I. THE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF ANCIENT COMMERCE.-LECTURE III.—THE COMMERCE OF TYRE AND CARTHAGE. Origin of Navigation-Rise of Tyre and Carthage-Maritime Power-Influence of Navigation on Commerce-Advantages of an In- sular Situation-Ships of the Ancients-Long Voyages-Carrying Trade-Manufactures- Weaving-Dyeing-Pottery-Tanning-Working of Metals-Colonies-Colonial Trade- Rate of Wages-Emigration-Accumulation of Capital-Credit-Banking-Bottomry-Part- nerships-Joint Stock Companies-Commercial Character of the Carthaginians. By JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, F. R. S., General Manager of the London and Westminster Bank..... 355 II. COMMERCIAL CITIES OF EUROPE.-No. VIII.-GENOA: AND ITS COMMERCE. By G. F. SECCHI DE CASALI, late of Italy, now of New York........... III. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. XII.-OUR CITIES-ATLANTIC AND INTERIOR. By J. W. SCOTT, Esq., of Ohio....... IV. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN TENNESSEE. BY HENRY GRATTAN A Docket of Judgments-Partnership-Bills of Exchange-Limitation of Mercantile Accounts....... 404 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW, EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Influence of events in Europe on Commerce-Import of Breadstuffs into Great Britain-Prices of Grain in England from 1845 to 1848-Leading features of the Bank of England-Discounts of the Bank of England four last years-Stagnant state of Trade-Effects on Specie-Influence of War on Commerce-State of Trade in the United States-Receipts of Produce at New Orleans-Prices of Produce at New Orleans-Foreign Exports of New Orleans-Condition of the South-Western Banks, etc., etc........ Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of PAGE COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. Cotton Crop of the United States for the years 1847-48.............. 417 Export of Cotton to Foreign Ports from September 1, 1847, to August 31, 1848.......................................... 417 Growth of Cotton in the United States in each year from 1828 to 1848........ 417 Consumption of Cotton and Stocks..................... 418 Cotton consumed and in the hands of Manufacturers in each year from 1828 to 1848.. 418 Receipts, Exports, Value, and Stocks of Cotton at New Orleans, in Monthly periods, for 1847-48..... 419 419 420 420 420 421 421 Trade of England with her North American Colonies....... Exports of British produce to the North American Colonies from 1840 to 1847..... Imports from British North American Colonies into the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1847. 422 Exports from Canada by Sea for the years 1838 to 1847............... Exports of Timber from Canada by Sea in 1845 to 1847............................................. Export of Breadstuffs from Ports of the United States to Great Britain and Ireland, 1847-48. ..... Exports to the United States and Europe from Manilla for the years 1838 to 1847.. Exports of Tea from China to Great Britain..... Price of Wheat in Former Days from 1043 to 1557... Import of Cotton Wool into England and Scotland in the years 1835 to 1848.. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Vessels wrecked on the Florida Coast and Reef.......... Navigation and Marine Implements-Ship and Boat Building-Propellers..... The Voyages of Merchant Vessels between England and the United States to Honolulu.. Deal Island, Kent's Group-New Light at Fort Focardo, Isle of Elba......... Shoals in the China Sea.......... 422 423 ..... 423 423 424 424 425 425 426 RAILROAD, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT STATISTICS. English Railroad Statistics from 1842 to 1847.. Rates of Tolls upon the Illinois and Michigan Canal.. Progress of the New York and Erie Railroad......... Petersburgh (Virginia) Railroad-Freight Rates, Receipts, Expenditures, etc... Low Railroad Fare....... JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY AND FINANCE. Coins and Currency of Brazil-Value of Gold and Silver Coins.... Aiken's Interest and Discount Tables...... Banks, Currency, and Finances of Ohio... 441 The State Finances of Pennsylvania....... 443 Sales of the Public Lands in the United States in 1848... 444 A Short Chapter on the Usury Laws-American Continental Money............. 445 JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. New Method of Puddling or Refining Iron or other Metals by Gas-fire.. 447 449 450 Copake or Ancram Iron Works-Copper Mining on Lake Superior..... Morals in Trade..... MERCANTILE MISCELLANIES. Short Measure and Deception in Fabrics -Culture of Tea in the United States.... Comprehensive Notices of New Works, or New Editions................................................... 457-464 |