The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

THE SPANISH TARIFF.

A royal decree, dated 10th inst., and countemignal
by Senor Bravo Murillo, was published at Madrid on the
12th but, by which the duties on hardwar, and other mis-
cellaneous articles, and also on flax, linen thread, Saxon
wool, woollen cloths (called Lange Dulees), and on mule',
are ordered to be reduced. The duty on II is was increases
about one third in 1849, and both the importation and the
revenue fell off in constquenee ; it is 11,1,2c1,,rth to he 22
reale per quintal, being 10 per cent. on the ~tiratted vales
of 220 real per quintal, and carded ditto :10 vais, being
10 per cent. on the estimated value of 0-10 reels, these
duties being nearly the same as those paid before 1849.
Under a foreign flag, these duties will be 27 and 35 rtala
per quintal.
Linen thread (crude) paid 63.60 and 79..7.0 reale perquin-
tal, according to the flag ; it is now to pay, if crude or half
bleached, 60 and d. 5 reels per quintal; full bleached
ditto, 65 and 70 reels; and dyed ditto, 100 sod
105 reels. Saxon wool paid 160 and ISO real
per quintal : it will now pay, if unwashed, 63 and 68
reels ; and if washed 84 and 89 reels. Woollen goods
(called Lanes Pulses) paid 12.70 real. per square Tara in
Spanish ships, which is stated to be 64 to 74 per cent. The
duty is to be reduced to 8 reels the .quare tars, stated to
be equivalent to 14 reels the lineal Tara, and to 48 per cent.
ad valorem. In foreign ships it will be 9.60 reels. The
duty on the last-nsmeil article was doubled in December •
last year, by its being included in the class of woollen
elothi; and the importation, which in the last eight months
of 1851 was 96,956 yam, was only 6,364 versa fur the lint
as months of 1852.

In hardwares and miscellaneous articles the following
changes are made : plain buttons, metal horn, pasteboard
covered, and the materials for covering paid 6.25 and 7.50
realm per lb., according to the flag. They Ire henceforth to
pay 2 and 2.40 realm. Tortoiseshell, ivory, mother ot peulp
and aU 3tber buttons not included in the preceding, and
those with loiters, arms, dtc., which were previously in-
cluded in the same clam with plain buttons, i.re to pay 4
and 4.80 reale per lb. instead of 6.25 and 7.50.
Watch *heists of steel iron, varnished metals, &c., duty
reduced from 12 and 14.40 teals per dozon to 6 and 7.20
reale per dozen ; ditto gilt or plated, from' 4 and 28.80 reale
to 12.20 and 15:25.
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Gun barrels, double, reduced from 75 and 90 reads each
to 40 and 48 reels ; pistol barrels, double, from 45 and 54 to
24 and 28.80 reals each. Gun barrels, single, from 45 sad
54 to 24 and 28.80 teals each; pistol barrels, double, frog
30 and 36 to 18 and 21.60 reals each.

Hair brushes clothes brushes, &c., duty reduced from
22.60 and 27 relit' per dozen to 14 and 16 ht.) reale
Clasps (oorchetes), plated or unplated, a ith their wrap•
pen or card-boxes, duty reduced from 6 and 7.20 reale pet
lb. to 3 and 3.60 reale.
Knives and forks, laege, for carving, with handles of horn,
bone, wood, whalebone, or mother-o%pcarl, from 3.60 and
4.36 reale per dozen to 3.20 and 3.80 reale. Such of the
above as are curved or in other forms or mime, for arts or
professions, paid before 4 and 4.80 reale per dozen.
Knives, with handles of tortoiseshell, plated or gilt, plain
brass or ivory, duty reduced from 12 and 14.10 reale to 10
and 12 vials par doses.
Oilcloths of all classes, colours, patterns, &c., on cotton,
hempen, woollen, or linen fabrics., duty reduced from S
and 3.60 reels per lb. to 2 and 2.40 reale
Ordinary single fowling-pieces, duty reduced from 100
and 120 reale each to 60 and 60 reale each ; ditto double,
from 200 to 240 reale to 100 and 120 ; ditto ornamental
(de (*PO, whatever the number of barrels, from 30 and 36
ad colorist to 200 and 240 reels each.
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Prints and engravings of all kinds, whether bound of
unbound, duty reduced from 15 to 18 reale per lb. to 10 and
12 real,.

Brase in common hardware, not varnished or gilt, as
basins, breams, feet for the same, &c., reduced from 5 ad
6 reals to 4 and 4.80 reels per lb. ; ditto gil• or tarnished
on the same objects (a new class in the tariff) 6 and 7-20
Nab per lb.
Umbrellas, parasols, &c., of silk, duty reduced from 16
and 19.20 pals each to 10 and 12 reels Cacti.
Combs, tortoiseshell, from 7.50 and 9 real, per oz. toll
and 4.80 real.. _

Pltols, ordinary, one-third of a vara in length sad up-
wards, single-barrelled, duty reduced from 60 and .2
reale per pair to 30 and 36 reads; ditto, duuble-barrelled,
from 90 and 108 real to 60 and 60 reale per pair.
Pocket pistols (less than one-third Tars long) to pay
24 and 28.80 real per pair; ditto, double-barrelled.
40 sad 48 reale per pair; ditto, 4or more barrels, 40 and
48 real each pistol ; ditto, hair trigger, with all accesso-
ries, 100 and 12.0 reale per pair.
Gilt articles of all kinds (plaque de oro labrado), duty
reduced from 7.60 and 9 reel per oz. to 4 and 4.80 reels.
The duty on mules, of which great numbers arc smuggled
in from France, are reduced as follows: Under one year,
from 76 to 60 reale each ; from 1 to 3 years. from 190 to
100 reels each; from 3 years and upwards, froin. 251 to 170
real each.