ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES announced between the 20th of April and the 20th of May, 1820: extracted from the London Gazette. and Co. L.) (Fisher Bright, R. Nassau-place, Commercial-road, haberdasher. (Lawrence. L.) Burton, W. Oxford-street, upholsterer. (Hill.) Carr, J. Wortley and D. R. Tetley, Armley, Yorkshire, merchants. (Few and Co. L.) Clark, W. South Shields, linen draper. (Bell and Co. L.) Clarke, J. Wakefield, bookseller. (Cresswell, L.) Clunie, W. St. Martin's-lane, baker. (Shuter.) Chidley, R. Sparrow-corner, Minories, cheesemonger. (Glynes.) Coney, R. Strand, plumber. (Norton.) Coldwell, T. S. Norwich, coach master. ander and Co. L.) (Alex Gardner, J. Birmingham, victualler. (Bourdillon, and Co. L.) George, S. Norberth, Pembrokeshire, linen draper. (Alexander and Co. L.) Glynn, H. Liverpool, inerchant. Co. L.) (Blackstock and Gower, R. St. Austell, linen draper. (Darke and Co. L.) Green, W. Liverpool, money scrivener. (Blackstock. and Co. L.) Gunston, T. J. Liverpool, merchant. (Brooke.) Hancock, J. St. James's-street, Piccadilly, coach maker. (Pitcher.) Hardman, J. Spotland, Lancashire, cotton spinner. (Milne and Co. L.) Harvey, C. S. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (Morton and Co. L.) brush maker. Hay, H. and T. A. Turner, Newcastle-street, Strand, printers. (Richardson.) Hardy, J. T. W. H. and J. H. Birmingham, merchants. (Baxter and Co. L.) Harris, C. Bradford, Wilts, tanner. (Dax and Co, L.) Hall, H. Threadneedle-street, broker. (Derby.) Hammond, C. Durham, draper. (Hurd and Co. L.) Hobbs, J. Titchfield, Hampshire, draper. (Alexander and Co. L.) Holt, W. jun. Rochdale, woollen manufacturer. (Chippendale, L.) Hopperton, E. Liverpool, upholsterer. (Blackstock, L.) Holmes, R. and T. F. Crane, of Northampton, (Gregory, L.) grocers. Hollis, L. Birmingham, victualler. and Co. L.) (Alexander Hutchins, F. Gloucester, cheese factor. (Frowd and Co. L.) Illingworth, R. S. Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, wine merchant. (Knight and Co. Jackson, S. Romsey, Hampshire, bookseller. (Winter and Co. L. Johnson, N. B. Birmingham, bed mattress manufacturer. (Swain and Co. L. (Chester, L. Jones, T. Shrewsbury, dealer. (Blagdon. Linney, J. Chester, grocer. (Milne and Co. L. Lowe, J. Bowden Edge, Derbyshire, dealer. (Lowe and Co. L. Lushington, W. jun. Mark-lane, merchant.(Healing. Lynn, T. Jerusalem-coffee-house, merchant.)Wilde. Machin, J. F. and J. S. Gill, Gloucester-street, Queen-square, surgical instrument makers. (Hayward. Mattinson, J. Huddersfield, merchant. (Walker, L. Mathewman, R. Leeds, merchant. (Robinson and Co. L. Milner, J. Cambridge, dealer. (Toone and Co. L.. Moore, T. Lullington, Derbyshire, dealer. ander and Co. L. Muchall, R. B. Birmingham, merchant. and Co. L. (Alex (Clarke Murgatroyd, J. Idle, Yorkshire, and B. Murgatroyd, Bradford, grocers. (Few and Co. L. Newell, S. Horsham, Surrey, baker. (Fisher & Co.L. Newington, J. Tunbridge, farmer. and Co. L. (Gregson Newton, H. Boss-alley, Horselydown, victualler. (Pope. Neville, R. Colchester, dealer. (Bridger, L. New, E. Bristol, banker. (Clarke and Co. L. Nowill, J. Cheapside, stationer. (Abbott. Ogilthorpe, J. Liverpool, porter merchant.(James,L. Palin, T. Handley, Staffordshire, butcher. and Co. L, (Price Parkes, J. Hale's Owen, Shropshire, victualler. (Lowe, Birmingham. Parker, Stonhill, W. Stewkley, Bucks, butcher. (Ashfield, L. Studd, J. L. Kerby-street, Hatton-garden, merchant. (Wild. Sutcliffe, J. Halifax, grocer. (Wiglesworth, L. Swindells, J. Romiley, Cheshire, dealer. (Tyler, L: Taylor, J. Leominster, skinner. (Jenkins and Co. L. Ward, J. and J. Robinson, Mill-wall, Middlesex, millers. (Yatman, L. Warren, J. Stoke-under-Hamden, Somersetshire, innkeeper. (Allen, L. Watkins, T. Ross, grocer. (James, L. Webb, S. Princes-square, St. George's in the East, merchant. (Pope. Welch, J. Middleton, Lancashire, cloth manufacturer. (Ellis, L. Whitehead, H. Calverley, Yorkshire, drysalter. (Battye, L. Williams, J. Birmingham, japanner. (Long and Co. L. (Lang, L. (Blakelock, L. DIVIDENDS. garden. Hart, A Little Alie-street. Harrison, J Sheffield. Harris, J Haselor, Warwickshire. Hamblin, S Wotton Underedge, Gloucestershire. Heath, W Lower-street, Islington. Hodge, W Great Hermitage-street. Hodgson, R Fleet-street. Hoolboom, JE Union-court, Bread-street. Hopkinson, J Liverpool. Hornsby, T Cornhill. Hughes, J Liverpool. Hulme, W Leek. Hurrell, S Minories. Hutchinson, W P Liverpool. Ingham and Haley, Bradford, Yorkshire. Jackson, T and W Liverpool. Jennings, W Aldersgate-street. Jones, T Liverpool. Jump, J Fore-street. Kershaw, G Romford. Knight, J Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. Kohler, J St. Swithin's-lane. Lambert, SA Bread-street. Lawford and Grimsdick, Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe. Lees, D Foul Leach, Lancashire. Lord, S