781 Commercial Retrospect, &c. 782 nishing in magnitude as its elevation iron broke, in consequence of which and distance increased, till, gradually the car was dashed with violence assuming a globular form, it became against some rising ground, and Mr. too diminutive for the organs of vision. Livingston much bruised. The Balloon, The whole time, from its first ascent however, was secured about 5 minutes until it totally disappeared, was about before five, nearly six miles from the thirty-five minutes. sea, not far from Stockton-upon-Tees. The Balloon continued to travel about three hours successively, without meeting with any accident, during which time it passed to the distance of nearly 150 miles, so that Messrs. Livingston and Sadler must have been conveyed at the astonishing rate of 50 miles an hour. About 25 minutes before four, passing near Chorley, they supposed their elevation to be about a mile and a half. A quarter before four, they were near Skipton, and in sight of the Humber. About five minutes past four, they thought their elevation to be four miles; the thermometer was then at six degrees, and the cold intense. About ten minutes before five, the sea appearing in sight, they prepared to descend; but unfortunately, in landing, their grappling COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT, OCTOBER 22d, 1819. THE Complaints of the stagnation of trade are universal, and the advices from the Russian capital to the pillars of Hercules, all concur in representing the present epoch as unequalled in commerce. Great Britain must consequently largely participate in the difficulties of the times; and the late official documents evince it, in a serious defalcation of the revenue. We are, however, inclined to believe, that many of the causes are of a temporary nature, and we look to the meeting of Parliament for the adoption of measures, which will give quiet to the manufacturing districts, and inspire confidence in the monied men to lay out their capitals. At present, purchases in most articles are made on a very small scale: to this may be traced the general paralysis in every branch, and the tendency which almost every article shews to decline. It is matter of consolation, however, that we have to face the winter with granaries well stocked, and the necessaries and even the luxuries of life at extremely low rates. Raw Sugars, which form the most prominent feature in our Imports, still partake of the languor noticed in our last, and inferior descriptions are fully 1s. to 2s. per cwt. lower. In Cottons, the returns of each week's sales have displayed succssively a trifling depression, and the sales for the past month do not exceed 17,820 bags. This place bids fair to be a great mart for Sheep's Wool of all descriptions; we always had large imports of common Wool from the Highlands of Scotland, but of late great quantities of Wool from South America, Spain, and Portugal, have found their way here, and offer to the manufacturer a decided advantage in many respects. The Market for Spirits exhibits unusual depression. The stocks of Rum are very plentiful, and a better supply of Cognac Brandy and Holland Geneva, has seldom been known. The imports of Russian Tallow are very abundant, and the prices have rather given way. Oils continue to decline. The imports of Palm Oil from Africa, are likely to continue on a large scale. The East Company's sale of Indigo, 7000 chests, commenced on the 19th inst. The prices of the lots already sold rule 3d. to 4d. higher than in the last March sale. Here, 19 chests of Madras Indigo were sold at 4s. to 4s. 4d. for Ordinary; 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. for Middling; and one lot at 6d. per lb. Dyewoods may be considered lower. Fruit. One vessel has already arrived with new Fruit from Malaga. The season in the Mediterranean and Spain, has been exceedingly favourable; the crops have been abundant, and reported to be of fine quality. The quantity of old Fruit upon hand is considerable. Grain. At the Corn Exchange, each market day, prices of every description evince a decided tendency to retrograde. The averages in each Gazette are lower, and it appears that the farmers are bringing their stocks very freely forward. In Irish Provisions very little variation can be observed, with the exception of Butters, which have yielded 3s, to 4s. per cwt. 783 Prices Current.