MONTHLY REGISTER. COMMERCIAL REPORT.-DEC. 9, 1820. Sugar. THE demand for Sugar has for some time past been steady. Considerabir purchases have been of late made, but without any improvement in price. No supplies of any importance can now be expected at market for several months to come, except from Demerara, and if the demand continues as it has done for several months past, it is scarcely possible but that the price of Sugar must advance. The sale of refined goods is now confined to the demand for home consumpt; the season for export to the northern ports being now closed. Coffee. The sales of Coffee may be said to be limited to the quantity used for the internal supply of Great Britain. There has been no shipments of late to the continent of any consequence, but as the spring advances, that will in all probability be considerable. Prices remain nominal, but without any disposition to droop. Cotton. The sales of Cotton have been considerable, both for home consumpt and exportation; but as the holders evince a disposition to sell, the price has rather given way. Cotton may be stated as being still on the decline, without any prospect of revival. The importation has increased this year. The imports of the first eleven months of last year amounted to 518,095 bags, and for the first eleven months of this year 553,171 bags; making an increase of 35,076 bags. Boweds and Brazils are at present in the greatest request. Indigo.-The demand for Indigo has of late been extensive, yet the market remains firm. The holders generally anticipate an improvement both in the supply and in the demand. Tobacco. The price of tobacco may be stated on the decline, and the market dull, notwithstanding the large contract for the French government. The stock on the 1st December 1819 was 12,591 hhds, and that on the 1st instant was 15,344, making an increase of 2,753 hhds. Irish Provisions are improving in demand and in price. Butters in particular were in brisk demand last week, and the advance in price was maintained. The arrivals of Tallow are extensive beyond precedent, and no alteration in the demand. In Hemp and Flax there is no variation. Tar may be purchased on lower terms. In Greenland Oils, the price may be stated at a little improvement. Fine Wheat experienced a brisk demand. Inferior qualities were dull. Fine parcels of Barley command high prices. The sale of Oats is dull and languid, and the price declining. Grey and White Pease are lower. In Clover Seed there is little or no business doing. Rum continues nominal in price. Brandy is rather lower. In Geneva there is no variation. The manufactures of the country are considerably revived, but we believe the labourer is deriving greater advantages from that revival than the employer. Any increase on the demand in foreign markets from export trade is more than counterbalanced by the misfortunes of the agricultural interests, but it is anticipated, that next year will restore things to their proper level, and give fresh life and vigour to all our establishments, agricultural and commercial. The political convulsions taking place in different countries, are by no means favourable to the extension of our foreign trade. Weekly Price of Stocks, from 3d to 24th Nov. 1820. Course of Exchange, Dee. 5.-Amsterdam, 12: 7. Antwerp, 12:8. Hamburgh, 37:8. Frankfort on the Maine, 154. Paris, 3 d. sight, 25: 70. Bourdeaux, 26:0. Madrid, 36. Cadiz, 36. Lisbon, 50. Oporto, 51. Gibraltar, 304. Leg. horn, 47. Genoa, 44. Malta, 45. cent. Cork, 7. Naples, 39. Rio Janeiro, 53. Prices of Gold and Silver, per ox.-Portugal gold, in coin, £0: 0:0. loons, £3: 15:0. Foreign gold, in bars, £3: 17: 104. New dollars, Silver in bars, stand. £0: 4: 114. Dublin, 7 per New Doub £0:4: 101. Average Prices of Corn of England and Wales, from the Returns received in the Week ended 25th Nov. 1820. Wheat, 56s. 8d.-Rye, 33s. 5d.-Barley, 27s. 9d.-Oats, 20s. 3d.-Beans, 38s. 8d.-Pease, 10s. 10d. Oatmeal, 22s. 6d.-Beer or Big, Os Od. Average Prices of Corn in Scotland, for Four Weeks preceding Nov. 1818. Wheat, 56s. 8d.-Rye, 38s. 10d.—Barley, 27s. 7d.-Oats, 21s. 6d.-Beans, 36s. 1d.-Pease, 35s. Id. Big, 25. Od.-Oatmeal, 17s. 9d. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 28th of October and the 18th of November, 1820, extracted from the London Gazette. Abbott, W. Windham-place, merchant Appleby, T. C. Canterbury, stay-maker Ashby, J. East-street, Manchester-square, baker Atkinson, G. and F. Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, corn-merchants Atkinson, C. Huddersfield, merchant Barker, T. Hop-ground Brewery, Stratford, brewer Barnett, T. Kendal, Westmorland, corn-merchant Beenlen, J. jun. Dartmouth, sail-maker Berthoud, H. jun. Castle-court, Strand, auctioneer Beadey, J. Wotton, Underedge, Gloucestershire, clothier Benman, H. High-street, Borough, ironmonger Brown, E. Saracen's Head, Friday-street, corndealer Canney, J. Bishopwearmouth, Durham, ship owner Cannon, J. Liverpool, merchant Chambers, F. Stamford, Lincoln, shoemaker Cooper, W. Fleet-market, linen-draper Cook, J. Oakey Mills, Suffolk, miller Cooper, H. Threadneedle-street, merchant Ellis, J. Staverton-row, Newington, baker Green, J. Oxford-street, smith Haile, M. Cheltenham, Gloucester, hotel-keeper Hooper, J. Tooley-strect, Southwark, chymist tailor Hornby, B. Bernard-street, plumber Hulton, W. Evesham, Worcestershire, porterdealer Hunt, D. P. Suetterton, Norfolk, miller Imbrie, J. Bucklersbury, warehouseman Roberts, S. Cheltenham, druggist Javens, J. and G. St James-walk, Clerkenwell Johnson, W. Heybridge, Essex, salt-manufacturer Kew, R. and T. Thomason, Castle-street, White chapel, horse-dealers Klotz, M. Brighton, merchant Landon, T. Hartford, salt-manufacturer Lethbridge, J. Carmarthen-street, Tottenham- Leigh, J. Upper Thames-street, coal-merchant Lovenbury, M. Bradford, Wilts, victualler Maas, H. Provost-street, City-road, merchant Melton, M. sen. and T. Melton, Highgate, builders Myrtle, W. Brighthelmstone, Sussex, hatter Oakes, J. King's Arms-buildings, Cornhill, com- Orme, J. Wigau, Lancaster, money-scrivener Paulden, W. Macclesfield, Cheshire, linen-draper Peachy, J. Oxford-street, linen-draper Price, R. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, cornfactor Ralph, R. and W. King, Ipswich, maltsters Rutter, J. Winterton, Lilcolnshire, merchant Schwieso, J. C. and F. Grosjean, Soho-square, harp-manufacturers Slade, W. Leeds, corn-merchant Smith, E. and J. Sanderson, Howden, Yorkshire, tailors Smith, E. Green Lettuce-lane, ten-dealer Smith, A. Lime-street-square, merchant Thwaites, S. Staplehurst, tallow-chandler Trent, G. Bourton, Dorsetshire, maltster Tweed, T. and R., Great St Helen's, millers Wall, C. Coventry, mercer Watkins, P. Bristol, oil and colourman smith Woolven, T. Andover, Southampton, linen-draper ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th November, 1820, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Alexander, G. farmer and cattle-dealer at Haik burn, parish of Rothiemay Anderson, R. wright and builder, Glasgow Craig, R. & Co. millers and grain-dealers in Partick Dunn, merchant or trader, and ship-owner in Gibson, J. of the Halbeath Company, Fifeshire, Gordon, J. merchant in Aberdeen Hall & Handyside, wood-merchants, Fisherrow Sym, D. spirit-dealer in Glasgow Williamson, G. J. & W. cattle-dealers, Aberdeenshire DIVIDENDS. Baird, A. merchant in Inverkeithing; a dividend on 14th December Hunter, R. cowfeeder and cattle-dealer in Glas- Nicol, W. bleacher at Gateside; a dividend on 2d Pitkethly, J. builder in Leith; a dividend on 4th Wilson, Sam. manufacturer in Glasgow; a first METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. At WINTER has seldom approached with more mildness than it has done this season. the beginning of November, the thermometer ranged between 35 and 45, and frequently, in the course of the month, between 45 and 50. It sunk to the freezing point only four times, and rose as often above 50. The average temperature is exactly 5 degrees higher than that of November 1819. Spring water is also about 2 degrees higher. The Barometer, with a few exceptions, has always been above the meridian height, and the mean daily range is little more than one-half of what it was last year. The quantity of rain is considerably below the mean monthly amount, and of this quantity the greater part fell between the 19th and 26th. In consequence, however, of the cloudy state of the weather, the amount of evaporation is small, and the average of Leslie's Hygrometer is nearly 2 degrees below that of November 1819. The point of deposition, according to Anderson's formula, is, for the same reason, a little higher than the mean daily minimum temperature. The relative humidity is also high, the mean quantity of moisture in the atmosphere being about nine-tenths of what would have produced complete saturation. The wind during the month scarcely ever exceeded a moderate breeze. The average temperature at 10 morning and evening is again a little higher than that of the mean maximum and minimum; but the difference is so small, that it cannot in any sensible degree affect the general coincidence between these results, so frequently noticed in former reports. The same remark is applicable to Anderson's theory of evaporation. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles eas from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. Fair days, 20; rainy days, 10. Wind west of Meridian, 14; east of meridian, 16. 10th, .10 Least ditto 11th, .127 METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill. N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afterThe second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register noon. |