PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED. JAMES MASON CHAMPNESS, whitesmith, and HENRY BINKS, clock and watchmaker, both of Cheshunt Street, Hertfordshire, for certain improvements on axletrees of carriages of various descriptions. August 28, 1817. JOSEPH MANTON, of Davies Street, Berkeley Square, in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex, gunmaker, for certain improvements in locks for fire-arms. September 26. JOHN DALE, of White Lion Street, Pentonville, Middlesex, millwright, for the application of a certain material, hitherto unused for that purpose, to the making of rollers or cylinders of various descriptions. October 3. WILLIAM HARRY, of Morriston, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, smelter of copper ores, for an improvement or improvements in the building, constructing, or erecting the roofs or upper parts of furnaces used for the smelting of copper and other ores, or any of their metals, or for any other purposes requiring strong fires. October 3. JOHN OLDHAM, of South Cumberland Street, Dublin, Esq. for an improvement or improvements in the mode of propelling ships and vessels on seas, rivers, and canals, by the agency of steam, October 10. ROBERT DICKINSON, of Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, Esq. for an improvement or improvements in the sea beacons and their moorings. November 1. FREDERICK DIZI, of Crab Tree Street, Fulhan, Middlesex, for certain improvements on harps. November 1. FRANCIS MARCELLIN MOLLE, of Bucklersbury, London, merchant, for certain improvements in propelling boats and other vessels. Communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad. November 1. HENRY MEADE OGLE, of Turnham Green, Middlesex, Esq. for improvements in and on tea and coffee-pots, or biggings. November 1. GEORGE CLYMER, late of Pennsylvania, but now of Cornhill, London, mechanic, for certain improvements in writing presses. November 1. THOMAS CURSON HANSARD, of Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, London, printer, for certain improvements on, and additions to, printing presses, and also in the processes of printing. November 1. DANIEL TOWERS SHEARS, of Fleet Market, London, coppersmith, for a machine for the cooling of liquids, and which may be applied to the condensation of vapour, and may be of great utility in the condensing of spirits in the process of distillation and cooling worts, beer, and other liquids. November 1. SAMUEL HALL, of Basford, Nottinghamshire, cotton-spinner, for a certain method of improving thread or yarn as usually manufactured, of every description, whether fabricated from flax, cotton, wool, silk, or any other vegetable, animal, or other substance whatsoever. November 3. SAMUEL HALL, of Basford, Nottinghamshire, cotton-spinner, for a certain method of improving every kind of lace or net, or any description of manufactured goods, whose fabric is composed of holes or interstices, made from thread or yarn, as usually manufactured, of every descrip tion, whether fabricated from flax, cotton, wool, silk, or any other vegetable, animal, or other substance whatsoever. November 3. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. Dec. 2.-Elias Cathcart, Esq. to be first President of the Speculative Society, Edinburgh. 9.-His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh and Queensberry, to be President of the Caledonian Horticultural Society. 13.-John Leach, Esq. now Sir John Leach, to be Vice-Chancellor. -Sir T. Plumer, to be Master of the Rolls. 17.-Robert Jameson, Esq. to be President of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh. 20.-Robert Melvil, Esq. to be Consul for the ports of Amsterdam, the Helder, Vlieland, the Texel, Terchelling, and Harlingen. 29.-Dr Gillies, and Dr William Beatty, to be two of the Prince Regent's Physicians Extraordinary for Scotland. -George Bell, Esq. to be Surgeon in Ordinary to the Prince Regent for Scotland. -James Sholto Douglas to be British ConsulGeneral in the Empire of Morocco. 50.-Sir William Knighton, Bart. to be Auditor of the duchy of Cornwall, and Secretary and Keeper of the Prince of Wales's Privy Seal and Council Seal. 1818. Jan. 6.-George Maule, Esq. to be Solieitor to the Treasury,and II. ECCLESIASTICAL. Dec. 6.-Rev. W. Williams, to Rectory of Rouseclench, Worcestershire. --Rev. T. Fawcett, to the Rectory of Norton Davis, Northamptonshire. 