Sutton. Makins, W Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Manfredi, J S Wheeler-street, Norton-falgate. Mill, C Lower East Smithfield. Minchin, Carter, and Kelley, Portsmouth. Motters head, J Healy Wood, Lancashire. Moon, J Acres Barn, Lancashire. Munro, J and H Upper Thames-street. Nicholls, W Huntingdon. Oakley, TP Ealing. Oliphant, J Bucklersbury. Parker, R Ellesmere. Parker, W High-street, Whitechapel. Parkes, Parkes, B Halliford. Slingby, J Manchester. Parkinson, T and T and J Lilley, Sculcoates, Yorkshire. Perks, J Bristol. Perris, W Bath. Phillips, W Brighton. Plaw, H R Riches-court, Lime-street. Pettitt, C Birmingham. Pitcher, J Back-road, St. George's East. Pitman, J M Sun-street, Bishopsgate. Powell, J and E Holborn-hill. Pratt, R Archer-street, Westminster. Ratcliffe, TJJ and R Manchester. Richardson, J Liverpool. Ridge, G Reading. Roberts, S Sheffield. Robinson, W jun. Lambball. Robinson, W sen. Craiggs, Lancashire. Rutledge, F W Lucas-street, Commercial-road. Ryan, J Liverpool. Saywell, J Macclesfield, and R Kirkman, Cheapside. Scott, B Horncastle. Scott, S Thimbleby, Lincolnshire. Shaw, J Bond-street. Sheath, A and C Boston, Lincolnshire. Shoobridge, W Marden, Kent. Simpton, G Copthall-court. Sinnott, W Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell. Smith, T Chepstow. Sorrell, R B Kirby-street, Hatton-garden. Sparkes, J and A Coles, Portland-street. Spencer, T Manchester. Stanton, T Drury-lane. Stocks, J Aldersgate-street. Taylor, J Leadenhall-street. Tazwell, W Drury-lane. Timberlake, E. Great Mary-le-bone-street. Tittensor, C W and J Foster-lane. Upton, G Queen street. Wailes, W North Shields. Watson, CC Fenchurch-street. Wells, B Gracechurch-street. West, J Richmond. Wheelwright, C A Cullum-street. Whitehead, G jun. and G Clarke, Basinghall-street. Whitehouse, W and J Galan, Liverpool. Wilkinson, J Sculcoates, Yorkshire." Wilkinson, Horne and Wilkinson, Friday-street. Willson, W Langbourn-chambers. Wood, R Hart-street, Bloomsbury. Wootton, W Tyer's-gateway, Bermondsey. Wood roof, J Gun-street. Yates, J Maryland, North America. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Results from Observations made in London for the Month of April, 1820. The first five days were fine and warm; the nine following were for the most part cold, cloudy, and wet; the rain at intervals fell very heavy, and was of long duration. The 7th was a remarkably cold day, with showers of hail and rain. From the 15th to the 26th the wind blew chiefly from the E. and N.E. and the weather was extremely fine with an almost cloudless atmosphere. During this period, the variation of temperature was very great, the difference between the diurnal extremes being only once less than St. John's-square, 19th May, 1820. 24 Cumulo-stratus. 7 Nimbus. 6 22° and frequently 24 or 25°. The average variation in 24 hours, for the month, is between 18° and 19°. The barometer continued rising gradually from the 15th, till it attained the maximum, on the 24th, and then it fell, in the course of the two following days, 0.85 of an inch, and early on the morning of the 27th much heavy rain fell, amounting to 0.308 of an inch, accompanied with a gale of wind from the north, and a considerable reduction of temperature. The three last days were fair and mild. A. E. AFFAIRS IN MAY. HE new reign must be characterized as peculiarly UNFORTUNATE. Its principal events hitherto have consisted of prosecutions, punishments, and executions. The future historian, relieved from the domination of the spirit of the times, and unrestrained by informations ex officio, by special juries composed of magistrates, and by the stern discretion of judges, may trace the causes and discuss the remedies, when, alas! the enquiry is too late, and useless! Since our last publication, execution has taken place on THISTLEWOOD, Brunt, DavidSON, INGS, and TIDD, five of the men implicated in the treasons in which they were tutored by a man of the name of Edwards, directed by God knows whom." This agent has since been indicted as a principal by the persevering virtue of Alderman Wood, but Edwards is said to have left the country. It is not improbable that the minds of the convicted were ripe for any mischief, but as they might never have imagined the plan of assassination without instigation, it seems to be deeply important to the cause of truth and humanity, that the real authors, whoever they be, and however high in rank and station, should be traced and brought to justice. Any system of instigating men to commit crimes in the hope of punishing them is new, and too horrid to contemplate; yet it is well known, that the same public spirited magistrate brought it home to three pretended agents of the Police, who were convicted, but have since been pardoned. To watch the vicious, and guard against their machinations, is one thing; but to instigate