The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-16 00:00:00

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In 1818 this duty was 'Ti. 84. per 4.0, and the price
M. Pd. the duty was 4a. in 1828, when the pries
, fell to 280 841. to 1840 then. Ise as duty, aad mods
averaged Ds. 31., ssiloftpresanteell.ki the time for
about 14a, though the cost to the coesatner is still
enhanced by a variety of civic* dues sod sharps for
lighterage,&a The qusntity of mineral furl saippod
metwiss for .11 the ports of Great Britain in 1818
was 4460.000 tons; in 1828 it was 41 NAM toss ;
sad 18_1844, 7,377,000 toes.

VIIL hi 183$, wus reported at in miss
of 11.7 e. 6d. per cwt., the duty being 26 per sent ad
valorem. Is 1846 this was repealed, and the price
decked to 11.2 x, ; and in 18401 wit► an export trade
uneasily expanding, it was 17e. 21d. The home
trade exhibits at least a corresponding decline, and
though no official returns are procurable, there is no
doubt that glass is reviming the coarser earthenware
very extensively in the mumps and ledgbp el the
artisan.

IX. In HAIDWARE and CUTLERY, the decline ex-
perienced within the last thirty years has been hem
Ino to 600 pee cent. The exporting price of the
heterogeneous coasigunsents thus scheduled in the
retorts of 1838 was 1051. 3r. 7d. per too. Since
then the commodity has been specified per e piece,"
and we thus lose the opportunity of comparison. But
Mr. BAIIIRLOS computed the saving in • few article.,
such as lake, candlestick', &e., at 80 or 70 per cent.
between 1822 and 1832; and the annals of Birming-
ham are replete with instances where various speci-
mens of the manufacture have been sold, in conse-
quence of some simple improvements, at no higher
coat per grows than they had heretofore been charged
per down.
X. BALT, up to the year 1823, wu burthened with
a duty of 15s. per bushel, and the gross quantity con-
sumed is England was 296,000 tons. le 1825, with
a du'y reduced to 2c, the consumption became
342,000 tone. Since that period the article has been
free, and the export price is now as low as 31d.,
while the quantity produced merely to satisfy the
foreign demand has nearly reachedlo million bushels
for the seven completed months of 1850.
XI. WOODEN YUEN/TORE, like most articles of
clothing, is a commodity upon which the general par-
chaser takes out the reduction of price in a greater
degree of style and appearance. The commonest
lodging-houses now contain pieces of furniture which,
in the memory of persons yet living, were reserved as
the exclusive ornaments of palaces. By the steam
saw-mills twenty-five sheets of veneer are out from an
inch plank of the more costly woods, five or six being
the maximum obtained from the same material by
the most Athol hand sawyers before the invention of
machinery. An article with equal appearance, and
nude equal durability to solid mahogany, is now to
be bought at a price no higher than was asked within
the lout forty piers for common deal.
We might easily lengthen our list; but enough hes
been said to show how greatly cheaper are the ordi-
nary requisites for food, clothing, and household com-
fort, now than they were some years since. It remains to
be seen whether the luxuries end decorations of exist-
ence, such as are become commonly used among the
richer classes have partaken in the reductions from
which the working man reaps so much advantage.
And further remains to be calculated, haw far the pre-
sent position of both rich and poor, with regard to the
ielation.bp of income and expenditure, is improved
from that which they occupied before the era of free
trade and financial reform.

GE R MANY.
HESSE CASSEL