hogs, pigs, sucking; bacon; beef, fresh or slightly salted; beef salted, not being corned beef; bottles of earth and stone, empty; casts of busts, statues, or figures; caviare; cranberries; cotton manufactures, not being articles wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged with duty; enamel; gelatine; glue; hay; hides, or pieces thereof, tawed, curried, or in any way dressed, not otherwise enunierated; ink for printers; inkle, wrought; lamp black; linen, manufactures of linen, or of linen mixed with cotton or with wool, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty, not being articles wholly or in part made up; Magna Græca ware; manuscripts; maps and charts, or parts thereof, plain or colored; mattresses; meat, salted or fresh, not otherwise described; medals, of any sort; palmetto thatch manufactures; parchment; pens; plantains; potatoes; pork, fresh; pork, salted, not hams; silk, thrown, dyed, namely, singles or tram, organzine or crape silk; telescopes; thread, not otherwise enumerated or described; woollens, namely, manufactures of wool, not being goats' wool, or of wool mixed with cotton, not particularly enumerated or described, not otherwise charged with duty, not being articles wholly or in part made up ; vegetables, all, not otherwise enumerated or described; vellum.

After Ap.5, After Ap. 5,
1847.
£ s. d.

Upon timber and wood goods, not otherwise charged, viz. :
Timber or wood, not being deals, battens, boards, staves, handspikes,
oars, lathwood, or other timber or wood sawn, split, or otherwise
dressed, except hewn, and not being timber or wood otherwise
charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet,
Deals, battens, boards, or other timber or wood, sawn or split, and
not otherwise charged with duty-the load of 50 cubic feet,
Staves, if exceeding 72 inches in length, 7 inches in breadth, or 3
inches in thickness-the load of 50 cubic feet, .

Firewood-the fathom of 216 cubic feet,

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Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length-the 120,

66 exceeding 7 feet in length-the 120,

Knees, under 5 inches square-the 120,

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5 inches and under 8 inches square-the 120, . Lathwood-the fathom of 216 cubic feet,

Oars--the 120,

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Spars or poles, under 22 feet in length, and under 4 inches in diameter-the 120,

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Spars or poles, of all lengths, 4 inches and under 6 inches in diameter-the 120,

Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length-the 1000,

66 exceeding 2 feet in length-the 1000, Wood, planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and not particularly enumerated nor otherwise charged with duty, in addition to £10 for every £100 value, per foot of cubic contents,.

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AMERICAN OBITUARY.

1845.

Oct. 13. At Upperville, Va., Br. Brig. Gen. W. K. Armistead, Colonel of the United States 3d regiment of artillery, aged about 60. "General Armistead entered the Army, a second Lieutenant of Engineers, more than forty-two years ago, and in his long career was uniformly distinguished for correct military deportment and the highest moral excellence. For many years he was the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, whence he was transferred to the head of a marching regiment; and, as a general officer, had for one campaign (1840-41) the chief command in the war against the Florida Indians. His loss will long be mourned by his surviving brothers in arms; but the benefit of his virtuous example will remain to the service."

Nov. 2.-In Elizabethtown, N. J., Rev. Frederick Beasley, D. D., aged 68. He was a distinguished churchman, and had attained reputation by various contributions to moral and metaphysical science. He was formerly Provost of the University of Pennsylvania.

Nov. 4.-In Hanover, Luzern Co., Pa., Mr. Eleazer Blackman, aged 85, the last survivor of the massacre at Wyoming, and a highly respectable citizen. Dec. 19. Drowned, by the sinking of the steamer Belle Zane, in the Mississippi river, about 500 miles above New Orleans, Charles Bowen, aged 38, together with his wife and oldest child, a boy 13 years old. He was a native of Charlestown, Ms., but resided for most of his life in Boston. While in this city, he was the publisher, for many years, of the North American

Review," the "American Almanac," the "Token," and other works. In 1838, he removed to Ohio, where he purchased an estate in the neighborhood of Zanesville, on which he lived till the time of his death. In 1840, and again in 1841, he was chosen by the county of Muskingum a member of the Ohio legislature, and was actively engaged in politics for some years. Afterwards, he resumed business in Zanesville, and was diligent and successful in its management till the close of his life.

Dec. In Hartland, Vt., Rev. Daniel Breck, aged 97. Mr. Breck was born in Boston, August 18, 1748. He was religiously educated at Princeton, and graduated there in 1774, just as the Revolutionary contest was about to commence; and, being in sentiment heartily with his country, he entered the army as chaplain, and in that capacity accompanied Col. Porter's regiment into Canada. He was with the troops in the attack upon Quebec, and shared all the hardships of that arduous campaign. Having some interest in the

