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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars.-There has been a considerable increase in the demand for Muscovades during the month; and last week it was brisk beyond all precedent, the refiners and wholesale grocers having taken the alarm at the brisk market, and come forward to make purchases at the same time. Prices have, in consequence, risen 3s. to 4s. per ewt. The demand for refined sugars has also been considerable; but that for foreign has not increased in proportion.-Cotton. There has also been an improvement in the demand for cotton, and the accounts from Liverpool and Manchester are exceedingly favourable; the purchases there have been very extensive; but a correspond. ing effect has not been produced in the London market. The improvement in the twe former places has had some effect upon manufactured goods, of which there have been considerable purchases. Many of the spinners are low in stock; and it is confidently hoped that trade will soon resume its wonted activity.-Coffee. There have been con. siderable sales of coffee, and prices have fluctuated, but are rather on the decline, except in regard to fine Jamaica, which sells out of all proportion high.-Rum. The rum market has been heavy; and yesterday a government contract for 60,000 gallons was concluded at the low price of 2s. 14d. per gallon. The few sales effected this forenoon were at lower rates than holders would accept a week ago.-Tobacco. The sales have not been large, though the demand is rather improving. The accounts from Holland continue favourable for Virginia and Maryland tobacco.-Indigo. An extensive sale commenced at the India House on the 19th September, and finished on Friday se'nnight. The fine and good qualities were all disposed much about the rate of last sale; the good and middling generally sold 3d. to 4d. per lb. higher; and since the sale, several parcels have been disposed of at an advance of 2d. to 6d. per lb. Oils.-The prices of Greenland oil have suffered another reduction. Spermacetti has been fluctuating. Southem oil is also lower, and all other descriptions heavy.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-Tallow.-Tallow has declined in price, and the market continues much depressed at the reduction. Hemp may be purchased on lower terms. The prices of Flax have given way considerably; and the demand continues heavy. Brandy continues to be offered at very low rates; and the market is exceedingly lan guid. Geneva remains without alteration.-November 9.

Rotterdam, 11: 18.

Course of Exchange, London, Nov. 9.-Amsterdam, 11: 17. Ditto, at sight, 11: 14. Antwerp, 12 0. Hamburgh, 36: 0. Altona, 36: 1. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 5. Bourdeaux, 25: 35. Frankfort on the Maine, 150. Madrid, 354. Cadiz, 36. Gibraltar, 30. Leghorn, 483. Genoa, 44. Lisbon, 534. Oporto, 534. Rio Janeiro, 58. Dublin, 121. Cork, 121 per cent.

Prices of Bullion per oz.-Portugal gold in coin, L.3: 18 : 0. Foreign gold in bars, L.3: 18:0. New doubloons, L.3: 15: 6. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0:5:2.

Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey 20s.-Cork or Dublin 20s. -Belfast 20s.-Hamburgh 25s. to 30s.--Madeira 25s.-Jamaica 30s. to 35s.-Greenland out and home 3g.

Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from Oct. 20 to Nov. 10, 1819.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced in October 1819, extracted from the London Gazette..

Abbot, A. Liverpool, upholsterer

Armstrong, R. Southwark, hat-manufacturer
Atherton, J. Liverpool, hosier
Bishop, D. London, upholsterer
Brewinan, B. H. London, silk-mercer

, Burn, T. Brittlewell, Essex, brick-maker

Beaven, W. Buckley Mountain, Flintshire, timber-merchant

Barford, J. Rumford, grocer

Burridge, W. Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant
Bull, M. London, tallow-chandler

Blaiket, J. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, innkeeper
Barnett, B. London, broker

Bird, R. Kingstanley, Gloucester, timber-merchant

Beadle, J. Stonebridge, mercer
Bingley, G. London, milliner

Buck, C. London, victualler

Bolsover, J. Stockport, flour-dealer

Brown, J. Aber, Glamorgan, edge-tool-manufac

turer

Backler, J. Middlesex, dealer in stained glass Cardwell, H. Penistone, York, thread-manufacturer

