ix Plymouth sound beacon.. 4211 310 SACKETT'S HARBOR, commerce of, in 1846.... 109 44 64 progress of in Ohio............... 312 44 44 exports and imports, 1846. 109 219 508 exported from New Orleans, 1845-47..... 414 Salvage.... 66 ........ Pover rock, light-house on........ United States...... Prattsville tannery, the... Promentare, cape, new light-house near........ .... 422 No. and tonnage of steamboats en- lady navigating a ship...... ...... 638 Scantling, pro-forma sales of at Havana........ 489 Puerto Rico, new light at San Juan........... 422 Schuylkill canal, charges on........ 44 437 89 53 Shops and shopping in Calcutta............... South Carolina railroads, statistics of........... 426 428 Spirits and wines, consump. of in England, 1846. 328 64 population........ Steam navigation on the Oronoco..... 46 564 211 44 American..... 521 310 307 357 on Mississippi, expense of..... 527 250 44 428 of New York, engines and cars on the 526 Reading railroad, charges on..... 529 177 117 Stockings, manufacture of........ 436 630 Story's treatise on the law of sales. 282 309 Strawberry trade of Cincinnati....... 326 630 Sugar, exports of from New Orleans, 1844-47.... 413 wheat received at, 1844-46. 48 rates of freight and toll on.... Rochester, its mills, factories, etc.......... wool shipped from, 1844-46. iron foundries of......... Rome, shopping in........ 51 TAFIA, pro-forma sales of at Havana.......... 483 ............ 198 and navigation of France, 1844-46...... 196 VATTEMARE, Alexander, mission of to U. States 146 American hemp....... the American ice................... 219 Valuable alloys..... .... 538 44 the strawberry, of Cincinnati........... 326 W. 64 export and import, of Honduras........ 329 and commerce of N. Orleans, 1841-47... 412 WATER a substitute for oil in machinery....... 216 120 the commercial growth and greatness of.. 495 India steam packets, regulations for...... 213 257 66 Indies, commerce of the................ ........... 594 French cotton wool................... 540 mdze. imported into, 1845-46........ 104 ZADOCK PRATT, Hon., letter of to the people of .......... the United States........... 385 ......... 634 I. THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF FRANCE: OR, THE INFLU- ENCE WHICH THE REDUCTION OF THE DUTIES IN ENGLAND ON RAW MATERIALS, AND PARTICULARLY ON COTTON AND WOOL, WILL HAVE ON FRANCE. Translated from "Le Bulletin de la Societe Industrielle de Mulhouse," for IL COMMERCE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM, OR SAND- WICH ISLANDS, SINCE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE BY THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND, AND FRANCE. BY JAMES JACKSON JAR- IV. THE CONSULAR SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES: A Letter from an American Consul Abroad, to the Editor of the Merchants' Magazine, etc.... V. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-ROCHESTER: ITS MILLS, FACTORIES, ETC. By Rev. FREDERICK W. HOLLAND, of Rochester, N. Y. 46 VI. SHOPS AND SHOPPING IN CALCUTTA. By E. ROBERTS, author of " Scenes and Cha- VII. COMMERCE AND RESOURCES OF THE ISLE OF BOURBON: A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISLE OF BOURBON, A COLONY OF FRANCE, IN 1846. Translated from the French of M. AYMAR-BRESSION, by C. T. CAMPBELL, Esq., for Sim- VIIL MISSISSIPPI AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD: An Address delivered before the Railroad Convention held at Indianapolis, on the 12th of May, 1847. By W. S. WAIT, Delegate from the State of Illinois. Reported for the Merchants' Magazine.......... Promissory Note-Action of Party not interested in the Note... Review of the Affairs of the Bank of England, from 1697 to 1847-Important Period in Financial and Commercial History-Prospect of a Crisis in England-Its Bearing upon the Trade of the United States-Income of the Public Works of Pennsylvania and New York-Debts of Illinois, Indiana, etc.-The Trustees of the Bondholders-Wabash and Erie Canal Stock-Prices of State Stocks in New York, first week in each month-Financial System of Mexico-Consumption of Produce in England, in 1845, '46, and '47-Cotton consumed, and Goods exported...... Mercantile Library Association of Cincinnati... Shopping in Rome-Character of Trades-People-Shopkeeping Morality, etc..... Poetry of Commerce-Iron, a Poem, by Mrs. S. J. Hale......... Enterprise and Wealth of Jacques Cœur, the French Argonaut.......................... Leather Trade of Ohio.-Tea in British India.--Bequest of William Oliver, a Boston Merchant...... 93 Import of Breadstuffs into Canada, and Regulations for the Transit of Vessels of the United States Modification of Mexican Tariff Regulations.-Importation of Molasses-a Treasury Circular........ Tariff of Charges on Merchandise, etc., adopted by the Memphis (Tenn.) Chamber of Commerce.... 96 New Customs Regulations of Manilla....... Law of North Carolina for the Inspection of Turpentine... Birkenhead (Liverpool) Dock Company Charges...... Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels-A Treasury Circular. Note to Article on the Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad...................... Merchandise Imported into the United States, for the year ending June 30th, 1845..... Government Appropriations for the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors in the United States........ 107 Supply of the Philadelphia Cattle Market, for the last three years..... Exports and Imports of Sackett's Harbor, New York, in 1846.......... ... .... Pro-Forma Account Sales, 1,293 Bushels Indian Corn.-Trade of Canton, Shanghae, and Amoy, 1846. 110 JOURNAL OF MINING AND MANUFACTURES. Perfumery: Its Uses and Manufacture-The Trade of the Perfumer HUNT'S MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. JULY, 1847. Art. I. THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF FRANCE: OR, THE INFLUENCE WHICH THE REDUCTION OF THE DUTIES IN ENGLAND, ON RAW MATERIALS, AND PARTICULARLY ON COTTON AND WOOL, WILL HAVE ON FRANCE.* I. INTRODUCTION-SIR ROBERT PEEL'S NEW MEASURES-THEIR PRORABLE EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRY OF ENGLAND. Governments act on the commercial and industrial development of a nation no less than upon its public and private customs. They are the head of the social body. In them originate all great plans of usefulness to the community. To direct that community into the path of improve. ment, is their great mission and duty. Of all the modes of action which governments possess, there is none more energetic than tariffs. In proportion as they elevate or depress this powerful lever, they may create, sustain, and develop, or leave inactive, arrest in its course, or even destroy national enterprise, the source of public prosperity. It was with the aid of tariffs that Colbert laid the foundation of the manufacturing industry of France; by them Napoleon secured to her the whole of Europe for a market; and by them recent legislation has restricted this market to our own frontiers. While, with a view to favor the industry of France, we have thought it necessary to enclose it within narrow limits, a neighboring nation, with The following article is translated from the "Bulletin of the Industrial Society of Mulhouse"-" Le Bulletin de La Societe Industrielle de Mulhouse”—a Magazine of the highest repute among the manufacturers of both France and England. The translation was made by Thomas L. Dunnell, Esq., of Providence, R. I., for a friend, who was desirous of reading it. Occurring to the translator that others might feel an interest in it, he forwarded the manuscript to us for publication in the Merchants' Magazine. Without endorsing the views of the author-which, to say the least, are quite plausible-the article will doubtless be read with interest by our merchants and manufacturers generally.—[ED. MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE.] |