military certificates, secured upon land in Ohio, he visited the then Northwestern Territory, and preached the first sermon that was ever delivered in that region on the spot where Marietta now stands; prophetically announc ing in his text the certain spreading of our holy religion in the vast country just then opening itself to the Christian settler. He preached from Luke i. 33: "And of his kingdom there shall be no end." He was a man of strong nerve, morally and physically courageous, the friend of good order, virtue, and religion; so that he ever, during his long life, won the entire confidence and esteem of all, whether in the sacred ministry, or as a public servant in his country's cause, or as a private citizen. Mr. Breck was the father of the Hon. Daniel Breck, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Nov. 11. At Matanzas, in Cuba, Mrs. Maria Brooks, the author of “Zophiel and other Poems," aged about 50. She was born in Medford, Ms., and had resided for some time in Boston; but of late years her home had been at Matanzas. About fifteen years ago, she visited Europe, and formed friendships with many distinguished persons, among whom were Wordsworth and Southey. The publication of her poem of "Zophiel" was superintended by Mr. Southey, who pronounced her "the most impassioned and imaginative of all poetesses." Her literary attainments were very considerable, and her genius powerful and original; her imagination was exuberant even to excess, and her taste, perhaps, not sufficiently subdued and refined. With the few, the reputation of her poems will be very high; but they are not adapted to please the multitude.

Nov. 18.-In Cooper, Me., John Cooper, Esq., aged 80. Mr. Cooper was the son of the late William Cooper, so many years known as Town Clerk of Boston, and was the first Sheriff of the County of Washington, on its organization in 1790.

Dec. 27.-At Fryeburg, Me., Hon. Judah Dana, a graduate of Dartmouth College, of the class of 1795, aged 73. He commenced the practice of the law in Fryeburg, when it constituted a part of the county of York. After the county of Oxford was set off from York and Cumberland, he was appointed county attorney, which office he held for six years. He was Judge of Probate for about twenty years, and of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas from the year 1811 until after the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, and a new organization of that Court. He was a member of the Convention for forming the Constitution of Maine, and one of the committee by whom it was drafted. He was also one of the executive council of the State in 1834, and a member of the United States Senate, by executive appointment, to fill a vacancy, in 1838. In all these offices he maintained a conscientious fidelity to the public, while he discharged their duties with great ability.

Nov. 20.-In Princeton, N. J., Albert B. Dod, D. D., aged 40, Professor of Mathematics in the College of New Jersey. He was born in Mendham, N. J., and graduated at Princeton College in 1822. He studied theology in the Princeton Seminary, and in 1829 he was chosen Professor of Mathematics in the college, which station he continued to hold with distinguished ability till the time of his death. He was an accomplished writer, an eloquent preacher, and a skilful and successful teacher.

Dec. 10.-In Philadelphia, Pa., Commodore Jesse D. Elliott, of the U. S. Navy, aged 62. He was second in command under Perry in the naval victory on Lake Erie, and his conduct on that occasion was the subject of a controversy which lasted till his death.

Dec. 11. At Freehold, N. J., Samuel Forman, M. D., aged 81, an eminent physician, and for 40 years an Elder of the Presbyterian church at that place. Nov. 9.-In Danvers, Ms., Gen. Gideon Foster, aged 96. At the commencement of the Revolution, he was appointed captain of a company of the minute men in Danvers. On the day of the battle of Lexington, he was found at the head of his company, in conflict with the enemy at West Cambridge, where several of his men were killed. Afterwards he was in the battle at Bunker Hill. After this, he was one of the foremost of the many patriots of Danvers, in all their movements in support of liberty. He rose to the rank of Major General in Essex County, and was esteemed a superior officer. He served in various offices in the town, and for several years was a representative in the Legislature. In whatever he was engaged, he was ever distinguished for his fidelity and integrity.

Oct. 19. In New York, N. Y., Mrs. Hannah Gough, widow of Joseph Gough, aged 109 years, 11 months, and 15 days. She was in full possession of her faculties up to the moment of her decease.

Nov. 16.- In Boston, Ms., Samuel Greenleaf, Esq., aged 77. His strict integrity and honor during a long life, mostly employed in mercantile transactions, commanded general respect. Kind and affectionate in his private relations, he left a deep impress upon many friends of his purity of heart, and his goodness of character.

Nov.-In Hingham, Ms., Mr. Reuben Hersey, a soldier of the Revolution, aged 88. He was one of the seven oldest men in Hingham, of whom three were older and three younger than himself, and all of whom bore arms in the Revolutionary war. Mr. H. was a lineal descendant, in the fourth generation, from William Hersey, who was born in England, and died in Hingham, March 22, 1657-8. His ancestors have been remarkable for longevity. His father died at the age of 82- his grandfather, 84—and his greatgrandfather, 81.

Nov. 26.-In Corpus Christi, Texas, Lieut. Col. W. Hoffman, of the U. S Army. He learned the rudiments of his profession during the last war with Great Britain, and had always enjoyed a high reputation as an honorable, gallant, and efficient officer.

Oct. 13.-Dr. Douglass Houghton, State Geologist of Michigan, aged 36. Dr. Houghton was born in Troy, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1809. In 1828, he was selected from the county of Chautauque, in that State, to be educated at the Rensselaer Institute in his native place; and he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from that Institution, October 29, 1829. In 1830, he was appointed an assistant Professor in this Institute in the branches of Chemistry and Natural History. During the same year, at the application of several citizens of Detroit, he accepted an engagement to deliver a course of lectures there on scientific subjects. In 1831, he was licensed to practise as Doctor of Medicine. During this year he was appointed Surgeon and Botanist to the

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