Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-02-05

the northof Europe from the coast 9th,
Mediterranean with her wines and bran
dies by land carriage J.
Ten thousand tons Of oil are annually
brought to Mar.eilles from the coasts q
Calabria, Sicily and Barbary for the M
Of the extensive soap manufactures oi
that place, who supply NOT only The in
terror Of France and great part Of Eu-
rope but also her transatlantic colonies.
Sulphur and pot ashes are imported
from Sicily and the coasts Of Spain.
The Levaut furnishes abundance 81
cotton, sheep and goats wool, copPeF,
safiour, gums, rice, wax, kc-Trieste
and other paris of the Adriasie provide
Steel lead, quicksilver, linens, hemp,
| glassware, BE. ~@%f
The coast Of Barbary yields wheat,
wool, oil, bees wax, &c. and France e..
ports the woollsh manufaeturss Of Ian.
guedoc, &c. to the 1evant. ..4.-
This eoasting trade within the Medi-
%terranesn, in the exchange Of useful and
indispensable commodities has hitherto
been carried on 70. an unlimited extent,
and without molestation by the Imperial,
the Ragusan and the Ottoman 6ags.
Of still greater importance, however,
in France and her allies, is their sxten-
sise and hourishing commerce with, the
y. States of America, and thro' thae
channel with their own colonies, com.
merce not only equivalent to all their
wants but being subjected to charges
considerably under those attending the
British trade, maintain them 10 i state
Of active reciprocal intercourse and pros.
perity. It is this conviction alone thas
has induced Ronaparte to proclaim and
enforce with confidence, his measures Of
e~xclusion with regard to Grea., Britain;
for whilst the Porss Of France and her
allies are open to. neutrals, experience.
has demonstrated 70 him, that they do
not want our assistance This hypo-
thesis j. folly corroborased by the rapid
and prodigious extension Of the Ameri.
can commerce since the commence.
ment OF the present war, taecording to
the publle exposition OF their own ieEis.
laturs) by the commercial prosperity Of
France itself, by no means an empty par.
adox, as is generally supposed, but a
fact we'll deserving the serious attention
Of our ministers. Privileges from which
the British individual trader Is exclud.
ed. are enjoyed by the Americans in a
lucrative and uncontrolled intercourse
with China, aud all the +. India settle
ments. Through the Americans, the
iassof France and Boarbon, and the
French West India colonies, are album
dainty supplied with food, cloa,hing, i'm
piemsnts of agriculture, &c. who in re.
turn, seud their produce, systematically
masked and unnAlested, for the ON.
sampsion Of the mother country. Thus
France foregOes non Of her commercial
advantages by the war, except that of
being her own Garner -; but even this
disaPpointmentS is fully compensated to
her in Q financial point of view, by the
exorbitant rate of duties she exac.s upon -
oil importstions in foreign bottoms, the
produce of which forms . very e~puspieu.
Qua item in 'the present revenue Of the
state.
The ports Of Amsterdam, Rotterdam.
Antwerp. Nansz, Bordeaux, Bayonne.
Cadiz. Malaga, Alicant, Barcelona.
Cette, Marseilles. Genoa, Leshoru.
Naples Aneona. Venice and Trieste.
swarm with American shipping. which
supply in abundance the various essen
tiai commodities Of teas. coffee, q
pepper, spices, tobacco, rum, aour, rice,
hides. gums. indigo, coehineal, anddye
stuffs Of all descriptions, mahogany, AN.
ksens, piece goods, handkerchisfs, &c.
many Of them direct from .rheir original
source ; and inreturn for Ghese, France
and her allies exchange their products
and manufactures, such as wines, brandy,
soap, silks. liquors, essences, eapers,
olives, preserves, hats, millinery, &c.
the manipulation and sale Of which arc