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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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Viceroy of Santa-Fe withdraws trade permissions for Spanish subjects to Jamaica, idling vessels in Cartagena due to British Free Port Act changes and revenue officer interpretations, exacerbating colonial trade woes.
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Very much to our regret, we learn that the viceroy of Santa-Fe, has recently withdrawn, except in one or two instances, the permission given to the subjects of his Catholic majesty to trade to this island, in consequence of which several vessels usually employed in such intercourse are now laid up at Carthagena. This step, so inimical to our commercial interests, is said in Carthagena, to have originated in the continual alteration of our acts of Parliament, particularly the free-port act, and their unfair interpretation by interested officers of the revenue; which united together, so effectually cramp every exertion as to completely destroy the reciprocal advantage that is the basis of commerce. Our present gloomy situation with respect to trade, wanted not this additional evil; but it would appear that the all-grasping hand of the mother country will not be withheld till prosperity recoils from her touch, and she fatally convinced that her colonies cannot make bricks without straw.
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Carthagena
Event Date
Recently, As Of July 5
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withdrawal of trade permissions except in one or two instances; several vessels laid up at carthagena; harm to reciprocal commercial advantages.
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The viceroy of Santa-Fe has withdrawn permissions for Spanish subjects to trade with Jamaica, leading to vessels being laid up at Carthagena. This is attributed to alterations in British acts of Parliament, especially the free-port act, and unfair interpretations by revenue officers, cramping commerce and adding to Jamaica's gloomy trade situation.