I. PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF LIVING MERCHANTS.-No. L-THOMAS P. COPE, 376 388 V. SKETCH OF THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR IN MARYLAND. BY JAMES R. PARTRIDGE, Esq., of the Baltimore (Md.) Bar.............. VI. PROTECTION OF SHIPS FROM LIGHTNING. By EBEN MERIAM, Esq., of New York.. 395 VII. “THE COAST SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES:" A Reply to an Article in the February No. of the MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE. By Lieut. CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, of the United States Navy.. MERCANTILE LAW CASES. Points in Mercantile Law; from Denio's Supreme Court Reports... Insurance upon Freight..... Guaranty-Bills of Lading.. Lien of Consignees-Promissory Notes..... Marine Insurance-What cannot be Insured.. Insurance upon Freight-Other insurable interests. When Consignee, or Factor, is bound to Insure..... 402 414 414 415 416 416 417 418 COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW: EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS: Spring Trade Compared-Imports and Duties at the Port of New York-Effect of a Steady Currency-Exports of Plain Cottons and Calicoes from Great Britain-Her large Export in 1847Cotton taken by United States Manufacturers for Consumption-Prices of Cotton-The Cotton Markets-Duties and Specie in the Sub-Treasury at New York-Payments to Mexico-Disposition in Europe to invest in United States Stock-Prices of United States, New York, Ohio, and Kentucky Stocks-Rates of Exchange in New York-Bearing of Commercial Legislation in England on the affairs of United States-British Navigation Laws-Mr. Bancroft's Proposition to the British Government-Webster's Resolution of Inquiry, etc., etc..................................... 419-424 VOL. XX.-NO. IV. 23 |