-Exports.-Imports, &c. &c. MOLASSES, British...... 32 RUM, gallon, 16 O. P. 38. 2d. a 3s. 3d. COFFEE, cwt. 2 2 4 3 30 3 1 8. 8. West India, ordinary.. 96 a 104 MAHOGANY, foot, Honduras St. Domingo .... COTTON, b.Sea Isl. good to fine...... ordinary to middling Bowed, Georgia....... New Orleans Pernambucco Maranham Barbadoes .122 PROVISIONS. s. d. i. d. Beef new, tierce 95 0110 0 barrel 65 0 70 0 Butter, cwt. }83 Cork dry 3rds, new 784 0 84 0 STRAW, Wheat, 20. 0 44 pickled new 2nds. 88 0 Belfast dry new...... 95 Newry do..... ... 90 Pork, Irish, brl. 88 LEATHER, D. Butts, 40 b ......1 10 1 10 2 9 2 4 17 38 0 35 0 46 0 90 Prices of Bullion. -25..........10 28.......... 6 Oct. 2..........19 5.......... 6 9. 9 - 12..........11 - 16, 11.-19, 22 Total.. *s Liverpool. 3 13 6 Foreign Gold, in Bars ......£3 17 10 Portugal Gold, in Coin........3 17 10 Cleared for sea. New Doubloons 29 New Dollars... 30 40 80 93 30 30 35 272 38949 East Indies ........ 63 Coast of Africa...... 42 Gibraltar.. 63 42 20 20 Mediterranean...... 40 France and Holland 40 Baltic ... 25 20 90 40 London 20 Ireland West Coast 20 3704 East Coast.. 30 15 9 1:0 30 s. d. s. d. Worsted do... 5112 2016 Flannel...... Linen Cloth.. Prices of Stock, London, 19th Oct. Kerseymere.. Bank Stock..... 2194 a Carpeting.... 55 22107 3 Cent Reduced ........ 0 3 05 1303 9 3 Cent Cousols. 69 s. d. s. d. 4 Cent Consols. 0 a 41 0 5 Cent Navy Annuities ..104 Bank Long Annuities.... 17 Omnium 19 221 duty 1st, Pot, fresh, U. S. 40 Montreal RICE, cwt. American,} 33s. a 36s. East India HIDES, lb. Buenos Ayres 6d. a 9d. Petersburg clean 46 0 a Riga Rhine......48 0 Baize ....... IRISH FUNDS.-October 16. Bank Stock Government Debentures,34 cent, 821 5 cent, 63 Government Stock, 34 cent.... 79 Royal Canal, 4 cent... 5 cent...... of 38 463 West India HEMP, ton, £. 5 6 £. 3. £. 8. ..24 0 a 24 10 s. d. s. d. 6 a 22 0 s. £. s. Rock Salt to Foreign Parts Ireland..... Coals to Foreign Parts .... 4023 3718 Ireland 1819 chal. 2382 3 Cents FLAX, ton, £. 8. 49 0 £. s. St. Petersburg 12-head 75 0 a HOPS, in bgs. Kent, new 3 14 Sussex.. 3 10 In pockets, Kent.. 4 0 Sussex 3 14 Worcester 4 0 PINE TIMBER, cub ft. s. d. 4 ro 4 4 4 14 4 6 4 16 s. d. American ........ 1 7 al 8 Baltic .... ... 2 5 2 6 SALT PETRE, cwt. 34 0 37 0 s. d. s. d. GRAIN, Barley, Engl60lb. 40 a 5 6 Irish & Foreign 4 0 4 9 Beans, Engl. qr...44 0 48 O Foreign....29 Oats, Engl. 45b. 3 4 new.... 3 10 Trish & Foreign 2 10 Wheat, Engl.701.10 0 Liverpool Imports, from the 22d Sept. Cotton, West India, 1096 bales, 14 bags. Corn, Wheat, 24278: Barley, 371; Oats, 14978; Beans, 206; Malt, 3032; Peas, 59: Rye, 4 qrs. Rum, 1181 punch. 36 hhds.-Wine, 47 hds. 24 pipes, 1 butt, 16 aums. Geneva, 95 pipes. Tobacco, 1245 hhds, 1 bale. Rice, 273 casks. 918 bags. Flour, 10 bris-Fustic, 143 tons. Nicaragua Wood, 20 tons. Quercitron Bark, 33 hhds. Madders, 10 casks. 40 O Flour, barrel, American, sweet 38 0 sour..31 0 TALLOW, 4112. Irish........ 8 0 9 0 Dantzig.... 9 6 10 3 8. d. 8. d. Russia Y. Candle 60 0 a Brazil............66 0 67 0 OILS, tun, Olive....£79 0 a 81 0 Seal......36 0 38 O 39 Turpentine,cwt.62 0 Turpentine, 1406 brls.-Tar, 567 brls. Tallow, 4513 casks.-Ashes, 1730 bris. Hemp, 385 bundles. Hides, 14084; 94 bundles. Iron Bars, 3886. Oak Bark, 145; Valonia, 75 tons. Ginger, 659 bags, 231 bris. Pepper, 11 bags.-Brimstone, 187 tons. Ireland. Butter, 28235 casks, 211 kegs-Rapesced, 108 bris. 559 bags, 4303 scks.6279 qrs-Cows, 2744.-Heifers and Oxen, 242.-Sheep, 1438.