Apart from this, if sheet iron, which is imported from England, and upon which the usual duty of 5 per cent. is already levied, be manufactured into stove pipes, or any other form, it is considered as home produce, and a new duty of 13 per cent. collected thereon! The tariff is regulated every seven years, and the value of the different articles is determined by a commission of merchants representing the different nations, each of whom endeavors to maintain his own interest. One of these gentlemen exultingly boasted, that his own fortune was made, as he had succeeded in establishing a low valuation on a certain article in which he dealt very largely. America has hitherto had no representative in this body, though her commerce has, especially of late, been rapidly increasing with this part of the world. It has only been through ignorance of the country and its resources, that American enterprise has made so little progress in the East, or been confined to the interposition of English and other houses. Does this country present no inducements to the mercantile community? Let the following table of Exports and Imports speak for itself. EXPORTS. IMPORTS. Corn. Silk goods. Beans, peas, etc. Cotton goods. Wool. Woollen stuffs. Raw silk. Linen. Opium. Haberdashery. Otto of roses, and other perfumes. Hardware. Angora hair. Watches and clocks. Coffee (Mocha). Jewelry. Canary seed. Sugar. Linseed. Coffee, pepper, and spices. Do. oil. Iron and nails. Rice. Coal. Yellow berries. Stone ware. Boxwood. Logwood. Madder root. Rum and wines. Tallow. Fancy goods. Valonea. Cochineal. Gall nuts. Tanned hides. Fruits. Glass ware. Drugs. Furniture. Soap. Drugs and medicines. Olives and olive oil. Butter. Sponges. Kaviar. Tobacco. Tar. Cotton. Ropes. Sesame. Cordage. Meerschaum. Chains. Carpets. Corn. Copper. Stoves. Hides and skins. Nicknacks. Bones. Machinery, etc. Confections. Furs. Helva. Crockery. Shawls. Indigo.