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Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.—Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d. Cork, Dublin, or Belfast, 15s. 9d. to 20s. Hamburgh, 12s. 6d. Madeira, 20s. Jamaica, 30s. to 35s. Greenland, out and home, 3½ guineas.
Course of Exchange.½Amsterdam, 38 : 2 B. 2 U. Ditto at sight, 37 : 8. Agio of the Bank on Holland, 2. Hamburgh, 35 : 2 : 2J. Paris, 24 : 50, 3 days. Altona, 34 : 3 : 2½. Dublin, 12¼.
Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.—Portugal gold, in coin, £4: 0 : 6. New doubloons, £3 : 15 : 6. Foreign gold, in bars, £4 : 0 : 0. New dollars, £0 : 5 : 2. Silver, in bars, stand. £0 : 5 : 3¼.
Weekly Price of Stocks, from 1st to 31st July 1817.
1st 8th. 15th. 22d. 29th.
Bank Stock, 274 276½ 294 291½
3 per cent. reduced 75⅝ 77⅝ 82¾ 82½
3 per cent. consols, 76⅝ 77⅛ 82¼ 81 81⅞ 81 78⅞ 79½
4 per cent. consols, 94½ 95⅛ 100¾ 100¼ 96¼
5 per cent. navy ann. 105¼ 107¼ 106¼ 103⅜
Imperial 3 per cent. ann.
India stock, 248
bonds, 100 pm. 101 pm. 106 pm. 110 pm. 114 pm.
Exchequer bills, 3¼d. 11 pm. 18 pm. 25 pm. 30 pm. 27 pm.
Consols for acc. 76¾ ½ 78¾ ⅛ 83⅝ 82⅜ 82¾ 81⅜ 79¼
American 3 per cent. 65
new loan, 6 p. cent. 103 103½
French 5 per cents. 67¾ 67⅞ 68
Alphabetical List of English Bankruptcies, announced between the 1st and 31st July 1817, extracted from the London Gazette.
Addington, J. Chesterfield, draper
Allen, B. Liecester, fancy-trimming manufacturer
Abrahams, M. London, merchant
Astell, J. Leicester, butcher and mealman
Barker, S. Sheffield, cordwainer
Barker, J. Sheffield, cordwainer
Bath, R. Commercial Road, Middlesex, rope-maker
Beoran, L. C. Clifton, Gloucester, baker
Benson, M. Guisborough, York, brewer
Blackley, H. Sheldwick, Kent, grocer
Bleads, J. Chester, umbrella-maker
Bone, H. North Shields, ship-owner
Hrevitt, W. Darlaston, Stafford, butcher
Burgess, G. Manchester, woollen-draper
Burn, J. Lothbury, London, merchant
Brundred, B. Stockton, roller-maker
Busst, J. Aston, near Birmingham, gun-barrel-maker
Biddle, J. Birmingham, factor
Coupland, J. Bristol, dealer
Cox, G. M. London, toyman
Chalk, W. New Sarum, baker
Clark, J. Tring, Hertford, baker
Coppard, J. Midhurst, Sussex, baker
Curry, T. North Shields, ship-owner
Cole, J. Plymouth, rope-maker
Davis, W. Birmingham, brass-founder
Davits, J. Shrewsbury, flax-spinner
Deacon, B. Red Lion Square, Middlesex, earthen-wareman
Druitt, G. R. Winchester, linen-draper
Elliott, G. Woodchurch, Kent, butcher
Elston, G. South Shields, ship-owner
Eccles, T. Penkridge, Stafford, grocer
Edleston, J. Billinge, Lancaster, corn-dealer
Elliot, C. sen. Kirkandrews-tipou-Eden, wood-monger
Entwisle, J. P. London, commission-agent
Fleming, T. Liverpool, merchant
Fox, E. Saint George, Gloucester, horse-dealer
Fossett, M. H. Cooper, and E. Howard, Tunbridge, Kent and London, gunpowder manufacturers
Fawell, T. St Lukes, Middlesex, apothecary
Fennel, T. & W. Benstead, jun. London and Brussels, merchants
Farrell, C. Gosport, linen-draper
Graham, J. Lambeth, rope-maker
Gregory, J. Blackwall, butcher
Greenwood, J. Woodhouse, York, timber merchant
Gill, H. R. Kenning-on-Cross, Surrey, coal-merchant
Griffiths, W. Beaumaris, currier
Green, W. London, under-writer
Harrison, J. Hesket, Cumberland, clerk
Herbert, J. London, warehouseman
Hannaford, E. Plymouth, master-mariner
Hill, W. Birmingham, button-maker
Hollands, J. Westminster, builder
Hix, J. Godmanchester, draper
Hay, N. London, merchant
Hoseason, W. Jamaica, merchant
Jackson, T. Wath-upon-Dearne, York, grocer
Johnston, J. London, cheesemonger
Jackson, W. Hanley, Stafford, druggist
Jackson, G. jun. London, surgeon
Kershaw, T. W. Southwark, linen-draper
Knight, J. Castle Gary, Somerset, surgeon
Lazarus, J. London, watchmaker
Leader, B. Bristol, earthenware dealer
Lobato, E. A. P. London, merchant
Lynch, P. Liverpool, woollen-draper
Lee, W. Rotherhithe, ship-chandler
May, W. Spittalfields, Middlesex, bombazeen weaver
Matthews, J. Penzance, sail-maker
Mann, H. & T. Liverpool, iron-hoop-makers
Murrell, W. London, broker
Mansel, T. Pembroke, apothecary
Marriott, G. Melton Mowbray, horse-dealer
Nicholls, H. Bath, butcher
Nunn, K. Preston, boot and shoemaker
Nice, T. London, linen-draper
Plant, If. Sunning, Berks, cattle-dealer
Plant, B. Birmingham, gun-barrel-maker
Prole, W. Georgeham, Devon, yeoman
Philips, D. London, stationer
Papps, G. Bristol, hosior
Parker, C. W. Halifax, merchant
Pardow, G. Coughton, Warwick, needle-makor
Roper, T. NorthaDcrton, York, hardwareman
Ravenscroft, H. London, peruke-maker
Rees, W. Bristol, ship-owner