COMMERCIAL REPORT. COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars.-The sugar market, since our last, has been so heavy, that holders, to effect sales, now submit to a small decline; which may be stated at 1s. to 2s. per cwt. for parcels in importers' hands, and at 2s. to 3s. for those held on speculation. In the Refined market, some sales are reported at a decline of Is. ; but shippers state, that their orders are limited to prices from 3s. to 5s. under the present currency. By the new rates of duty, the present high import rates of 30s. on Muscovadoes, 35s. on Clayeds, and 40s. per cwt. on East India sugars, are proposed to be made permanent. Coffee. The prices of this article are rising. A cargo of St Domingo, to arrive at Glasgow, which had been sold at 102s. a few days ago, was resold yesterday at 108s.; but parcels of St Domingo in London, however ordinary, could not be purchased under 109s., and for good quality, 111s. The accounts from the Continent are exceedingly favourable; the prices advancing, and the stocks in the Hanse Towns and in Holland are reported very small. Cotton.-The demand has been very limited, and purchases inconsiderable; but at prices a shade higher. 140 Boweds taken for exportation at 221d; 160 Demerara, by public sale, at 2s. Od. to 2s. 04d.; a few St Kitt's 2018 Pernambuco at 2s. 14d, to 2s. 14d. Surats, 14d. to 16gd.. 100 Bengals at 104d. to 11d. The imports of cotton last month into Great Britain were 44,019 bags, being 8876 bags more than in March 1817. Rum. The demand for export, which a fortnight ago was rather extensive, has again subsided; prices without variation. Tobacco. There has been considerable inquiry after tobacco; and, from the reduced stock in London, holders are sanguine of obtaining higher prices. Oils.-The arrival of three vessels from the South Sea Fishery, since our last Report, has occasoined a depression of prices in that article of L. 4. Greenland has also given way, and Sperm may be purchased at a reduction ef L. 6 to L. 8. Cod and Seal oil are nearly nominal. EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-Hemp, Flax, and Tallow.-The prices of foreign tallow are entirely nominal. In flax and hemp there is little variation.-Brandy and Geneva. -The better descriptions of brandy maintain their prices, but inferior qualities have declined materially. Geneva continues in languid request, and prices without alteration. British Manufactures. It is with pleasure we observe, from an official document just published, that there has been this year a great increase in our woollen manufactories; in the narrow cloths milled, this increase amounts to 1.582,947 yards; and in broad cloths milled to 2,422,135 yards. A corresponding improvement in the condition of the labouring classes has taken place: as it appears that the assessment of poor's rates in the town of Leeds was on the 5th inst. only 5s in the pound, whereas in April 1817 it was 10s. The commerce of the port of Liverpool with India direct becomes of more and more importance; and it is in consequence proposed to build East India Warehouses at Liverpool. Course of Exchange, London, April 10.-Amsterdam, 37: 0 B. 2 U. Ditto at sight, 36: 6. Rotterdam,11: 8: 2 U. Antwerp, 11: 10 Ex. M. Agio of the Bank on Holland, 2. Hamburgh, 34:3: 24 U. Altona, 34:4: 24 U. Paris, 3 days sight, 24: 20 U. Bourdeaux, 24: 40. Frankfort on the Maine, 142: Ex. M. Madrid, 40 effective. Cadiz, 39 effective. Gibraltar, 35. Leghorn, 51. Genoa, 474. Lisbon, 584. Rio Janeiro, 67 to 66. Dublin, 9 per cent. Cork, 91. Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.-Portugal gold, in coin, L. 4:1 : 0. New Dollars, L. 0: 5:44. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0 : 5 : 4. Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 20s.-Cork or Dublin, 15s. 9d. Belfast, 20s. Hamburgh, 15s. 9d. Madeira, 20s. Jamaica, 35s. a 40s. Greenland, out and home, Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from March 13 to April 10, 1818. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced in March 1818. Allen, M. Aisgarth, York, dealer Almond, R. Dartmouth, Devon, grocer Aguilar, J. London, broker Bates, E. Halifax, York, manufacturer Boycott, R. junior, Newport, Salop, butcher Bull, J. Bristol, victualler Bowdige, J. Axminster, Devon, baker Cohen, J. Manchester, hat manufacturer Childers, R. Oxford Street, Middlesex, victualler Davis, J. Llanconway, Denbigh, spirit-dealer Elwell, W. Birmingham, chemist Gates, S. Steyning, Sussex, wine-merchant Gifford, J. Frome Selwood, Somerset, coal-merchant Gwyllym, A. L. Clerkenwell, London, grocer Hawkins, J. Huddersfield, York, butcher Hughes, S. J. and W. London, merchants Holmes, J. Birmingham, dealer in earthen ware Jenkins, J. Dudley, Worcester, mercer