ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th September 1817, extracted from the London Gazette. Arnold, G. Abergavenny, grocer Bernouilli, J. and E. Jeffrey's Square, London, Bloomfield, J. Commercial Road, London, plumber and glazier Body, W. Newhaven, Sussex, grocer Bonsall, R. Broker Row, Southwark, builder Booth, J. and E. Caunce, Chorley, spirit-dealers Casson, J. Broadhalgh, R. Ashworth, Midghall, Chester, C. jun. Liverpool, auctioneer Coffin, J. W. Plymouth Dock, merchant Evans, E. Maesyrhiw, Carmarthenshire, timber- Field, J. Walcot, Somersetshire, professor of music Geraldes, S. C. Broad-street Buildings, London, Gomershall, J. J. Crowther, E. Ryley, R. Camp- Gray, B. J. Gray, R. Wilson, and J. Richardson, Hanham, W. Bath, cooper Hazard, T. R. Liverpool, merchant Hensman, T. and W. Liverpool, merchants Hix, W. Tydd St Mary's, Lincolnshire, wool-buyer Hughes, R. Hatton Garden, London, stable-keeper Jackson, W. and W. Kelly, Shipton Mallet, grocers Jordan, W. Finch Lane, eating-house keeper Knapp, J. Talbot Court, Cracechurch Street, Lon- Kneller, W. G. Stratford, Essex, chemist burner Michell, R. Marazion, Cornwall, tailor Niven, R. Failsworth, Lancashire, silk and calico Parker, W. Leeds, merchant Parkes, B. Birmingham, wire-worker Pierce, W. Haybrook Pottery, Shropshire, potter Raffield, G. South Shields, ship-builder Reeks, J. Wimborne Minster, tanner Renton, M. Coventry Street, London, saddler and army accoutrement-maker Ridley, J. Wood Street, Cheapside, London, ostrich feather and fancy trimming manufacturer Rowntree, W. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, miller Sandilands, Rev. R. Lower Grosvenor Place, London, clerk Shaw, R. H. Liverpool, merchant Sissell, T. Jewin Street, London, tailor Stead, G. Aldermanbury, London, cheesemonger Walker, C. Brighthelmstone, stationer Waller, J. Manchester, hatter Waterworth, J. Manchester, dealer Welchman, J. Bradford, Wilts, linen-draper Zeegelar, F. Alverstoke, Southampton, victualler. ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th September 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Campbell, Alexander, South Bridge Street, Edin. Hyslop, William, Maxwelltown, corn-merchant and Johnston, James, Glasgow, tanner Largie, James, Johnshaven, ship-owner and mer- Middleton, William, Glasgow, merchant DIVIDENDS. Burnett, William, Leith, merchant; at the Trus Elder, William, Dalkeith, leather-merchant; by Provand, Walter, Glasgow, merchant; by William Watt, Alexander, Aberdeen, merchant; by G. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. A SLIGHT explanation will render the following abstract intelligible to our meteorological readers. The self-registering Thermometers, which mark the highest and lowest temperatures, are adjusted every morning at 10 o'clock, when of course the extremes for the preceding 24 hours are registered as the extremes of the preceding day. The day is thus supposed to begin at 10 A. M. The first column of the abstract, then, contains the monthly averages of the daily extreme temperatures, and of the temperatures at 10 evening and morning, the means of the two first and the two last separately, and also of the whole four observations. This last is considered as the mean temperature for the month, and will be found, perhaps, to be as nearly so as any result hitherto obtained. From the observations of a series of years, we have found, that the mean of the daily extremes does not differ from the mean of 10 morning and evening, in the yearly average, more than a fraction of a degree; the mean of the whole, therefore, cannot be far from the actual mean temperature. The averages of the Barometer and Hygrometer require no explanaVOL. II. tion. It may be proper, however, to observe, that under the head of the latter is registered, what, as far as we know, has never been done in any meteorological record, we mean the Point of Deposition, or that temperature at which the atmosphere would be completely saturated with moisture, and would of course begin to deposite that moisture in the form of dew or rain. This point is calculated by the formula given by Mr Anderson, in his very profound and philosophical article on Hygrometry, in the Edinburgh Encyclopædia; an article of which it has justly been observed, that it has reduced into the form of a science a subject hitherto obscure and little understood." The mean point of deposition, according to Mr Anderson's theory, is about 6° below the mean temperature of the place, and coincides nearly with the mean of the minimum temperature. The abstract given below will enable our readers to verify or disprove this theory. The second column of the abstract contains the monthly extremes, which require no explanation. