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Register.—Commercial Report.
553

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