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Register.-Commercial Report.
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Course of Exchange, March 13.―Amsterdam, 36: 10, 2 U. Paris, 24:5. Boreaux, 24:20. Frankfort on the Maine, 142 Ex. Madrid, 393⁄4 effect. Cadiz, 391⁄4 effect. Gibraltar, 35. Leghorn, 513⁄4. Genoa, 473⁄4. Malta, 51. Naples, 431⁄2. Palermo, 129 per oz. Lisbon, 583⁄4. Rio Janeiro, 671⁄2. Dublin, 83⁄4. Cork, 9. Agio of the Bank of Holland, 2.
Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.―Portugal gold, in coin, £4:1:6. New dollars, 5s. 5d. Foreign gold, in bars, £4:1:6. New doubloons, £4:1. Silver, in bars, stand. 5s. 4d.
Weekly Price of Stocks, from 3d to 24th February 1818.
| 3d. | 10th. | 17th. | 24th. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank stock, | 2851⁄2 | 2901⁄2 | 2891⁄2 | ——— |
| 3 per cent. reduced, | 797⁄8 | 811⁄8 | 805⁄8 | |
| 3 per cent. consols, | 791⁄8, 79 | 801⁄2, 80 | 793⁄4, 7⁄8 | ——— |
| 4 per cent. consols, | 985⁄8 | 995⁄8 | 991⁄2 | ——— |
| 5 per cent. navy ann. | 1051⁄8 | 1061⁄8 | 1061⁄4 | ——— |
| Imperial 3 per cent. ann. | 781⁄2 | ——— | 791⁄4 | ——— |
| India stock, | 2391⁄2 | ——— | ——— | ——— |
| ——— bonds, | 101 pr. | 97 pr. | 99 pr. | ——— |
| Exchequer bills, 21⁄2d. p. day, | 29 pr. | 28 pr. | 27 pr. | ——— |
| Consols for acc. | 791⁄4 1⁄8 | 801⁄2 5⁄8 1⁄4 1⁄4 | 797⁄8 80, 793⁄4 7⁄8 | ——— |
| American 3 per cent. | ——— | ——— | ——— | 65 |
| ——— new loan, 6 per cent. | ——— | ——— | ——— | 103, 1031⁄2 |
| French 5 per cents. | ——— | ——— | ——— | 66 f. 55c. |
Alphabetical List of English Bankruptcies, announced between the 1st and 28th February 1818, extracted from the London Gazette.
- Ablitt, N. Great Yarmouth, corn-merchant
- Arndit, J. G. and J. C. Moessner, Coleman Street, toy-merchants
- Andrew, P. M. Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, milliner
- Barker, R., J. Barker, and J. Barker, Lane End, Staffordshire, potters
- Baynton, T. and W. Kidderminster, grocers
- Batt, W. Wedmore, Somersetshire, horse-dealer
- Bailey, J. Reading, Berkshire, linen-draper
- Baker, J. Bath, tailor
- Bone, G. Webb's County, Terrace, Kent Road, merchant
- Boss, W. George Street, Euston Square, gun-maker
- Bottrell, T. Ratcliff Highway, victualler
- Bradfield, F. Wymondham, Norfolk, grocer
- Bray, R. Gosport, haberdasher
- Brewer, J. A. Bath, printer
- Brown, J. York, woollen-draper
- Brown, H. Doncaster, dealer in clothes
- Brown, A. Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, butcher
- Brown, C. Jeffrey's Terrace, Kentish Town, jeweller
- Brush, J. A. Liverpool, merchant
- Basset, M. Church Street, Greenwich, boot and shoemaker
- Baish, W. Saffron Waldon, Essex, carpenter
- Bristol, James R. Bristol, cabinet-maker
- Broughall, R. Shrewsbury, grocer
- Brooke, J. and C. Bowstead Nantwich, Cheshire, brewers
- Byrn, C. H. Bush Lane, Cannon Street, wine-merchant
- Calverley, R. Kegworth, Leicestershire, miller
- Carter, R. New Woodstock, Oxford, ironmonger
- Champion, T. Westham Abbey, Essex, farmer
- Cheetham, J. Oldham, Lancashire, shoemaker
- Churchill, S. late of Oxford Street, distiller
- Coates, W. Skipton, Yorkshire, grocer
- Cooke, J. S. S. Golden Lane, cheesemonger
- Collins, J. Gosport, Hants, grocer
- Cross, R. Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, victualler
- Cotsford, W. F. Upper Clapton, Middlesex, plumber and glazier
- Dawson, T. and J. Reith, Yorkshire, drapers
- Eardly, C. Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner
- Evans, D. Liverpool, grocer
- Everitt, J. and S. and E. Nash, Westminster Road, stable-keepers
- Fearnley, T. Portsmouth, slop-seller
- Goldspink, R. Brooke, Norfolk, butcher
- Goodyear, T. Aldersgate Street, straw-hat-manufacturer
- Green, S. Mill Street, Lambeth, blacking manufacturer
- Griffin, T. Pedlar's Acre, Lambeth, timber merchant
- Hanson, J. Southwick, Hants, victualler
- Hawes, J. Ipswich, pawn-broker
- Hillear, W. Winchester, brewer
- Hinscliff, J. Halifax, dealer
- Hill, J. Baldwin Street, Bristol, ironmonger
- Hill, J. Bradwell, Derbyshire, baker
- Hoffman, L. Liverpool, brewer
- Hopkins, W. Aldersgate, cooper
- Howkins, J., Pennyfields, and T. Morris and W. Constable, Blackwall, builders
- Howie, J. Liverpool, grocer
- Houlding, J. Liverpool, cotton-broker
- Hurry, S. Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, broker
- Hyde, W. Earl Street, Blackfriars, merchant
- Jenden, C. Worthing, Sussex, saddler
- Jones, J. Billingsley, Homel Lacy, Herefordshire, corn-dealer
- Jump, J. and T. Hargroves, Fore Street, hat-manufacturers
- Keene, T. Fulham, victualler
- Knight, B. Stafford, baker
- Latcham, C. Bristol, money-scrivener
- Legg, T. Cooper's Row, Tower Hill, merchant
- Lloyd, W. and W. Lower Thames Street, slop sellers
- Lloyd, Lianasa, Flintshire, clerk
- Lock, G. High Street, Woolwich
- Miller, J. Regent's Terrace, Chelsea, merchant
- Parsons, J. Manchester, cotton-manufacturer
- Par, J. O. Liverpool, merchant
- Page, J. Bermondsey Street, Southwark, grocer
- Pallister, T. York, currier
- Pickard, O. Liverpool, coach-maker
- Pilsbury T. Chelsea, tailor
- Polly, J. Thayer Street, Manchester Square, linen furniture-dealer
- Powell, J. Presteign, Radnor, farmer
- Powell, P. M. Hastings, librarian
- Powis, R. Grosvenor Mews, veterinary surgeon
- Porter, T. Arthret, Cumberland, shopkeeper
- Privett, P. Bighton, Hampshire, maltster
- Procor, W. Sheffield, optician
- Proctor, W. Kettleshulme, Chester, calico-printer