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted 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-dry, with gentle winds, and a good deal of sunshine. 28.000 METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill. N. B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at eight o'clock in the morning, and eight o'clock in Sept. 1 Attach. Ther. Barom. Ther. Wind. E. 55 the evening. rain aftern. 18{ M.56 .694 M.58 E. 53 .693 E. 58 E. Fair. .663 M.56 Cble. Rain. M.55 .854 E.455 .816 M.57 E. 52 .855 E.56 Cble. Rain. M.55 .686 M.56 M.54 .830 M.56 E. 53 .830 E. 56 Cble. Fair. M.51 .773 M.55 E.52 .781 E. 55 S. Fog. M.50 23 .765 M.54 E. 50 .787 E.55 N. E. Fair. M.51 .909 M.58 9. E. 51 .710 M.57 .928 E. 57 E. 54 .466 E. 57 Cble. Fair. M.55 25 .129 M.56 E. 54 28.799 E. 56 S.W. Showers. .778 M.60 S. E. 58 .736 E. 61 Cloudy. M.53 26. .468 M.56 E. 52 .468 E. 55 S.W. Fair. .61 M.54 E. 46 .781 E. 51 N.W. Fair. M.49 29.182 M.53) E. 44 .461 E.50 N.W. Fair. .564 M.50 .813 E. 48 29 E. 42 30 E. 40 .738 E. 44 Rain, inches 1.18. N.W. Fair. W. Rain mora. Isnow on hills At Croydon, J. M'Dowall, Esq. of Meadow Place, Edinburgh, to Catherine Henrietta, third daughter of Lieut.-Col. Tudor. At Dunino Manse, Fifeshire, Charles Rogers, Esq. Dundee, to Anne, daughter of the late John Cruickshanks, Esq. of the island of St Vincent.At Bath, Richard Napier, Esq. son of the late Colonel Napier, it to Mrs Staples, eldest daughter of the late Sir James Stewart of Fort Stewart.At Kendal, Edward Dawson, Esq. of Aldcliff Hall, near Lancaster, to Anne, eldest daughter of Christopher Wilson, Esq. of Abbot Hall, Kendal. DEATHS. Jan. 21. At his ironworks in Siberia, in his 76th year, Mr Hill, a native of Bristol. July 27. At Teneriffe, aged 80, David Lockhart, Esq. Aug. 9. At Wallerstein, of an apoplectic fit, the Princess Dowager of Ettingen-Ettingen, born Duchess of Wirtemberg. In his 77th year, Leopold Fred. Francis, Duke of Dessau. To him Dessau owes its improvements, its Woerlitz, its Luisium, and its fine roads; but his attention was particularly directed to the system of education and schools. He employed Basedou, Campe, and Tillich, to realize his idea of the physical and moral education of man.-12. At Clifton, in the 70th year of his age, Eyles Irwin, Esq. formerly of the East India Company's civil service at Madras.-15. Walter Croker, Esq. of Corrabella, brother of J. Wilson Croker, Esq. Secretary of the Admiralty.-18. At Aberdeen, James Jamieson, Esq. late of the royal navy. -20. At Amsterdam, the Dowager Marchioness of Sligo. Her ladyship was waiting the arrival of Sir William Scott in that city from Switzerland, in order to return with him to England. She was born Dec. 9, 1767, and was the youngest daughter and co-heiress of the late gallant Earl Howe.-23. The Hon. Mrs Hugo Meynell of Hoarcross, in the parish of Yoxall, Staffordshire, sister of the Marchioness of Hertford. This lady was taking an airing in her gig, when the horse unfortunately fell, and her ladyship was thrown out. She died next morning from the injury received.- -28. At Botley, Surrey, Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart.-In consequence of a fall from his horse, the Rev. Thomas Thoresby Whitaker, M. A. eldest son of the Rev. Dr Whitaker of Holme, vicar of Whalley, Lancashire.-29. At Clontarf, near Dublin, the Hon. R. H. Southwell, late of Castle Hamilton, county Cavan, and formerly Lieut.-Colonel of the 8th dragoons.