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TN a former number of our magazine we ftated the leading features of the difpute between' 



this country and America, refpecting the alleged unwarrantable capture of their veffels; 

 We then endeavoured to exhibit the precife nature of the complaint ; and though we might, 

 in our unbiafled opinion, have advocated the pr:ncif!es upon which the Americans pretended 

 to regulate their commerce with the Belligerent powers, yet we are aware that their prac-' 

 tice IS r/piete with fraud and collufion. That the Americans fhoulil hare availed them- 

 felves of any opportunity to extend tlieir trade is not furprifing, but that our government 

 fliould fo long have tolerated' this abufe, to the injury of c%r commerce, is a ftrong proof 

 of the indulgence and lenity with which they have been treated, and oi^ the unmited defire 

 in the Britilh miniliry to cherilh and preferve the relations of an)ity and good faith between 

 the tv.o countries. 



In the moral chsrafter of the American nation, however, there appears to be a radical 

 defeft. Their intereft mud be made tlie primum mobile of tvery regulation, or they can 

 never be plea;ed. Their frauds and ftratagems have been dete£led by Spain as well as by 

 us, and a ferious mifunderftindini; is ftated tu have taken place between them and that 

 power: but againft the mother-country their whole vengeance is direfted, and a lone 

 article has appeared in the National Intelligencer (the detni-official paper of the Executive), 

 animadverting on the injuries received from this country, and infinuating the determinatioa 

 of the next Ccngrefs to retaliate on us by levying heavy prohibitory duties on our manu- 

 /aftures imported, and to iufpund all intercourfe with usand our dependencies. 



In the afrual fituat on of Europe, In which every independent power has to wage a war 

 for exiftcnce againft the unprincipled and mad ambition of a military adventurer, the Ame- 

 ricans ought, as a duty they owe to civil fociety and to the caufe of liberty, which they 

 affeft to chtrlfii, to make cheerful facrifices to the common caufe ; and they ought, by a 

 magnanimous conduct founded on principle and not on the grovelling views of temporary 

 advantage, to avail themfelves of this opportunity of acquiring the efteera of foreign na- 

 t.ons. 



Deflalines, the black Emperor of Hayti, has IlTued a fingular decree for the regulation 

 of the import trade of St. Domingo: eight merchants are authorized by patent to receive 

 confignments of foreign veflels, of which five are natives, and three Americans ; each of 

 thefe patent merchants is to enjoy an equal participation of all foreign confignments, and 

 therefore a rotation is eftablilhed, by which they receive them in turn without regard to the 

 diteflion of the configner. Thefe merchants are alfu ordered to report to the adminiftrator 

 cf the place before a veflel fails, th? value of what her carg» f.ld for in produce, and if 

 there is any furplus fpecie it mud be depoCted in the treafury, and a receipt will be givea 

 for the value of it in produce at the market price, payable to bearer. 



The raw fugar market has been rather brilk, and prices fomething higher. Eaft India 

 fugan fold higher at the laft fale than ufual, from the apprehenfion that the Company had 

 not been very anxious in promoting the cultivation ; but as this is an article of great con- 

 fumptioD, it is hoped attention wiH be paid to it. On the 5th of January an alteration will 

 take place in the drawbacks or bouncy on fugais, as follows: on whole tumps, or loaves, 

 which is now 455. and a farthing, will be 47s, 8d., being an increafe of 2S. 7|d. per cwt. •. 

 and on baftards, or lumps or loaves broken, which is row z6s. (Sd., will be 33s. I'd., an 

 ir.crtafe of 6s. yid. per cwt —American Pearl Aflies, 65s. to 80s. ; Pot 45s. to ccs. pet 

 cwt ; Cochineal, 27s. to 30s,; Cocoa, Grenada, 5I. los. to 61.; Trinidad, 71. is. to 7I. gs. 

 per cwt. ; Coffee, liSs. to 170s.; Cotton, Weft India, is. 6d. to u. 3d. ; Georgia, j.s. to 

 3s.; Bourbon, 2s 6d. to 3s. — Wheat, 60s. to 78s. ; Barley, 3 is. to 35s j Oats, 27s. to 30s • • 

 Flour, fine, 65s to 7cs. ; fecond, bos. to 65s. — Sugars, Mulcovado, "cs. to 8O3.5 '-'ayed, 

 763,10 105s.; Jamaica, 683. to 92s.; Lumps, 102s. to I2CS. ; Loaves, pov/der, ii3s. to 

 XI4S.— Hops, bags, 5I. to 7I, 155.5 Pockets, 5I. 16s. togl. — Indigo, Eaft India, 8s. to 

 135. 6d. ; Lead, in pigs, 421.31431.5 Linfeed Oil, 41!. ; Turpentine Oil, 3I. i6sj Pitch, 

 14s. to i8j. cwt ; Saltpetre, 8ss. ; Clover Seed, foreign, red, 603. to 80s. ; White, 603. to 

 90s.; Englifli, red, 503.10955.5 White, 63s. to 95s. 5 Rape, <)ol. to 43I, per lafl • German 

 Coat Skinj, 40s. to 55s , and Swifs ditto, 65s. per dozen 5 Raw Silk, 24s. to 34s ; Tlirown 

 ditto, 34J. 6J. to 49s. ; Cinnamon, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 6d. ; Cloves, 7s 4d. to 7s. 6d. 5 IWacc, SSs; 

 t^lutmegs, 27s. ; Ginger, 555. 10 60s. ; Black ditto, 81. ics. to 10I.5 Brandy, >7s. to l8s. ) 

 Hollands, 18$. 3d. 5 Rum, 33. to 4s. Cd. ; Beca Wax, Hambro aod Dantzic, 17I.; Spanilk 

 Wool, 4s. 9.'1. to 6s. 9d. ; Eaft India, 50^. to 713 61. 



Stocks, ,3 per cent Confols, for opening, 61 to 62J ; Bank, 195, Exchequer Bills, 1 pef 

 ffiD.1. ptcnuuni> I per cunt dil'aouot^ Omnium, 7 J to 6. 



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