10.-Mr Andrew Kennedy, to be Minister of the Associate Burgher Congregation, Keith. -Mr George Hill, to the Associate Congregation of Shottsburn. 15.-Rev. T. Blackburn, to the Rectory of Craften, near Wakefield. 24.-Rev. Thomas Hill, to the Associate Con gregation of Glenluce. Jan. 5.-Rev. Joseph Hodgkinson, to the Rec tory of Duncote, Berks. Rev. Edward Offspring Holwell, to the Rectory of Plymptree, Devon." -Rev. G. Bonson, to the Living of East Barkwith, Lincolnshire. Rev. John Brocklebank, to the Vicarage of Melbourn, with the Rectory of Taversham, Cambridgeshire. -Rev. Thomas Talbot, to the Rectory of Tros ton, Suffolk. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT THE winter may be said to have set in with December. At the very commencement of this month a reduction of temperature took place, the thermometer sinking frequently 7 or 8, and once 17 degrees below the freezing point, and the average of the month may be reckoned low. Up to the 12th the weather was dry; from the 13th to the 19th it rained and snowed frequently; and from that period till the end, there was very little either snow or rain. The Barometer fluctuated greatly about the middle of the month, though apparently without any adequate cause at the place of observation. Probably it was affected by the storms and hurricanes that prevailed in distant places Mean state of dryness, 0.0017 grains of moisture to the cubic inch. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Bxtracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. General character of the month: cold and frosty, with sudden changes, METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N. B. The Observations are made twice every day, at eight o'clock in the morning, and eight o'clock in the evening. COMMERCIAL REPORT. COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars. Since our last report, the market has been lively, and prices of Muscovadoes have risen 3s. to 5s. per cwt. Refined have also advanced 2s. to 4s. In foreign sugars little doing, and prices unvaried. The import duty on Muscovado will from this date be 30s. in place of 27s. per cwt. The aggregate average price for the four months preceding 5th instant, was 50s. 84d. exclusive of duty. The importation of sugars in 1817, is about 10,000 casks less than the preceding year; but the stock in London is about 3000 casks more. Coffee.-The imports in 1817 are nearly the same as in the year preceding; but the stocks are considerably decreased. The demand this week has greatly increased; St Domingo is quoted at 97s. and 98s. one report states 100s.; but it is believed the latter is premature. All other kinds are in great request; and an advance of fully 2s. has taken place on every description of Jamaica. Cotton. The imports of cotton into London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, in 1817, were 476,354 bags; in 1816, 370,863 bags. Prices are a little higher; Pernambucos, 25. 14d. to 2s. 1d.; Maranhams, 2s. to 2s. 04d.; Demeraras, 2s. to 2s. 1d.; Surats, 144d. to 15d. Rum. The prices have experienced a considerable decline, without facilitating sales, the opinion of its being admitted into France being now completely abandoned. Few transactions of any consequence have taken place. Tobacco.-Little business doing, and prices without variation. Oil-In Greenland oil there is little alteration. Sperm is expected to advance, as there is not above a month's supply in the market. EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-Hemp, Flax, and Tallow.-Hemp is in brisk demand, and has risen considerably in price. Flax is also in request. The demand for tallow has given way, and prices are 1s. to 2s. lower. Brandy and Hollands.—Both are again in limited demand, and prices have given way. British Manufactures. We have again pleasure in noticing the continuing improvement in trade, which the approach of spring is expected greatly to accelerate. The free trade to India promises to be very advantageous to the manufactures of Glasgow, &c.; from whence sewed muslins, and richly embroidered silk shawls, to rival those of Cashmere, are sent out to the Company's possessions; and the excellence of the British machinery bids fair to enable our manufacturers to outdo the natives in every branch of the cotton trade. Considerable quantities of pullicates, and other goods, are now exported from Glasgow to the Black States in St Domingo. Some descriptions of Glasgow manufactures are now selling 30 per cent. above what they were bringing five months since.