-30. At Bristol, John Chalmers Rose, Esq. merchant, of that city. 31. At Plymouth Dock, in his 70th year, Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Bart. G. C. B. Admiral of the White Squadron, Commander-in-Chief on the Plymouth Station, and Member of Parliament for New Romney. Until the very day of his dissolution, he persisted in trans acting the affairs of his public duty in person, although his signature to his last despatches was scarcely legible. His zeal was unabated; and the gallant veteran may very justly be said to have fallen at his post. Sir John was one of five sons of the Rev. Henry Duckworth, Rector of Ferlmer, Bucks-At her seat, Twickenham, the Viscountess Howe, aged 75, widow of William Lord Viscount Howe. Sept. 1. At Kirkton Manse, near Hawick, the Rev. John Elliott, minister of that parish.-At Dublin, Mr Justice Osborne. His lordship fell a victim to the fever which is now raging with such destructive fury throughout Ireland.-3. At his seat, Tonley, Aberdeenshire, in the 84th year of his age, James Byres, Esq. This gentleman had resided long at Rome, which he finally left in 1790.-At Bedford, the Rev. Charles Abbot, vicar of Oakely and Goldington.-At Dumfries, Miss Jane Laurie, sister of the late General Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwelltown, Bart.At Leeds, Mr John Urquhart, merchant, late of Glasgow. -4. At his house at Stokes, Stayley-wood, Cheshire, aged 74, the Rev. James Cooke, M. A. a gentleman well known for his many useful mechanical inventions.At her son's house, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Alicia, wife of John Lefanu, Esq. and sister of the late Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan.--Near Musselburgh, John Wilson, Esq. late solicitor in London.-5. At Hemus Terrace, Chelsea, aged 79, Maj. Brereton Poynter. He entered his Majesty's service in the year 1755, and served with General Wolfe in America, and was in the memorable battle at Quebec.-6. At Sandwich, Richard Emerson, Esq. banker. -At Dumfries, Mrs Janet Paul, aged 80, wife of Mr Wm Taylor, watchmaker. She was the only surviving sister of the celebrated Paul Jones.-At Bellisle, Mrs Hamilton of Pinmore.-7. Lady Frances Pelham, third daughter of the Earl of Chichester.-8. At No 10, Southampton Row, London, John Elliot, Esq. aged 49, late of Gerard Street. -At London, aged 69, Mr John Carter, F. S. A. draftsman and architect, and eminently distinguished for his skill in ancient English architecture.-At Foulden House, James Wilkie, Esq. of Foulden, in his 72d year.-9. At Edinburgh, Forrest Dewar, Esq. surgeon.-11. At Maxwelltown House, Mrs Armstrong, widow of Wm Armstrong, M.D. St Kitt's, and daughter of Sir Chas. Erskine of Alva, Bart.-At London, Robt. Allan Crawford, Esq. eldest son of Robert Crawford, Esq. of Devonshire Square, At Queensferry, James Carfrae, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh.- -12. Nathaniel Portlock, Esq. Post Captain in his Majesty's navy, and for the last nine months one of the captains in the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich.Thomas Napier, Esq. of Randolph Hill. In passing along one of the locks of the canal near Falkirk, he unfortunately fell over and was drowned.-In Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, Mr John Erck, in his 23d year, from loss of blood occasioned by the lancing of his gums.-At Bath, Sir John M'Mahon.14. At Wanstrow, in Somersetshire, the Rev. Charles Goodwin Bethune.-At Esher, Mrs De Ponthieu, relict of the late Henry De Ponthieu, Esq.-At Windsor Castle, Mrs Rooke, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Rooke, and daughter of the late Ambrose Dawson, Esq. of Langcliff Hall.At Edinburgh, Miss Jane Gordon, second daughter of John Gordon, Esq. W. S. Frederick Street.. 15. At London, John Stanley, Esq. signer of the bills of Middlesex, and for upwards of 40 years clerk to three of the judges of England. At Arbroath, Wm Cruickshanks, Esq. late of the island of Jamaica.-16. At Edinburgh, Mr Thomas Sommers, his Majesty's glazier for Scotland, and the oldest deacon of the fourteen incorporated trades of the city of Edinburgh.-17. At Chatham, Elizabeth, the lady of Sir Robert Barlow, commissioner of his Majesty's dockyard at that port.At London, Robert Adamson, Esq. late of Oaksey, Wilts.-At George's Place, Leith Walk, Mr George Gibson, senior, merchant, Leith.-18. At Bayswater, Mrs Ansley, wife of Mr Alderman Ansley.At Hornsey, Barbara, the eldest child of Thomas Moore, Esq.