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ANECDOTES OF COMMERCIAL CITIES. NUMBER 11.

N. regard to HAMBURGH, the following particulars may be added to thoſe which were communicated in the firſt number of theſe anecdotés, vol. I. p.i1g. Inthe year 1798, there were imported into HAMBURGH, 46,009,090 Ibs. Ot COFFEE ¿Of which, 10,073,000 lbs. were from Live 4-569,000, from London,—4,182,000, from New-York,— 3] 73,000, from Phila- delphia,—8,909 5,000, from Baltimore,—4,162,000, from the ifle of St. Thomas,&c. The quantity of /ägar imported within the the ſame year, into HAMBURCH, amounted to“ 98,000,090 of pounds; and was procured almo e[Tt

tirely froh‘the Engl} IWefſt-India’ colonies, and the Unkéd States of America. No fewer than 368 Engliſh HORSES were likewiſe among that year's"® imports into the port of Hamburgh. The number of veas. ts which entered into this port in the year 1798, Was 2148,—æ af which, three were from Cadiz,—117 from Amfterdam,—198 from London,—80 from MNewcafſile,—g51 from Bourdeatix,—

71 from Ruſſia,—two from China,—ánd 149 from the United States of America. Hamburgh ſent out, in 1798, ſeventeen veſ-

ſels to the whale-fiſhery, which were all very ſucceſsful ihn their fiſhing. Such was the inferiority of the trade‘of Amfſtérdam, that, in 1798, there entered but 1901 veſſels into its harbour; of which 179 were from Bremen,—two from Cadiz,—15 from Bourdeaux,—42 from London,—711 from IHamburgh.

Amid this proſperity of its trade, the manners of the mhabi-« tants of HAMBURGH have altered greatly, in the courſe of the laſt ten years."There. are now a great many eatuig-houſes and taverns, kept by Frenchmen, who have bad recourſe to this ſhift, to earn an honeſt livelihood, after being reduced from rank and affluence, to all the miſeries of poverty and exile,‘by the conſe- quences of the revolution. Theſe taverns in general, combine the cookery of France with the elegant and convenient accom- modation of an Engliſh-coffce-houſe. Here'are a German and a French theatre. The German theatre 1s but poor in ſcenery, actors, dramatic. pieces, and its power over public curioſity. Comic Operas are the prevalent repreſentations. On the French theatre of HAMBURG, Mrs. Chevalier, and Miſs Rofe Colinet, bôth of whom have ſince gone to Peterſburgh, were exceedingly admired, while they lately‘acted heré. In Viotti and Giarno- vici, Hamburgh now poſſeſſes two of the beſt players on the violin, in all Europe.© The balls of Boſelhof are much fre- quented by the gay, the_ young, the handſome, and the fa- ſhionable. The“ ¡Faîfé 1s the favourite dance.- The inhabi- tants of Hambursh give frequent and ſumptuous entertainments,

t is uſual to ſend cards of invitation at the diſtance of a month or two before the day on which you wiſh to ſee your company ¿ and, again, on the day immediately betore that of the intended

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