The picture of Liverpool; . s, particu-larly ori the principal market-days, which areWednesday and Saturday. The debarkationand embarkation of the different articles, at dock slip, often present a busy and en-tertaining spectacle. The great extent of thesea-coast pours in various articles of consump-tion, particularly fish. Salmon is brought fieshfrom Scotland and Ireland; but that taken inthe adjoining river, Dee, is most esteemed, andis here called Cheshire salmon. The fish-market is occasionally pretty wellsuppliedj in the different seasons, with salmon,cod,and flatfish (excepttu
The picture of Liverpool; . s, particu-larly ori the principal market-days, which areWednesday and Saturday. The debarkationand embarkation of the different articles, at dock slip, often present a busy and en-tertaining spectacle. The great extent of thesea-coast pours in various articles of consump-tion, particularly fish. Salmon is brought fieshfrom Scotland and Ireland; but that taken inthe adjoining river, Dee, is most esteemed, andis here called Cheshire salmon. The fish-market is occasionally pretty wellsuppliedj in the different seasons, with salmon,cod,and flatfish (exceptturbot); crabs, shrimps,prawns, oysters, and other shell fish (exceptlobsters, which are always scarce and dear) veryplentifully; smelts, mackarel, and fresh waterare scarce, but herrings are mostly market, which is near the west end of church, is very commodious. Turtle,on the arrival of West India ships, may gene-rally be purchased. It is commonly dressed atthe inns for distant conveyance. COMMERCE,. COMMERCE, AN extended detail of Commerce would ex-ceed the intention of this publication Thetrade of the port extends to every trading partof the world, the East Indies excepted; parti-cularly to the West Indies, Africa, the Baltic,America, Spain, Portugal, the ports of theMediterranean, and the north and south whalefisheries. In the year 1792, an effort was made by themerchants to obtain a share of the East Indiatrade, by an application to Parliament. Thesituation of this country, with France, becom-ing more critical, and the derangement whichgoon took place in the commercial part of the R 2 186 COMMERCE. kingdom., arid of which Liverpool fully partici-pated, suppressed the attempt. The numerous advantages which the portpossesses, originally conspired to the promotionof its commerce, and will always support andextend it. The staple commodities of coal andsalt, lead, ch&ese, Lancashire and Yorkshiremanufactories, Staffordshire earthen-ware, & are great
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