-19. At her house, Upper Grosvenor Square, London, Jane, relict of the late Colonel Conynghame, and sister of Lady Vernon. At Dunfermline, in his 85th year, Adam Low, Esq. of Fordel.-20. At Learney, Aberdeenshire, Margaret Brebner, eldest unmarried daughter of Alexander Brebner, Esq. of Learney.-At Carlisle, Hugh James, M.D. son of the late Dr James, vicar of Arthuret, in the county of Cumberland. 21. At Inveresk House, Miss Margaret Mary Baird, daughter of Sir James Gardiner Baird of Saughtonhall, Bart.At Stonehaven, in her 80th year, Mrs Mary Ross, widow of James Young, Esq. Sheriff. Substitute of Kincardineshire.- -22. At Dundee, Captain Andrew M'Culloch, of the royal navy.-28. At London, Hugh Mackay, Esq. of St Martin's Lane, aged 80.-25. At Interlaken, Switzerland, Lord Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto. -26. Mr William Haggerston, aged 26, third son of Thomas Haggerston, Esq. of Ellingham.-28. At Cheltenham, in the 72d year of his age, Thomas Bidwell, Esq. who, during the last 25 years of his life, had filled the office of Chief Clerk in the Department of Foreign Affairs.-At Jedburgh, Mrs Margaret Hardie, wife of William Rutherford, Esq. Sheriff-clerk of Roxburghshire, and daughter of the late Henry Hardie, Esq. merchant, Glasgow.In George Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Alves, relict of Dr Alves of Shipland, Invernessshire. Lately-At Madrid, at the house of her sister Lady Whittingham, Barbara, the I wife of Bartholomew Frere, Esq. his Majesty's Secretary of the Embassy at the Ottoman Porte. The marriage had been solemnized by proxy, according to the usual forms; but Mr Frere having been detained at Constantinople by the business of the embassy, during Sir Robert Liston's absence, he never had the happiness of seeing her since their union.-At Nassau, New Providence, Capt. Edward Rowley of his Majesty's ship Sheerwater, son of Sir W. Rowley, Bart. M. P. for the county of Suffolk. At Letterkenny, in the county of Donnegal, of an infectious fever, caught in the discharge of his duty as Inspector-General of Stamp Duties, John H. Barclay, Esq.-At Leghorn, near Louth, Ireland, at the advanced age of 96, William Porteous, who enjoyed his faculties to the last. At his request, a favourite ass, which he had rode to Louth market upwards of 30 years, was shot, and buried at the same time.-At his house, Hanover Square, London, Sir James Earle, Knight, F. R. S. Master of the Royal College of Surgeons. -At Dunevely, Ireland, at an advanced age, the Rev. George Brydon, during 40 years presbyterian minister of the congregation of Kircubbin.-At Downpatrick, Ireland, of typhus fever, the Rev. Arthur Ford, protestant clergyman of that place.At Epernon, the Marquis of Croixmère, in the 100th year of his age.-At Ballachroan, Inverness-shire, Mrs Captain Forbes Macdonell, second daughter of the late John M.Pherson, Esq. of Inverhall.-In Westmoreland, Sarah Hearn, aged 100 years and 7 months. Her husband, who had been married to her upwards of half a century, and is at the advanced age of 95, accompanied her remains to the grave.-At New York, Mr Holman, the celebrated tragedian, who so long performed with great applause at the London and other Theatres. He was a descendant of Sir John Holman, Bart. of Warkworth Castle, and was distinguished as a gentleman and a scholar. He went to America in 1812, since which time he has uninterruptedly pursued his histrionic career in that country. Mrs Holman, Miss Moore, and Mr Saunders, of the same theatre, were struck dead by lightning. This dreadful calamity happened two days before the death of Mr Holman. At Constantinople, Isaac Morier, Esq. his Majesty's Consul-General in the Turkish dominions.At Tunis, the celebrated archæologist Count Camillo Borgia. He had spent a considerable time in Africa; and, under the protection of the Dey of Tunis, was enabled to undertake excavations in search of antiquities, and to take the plans of two hundred and fifty half-ruined villages and towns. He had also obtained permission, by special favour, to copy, in the Dey's own library, three Arabic manuscripts, two of which are wholly unknown in Europe. Oliver & Boyd, Printers. R |