Joseph, J. London, slopseller Marshall, J. Great Grimsby, Lincoln, corn-mer chant Mercer, J. Graystonely, lime-burner Moore, G. Liverpool, merchant Moore, J. Armitage, Stafford, victualler Nutt, T. Manchester, cotton-manufacturer Norton, W. Marsden, Manchester, corn-dealer Pitcher, J. St George, Middlesex, bricklayer Ridler, J. Worcester, dealer Rycroft, J. Idle, Calverley, York, cloth-manufacturer Ready, S. Southampton, dealer Rouse, W. Woolwich, victualler Sunderland, S., and S. Barnoldswick, York, corndealer Sanders, D. Stafford, law-stationer Stubbs, J. Long Acre, London, coach-plater Smith, W., and P. F. Papillon, Merton Bridge, Smith, R. Gorton, Lancaster, warehouseman Vose, J. Hardshaw, Lancaster, ironmonger Warsen, M. A. Fareham, Southampton, mercer Wood, J. Manchester, broker Wright, W. Bristol, medicine vender Walker. T., and H. P. Parry, Bristol, iron-mon ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced in March 1818. SEQUESTRATIONS. Brodie, J. Dysart, shipowner Cublick, W. Greenock, merchant Forbes, W. Peterhead, merchant, shipbuilder, and shipowner Macrae, A. Cromarty, merchant Maccachnic, J. Oban, merchant DIVIDENDS. Duguid, W. Aberdeen, manufacturer; by A. Webster, advocate there, 20th April Fleming, H. Glasgow, soap and candle manufacturer; by J. Kerr, accountant there, 25th April Hutchison, J. Glasgow, merchant; by J. M'Gavin, accountant there, 18th May Lamont, P. Steilag, Argyllshire, grazier and cat tle dealer; by J. Lamont, Greenock, 18th April Laird, J. and Co. Murthill, near Forfar, mill-spinners; by D. Jobson, banker in Forfar, 8th April Marr, R. Leith, merchant; by A. Anderson, merchant in Edinburgh, 24th April Milne, J. Edinburgh, merchant; by J. Smith, merchant there, 21st April Purdon, R. Cowcaddens, Glasgow, hinge-maker; Mrs John Tod, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, a daughter. 3. In Hertford Street, May Fair, London, Lady Emily Drummond, a son. 4. At Eildon Hall, the lady of L. Legge, Esq. a daughter. 5. At Meggernie Castle, Mrs Menzies of Culdares, a daughter. 7. At Tunbridge Wells, the lady of Major Macdougall, a daughter. Mrs Gillanders of Highfield a son. At West Viewfield, near Newhaven, Mrs Colonel Maxwell, a daughter. 8. At Kenmure, the lady of Archibald Stirling, Esq. a son. 15. At Ghent, the lady of Major Henry Balneavis, a son. 16. At Uxbridge House, the Marchioness of Anglesea, a son. 18. At his house in Prince's Street, Edinburgh, the lady of A. Munro, Esq. a daughter. 19. At Darnhall, the Hon. Mrs Oliphant Murray, a son. 20. At Wharton Place, Edinburgh, Mrs Dunbar, a daughter. 22. The lady of Peter Horrocks, of Penwortham Lodge, Esq. a son and heir. Mrs Crawford of Ardmillan, a daughter. eldest daughter of Mr Neil Ballingal, factor to General Balfour of Balbirnie. 5. At London, Viscount Newport, eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, to Georgina Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Thomas Moncrieff, Bart. of Moncrieff, in the county of Perth. 10. At Edinburgh, John Munsie, Esq. surgeon, Thornhill, to Miss Anna Torrie, daughter of the Captain Patrick Torrie, royal navy. At Redcastle, Lieutenant Donald M'Lean of the 16th regiment of foot, to Catharine, daughter of Major Wilson, late of Polmaily. At Arbroath, Peter Brown, Esq. late of Bombay, to Mary, third daughter of the Rev. George Gleig, minister of the gospel there. 13. At Glasgow, William, youngest son of the late William Stirling, Esq. of Keir, Captain in the King's dragoon guards, to Mary, second daughter of the late John Anderson, Esq. banker in London. 14. In London, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K. C. B. Assistant Quarter-Master-General, to Jemima, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Langford Brooke, Esq. of Mere-Hall, in the county of Chester. 17. At Glenfeachan, Captain John Campbell, 91st regiment, to Elizabeth, daughter of the deceased John Stevenson, Esq. of Glenfeachen. 19. At Paris, the Right Hon. the Earl of Athlone, to Miss Hope, daughter of the late John Williams Hope. Esq. of Cavendish Square, and Amsterdam. 23. At Hawick, the Rev. Robert Shaw, minister of Ewes, to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Wm. H. Moncrieff, minister of Anann 24. In Scaleby church, Andrew Hamilton, Esq. merchant, Leith, to Agnes, second daughter of Rowland Fawcett, of Scaleby Castle, Esq. Cumberland. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Patrick Macvicar, one of the ministers of Dundee, to Mrs Dymocke, relict of the late Rev. James Dymocke. 26. At Aberdour-house, Patrick Duff, Lately. At Richmond House, the Coun- Esq. of Carnousie, to Penelope, second tess of March, a son and heir. MARRIAGES. Sept. 22. 1817. At Trichinopoly, Major Gillespie, of the 4th regiment of native cavalry, to Miss Annsell, niece to Mr Andrews, Judge at Trichinopoly. Feb. 28. 