[ 552 ] [MAY, 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



Sugar The Sugar market last week remained languid and uninteresting till towards the 

 close, when several parcels of the new arrivals were brought forward ; many went off freely 

 at full prices ; but the buyers only purchased for their immediate wants, in the anticipation 

 of larger and better supplies this week. The stock is now 4,178 hogsheads and tierces. less 

 than last year. The refined market declined fully Is. per cwt. last week ; and some low 

 lumps were reported under 82s. 



Coffee The quantity of Coffee sold last week was again extensive, amounting to nearly 



60,000 packages. Cherebon, 37s. to 38s St. Domingo, 37s. to 38s. per cwt. 



Rum, Brandy, and Hollands. The Government Contract for 100,000 gallons of Rum 

 was taken at 3s. 2d. per gallon. About eighty puncheons of Jamaica sold at high 

 prices. In brandy and Geneva there is little alteration. 



Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. The Tallow market was brisk last week, and the price 

 advanced to 4Gs. Cd. per cwt. In Hemp there is no alteration. Flax is a shade lower. 



Indigo The East-India sale commenced this morning, consisting of about 5,800 

 chests. 



Cotton. The Cotton market continues improving. 



Course of Foreign Exchange Amsterdam, 12. 3 Rotterdam, 12. 3 -Antwerp, 



12. 6 Hamburg, 13. 13 Altona, 13. 11 Paris, 25. 40 Bordeaux, 25. 70 



Frankfort on the Maine, 150| Petersburg!), 10 Vienna, 10. 3 Trieste, 10. 3 



Madrid, 35 Cadiz, 35. Bilboa, 35 Barcelona, 35 Seville, 38 Gibraltar, 46 



-^.Leghorn, 48 Genoa, 25.50 Venice, 46 Naples, 39 J Palermo, 118 Lisbon, 



46 Oporto, 45| Rio Janeiro, 31 Bahia, 33 Dublin, 17i._Cork, 17 



Bullion per Oz Portugal Gold in Coin, Q. Os. Od In Bars, 3. 17s. 6d New 



Doubloons, 3. 15s New Dollars, 4s. 9d Silver in Bars, standard, 0. Os. Od. 



Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies, at the Office of 



WOLFE, Brothers, 23, Change Alley, Cornhill Birmingham CANAL, 291/. Coven- 



try, 1,1507 Ellesmere and Chester, 105/ Grand Junction, 31 U Kennet and Avon, 



28f /. Leeds and Liverpool, 395/ Oxford, 675/ Regent's, 27JJ Trent and Mersey 



(i sh.), 824J Warwick and Birmingham, 265/ London DOCKS (Stock), 87/ West 



India (Stock), 213/. East London WATER WORKS, 117/._ Grand Junction, 621 , 



West Middlesex, 66^1. Alliance British and Foreign INSURANCE, 9| Globe, 150i/. 



Guardian, 20^ Hope Life, 5/ Imperial Fire, 967 GAS-LIGHT Westminster Char- 



tered Company, 53^1. City, 01 British, 13 dis Leeds, 195/. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES, 



Announced from the 22d of March to the 23d of April 1828 ; extracted from 



the London Gazette. 



BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. [Walter, Symond's-inn ; Wake, Worksop, Not- 



BANKRUPTCIES. [This Month, 97-] ^^Q^^'^^^' t jacks0 "' New ' 



Solicitors' Names are in Brackets. Brooks, J. Wolverhampton, worsted -spinner. 



Astley, J. J. J/iverpool, merchant. [Lowe, South- [Swain and Co., Old Jewry ; Foster, Wolver- 



fimpton-buildings liampton 



Ackroyd, E. and W. W. Rowles, King-street, Bailey, J. T. Liverpool, paint and varnish-manu- 



Long - acre, carpenters. [Dyer, TooU's -' facturcr. [ Batty e and Co., Chancery-lane ; 



court (/rump, Liverpool 



Aldridfre, J. Wandsworth, calico-printer. [Ford, Cook, S. inn., Moorbarnes, Leicester, cattle-sales- 



Pall-Mall man. [Fuller and Co., Ciirlton-chambers ; Wra- 



Albot, G. Hsniey-in-Arden, Warwick, scrivener. tislaw, Rugby _, 



