The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-08
From a late London Paper.
PRUssIAN COMMERCE.

PRUSSIAN COMMERCE.
The exports from Silefia in the wear lsos. a.
mounted TO s.37s,76e dollars by fea, and 4.7sI.
os6 by land !; and her imports, during the fame
period, to l,so2 ,o44 dollars by fea, and Q, so4 /,
$50 by land. OF the exports, 7,7ee,see dollars
conhited OF manufactures, 8,423,7s3 of animals.
s5S,S1o of the produce of the mines, the ref
various. The imports confifted of 4. ee4.st1
dollars of raw materials for the manufactures.
4,lo6,254 of neceifaries of life, l,ei7,1es OF
merchandise and articles Of luxury, and $685.
of books and inftruments.
The tranfit trade of manufactured goods.
Eat and Wef-India produce, by Hamburger.
A'tona, &c. to Lufatta, Bohemia, Hungary,
Poland, &c. which is very comfortable, is MOI
included in the above ftatement, neither is the
export ofgoods from Silefia TO other PrufIian
.'s 'rut,ut rnree mirnons, 4
great part of which is afterwards exported nj,
Hamburg and Stettin.
Inc commerce OF the the other pruf1ian pro-
vlnces IN Germany is ffill more confiderabIe.
and the exports of yarn, linen, wheat, leather.
wolen cloths. timber, hops, wood, pearl a N
vitriol, fmalts, china, wrought metals. nj, Pre-
men, Hamburger, Lubec, and Stettin. together
with the exports from the Ducby of Maqde.
oursh, part OF Wefphalia, and the principali.
ty OF Halberfadt, the Margraviates of Branden-
surgh, &c. have been eftimated at 40 millions
of dollars.
There yet remains another part of the pruf-
nan COMMONS IN Wefphalia mot included in
the rich provinces which the king ba, j,triv
ceded,) in Eaf Friefeland, the trade of which
has wonderfully increaf.d during the late and
prefent war, PrincipasEivH the port OF Embden.
and which, IN addition to extenfive exports of
oomeltic produce, as grain, various articles of
prov'hon, linen, yarn, BOOKINGS, tailow. fea :
Tiers, &c. has fupplied Holland, the Neither
lands, Switzerland, South Germany, ana ever
Bremen, with colonial produce and foreign ma
nufaetures. The vaf Importance of Fmbder
may be collected from this faef, that in one wear
OF the war, 72o yeffels failed from that bort o.
yer the Watten for Amfferdarn only, in part
'oaoed with fhip-timber, copper 10 flleets, and
various articles of naval flores.
Inc truman commerce engages upwards
or 1900 vefie's, and exports annnalIv nea-Is e
millions of dollars of home produce, conG}inp
OF timber, pot and pearl afh, yarn, linen. nav
hemp, corn, honey, wax, talew, foap, candle 3,
vegetable oils, hides, leather, furs, wooden
CLOTHS, gloves, earthen ware, cordage, tar. am.
Der, t-petre, fteel, brafs wire, litharpe. &c.
Ofthis DantZic has 1913 vefTeIs, e&portipp ,
millions produo e. Rbing, 27I, do--Stetfin
s2l, 10 do. Konigiberg 1925, 10 do...-Mcm.l
176. dos--Of the Mcneil fhps 1871 are PruE
fans. fBt
In the year 1898, SIS Prufian vefIels pafred
through the Holftein Canal from the Baltic 70
the North Sea, and in the fame year 1913 Pruc.
mans pafied through the Sound, and inthe wear
following the number amounted to s27s. The
number OF vef1eis navigating under the PrufIian
hag may be objected to as ftandard by which
to Judge of the Pruf1ian commerce, becaufe If
had been affirmed by the Dutch merchants we
are, however, warranted, by the amount of the
exports from different Pri,ifian ports in ftating.
that the annual export of articles of PrulJ;an
produce and manufacture by fea, exceeds nine
millions pounds fferling and IL il obyious.
that this trade NUT be nearly fufpended by a
war wifi this country.
Should the PruffiaD merchant feek pew
chsnne'f for his goods through HoInefn. he will
nave to- encounter fiich heavy expences AS will
render his profits doubtful. Tonnineen is four
teen leagues from Hambureh, and Kie twelve.
and the land carriage in that country is expen
be IT TO this we add the additional FREIGHT
and iniursnce, and the one per cent. Dani(,
traniit, the extra charge may be effimated a,
two-pence per pound weight, which the Pr,n.
han manufactures cannot afford TO paw
Hamburgh has been the great depot of Silefi-
an ana Granddaughter liners, and the mer-
ftsn, there on receiving confignment, allowed
the manufacturer to draw two-thirds of the A.
mount, paying the reiidue when the articIps
were diipofed Of The blockade Of the FIbe
WIZ aimoit wholly fufpend the export OF this
linen, and neceHdrily incapacita,e the merchant
from making the accuiomed payment, TO the
probable ruin of the manufacturer, who has NOT
capital equal to fuftain this fevere and unIoot.
ed for calamity