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Register.—Commercial Report.
669

Weekly Price of Stocks, from 1st to 31st August 1817.

Aug. 1st. 8th. 15th. 22d. 29th.

Bank stock, 280, 281½ 282, 282¾ 283 281 281½ ¼

3 per cent, reduced 79⅛, 79⅜ 80⅝, 81½ 80½, 81¼ 80⅜, 80½ 80⅜

3 per cent. consols, 78½, 79⅜ 80⅛, 80⅞ 80, 80¾ 79¾, 80 80⅛

4 per cent. consols, 96, 96½ 98, 98⅜ 98½, 97¾ 97⅜, 98 98½ ⅜

5 per cent navy ann. 103⅞, 103⅜ 105⅛, 105½ 105⅜, 105⅝ 105½, 105⅜ 105⅞ ⅝ ¼

Imperial 3 per cent. ann. —— 79⅞ 78⅛ 79⅞ 78⅛

India Stock, 226, 227½ —— 231 —— ——

—— bonds, 110, 111 pr. 115 pr. 122 pr. 121, 123 pr. 122 pr.

Exchequer bills, 3¼d. 25, 23 pr. 32, 33 pr. 31, 33 pr. 30, 32 pr. 30, 31 pr.

Consols for acc. 79½, 78⅞ 80½, 81⅛ 80⅞, 80⅛ 79⅞, 80 81, 803¾

American 3 per cent. —— —— —— —— ——

French 5 per cents. —— —— —— —— 68, 65

——— bank shares, —— —— —— —— 1372.50

Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's—Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d. Cork, Dublin, or Belfast, 15s. 9d. to 20s. Hamburgh, 12s. 6d. Madeira, 20s. to 25s. Jamaica, 40s. Greenland, out and home, 3½ guineas.

Course of Exchange, Sept. 12.—Amsterdam, 38 : 2 B. 2 Us. Agio of the Bank, 2. Antwerp, 11 : 15. Hamburgh, 35 : 2 : 2½ Us. Paris, 24 : 40. Bourdeaux, 24 : 60. Us. Frankfort 146. Madrid, 36½. Cadiz, 36¼. Gibraltar, 32. Leghorn, 48¾. Genoa, 46¼. Lisbon, 58. Rio Janeiro, 62. Dublin, 9½. Cork, 9½.

Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.—Foreign gold, in bars, £4. New dollars, 5s. 1½d. Silver, in bars, stand. 5s. 3d.


Alphebetical List of English Bankruptcies, announced between the 1st and 31st August 1817, extracted from the London Gazette.

Ashmcad, T. Bristol, haberdasher

Bate, V. Birmingham, victualler

Bourne, J. London, cheesemonger

Byers, A. South Shields, and W. Byers, Mile-End, ship-owners

Best, J. Birmingham, pocket-book-maker

Bell, G. London, merchant

Belts, J. T. London, rectifying distiller

Booth, J. and E. Caunce, Chorly, Lancaster, spirit-dealer

Cotell, J. North Wraxall, paper-maker

Coulter, J. Chatham, carpenter

Cozens, W. Kensington, linen-draper

Dauncey, J. Baltonsbury, Somerset, cattle-dealer

Davis, C. London, cabinet-maker

Day, W. New Kent Road, Surrey, plumber

Dowsett, S. Borehamwood, Herts, silkman

Diggles, O. London, money-scrivener

Daman, T. Teddington, farmer

Donald, J. Abbot Lodge, Westmoreland, cattle-dealer

Eltonhcan, J. Liverpool, spirit-merchant

Francis, J. Hunsdon, corn-factor

Krewing, J. Blackwater, Surrey, grocer

Frisby, II. Leicester, horse-dealer

Fustam, V. Liverpool, wholesalejgrocer

Fry, E. London, upholsterer

Glasson, R- Skelton, Cumberland, butter-doaler

Gompertz, H. Hampstead, merehant

Ooudie, J. Liverpool, ash-manufacturer

Hanbury, C. & W. London, distillers

Hazell, G. Saltford, victualler

Hanraims, E. London, insurance-broker

Holt, J. L. Manchester, dealer

Humphreys, S. London, merchant

Hiscock, E. Abingdon, Berks, woolen-draper

Waynes, M. S. London, wine-dealer

Hurdis, R. Oxford, cordwainer

James, R. Bailth, Brecon, ironmonger

Johnston, T. Tynemouth, miller

Jackson, W. and W. Kelly, Shepton-Mallet, grocers

Kearney, P. Manchester, tailor

Lewis, E. Llanbister, Radnor, farmer

Linder, K. London, ship and insurance broker

Lewarn, W. Taunton, carpenter

Lakeman, D. H. Liverpool, merehant

Mallins, J. Oxford, dealer

Mayor, J. London, merehant

Mann, J. H. Aveton-Oiffurd, cider-merchant

Mann, J. senior, Templosowerby, tanner

Mitchell, J. Middlesex, brewer

Mosley, J. O. and H. J. Kcach, London, toy-manufacturers

Meacock, R. Liverpool, ship-chandler

Morgan, J. Taunton, linen-draper

Mycock, H. Manchester, shopkeeper

Mereweather, W. Arborfield, timber-merchant

Northall, W. K. Wolverhampton, schoolmaster

Nichols, T. and J. Marlow, Birmingham, leather-sellers

Perkins, J. Coventry, doctor of physic

Phillips, A. and B. Lozer, London, merchants

Parker, W. Hawkesclough, Halifax, shoemaker

Phillips, H. London, coffeehouse-keeper

Plackett, T. Breaston, Derby, butcher

Powell, R. Carlisle, innkeeper

Hankinc, D. and J. Wilson, Camden Town, merchants

Reeve and Leigh, London and Manchester, warehousemen

Richards, S. Liverpool, merchant

Roberts, O. Alnwick, Anglesey, shopkeeper

Russell, D. Downham, victualler

Reeks, W. jun. Wimbome-minster, tanner

Ripley, J. Lancaster, merchant

Renton, M. London, saddler

Salmon, J. Westbury, dealer

Salter, J. Halberton, Devon, dealer

Scholefield, N. and T. W. Kershaw, Greenwich, haberdashers

Skyring, Z. London, builder

Scott, W. Longtown, bacon-dealer

Shaw, S. London, merchant

Spink, H. St James's, Westminster, smith

Shaw, R. H. Liverpool, merchant

Taylor, G. Gorton, cotton-manufacturer

Taylor, J. Credenhill, Hereford, shoemaker

Thompson, J. Athcrston, linen-draper

Taylor, J. Gosport, pawnbroker

Tory, E. Christ-church, Southampton, grocer

Treharne, E. Llandarog, dealer

Tuckett, P. D. and W. Bristol, wholesale grocers

Warner, J. Great Wigston, lime and coal-merchant

Wetton, B Manchester, tailor

Wise, W. Bath, liookscller

Walduck, H. London, cheesemonger

Wolstencroft, J. Lancaster, brewer

Wcale, W. Birmingham, brazier

Withers, J. Bristol, hat manufacturer

Yeo, R. Bristol, hat-manufacturer