and encourage them is another. Since our last, also, it has been deemed expedient by the advisers of the Crown to call on the Court of King's Bench to pass judgment on Messrs. Hunt, Johnson, Bamford, and Healey, for the alleged crime of attending a meeting of petitioners at Manchester, the horrid details of whose dispersion have so often disgraced our pages. A special jury at York found the parties innocent of a variety of charges which had been conjured up; but declared the meeting illegal, and the defendants guilty of attending it. For this crime, therefore, in which 50 or 60,000 persons participated by attendance, the Court, consisting of Abbott, Bayley, Best, and Holroyd, judged it proper to sentence Mr. HUNT to two years and six months imprisonment in Ilchester Gaol; and Messrs. JOHNSON, BAMFORD, and HEALEY, to twelve months in Lincoln Gaol; besides requiring prolonged securities for their good beheviour. The fact requires no comment of ours, and we hope to be excused making any. The entire case has, however, excited the keenest sympathy of the nation, and a subscription to relieve the parties has been set on foot. At the same time, Sir Charles Wolseley was sentenced to 18 mouths imprisonment; and other heavy pe nalties were accumulated on a minister of the name of HARRISON, who, with over-zeal, has exerted his energies in favour of reform. Preparations are making for the costly parade of a coronation in August; but the people are more intent on the result of Mr. Lambton's expected motion in favour of Parliamentary Reform, by repealing the Septennial Bill, and extending the elective franchise to copy-holders in counties, and householders in towns. Adopt this measure, and give the expence of the coronation among the unemployed manufacturers, and then the government would become popular. The deplorable state of the finances are likely to be rendered more deplorable by further loans, with fresh interest to be drawn from a deficient revenue! Indeed, a loan of 12 million, and the abstraction of 12 millions from the Sinking Fund, is already announced. PETITION OF THE MERCHANTS OF LONDON. In the House of Commons on the 5th of May, a very important Petition of the Merchants of London was introduced by the following able speech of Mr. Baring: Mr. A. Baring said, he had the honour to rise for the purpose of presenting a Petition from a most respectable body of the Merchants of London. Whether he adverted to the terms in which their Petition was couch ed, to the respectability of the Gentlemen by whom it was signed, or to the peculiar circumstances of the country under which it was presented, he felt, and the House, he thought, would also feel, that a more important subject had never been submitted to its consideration. He did anticipate, when he reflected on the general interest which the Petition had created-on the general desire that was expressed by so many persons representing as they did so many different interests, that thus appealed to, the attention and wisdom of that House would be applied to its investigation. It would be for the House to ascertain whether, in the present distressed state of the country, the causes of that distress were so incredible that it was not in its power to afford relief--or whether, on the contrary, these effects could be'remedied by a successful application of its attention and wisdom. There was, in the present circumstances of public embarrassment, much, he feared, to which no remedy could be applied, at least, no Parliamentary remedy; but at the same time he was satisfied there was a great portion of that embarrassment and distress which could be relieved by a prompt and efficient exertion of that House. He should have said, that none of the persons who signed or supported the present Petition, entertained any any intention of attacking the interests of any other class. Indeed, it was quite clear to them, and indeed to every other man who understood his real interests, that no particular branch, either as to its commerce or its agriculture, could be benefitted by any measure which improved the general prosperity. In fact, it was quite impossible for any man of the least information to suppose that commerce could derive benefit from a state of things in which agriculture and manufactures were the reverse of flourishing.The commercial evils under which we laboured had been attributed to the transition from war to peace; but it ought to be considered that we had been five years in a state of peace, and that we were now not only without any beneficial alteration, but rather in a condition of aggravated distress. All other parts of Europe were recovering from the general suffering; Great Britain was the only country in which every branch of industry remained not merely as depressed, but much more depressed than it had hitherto been. He confessed that when he