Average Prices of Corn in Scotland for the Four Weeks preceding January 15. Wheat, 52s. 8d.-Rye, 34s. 4d.-Barley, 27s. 7d.-Oats, 20s. Od.-Beans, 328. 3d.-Pease, 32s. 6d. Oatmeal, per boll, 16s. 5d.-Bear or Big, 23s. 5d. Course of Exchange, London, February 6.-Amsterdam, 12: 9. Ditto, at sight, 12 6. Rotterdam, 12: 10. Antwerp, 12: 10. Hamburgh, 32: 2. Altona, 38: 3. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 75. Bourdeaux, 26: 5. Frankfort on the Cadiz, 354. Gibraltar, 304. Leghorn, 46. Genoa, Oporto, 50. Rio Janeiro, 50. Dublin, 8 per cent. Madrid, 36. Maine, 156. 434. Lisbon, 494. per cent. Prices of Bullion per oz.-Foreign gold in bars, L. 3: 17: 104. L. 0:4 104. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0: 4: 114. Cork, 8 New dollars, Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d.-Cork or Dublin, 15s. 9d.-Belfast, 15s. 9d.-Hamburgh, 45s.-Madeira, 20s.-Jamaica, 30s.Greenland out and home, 4 gs. to 5 gs. Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from January 17, to February 7, 1821. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced between the 20th December 1820, and 20th January 1821; extracted from the London Gazette. mariner Chapman, C. W. Finch-lane, stockbroker Courtney, T. Strand, coffee house-keeper Dellin, T. Birmingham, dealer Douglas, T. London, merchant Dorrington, J. Manchester, wine-dealer Duffield, W. Darlaston, Staffordshire, nail-manufacturer Dument, J. L. Austin Friars, merchant Durkin, J. and W. Southampton, ship-builders Elgies, W. Ruswarp, Yorkshire, corn-merchant VOL. VII. Hardman, E. Liverpool, merchant Hogg, G. William-street, Newington Causeway, plumber Hodson, G. and Higgs, W. Bristol, leather-factors Hollands, B. High-street, Shadwell, corn-chandler Holt, M. Stoke, Sussex, watchmaker Hope, T. Sandwich, toyinan Howell, H. Knaresborough, grocer Jackson, G. Birmingham, grocer Jennings, J. Sittingbourne, innkeeper Keddell, J. H. Balsam Heath, Moreley, swordcutler Kerby, H. Margate, coach-master Kidd, W. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper Knight, T. Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, dealer Landles, J. and J. Berwick-upon-Tweed, merchants Landles, G. Lower Thames-street, fish-factor Levy, J. New-road, St George's in the East, mer chant Lister, J. and B. Leeds, woolstaplers Machin, D. C. Cornhill, merchant ла Mayor, E. and Heeling, J. Shelton, Staffordshire, factors Marshall, W. Regent street, Westminster, statuary Malcolm, W. Great St Helens, merchant Ockley, V. Terrington, Norfolk, shop-keeper Parkinson, G. Failsworth, Lancashire, tanner Parks, T. and Lawton, A. Birmingham, merchants Plaskett, J. Dock-head, stave-merchant Richardson, J. Manchester, joiner Rollinson, R. Great Welthingham, Suffolk, miller Roosse, J. Liverpool, optician Ross. A. and Murray, J. Leadenhall-buildings, Gracechurch-street, merchants Royder, T. and Nasmyth, J. Fenchurch-street, merchants Sanders, J. Ivybridge, Devonshire, tanner Shillito, W. Chapel Allerton, Leeds, dealer in cat tle ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced. January 1821, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. SEQUESTRATIONS. Blair, James, Dumbarton, shipmaster Buchannan, William, Glasgow, merchant and commission agent Cant, William, Inverness, innkeeper Fleming, John and Son, Langloan, merchants Hume, Walter, Kelso, merchant Hyde, David, Dunoon, cattle-dealer Lamb and Miller, Glasgow, merchants Marr, George, Anstruther, ship-builder Taylor, Joseph, Glasgow, merchant DIVIDENDS. Brown, Mathew, and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers; by J. M'Gavin, accountant there Campbell, Peter, and Co. and Alexander Campbell and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers; by R. Wallace, accountant, Glasgow Cramond, David, Lethamn-mill, miller; by Colvil and Son, writers, Arbroath Dods, James, Edinburgh, wright and builder; by Macrae, Alexander, Inversheal, Ross-shire, fish- White, Thomas, Edinburgh, merchant; by W. Scott, accountant there THE LATE MR ROBERT THOMSON. Mr Monteith being frequently at that time in London on business, happened, accidentally, to attend a public sale at the East India Warc-house; amongst other goods offered was a few bales of East India cotton yarn; these he bought for a very trifling sum; the article being thought useless, from the manner in which it was bound up, it was called bird nest cotton, as it resembled birds' nests. These were sent to Glasgow for experiment; the texture was beautiful, but the difficulty was to find means to prepare it so as to be fit for the weaver; a machine, however, was contrived that answered the purpose. Mr Thomson soon put it to use, by applying it as weft for lawns, which produced an article then called bastard muslins, for which he soon found a good demand, India muslins being