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CONTENTS OF NO. IV., VOL. XIX.

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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
IL COMMERCIAL CITIES OF EUROPE.-No. VIIL-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. Scort, Esq., of Ohio............. 383
IV. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN TENNESSEE. BY HENRY GRATTAN
SMITH, Esq., of the Memphis (Tenn.) Bar.........

375

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V. COMMERCE: AND THE PREJUDICES AGAINST IT. By Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Georgia.....

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VI. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.-A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE HON. ASA CLAPP.....

396

VII. GRACE ON DRAFTS AT SIGHT. By DAVID R. JAQUES, Esq., of the New York Bar.... 399 VIII. THE DRAINING OF THE EVERGLADES OF FLORIDA.......

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MERCANTILE LAW CASES.

Points in Mercantile Law, from 2 Barbour's Chancery Reports...
Custom of Merchants at New York-Trade Marks........

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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 st te 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....... .... 405-411

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS.

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Hanover......

411-415

Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of Telegraph Companies......................... .......................................... 415 New Duties on Spirits in England................

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