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,95 21 Showry

30,02 32 Fair

Powder, ordinary, 9 to 11lbs.

COTTON TWIST.

01 27 Cloudy Oct. 18. Mule 1st quality, No. 40 3s. 4d.

,02 36 Fair

,02 39 Fair 29,85 41 Fair

-No. 120 7s. Od.

-2d quality, No 40 2s. 10d. Discount-15 per cent.

COALS, delivered at 13s. per chald, advance

,700 Rain
,71 36 Fair
,69 21 Cloudy
58 25 Stormy Oct.

London Premiums of Insurance.

At 15s. 9d. to 20s. Poole, Exeter, Dart mouth, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Falmouth, Leith, Aberdeen, &c.

At 158.9d. Yarmouth, Hull, and Newcastle At 20s. 31s. 6d. Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Newry, Bristol, Chester, aud Liverpool.

At 15s. to 1g. France,

At 15s. 94. to 20s Gottenburgh. Home
At 1g. Madeira, ret. Home 2 gs.

At 3gs. to 4gs. East-India, Comp. ships.

At 14 to 1 gs. Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Opor to; Home gs.

At 35s. to 40s. Leeward Islands.

At 24gs. Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Home the

same.

At 1 to 2gs. Western Isles. Home 2 gs.
At 208. to 50s. Jamaica. Home 2 to 3 gs.

At 2 gs. to 50s. Brazils. Home, the same.
At 7gs. East-Indies, out and home.
At 3. to 4 gr. Malta, Sicily, &c:

At 2 to 3 gs. Honduras,

At 5 to 6 gs. Canada, at 40s. Newfoundland.

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Butts, 50 to 56lb. 21d | Calf Skins 30 to
Dressing Hides.. 17d
Crop hides for cut. 19d
Flat Ordinary.. 18d
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SOAP; yellow, 86s.; mottled 94s.; curd 102s
CANDLES; per doz. 12s. 6d. ; moulds 13s. Od.

Course of Exchange.

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LITERARY PANORAMA,

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National Register:

For DECEMBER, 1816.

NATIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES,
(British and Foreign,)

PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE.

REPORT ON THE AFRICAN FORTS.

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THE Patriot observes with pride, aud the Philanthropist with pleasure, the

mediate fashion,--it is the rage: still, it is honourable to a nation to entertain such fashions; and as to the ultimate result, the Patriot and the Philanthropist will leave that to be ascertained and completed by succeeding generations, hoping the best for the progress of instruction, generally, is slow, though sure; and those who rightly estimate the nature of the work they are engaged in, may adopt the language of the artist who when censured for the slowness of his pencil answered, "I paint for Eternity "We labour for Eternity."

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difference between that tone of mind Every nation, every tribe, has had its which pervades many of the public pro- Benevolent and Beneficent personages, ceedings of the present day, from that who have delighted in alleviating the which a few years ago was prevalent, sufferings of their fellow men. Perhaps and indeed, exclusive. The temper of the most barbarous hordes have much inquiry, formerly was, by what means to do them honour, had they records to can we draw the utmost advantage from relate the incidents; but, the disposition such or such a place? from such or of a whole nation, the expectation of the such a people? from such or such a Legislature, the attention of the Senatraffic? Without losing sight of this, tors, turned to this subject, is equally" we now find these questions interming-honourable to themselves, as individuals, led,-What has been done to benefit the inhabitants of such or such a place, with which we trade?-What efforts have been made to civilize them ?-perhaps, to instruct them, is added; and a kind of surprise is expressed, if nothing has been planned or executed, to that effect. Let it be granted, that this is the order of the day, it is the im- NOL, V, No. 27, Lit. Pan. N. S. Dec. 1,

and to the nation which they represent. The public, the population at large, take a lively interest in the question, and this, we must be allowed to consider among the most honourable distinctions of the British people. We are not aware, that we do any other nation of the earth the smallest injustice, when we say Britain has taken the lead, and

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keeps it, in that course of philanthropy which distinguishes modern times. To The Committee to whom the several Paconnect the notion of Philanthropy with the name of France, is to expose the proposition to sneer and ridicule; with Spain, the Holy Inquisition frowns away the inquirer with Italy, alas! his Holiness is too religious to be beneficent: with Germany, her sufferings have paralyzed her power. If we ask whose vessels still carry on the slave trade, and lend themselves to the nefarious purposes of that infamous commerce, we are told America. The Americans fit out vessels, they falsify their flag, to elude detection; and thus, preferring profit to every other interest, they pursue it, to the infinite disgrace of their country, and themselves. The Spaniards and the Portuguese are their coadjutors; and thus the baneful influence is maintained : and Smuggling in all its branches is promoted. Such are the attractions, and such the atrocities of illicit gain!

An enquiry into the condition of the Forts in Africa, now in possession of British power, or maintained by British influence, includes further information on the condition of the people-the African people, around them. Are these Forts employed as instruments of oppression ?-are they Black-Holes of tyranny? No such fact appears; or will appear: they are houses of some strength, for the accommodation of European settlers, but there ends their principal pretensions to the appellations of Forts. They display, indeed, the British flag, and the native; claim their protection a more than sufficient sign of their military strength! They pay ground rent, too, to the Chief; who transfers his right of property, for an annual compensation. Such are the British Forts in Africa!Respectable appearance; defensive in reality: they preserve a military air and regularity; they maintain order, they command the passages of rivers against vessels, and they controul the population immediately in their neighbourhood, though not without exception, as we shall see.

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But, of things in their order: This Enquiry is merely beginning: with many other excellent propositions, it waits the event of the ensuing Session of Parliament, to make further progress.

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which were presented to the House upon the 9th day of this instant May, from the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, were referred, to examine the matter thereof, and report the same, with their observations thereupon, to the House; and to whom the Petition of the Committee of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, and the Copy of the Report of the Commissioners sent out by his 'Majesty's Government, to investigate the state of the Settlements and Forts on the Coast of Africa, were also referred; and who were empowered to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them to the House ;- -Have, pursuant to the Order of the House, examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the following Report:

Your Committee regret, that the late period of the Session at which they were appointed, has precluded them from entering into the detailed Examination, without which they feel it impossible to make any Report on the Subject referred to them, which can be satisfactory to themselves or the House.

The History of these Forts is given by the Secretary to the African Company in the following terms:

Do you know, from any documents to which you have access, as Secretary to the African Company, at what periods the various Forts upon the Gold Coast were either erected by this Company, or taken possession of?—I have brought with Royal African Company of England," me a paper intituled, "The Case of the dated in the Year 1780, in which I find the following information upon that subject :— That in the reigns of James the First and Charles the First, two Forts were built; one of them called Cormantine, on the Gold Coast, and another on the River Gambia, on the North Coast, which were the only places of any consequence of which the English were in possession at the Restoration. The paper above-mentioned states, that the Royal African Company of England was established by letters

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