-Pigs, 1206. PRINTED BY H. FISHER, LIVERPOOL, PRINTER IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY. Engraved by The Taxon from a Drawing by John Bard Feg for the Imperial Magazine. View on Cannay, one of the Western Islands of Scotland. Publish'd by Henry Fisher. Caxton. Liverpool Apr. 18. THE Emperial Magazine; OR, COMPENDIUM OF RELIGIOUS, MORAL, & PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE. THE VALUE OF A BOOK IS TO BE ESTIMATED BY ITS USE." JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE [Continued from col. 695.] Friday, July 22d.--Loch Namaddy affords a great number of good and safe harbours and inlets, but in a picturesque view it ranks low indeed: when a country rises in immense hills or rocky mountains, we lose the unpleasant idea of sterility, in contemplating their varied and august forms, in admiring the colouring produced by flying clouds, or the native tints of their unclothed strata; but when this is reduced to a mere flat, we meet with nothing to arrest or engage our attention; a cursory view takes in at once all the parts which compose it, and the eye wanders, satiated and fatigued, over the uninteresting expanse. The latter observations will nearly apply in the present instance; some patches of cultivation, however, were mingled with the general barrenness, but the whole was rendered still more unpleasant by the gloominess and wetness of the weather, which kept us confined on board the vessel during the whole day. Saturday, 23d.-Sailed at four in the morning, with a very light breeze, which carried us slowly down the channel. From hence we had a view of Skye, stretching a great length, and terminating in two long and similar points, which, forming a supposed resemblance to the extended wings of a bird, formerly obtained it the name of the Winged Island. The intermediate coast formed an agreeably varied outline, sweeping into green hollows, or rising to abrupt cliffs, over which three cascades were seen pouring their waters. We here observed a whale playing on the surface, and blowing the water to a considerable height. A misty rain, which had been gathering some time to the westward, now overtook us, and soon enveloped all our prospects of land in total obscurity; this, however, at length cleared away, giving us on No. 9.-VOL. I. the one hand a view of the Long Island, rising in greater elevation and grandeur about South Uist, and stretching in detached lumps far to the northward. On the other hand, we had a a view, though an imperfect one, of those three remarkable rocks called M'Leod's Maidens, which rise immediately from the sea to a great elevation: one of them, we understood, is perforated; but the distance at which we stood, soon shut them up from our view, with the high rocky head of Bracadale. Towards evening, the grand chain of the mountains of Cullen, at the south end of Skye, came in view, their tops shrowded in mists. Beyond these, stretched to a low point, lay the extremity of Slate, and completed the western view of the island. We now stood across for Cannay, the coast of which to the northward rose with the same rocky abruptness as the generality of these islands; but its height, though very considerable, appeared much diminished by a comparison with its more elevated neighbour on the other side of the channel, the island of Rum. The night appearing rough, we came to an anchor in a fine bay formed by the islands of Cannay and Sandy. Sunday, 24th.-In the morning we went on shore, and walked to see the remains of a small tower, situated upon a remarkable rock, composed of pebbles mixed or run with a matter which bears every resemblance to lava.* On the back side are some strata of basaltes varying from squares to pentagons; but their angles are ill defined, and surfaces rough, inclining generally to the bending form. On the top of this heterogeneous mass, a small semicircular tower had been erected, as report says, by some jealous husband, as the temporary abode of his suspected wife, who, to prove that his suspicions were not unfounded, contrived means to escape with her gallant, in spite of all his precautions. * See the Plate in No. 2, of this Magazine. 3 E |