The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

THE SPANISH TARIFF.

A royal dt_cree, dated 10th inst., and countersigned
by SeCor Bravo Murillo, was published at Madrid on
the 12th inst., by which the duties on hardwares
and other miscellaneous articles, and also on flax,
linen thread, Saxon wool, woollen cloths (called
Lanes Dulces), and on mules, are ordered to be re-
duced. The duty on flax was increased about one
third in 1849, and both the importation and the
revenue fell off in consequence ; it is henceforth to
be 22 reels per quintal, being 10 per cent. on the
estimated value of 220 reals per quintal, and carded
ditto 30 reels, being 10 per cent. on the estimated
value of 300 reals, these duties being nearly the same
as those paid before 1849. Under a foreign flag,
these duties will be 27 and 35 reels per quintal.
Linen thread (crude) paid 63.60 and 79.50 reals
per quintal, according to the flag; it is now to pay,
if crude or half bleached, 50 and 55 reels per
quintal; full bleached ditto, 65 and 70 reels, and
dyed ditto, 100 and 105 reals. Saxon wool paid.
150 and 180 reels per quintal: it will now pay,
it unwashed, 63 and 68 reels; and if washed
84 and 89 reels. Woollen goods (called Lanes
Dulces) paid 12.70 reels per square vara in
Spanish ships, which is stated to be 64 to 74 per cent.
The duty is to be reduced to 8 reals the square vara,
stated to he equivalent to 14 reals the lineal vara, and
to 48 per cent. ad valorem. In foreign ships it will
be 9.60 reels. The duty on the last-named article
w‘is doubled in December last year, by its being in-
cluded in the class of woollen cloths; and the impor-
tation, which in the last eight months of 1851 was
96,956 varas, was only 6,364 varas for the first six
months of 1852.

I❑ hardwares and miscellaneous articles the follow-
ing changes are made :—plain buttons, metal horn ;
pasteboard covered, and the materials for covering
paid 6.25 and 7.50 reals per lb., according to the flag.
They are henceforth to pay 2 and 2.40 reels. Tor-
toiseshell, ivory, mother of pearl, and all other but-
tons not included i❑ the preceding, and those with
letters, arms, &c., which were previously included in
the same class with plain buttons, are to pay 4 and
4.80 reels per lb. instead of 6.25 and 7.50.
Watch chains of steel iron, varnished metals, &c.,
duty reduced from 12 and 14.40 reals per dozen to 6
and 7.20 reels per dozen ; ditto gilt or plated, from 24
and 28 80 reals to 12.20 and 15.25.
Gun barrels, double, reduced from 75 and 90 reals
each to 40 and 48 real 4; pistol barrels, double, from
45 and 54 to 24 and 28.80 reals each. Gun barrels,
single, from 45 and 54 to 24 and 28.80 reals each ;
pistol barrels, double, from 30 and 36 to 18 and 21.60
reels each.

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Hair brushes, clothes brushes, &c., duty reduced
from 22.50 and 27 reals per dozen to 14 and 16 80
reels.
Clasps (corchetes), plated or nnplated, with their
wrappers or card•boxes, duty reduced from 6 and
7.20 real: per lb. to 3 and 3.60 reels.
Knives and forks, large, for carving, with handles
of born, bone wood, whalebone, or mother-o'-pearl,
from 3.60 and 4.35 reels per dozen to 3.20 and 3.80
real&
Suchrea
d 12
reels handles
1 E 5,0 fp theer
daobz above as
Knives, with as are curved or in other
forms o
r sizes for arts or professions, paid before 4
and 4.80
plain brass or ivory,
an
duty reduced from 12 and 14.40
reels to 10
opfe r tortoiseshell,
dozen. plated or gilt,
Oilcloths of all
cotton, hempen
Woollen,
colours, patterns, &c., on
duced from 3 and 3.60 reels or linen fabrics, duty re-
Ordinary single fowling-places, per lb. to 2 and 2.40 reals.
100 and 120 reels each to duty reduced from
ditto, double, from 200 a° cr and 60 reels each ;
120; ditto, ornamental (de len* 240 reals to 100 and
of barrels, from 30 to 36 ad 402t_whatever the number
reels each,' valorem to 200 and 240
Prints and engravings of all kinds
or unbound, duty reduced from 15 t.l whether boundo 18 reels per lb.
to 10 and 12 reals.
Brass in common hardware, not
varnished or gilt,
as basins, braseros, feet for the same, &c,, reduced
from 5 and 6 reels to 4 and 4.60 reals per lb. ;
ditto
gilt or varnished on the same objects (a
new class
in the tariff) 6 and 7.20 reels per lb.
Umbrellas, parasols, &c., of silk, duty reduced from
16 and 19.20 reels each to 10 and 12 reels each.

Combs, tortoiseshell, from 7.50 and 9 reals per oz
,o 4 and 4.80 reels.

Pistols, ordinary, one-third of a vara in length
and upwards, single-barrelled, duty reduced from 60.
and 72 reals per pair to 30 and 36 teals; ditto,
double-barrelled, from 90 and 108 reals to 50 and 60
reals per pair.
Pocket pistols (less than one-third vara long) to
pay 24 and 28.80 reals per pair; ditto, double-
barrelled, 40 and 48 reals per pair ; ditto, 4 or more
barrels, 40 and 48 reals each pistol; ditto, hair trigger,
with all accessories, 100 and 120 reals per pair.
Gilt articles of all kinds (plaque de oro labrado),
duty reduced from 7.50 and 9 reals per oz. to 4 and
4.80 reels.

The duty on mules, of which great numbers are
smuggled in from France, are reduced as follows :
Under one year, from 76 to 60 reals eaeh; from 1
to 3 years, from 190 to 100 reels each; from 3 years
and upwards, from 254 to 170 reels each.
An account of these changes to be given to the
Cortes.