1818. At London, G. V. Aughton, Esq. to Magdalen, eldest daughter of the late Alexander Dunbar, Esq. of Nairn. March 3. At Aberdeen, Mr Alexander Ingram, eldest son of William Ingram, Esq. late of Ardonald, to Miss Jessie, only daughter of the deceased Captain Cormack of Stonehaven. 4. At Sweet Bank, Mr Robert Russel, jun. tenant, Newton of Markinch, to Isabella, daughter of William Gordon, Esq. of Aberdour. 27. At Edinburgh, Robert Henderson, Esq. of Chapelhope, to Miss Isabella Scott, daughter of the late Mr William Scott, farmer in Singlie. 29. At Heighington-house, in the county of Durham, Duncan George Forbes, Esq. of Culloden, to Sarah, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph Walker of Lanchester. 30. At Clyde Bank, the Rev. John Dick, minister of Rutherglen, to Miss Janet Crawford, daughter of the late Mr Charles Crawford, Edinburgh. April 1. At Edinburgh, LieutenantColonel Robert Walker, Lieutenant-Governor of Sheerness, to Ann, eldest daugh er of John Ewart, Esq. Salisbury Road, Newington. 2. At Edinburgh, J. S. Impey, Esq. to Barbara, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Fenwick. Lately-At Peasebanks, James Bruce, Esq. of Broomhill, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Dr Robert Whitehead, physician, Hamilton. DEATHS. June 12, 1817.-At Calcutta, Major James Gordon, of the 15th regiment of native infantry, Deputy Adjutant-General at that presidency. This gentleman was second son of the late John Gordon of Milton of Laggan, in Glenrinnes, Banffshire, a descendant of George Gordon of Beldorney, grandson of Alexander, first Earl of Huntly. Sept. 3. In the camp at Dermeer, Lieutenant Alexander Gleig, in the service of the Honourable East India Company, eldest son of the Right Reverend Bishop Gleig, Stirling. 15. At Coolbaraik, near Dinapore, James Robertson, Esq. surgeon in the Honourable East India Company's service on the Bengal establishment, son of the late John Robertson, Esq. Commissary of Peebles. Dec. 23. At St Helena, where he had gone for the recovery of his health, Francis Stewart, Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's civil service at Bencoolen, eldest son of the deceased Charles Stewart, Esq. late commander of the Airly Castle East Indiaman. Jan. 16. 1818. At St Vincent's, Robert Manners, Esq. one of the oldest inhabitants in that island. Feb. 8. At Quebec, Isabella M. Alexander, wife of George Montgomerie, Esq. M. D. Medical Staff. 13. At Melville House, Jane, Countess of Leven and Melville. At Torbreck, in the 76th year of her age, Mrs Anne Russell, the lady of Alexander Fraser, Esq. of Torbreck. At London, of typhus fever, after an illness of a few days, Dr Dacosta, Member of the Geological and Wernerian Societies. He was Assistant Physician at Guy's and the Fever Hospital, and was recently a student in Edinburgh, and President of the Royal Medical Society. 18. At the manse of Ettrick, the Reverend Charles Paton, minister there, in the 64th year of his age. 19. At Kilwhanidy, John Martin, Esq. of Kilwhanidy. -At his father's house, in the 21st year of his age, William, eldest son of Mathew Poole, Esq. M. D. Waterford, Ireland. 20. At Powder Hall, Mrs Christian Simpson, wife of Captain Rattray. 22. At Naples, Mrs Ann Macgill, wife of Mr John Mackenzie, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Macgill of Malta. At Glasgow, James Gairdner, Esq. merchant, aged 83. 23. At Edinburgh, Captain Edwin Horsburgh, one of the Minden heroes, aged 82. Miss Margaret Northesk Lindsay, youngest daughter of the late James Lindsay Carnegie, Esq. of Boysack. 24. At Glasgow, Charles Hutchison, Esq. merchant. 25. At Geneva, Robert White Melville, Esq. of Strathkinness. At London, Admiral the Honourable Sir George Berkeley, G. C. B. 28. At Edinburgh, Miss Isabella Hutton of Slighs Houses, aged 95 years. March 4. At Inzievar, Mrs Catharine Sands, wife of James Harrowar, Esq. of Inzievar. 5. At Edinburgh, Mr Sylvester Doig, bookseller. - At Milton, Urr, Mr John Copeland. At Blackethouse, Mrs Mary Bell, relict of Mr Christopher Smyth of Eastfield, at the advanced age of 91 years. 15. John Rutherford, Esq. writer, Pro- of her age. curator Fiscal for the county of Perth. At Glasgow, Mr James Laird, merchant there. 16. At her house in York Place, Edinburgh, Dowager Lady Sinclair of Murkle. At Edinburgh, Miss Margaret Moncrieff, daughter of the late Colonel George Moncrieff of Reidie. Mrs Fulton of Park, in the 73d year At Mains of Eastwood, Mr John Givan, aged 83. 6. At Bromley, in Kent, aged 60, John Gifford, Esq. many years one of the Police Magistrates of London. At Tunbridge Wells, of a rapid decline, John Viscount Kelburne, eldest son of the Earl of Glasgow. |