Th'è average p-ïice 1 on. 1 ever^t kind of wine is Touifeen
pouttds, op thereabout?1; arid iredpceshtbe whole ex-,
port Value considerably under two hundred thousand
founds-; part of which sfervës io'payfdr manufactures
JrofciteMl Britain, vlohri and
and; ^^«^wesiirririifesi^^k>eh«^ri^asiMelfe*
Madeira,- tolthecrowri of Eoffugah'Xi.
It is: hot uncommon for the iherGhants uf Madeira tb
purchase British goods, brought thete/.at the ratevdf
»twenty-five per- cent, prdfit on thèi original.pri&@aias>fs©t
forth in the bill of parcels. Thet'bill, indeed, dsi'sdrhe-
timÈs* ateredfiin tlte:passa^ef betweênd£ngland> and Madeira;
arid higher prices* annexe^, as having been paid
for every?-articlel .This? unwarrantable practice, «is rsp
well- known} as to hafoe ; given - the- name '^saH'èuicei/W
irwoices tosricit fabricated accounts; by which;rhowever,
iheoeonsumemuare the only sufferers, as the ^ddfith
merchant puts, generally, thé ‘same, proportionate-';advance,
beyond what hé pdys,, on the commodities, he
hasfori sale: I
.The* government of PorthgaJi imposes a duty upon all
imports into Madeira, except provisions;: as:-well as upon
wine exported; and lev i e s ,cHkewhè^internal tkxes: 'yet
the whole is saidtohheEttb nior'f thari > eight thousand
pounds;/after all the?civil and military expenses are defrayed.
The profits, accruing from that island, are undoubtedly
more considerable to Great Britain- than to
its p a ten t sta^e,- • thdkr&dei .carried op
t©>itv. ^ d the B*pitifhia®jt#y -serifed in it, consisting now
of npfeapds'- of .tw-enhyilrijrimereiai jfoqbMIk,. a$dr.swhnse I
acquired fo rrijm s l^ ^ ^ rin c nG ts a t ^Britain. Other nations
wrth j-n tl|# > M agical irady .
SiemaheiTortngttezh's t who hkv^aifeejpp^d m v,ie .with
posed , ! t e commercial knowledge; lias-!well probably?,
aw sm h lle il eapital ajid*are^it>;and fewer/foreign ,£Qnriectioh^
sh £tt| • • B jpp &*f* h*srf v<?
The British '*merchants attach to ,jl#i^Jh!§r-e$fc* the
culitwt^rsiof Jjbewino, by^upplying,in advance.to, all
theiriWaritSf dn'the-iftteRVals of the v is a g e ,la n d in the
^ s,,whep > . feds. T h e ir dealingsdwifch the Ffirtib
f ^ f i n h a b i t a n |. s q fiT^hchalim ust also be .exterisivhj
independently' ,pf ■ them^fles iriot appear much
s&piad inter,equrse-hletwe^n them.
Enough, h ow e v e r has subsisted to' iritrqducql among
thy, latter, ithosp.aslsfeiatfons’ofj affected seere.cy,, called
f r atefnjigfescQ.f.Freg-jinasQrisv which'in England: are;
vol^daffceftairilyj to good.fellowship,land, frequently,
pjppniQte the, purposes uof chaaity 5. but in" countries
wdier-e, frorri.the hatnre o£the.;g.wesnipent, freedom-©£
egnyarsation is cQnstrame^^chrhode*!««. ma£ favoui-y
ft-pjn the privacy bE thek meetings, an unreserved .communication
of i^eritinaehftjiii'endm^di' on that taccoUnt,
SriSpipious.