THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,

AND

Commercial Review.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT.

VOLUME VII.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1842.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET.

MDCCCXLII.

AN

INDEX-VOL. VII.

FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE, 1842.

ORIGINAL PAPERS, ETC.

Comparative View of the Commerce of France, Great Britain, and the United States,

from 1827 to 1836, by M. D. L. Rodet, Paris, France.....

13

Progress of Population and Wealth in the United States in Fifty Years, as exhibited

by the Decennial Census, taken in that period, by Professor George Tucker-

Chapter 1 and 2s........

31

42

Commerce of Syria, No. 2.-Articles of Trade in Syria, by J. W. Jenks..

Commercial Voyages and Discoveries. Chapter 4.-Voyages of Pedro Alvarez

Cabral-Juan de Nueva.-Second Voyage of Vasco de Gama....

Reduction of Price and Rate of Duty, by W. Johnson........

Our Trade with England, by George S. Boutwell........................

Commerce of Greece, by Frederick Strong, Consul at Athens...

Progress of Population and Wealth, etc.-Chapters 4 and 5.....

The Navy and its Use..........

Ireland-Its Resources and Commerce, by Edwin Williams..

Commercial Voyages and Discoveries.-Chapter 5....

Morals of Trade, No. 6, by J. N. Bellows........

Trade of the Russian Empire, by Charles Clark...

160

174

179

205

Warehousing System, by Alexander Jones, M. D..

225

Trade and Commerce of France........

229

Progress of Population and Wealth, etc.-Chapter 6.........

241

Commercial Voyages and Discoveries. Chapter 6.-Voyage of William Rutter, etc. 246

Construction and First Voyage of the Griffin........

252

Mercantile Biography.-Sir William Pepperell, Bart., by George H. Moore.......... 256

Lights and Shadows of Mercantile Life.-2. Glimpse of Bankruptcy, by the Rev.

J. W. Brown...................

261

Manual of Gold and Silver Coins....

267

Preferred Creditors.-Ought certain Creditors to be Preferred in making Assign-

ments? By Charles A. Stackpole.......

273