1824.] 3Ir. Loive on the Effects of 



Broii<;lit forward 62 



Of this rise in provisions, we nuiy 

 ascribe perhaps the imlf (or 15 per 

 cent.) to the rise of labour, and other 

 farming charges consequent on the 

 demand of men for tiie public ser- 

 vice : the other 15 per cent, to the 

 depreciation of our bank paper, en- 

 hancement of freight, and other 

 charges attendant on import. 

 Proportion of rise from extra charges 

 on the purchase and import of other 

 articles than corn ; such as wool, 

 cotton, tobacco 5 



Total, per cent- 



•67 



The farm wiiich, in 1792, let for 

 170/., and which, in 1803, afforded si 

 rental of 240/., let in 1813 for 320/. 



The house which, in 1792, let for 50/,, 

 and in 1806 for 65/., might be consi- 

 dered in tiie latter years of the war, as 

 worth 70/., the rise being less great in 

 houses than in land. Its value, as a 

 purchase, originally 1000/., was raised 

 towards the middle of our long contest 



Taxation on Housekeeping. lOI 



lo 1300/., and eventually to 1400/. or 

 1500/. 



To define (he amount of Iho rise of 

 prices in particular coniuiodities, would 

 be a task of great labour and nicety : the 

 only person who allcmpted it was the 

 late Mr. Arlhur Young. If, for Ihc 

 sake of conferring some degree of |)rc- 

 cision on an obscure subject, an atlempt 

 be made to divide the progress of en- 

 hancement into periods, we may consi- 

 der (he war as having produced half its 

 effect towards the year 1806, viz. that 

 the rise of prices taken in the most com- 

 prehensive sense, whether of provisions, 

 clothing, laliour, or professional charges, 

 was in that year somewhat more than 

 30 per cent, above the prices of 1792. 

 From 1806 to 1813 the rise was more 

 rapid, in consequence of the double- 

 effect of a non convertible currency, 

 and extended military operations, so 

 that in 1813 and 1814 the enhancement 

 was 30 or 35 per cent, on the prices of 

 1806, or about 67 per cent, on those of 

 1792. 



RISE OF PRICES DURING THE WAR. 



Country Lrt&ourer.— Computation of the annual expense of the family of ar. agricul- 

 tural labourer, supposed to consist of 5f persons ; calculated chiefly from a table of the 

 expense of 66 families of labourers, in different parts of England, collected by Sir F. 

 Eden. 



Bread, butcher'smeat, beer, and other provisions of homegrowth 16 



Tea, sugar, and foreign articles , g 



Rent •• 1 



Fuel and candles » 2 



Clothes and washing 4 



Contingencies n 



27 48 32 



^ s 



17 



3 



2 



3 

 6 

 1 



Town Wt'cAanic.— Computed expense at different dates, of the family of a mechanic 

 living m a provincial town, and supposed to consist, as in the case of the agriculturist, 

 of 5^ persons. ' 



Bread, butcher'smeat, beer, and other provisionsof home growth 20 



Groceries and other provisions imported 4 10 



Rent of cottage or rooms jO 



Fuel and light 3 



Clothes and washing ». 



School fees, apothecary's hill, and other contingencies 5 



The 



