ART. CONTENTS OF NO. IV., VOL. XIX. ARTICLES. PAGE I. THE HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OF ANCIENT COMMERCE.-LECTURE III.—THE 375 386 V. COMMERCE: AND THE PREJUDICES AGAINST IT. By Hon. BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of Georgia..... 392 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....... 401 MERCANTILE LAW CASES. Points in Mercantile Law, from 2 Barbour's Chancery Reports... ............... 403 ............. 403 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................ 416 |