-Jan. 9. Course of Exchange, London, Jan. 9.-Amsterdam, 37: 6 B. 2 U. Ditto at sight, 37:0. Rotterdam, 11:11: 2 U. Antwerp, 11: 12 Ex. M. Agio of the Bank on Holland, 2. Hamburgh, 34:6:24 U. Altona, 34:7:21 U. Paris, three days sight, 24:40 U. Bourdeaux, 24: 60. Frankfort on the Maine, 145 Ex. M. Madrid, 38 effective. Cadiz, 38 effective. Gibraltar, 33. Leghorn, 493. Lisbon, 59. Rio Janeiro, 63. Dublin, 8 per cent. Cork, 8. Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.-Portugal gold, in coin, £4:0:6. in bars, £4:0:6. New doubloons, £4. New dollars, £0:5:34. standard, L.0: 5:31. Foreign gold, Silver, in bars, Cork, or DubMadeira, 20s. to 258. Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's-Guernsey or Jersey, 20s. to 25s. lin, 25s. to 30s. Belfast, 25s. to 30s. Hamburgh, 3 gs. to 5 gs. Jamaica, 40s. Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from Dee. 5, 1817, to Jan. 9, 1818. Dec. 29. Jan. 9. Dec. 5. Jan. 2. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, from Nov. 30, to Dec. 31, 1817. turer Bruce, J., J. Brown, and G. Scott, London, army- Coker, E. H. Brigton, schoolmaster Clark, J. late of Montreal and Quebec, merchant Denham, F. jun. London, milliner Dodman, M. Thornham, shopkeeper Elliot, J. Southampton, currier Ellis, J. A. Great Yarmouth, vintner French, S. Merriott, miller Futtit, W. Works of Nottingham, butcher Gibbon, T. Stratford, near Manchester, pork-dealer Handy, J. London, dealer in drugs Haywood, or Hayward, J. Cheltenham, grocer ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Lloyd, T. H. Thorndon Heath, Surrey, clothier Ravenshaw, T. Liverpool, grocer Steele, R. Bristol, druggist Setree, H. Holborn, Middlesex, money-scrivener Sutton, R. Hampton, Wick, linendraper Stephens, J. London, brewer Stephens, R. London, tanner Shiffner, G. London, insurance-broker Thwaites, H. London, paper-merchant Taylor, R. Pentonville, stage-master Travers, J., J. Travers Ross, and H. Jones, Che Tomlinson, J. Worcester, dealer Wale, T. Lutterworth, draper Whitmore, D. Hurdsfield, cotton-spinner White, H. Warminster, linendraper Whitebread, W. Bath, coal-merchant White, M. Lowdham, Nottingham, bleacher Wyllie, H., and W. J. Richardson, London, mer chants Williams, T. London, broker BANKRUPTS, from Nov. 30, to Dec. 31, 1817. Bethune, D. Kirkibole, Sutherland, merchant Wilson, J. Guildhouse, Lanarkshire, cattle-dealer. DIVIDENDS. Adam, J. Arbroath, merchant; by D. Gibson, ac- Aitken, W. and G. Glasgow, manufacturers; by Bruce, A. jun. Greenock, bookseller; by W. Scott, Farquhar, A. Wick, merchant and fish-curer; by Garden, F. and Sons, Glasgow, and Garden, King, and Co. Demerara, merchants, by Macphersonand Maclachlan, writers, Glasgow, 30th Ja nuary Gilchrist, J. Glasgow, late in Eaglesham, cottonspinner; by R. Wight, accountant, Edinburgh, or R. Muir, writer, Glasgow, 9th January Hutton, D. F. Kirkcaldy, merchant; by T. Ro nald there, 9th January Lawson, G. Edinburgh, tanner; by J. Learmonth, Lawson, J. Dundee, flesher and ship-owner; by Macfarlane, R. and Co. Greenock, and Macfarlane, Scott, and Co. Newfoundland, merchants; by Munro, J. Achnacloich, cattle-dealer; by R. Mit- Zuill, W. Mye, cattle-dealer; by W. Galbraith, AGRICULTURAL REPORT. AT this season the field labours of the agriculturist are either suspended or confined to the least important operations. It is within doors, in thrashing out his crop, and feeding his cattle, that he is chiefly employed, enjoying himself moderately, it is to be hoped, at his leisure hours, in the society of his friends and relatives, after the manner of his forefathers. There has been little variation in either the corn or meat markets since our last. The prices of grain, though not. perhaps, too high for the fair remuneration of the farmer, after a harvest by no means abundant, are still too high, we fear, for the lower class of consumers, whose wages are not likely soon to rise to their former rate. Their condition, however, is certainly improved since the beginning of ast year, as we do not now hear much of want of employment, nor of the necessity of viding it by means of parish assessments or charitable donations.-January 13. |