then fashionable, and very expensive. Encouraged by a demand for this new article, every search was made for supplies of the East India material, which was but partially to be procured, it being prohibited by law soon after. It then occurred, that if cotton twist could be spun as fine as the French lawn yarn, it might be advantageously substituted.This was attempted, and partially succeeded. Soon after this period, Arkwright came forward with his spinning jennies, which was laid hold of by the manufacturers of Glasgow for their supplies. The result of these attempts are well known, and to them this part of the country is indebted for the greatest branch of trade and manufacture that it possesses, or probably ever will possess. The cotton trade is now carried on to the extent annually of upwards of L. 40,000,000 Sterling. The value of the raw material imported is estimated about L. 2,500,000 annually. THE LATE MRS JOHN HUNTER. WHEN those whose genius or talents have contributed, in any degree, to the instruction or enjoyment of mankind, have finished their earthly career, and can no longer add to the obligations we owe them, there is a melancholy pleasure in looking back upon what they have done, and pay. ing some tribute of gratitude to their memory. No one who has ever delighted in musical numbers, expressive of refined and tender sentiments, and is acquainted with the writings of the late Mrs JOHN HUNTER, will question her claim to such a token of respect. The verses, "On November 1784;" the beautiful address to Fancy, under the title of "La Douce Chimère," with several of her miscellaneous poems, show that she possessed the feeling and imagination of genius: but, as her songs are the portion of her works which are best known, and mark more particularly her style of writing, the following observations shall be confined to them. In appreciating her merits as a lyric poet, we ought to recollect how few songs, before her time, were to be found in the English language, that were worthy of being sung by the cultivated and refined, or were truly expressive of the pathetic melodies to which they were joined. The cruelty of Delia, receiving a rosebud or presenting a nosegay to the fair Idol, complimentary gallantry, or the silly courtship of imaginary shepherds, were the usual subjects of our politer popular songs; though a few of superior excellence might indeed be discovered, like rare jewels, closed up in the volumes of our classi cal poets. Mrs Hunter had the good taste, the good sense and feeling, to strike into a better path, and to take deep and. tender feeling, as arising from some implied situation of passion or distress, for the subject of her verses. The superiority of this refinement was immediately felt; and the first of her songs that were known to the public" The Son of Alknomook," "Queen Mary's Lament," &c. became exceedingly popular. They had also one great advantage to the singer and the listener, that, as the love of music had first induced the author to write in verse, no word was admitted into her measure, which conveyed any harshness to a musical ear, or was in the least degree at variance with the air. This good path she pursued; but contemporaries soon arose whose lyrical works more than shared with her the public favour; and her volume of songs and poems, published many years after they were written, was less attractive than it would have been at an earlier period. It is not, however, we are confident, rating her genius too high to say, that at this present time, when the songs of Burns, Scott, Moore, and Byron, enrich the different collections of our national airs, the pathos, harmony, and elegance of many of her compositions have not been surpassed. Though fond of reading and music, and capable of amusing herself in the closest retirement, she had great relish for society; and at one period of her life mixed very often in a circle of agreeable and cultivated friends, who met together regularly, many of whom are well known in the literary world. By those friends she was respected and admired; and into whatever assembly she entered, the delicacy of her face, with the commanding grace of her person, gave her a peculiar air of distinction, and seldom failed to attract attention. But she never ascribed to her own merit the notice she received in society; feeling herself the wife of a celebrated man, she was fond of imputing the attention she received to the influence of his character; doing injustice to herself, from a generous pride of owing every thing to him: and she never appeared so much gratified by attention and kindness, as when she supposed it was shewn to her for his sake. The latter years of her life were mostly spent in retirement, though no infirmity Horace Walpole, (Lord Orford,) Mrs Carter, Mrs Vesey, &c. |