Cumming, G. Putney, Surrey, carpenter

Candy, R. Frome Selwood, linen-draper

Collingwood. W. North Shields, carthen-waremanufacturer

Chown, C. Manchester, hosier

Champness, S. Fulham, market-gardener
Collins, J, Walcot, Somerset, brewer
Craney, J. London, grocer

Crispe, C. Bristol, cordwainer

Dudman, R., and G. Winter, London, merchants
Dover, H., and A. de Froger, London, merchants
Emery, G. Haughton, Stafford, dealer
Edmond, N. London, hatter

Evans, H. London, silk-manufacturer
Edwards, W. Langford, Somerset, tanner
Ettershank, G. Dorking, nurseryman
England, T. Smithfield, vintner

Fry, L. Lullington, Somerset, grocer
Falkner, H. Liverpool, grocer

Francis, G. Rotherhithe, Irish provision merchant
Fisher, F. Bristol, coal-merchant
Goodman, J. London, cotton-winder

Goundry, G. Knaresborough, York, iron-founder
Gaulton, J. Milbornie, Dorset, victualler
Goodwin, W. Cambridge, currier

Glover, T. Fulham, Middlesex, victualler Gloag, R. London, fishmonger

Harding, T. jun. Helstone, Cornwall, grocer
Hodgkin, C. London, merchant
Hodson, T. Leominster, draper

Hitchon, I. Kidderminster, woolstapler

Hodgson, W. Kingston-upon-Hull, apothecary
Hayton, J. W. Holywell, wire-manufacturer
Holdship, J. Cheltenham, glover

Jackson, J. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, joiner
Iles, J. London, insurance-broker

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Lloyd, R. Liverpool, merchant

Langley, E., and W. Birch, Southwark, engravers
Middlehurst, M. Wigan, Lancaster, shopkeeper
Metcalf, W. Leicester Fields, linen-draper
Mathews, T. London, stationer
M'Nae, Thomas, London, merchant
Meanly, R. Bloxwich, butcher

Merrot, J. Arlingham, cattle-dealer
Morgan, T. and W. London, linen-drapers
Mathie, W. and G. Yates, Liverpool, merchants
Mitchinson, T. Great Driffield, York, grocer
O'Brien, J. London, merchant

Pritchard, W., and E. Beran, Bristol, merchants
Powell, T., and W. Brown, Liverpool, mer.

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Pell, W. London, chemist

Peters, J. Dorking, lime-burner

Pritchard, T. jun. Bristol, merchant

Phillips, G. London, manufacturer in bronze
Porter, J. Frome Selwood, clothier

Pullen, D. London, bill-broker
Peacock, R. Limehouse, corn-factor
Roper, W. sen., J. and W. Roper, jun. Damens,
near Keighly, Yorkshire, cotton-spinners
Roaksley, J. Sheffield, grocer

Riley, T. Wednesbury, Stafford, carpenter
Slater. R. and J. Lancaster, cotton-spinners
Saunders, J. and D. Gloucester, grocers
Scholefield, J. York, woollen-cord-manufacturer
Spitta, C. L. Camberwell, merchant
Steedman, G. Vauxhall, Warwick, victualler
Sanders, R. Worcester, glove-manufacturer
Stone, R. Floore, Northampton, baker

Summers, H. London, merchant
Stanton, T. London, cheese-monger

Snell, T., J. Rowley, and C. Gadderer, Mill Wall,
Limehouse, and London, merchants

Savage, E. London, grocer

Sprotson, S. London, merchant
Scott, G. London, builder

Taylor, W. Bermondsey, bricklayer and builder
Thurnelli, W. London, upholsterer
Watkins, E. London, tailor

Watson, J., and P. Mills, Durham, ship-builders
Watts, W. Manchester, calico-printseller
Whitworth, O. Birstol, York, blanket-manufac

turer

Wilson, R. London, warehouseman

Wilson, H. jun. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer White, H. Warininster, linen-draper Woodhouse, T. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer Wrangle, J. Amwell, Hertford, coachmaker.

