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&C. We learn from Washington that one Of the
tables showing the nd ualorem duty on certain
articles taxed specifically or by minimums un-
der the present Tariff, appended to the Report
of the Committee Of Ways and Means, oas er-
tracted bodily from the teble published in The
Journal of Commerce and the Euening Post.
A gentleman, who applied to Mr.. M Kay to know
how he made the calculations, as he had been
unable to figure it out as it was done in the table,
was informed by MIR. M'kay who, it would
seem, knows little about facts and figures, that he
had come by his table in the matter stated We
should like very much to know whether this is
the case If so, we think it would be great
saving of expense to abolish the House of Repre-
sentatives altogether, and commit the Tariff TO
the keeping of the British Importers who could
fix up batch Of duties to suit themselves, ard
uass them over to the Executive, for his gna
ture. This would be economical, if neither safe
nor profitable.