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MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



Cotton At London, Liverpool, and Manchester, the markets are so dull that there has 

 been no alteration since oar lust month's report, the holders of the article demand the late 

 prices; but the manufacturers refuse/and thue the market is completely at a stand. Bowed 

 ordinary to full fair, sold for 6}d. to 6|d. and 7d. per Ib. New Orleans 6d. to 7d. pet 

 Ib. Sea Island 7d. to 10|d. per Ib. Maranhams, Bahia, &c. 7d. to 1 Id. per Ib. Demerara 

 9d. to lOd. Burbadoes 7d. to 7|d. 



Coffee is steady at last quotation, and a few purchases made for exportation to the 

 Continent. 



Sugar. The holders having submitted to a reduction of Is. per cwt., has caused con- 

 siderable purchases to be made, particularly by the Grocers. In Foreign Sugars little 

 has been done. 



Rum, fyc. remains steady, good Jamaica at 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. ; in consequence of which 

 Leeward Island is in very little demand. 



Brandy is held up upon speculation, and the prices asked cannot be obtained. 



Hollands hi no demand, our own British manufacture superseding in a great degree 

 the consumption of the article. 



Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. The Tallow market has been rather heavy; Candle Tallow 

 38s. 6d. to 39s. per cwt. Hemp is advancing, Flax without alteration. The Exchange 

 from St. Petersburg has fallen to 9|d. per rouble. 



Spices continue at last quotation, very dull, and few purchases made for exportation. 



Course of Foreign Exchange. Amsterdam, 12. 7. Rotterdam, 12. 7. Antwerp, 

 12. 8. Hamburgh, 37. 6. Altona, 37. 7. Paris, 25. 65. Bourdeaux, 25. 65. Berlin, 

 7. Frankfort on the Main, 154$. -Petersburg, 3$ Vienna, 10. 21. Trieste, 10.24. 

 Madrid, 34 Cadiz, 34f, Bilboa, 33. Barcelona, 33. Seville, 33. Gibraltar, 33. 

 Leghorn, 47 J. Genoa, 43|. Venice, 48. Naples, 38|. Palermo, 114J. Lisbon, 48|. 

 Oporto, 48. Rio Janeiro, 43|. Bahia, 43^. Buenos Ayres, 43. Dublin, If. 

 Cork, 1$. 



Bullion per Oz. Foreign Gold in bars, 3. 17s. 6d. New Doubloons, 3 Os. New 

 Dollars, 4s. 9d. Silver in bars, standard 4s. lid. 



Premiums on Shares and Consols, and Joint-Stock Companies, at the Office of WOLFE, 

 BROTHERS, 23, Change Alley, Cornhill. Birmingham CANAL, 2 65 /.Coventry, 1100/. 

 Ellesmere and Chester, 100L Grand Junction, 288. Kennet and Avon, 25Z. 10*. Leeds 

 and Liverpool, 3802. Oxford, 680?. Regent's, 3'^. Trent and Mersy, 1,850/. 

 Warwick and Birmingham, 260/. London DOCKS, 83J. West-India, 1951. East 

 London WAUTRH WORKS, 121A Grand Junction, 631. 10*. West Middlesex, 65/. 

 Alliance British and Foreign INSURANCE. If dis. Globe, 140/. 10s. Guardian, 181. 

 Hope, 5/.- -Imperial Fire, 90/. GAS-LIOHT, Westminster Chartered Company, 561. 

 City Gas-Light Company, 157^. British, 12 dis. Leeds, 195^. Liverpool, par. 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF 



YORK. 



His late Royal Highness Prince Frederick 

 was the second son of his Majesty George III. 

 He was born on the 17th of August, 1763 ; 

 on the 27th of February following he was 

 elected Bishop of Osnaburgh, and on the 

 27th of November, 1784, he was created 

 Duke of York and Albany, in Great Britain, 

 and Earl of Ulster in Ireland. He was also 

 a knight of the most noble order of the 

 Garter, of the most honourable order of 

 the Bath, and of the order of Saint- Esprit 

 in France, D.C.L. and F.R.S., a Field- 

 Marshal, Comrminder-in-Chief of all His 

 Majesty's forces in the United Kingdom, 

 Colonel of the 1st regiment of Foot Guards, 

 Colonel-in-Chief of the 60th, or Royal Ame- 

 rican regiment of Foot, and of the Dublin 

 Regiment of Infantry, Lord Warden of 

 Windsor Forest and Great Park, High 

 Steward of New Windsor, and Warden 



and Keeper of the New Forest, Hamp- 

 shire. 



It may be as well also to mention in this 

 place, that His Royal Highness entered the 

 military service on the 1st of November, 

 1786, as Colonel by Brevet; was appointed 

 on the 23d of March, 1782, Colonel of the 

 2d Regiment of Horse Grenadier Guards ; 

 was made, on the 20th of November, 1782, 

 Major-General; on the 27th of October, 1784, 

 Lieutenant-General ; on the 27th of October, 

 1784, Colonel of the Coldstream s Regiment 

 of Guards; on the 12th of April, JT93, 

 General ; on the 18th of February, 1795, 

 Field-Marshal; on the 23d of August, 1797, 

 Colonel-in-Chief of the 60th Regiment of 

 Foot; and on the 5th of September, 1805, 

 Colonef of the Grenadier Regiment of 

 Guards. 



His Royal Highness was, with his present 

 Majesty, educated under the paternal eye of 

 George III. He was at ell times affec- 

 tionately attached to his elder brother. 



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