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced in October 1819, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

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Menzies, T. Glasgow, vintner

Morrison and Watson, Glasgow, merchants
Pollock, A. and J. Paisley, cotton-yarn merchants
Rankine, J. Dundee, merchant
Stark, W. Auchtermuchty, merchant

DIVIDENDS.

Brown, M. and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers; by J. Macgavin, accountant there, 23d Nov.

Forbes, W. Peterhead, merchant and ship builder; by W. Gamack, writer there, 1st Dec. Smith, J. Aberdeen, merchant; by W. Kennedy advocate there, 27th Dec.

Speed, G. Perth, merchant; by G. Johnstone, merchant there, 20th Nov.

THE LATE LORD SOMERVILLE.

FATE has, during the last twelve months, deprived the Scottish Peerage of some of its noblest names. The three premier peers, Dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, and Lennox, and the Earl of Errol, (eldest of the Scottish Earls,) have been successively removed from the scene. Of these, with the exception of the Duke of Hamilton, there were none whose age prepared their friends for the fatal change. The others were in the prime of life, or little past it; in mature manhood, fitted by experience for council, and not disqualified by age from active exertion. To this melancholy list we have now to add LORD SOMERVILLE's name, ranking among the most ancient of the Scottish Barons by the right of birth, and entitled, by every personal quality, to the deep and affectionate regrets of his countrymen. The following particulars regarding this lamented nobleman have been communicated to us by good authority.

John, the fifteenth Lord Somerville, succeeded to his uncle in 1796. He was soon afterwards elected one of the sixteen representative Peers of Scotland, and sat in two successive Parliaments in that capacity. He was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture, an office which he filled for several years with much honour to himself and eminent advantage to the objects of that institution. Before he succeeded to his title he had already distinguished himself by his zeal in agricultural pursuits, and, in deed, in every object which could promote the national welfare and general comfort of the people. He was early distinguished by the favour of his Sovereign, or rather, if we may use the term, by the friendship of that revered Prince. His Majesty, shortly after Lord Somerville's succession to his title and estates, took an opportunity to let him know that he was not ignorant how his time had been employed. The pursuits of agricul ture," said the King, " particularly become an English gentleman, and I wish more of the British nobility displayed the same zeal for public improvement." Lord Somerville's appointment as one of the Lords of the Bed-Chamber followed in a few years. This office gave him immediate access to the person of his Monarch, and a congeniality of pursuits united them still more intimately; but although a courtier, Lord

Somerville could not be termed, in the ordinary acceptation of the word, a politician. He returned with the most dutiful affection the regard of his Sovereign; he felt his duty as a member of the Legislature, and honoured and admired the British constitution; but he kept aloof from political party, detested political intrigue, and never permitted difference of political opinion to interrupt the harmony of private society. When he served his friends, and he was most anxious to forward the views of those whom he thought deserving, he did it by his interest with those in power not as a politician, but as a private friend; and as no man was more generally beloved, his influence was such as usually rendered his solicitations effectual, and many who now bewail his death must add the tears of gratitude to those of friendly sorrow.

Lord Somerville's favourite studies were of an agricultural nature, and respected the growth of stock, the improvement of land, and the other objects of national economy. His skill, even in the minutia of these pursuits, was so remarkable, that a Lord of the Bed-Chamber, and one of the best-bred men in Europe, was often chosen an arbiter by the professional graziers and butchers of Smithfield, to decide disputed questions concerning the weight and value of cattle. In fact, he had turned the full energy of an active and enterprising mind into this particular channel, and had obtained a proportional acquaintance with all the details of information concerned with it.

These favourite pursuits engaged Lord Somerville in the prosecution of various schemes, some of which proved eminently successful, while others terminated in failure. The same may be said of various publications, in which he threw out hints for national improvement in general, and for abridging and facilitating the labours of agriculture. But whatever difference of opinion may exist concerning the wisdom or expediency of his plans, the determined purity of his motives was never doubted. As an author, indeed, he had no ambition to be distinguished, farther than by throwing together various and miscellaneous hints, suggested by his active mind and keen observation. And of his schemes it might be in general observed, that none

terminated in any selfish prospect of advantage to himself, but were always grounded upon views of general and national utility. The pains which he devoted to following out such objects, indicated a perseverance equal to his quickness of observation, and more than once succeeded in realizing views, which, at first sight, seemed altogether fanciful. Even where he failed, his miscarriage was a caution to others, as a stranded vessel becomes a beacon to those who hold the same course. In these the great pursuits of Lord Somerville's life, he may be well said to have deserved the gratitude of his country.