contemplated our situation, he was sorry to say, that he discerned strong indications that we must still be considered a declining country. The agriculturists loudly complained of the distress which they experienced--the manufacturers and the merchants united in similar declarations of pressure. With respect to commerce especially, he was persuaded that during the last two years it had not been in the slightest degree productive to those who were engaged in it; nay, he feared that, on the contrary, they had sustained much loss. He entertained the same apprehension with respect to manufactures. The mind naturally turned to the investigation of the cause of this extraordinary state of things. He wished it was in his power to give a satisfactory solution of it: but difficult as that was, it would, he was afraid, puzzle him much more to suggest a remedy for the evil. The extraordinary improvement which had taken place in every part of our industry and commerce during the late war, had been followed by a languor as remarkable. No country had ever taken greater strides towards unbounded wealth and splendour than this country in the late war. During that period, in consequence of our maritime supremacy, we monopolised the trade of the world. Every effort made to injure our commerce recoiled on those by whom it was projected. At the present moment, having gained the objects for which the war was undertaken, our industry and trade were in a state of utter prostration. The extraordinary success which we enjoyed during the contest naturally rendered us careless and inattentive to those wise principles to which we were originally indebted for our commercial greatness. Fortune poured her gifts upon us in so uninterrupted a stream, that we seemed to think any care to retain her favour superfluous. Now, however, the case was very different. We must no longer indulge in dangerous relaxation. Our agri culture, our manufactures, our commerce, all required the greatest possible care. They could no longer be left unattended to. Formerly no imprudent measure, no false step could check their growth; now they might soon and easily be stunted without the power of recovery. That which rendered our condition still more alarming was, that the trade we had lost had gone into different channels. The various countries of Europe shared it among them. Instead of being without competition we had competitors all over the world; and it behoved us therefore to act with the utmost circumspection. The safest and the wisest course which, under these circumstances, it appeared to him that we could pursue, was a recurrence to those old established principles and maxims to which the country first owed its commercial success. To those principles and maxims he was persuaded we must look as affording us the only hope of retrieving ourselves. It was not the loss of our commerce alone which occasioned the general suffering. We had lost a great commerce-but we had also incurred an immense debt, added to, and aggravated by, what was in that respect, at least an unfortunate departure from our ordinary currency.— Easily as in the times of our prosperity we had borne this load, he confessed that he could not but entertain a feeling approaching to despondency when he contemplated the inadequate means to which he must now look for sustaining it. That debt, he repeated, had been materially increased by the alteration which had taken place in the character of our currency last year. Whether that alteration was right or wrong, was not the present question; but no man could deny that it had added from a fourth to a third to our debt.No man could deny that now gold was at the Mint price, namely 31. 17s. 11d. an ounce, the pound note, and the debt payable with it, must be of a very different value from that which they were when gold was 41. 10s. an ounce. The alteration in our currency had also operated in aggravating the effect of the taxes to a similar extent. It had also aggravated the effect of the Corn Laws. Calculating on the increase in price both of food and of labour, which all this occasioned, it was impossible for any man not to see the impossibility that this country, so burdened, could enter into a successful competition with the commercial rivals which had started up around us. Whether we had sunk to the lowest state of our probable depression,whether things had come to their level-it was perhaps difficult to ascertain. He feared not. He feared that, as the House had seen from year to year Ministers coming down with prophecies of increased prosperity, the croakers would now have their turn.Certain it was, that since the peace there was no evil prognostic which the most confirmed alarmist could have ventured upon that had not been sadly verified. On the subject of the Corn Laws he would not trouble the House; because, whatever might be his opi |