In religion, Lord Somerville was a humble and devout Christian, regular in his attendance upon the duties of religion, and sincere in the practice of its precepts. His private virtues we cannot here delineate, without violating the delicacy which attended his conduct during life, and ought to follow him to his tomb. It is enough to say, that he was an affectionate brother, an easy master, an active and affectionate friend. Few men, indeed, have possessed a kinder and more benign spirit; and its influence extended itself not only around the social circle of friends and relatives who surrounded him, but diffused itself amongst his domestics, and even descended to the mute animals, who were the companions and instruments of his amusements. A nature, so susceptible of kindly emotions, was of course liable to occasional irritability. But the flash of passion was as transitory as it was sudden, and if, in the course of its influence, he conceived himself to have injured the feelings of his meanest dependent, he was uneasy until he had in some way or other made atonement for the supposed

offence.

In society, Lord Somerville's presence diffused a degree of general cheerfulness, and even happiness, which, perhaps, many more learned, more witty, or more profound, would have in vain endeavoured to inspire. His mind had a general tincture of British literature; and he was, in particular, so well acquainted with the works of Shakespeare, that few men could either quote from him more aptly, or enjoy more keen ly an allusion to his writings. But Lord Somerville had chiefly studied the great book of human life; and his conversation was full of anecdotes, both serious and humorous, which evinced the depth of his observation and his knowledge of charac

ter.

These talents for conversation were regulated as well as adorned by his general disposition to please and to amuse. His good nature led him to search for, and his good sense to discover, the particular taste of his friends or his guests. And, keenly interested as he usually was in the prosecution of some favourite scheme of his own, he was

never so engrossed by it as to prevent his interesting himself in the pursuits of his friends. Lord Somerville's kindness seemed to give him the same prejudice in favour of the improvements or plans of his friends, which self-love, in most instances, is apt to limit to one's own. He delighted to praise, not from a desire of increasing his own popularity as bespeaking favour, but from an honest and kindly feeling, which veiled the defects of his friends, and augmented their merits even in his own eyes. He brought cheerfulness with him into society, and lett content and augmented happiness behind him.

Lord Somerville spent a considerable portion of his time in Scotland every year. The society in that country is still somewhat limited by the exclusive prejudices of an ancient gentry in favour of their own rank. No man, in a rational degree, knew the value of ancient family and high birth better than Lord Somerville, but he endea voured on many occasions, and with emi nent success, to unite the different ranks of society, without hurting the feelings of the lower, or compromising the dignity of the higher orders; and it was the usual consequence, that the latter departed instructed, and the former honoured, and both gratified from their mutual intercourse.

Lord Somerville's person and manners were admirably qualified to render him the central point of such a society. To a handsome person and face he added the most polished manners, uniting frankness, kindness, and courtesy, in such just proportion, that it was impossible to say which quality predominated. He had the rare merit (only to be found in a Briton of high rank) of combining the knowledge of the agriculturist with the manners of the cour tier; and, as has been said of Virgil in his Georgics, could treat even of the lowest a gricultural topics without losing his dig. nity of character. In these pursuits, as well as in the rural sports, which he fol lowed keenly and successfully, he had fre quent and familiar intercourse with the lower classes and peasantry, and most of them in the neighbourhood were known to him by person and name; yet his affabili ty was so well qualified by dignity, that there occurred no instance of any one being seduced by it to exceed the bounds of due respect. His extensive and well-judged charities rendered him still dearer to the lower classes, and it was always with an especial view to their augmented comforts that he shaped those various plans on which his mind was so actively employed.

Such was Lord Somerville. Distinguished in public life by patriotism, and an enlightened zeal for the improvement of the country to which he belonged, and dear to his numerous friends, from the warmth of his heart and the amiable personal qualities

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