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London, England, 1818-07-21 00:00:00

REPORT ON THE USURY LAWS.

The following is the Report from the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons on the Usury Laws :

1. Resoled, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that
the laws regulating or restraining the rate of Interest have balm
extensively evaded, and have failed of the effect of imposing a
niazinst.m on such rate ; and that 'of late years, from the con-
stant excess or the market rate of interest above the sate limited
by law, they have added to tbeerpmse incurred by borrowers
on real security, and that such borrowers have bae.: cactspei!zd
to resort to the mode of granting annuities on liter, a mode
which has been. mad, a cover for obtaining higher intereA than
the rate limited by law, anti has flatter subjected the b:rrtwas
to enormous charges, of...forced them to ma,..e very disadvan-
tageous sales of their estates.
s. Reseived, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that
the construction of 'such laws, as applicable to the transactions
of commerce as at present carried on, have been attended with
much uncertainty as to the legality of many transactions of &t-
-rident occurrence, and consequently beets productive of much
embarrassment and litigation.
3. Resolved, That it is the opirion of this Committee, that
the present teriod, when the market rate of interest is below
the legal rut' affords an opportunity peculiarly proper for the
repeal of the said laws.—May 30, 1818.

FIOM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF SATURDAY.
• DIVIDENDS to be aside at GUILDHALL
August 8, G. Williams, Church-row, Limehouse, dealer, at
eleven. August 8, T. Ashby, Gough-square, fancy-featber-
manufacturer at one. August 8, S. IL derma, Trafalgar-square,
Stepney, mariner, at twelve. August 1, P. Thomas, Hatfield,
street, Surrrey, antiiis and engineer, at one. August 8, F..
Wilcocks, Aldursgate-street, ironmonger, at one. August £,
J. Fairiamb, Wynyatt-street, Goswell-street-road, Persian-ma-
nnfacturer, at ten.- August 11, J. Jump and 'f. Hargroves
Fore-street, hat-roz.nufacturers at one. August 11, A. K.
Mackenzie and E. Abbott, Austin-friars, merchants, at one.
August 8, A. Bruce, J. Brown, and G. Scott, now or late of
Lnndon' army-clothiers; at eleven. August 11, J. Hamilton
and W.Torking, Fmch-lane, mercharts, at ten. August 1, G.
and S. Robinson Paternoster-row, booksellers, at nyelve, Au-
gust 1, J. Raise and B. Shout, Flier:six Brewery, Ila6n:gge
Wells, brewers, at twelve. August 8, J. Pigram, Ilinham,
Essex, shoAmper, at, ten, August 11, G. Bradley, Hound,-
ditch, iron-founder, at ten. October 17, S: Tring, Hert-
ford, baker, at ten. August 8, G. de Manny Crexpin,
Wig-
more-street, wine-merchant, at ten.
DIVIDENDS to bernade in the COUNTRY.
• August 10, J. • Brooke, -Bawl-J.ls, Ntaksbire, oil of vitriol
manufacturer, at ten, at tit Court-house, Leeds. August IC,
W. Waits, Leeds, merchant, at ten, at the Court-house, Leeds.
August 12, J. Cole,. Plymouth, rope-maker, at eleven, at the
Carlton Coffee-house, St. Aubyn-street, Plymouth Dock. Au-
gust 15, G. Russell, Birmingham, merchant, at t.v..lve' at the
Royal Hotel, Birmingham. September 8, LW),
ter, merchant, at eleven, at the Royal Oak, Lancaster. Au-
gust 13, J. Kirkpatrkk, Liverpool, merchant, at one, at the
George, Dale-street, Liverpool. August 12, T: B. Johnsen,
'Live:pool, printer, at one, at the George, Dale-street,
pooh Adgust 10, N.'Efetett, Longbti4e Wiltahirt,
-clothier, at eleven, at the Angel, Warminster.
.CERTIFICATE-S—AUG UST 8.
•
• W. Lawrence, Old-street-road, victualler. W. Frank'',
Puinswick, Gloucestershire, cattle and corn-dealer. W. Mt,,- tr,
Sowerby, Yorkshire, clockmannfacturer. .I.llooton, Up-lie-
land, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer. B. Barber, Bradwell,
Derbyshire, lead-merchant. R. Senior, Bristol, clothier. R.
Boycott, jun. Newport, Salop, buteher. W. Nuns, Alter.%
Bywater, Yorkshire, roper. J. Carmichael, Lite Rutstil.
street, ovent-garden baker. E. Nicoll, Hemel iletr.pstead,
wine and brandy merchant. D. Baruh, lioundsditc a, .olothe-
cary. T. Simmons Birmingham, dealer. J.. 6: Ache, lan:-
pool, merchant. .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNER KIPS.
J. and W. \ lassey, Shaftesbury, braziers. 'Coates and Os-
win, Bond-street, chemists and drcLgists. Crum r ton and Web-
ster, Birmingham, wire-makers. Mouchet and Butler, 'Whir-
bone.eourt, Lothbury, stock-brokers. • Cope and Male, ar-
rningham, brass-founders. Yeoman and Lett, Mann • t,
Carmen-market, tallow-chandlers. Harrop and Waldtaw, ()W-
-ham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners. Lance and Co. 1ay..r,,0
merchants. Matthews and Co. Liverpool. IL and J. Oats,
Drury-lane, cabinet-makers. B. otherton and Smith, Bart sky,
Yorkshire, dyers. Midgley and Pullen, Collk•ghaiii, Yo.ksbire,
• teasel-growers. Bolingbroke and Co. Norwich, war. housemetfo
Cook and Gurney, Great RusrAl-street, t7uvent-garden.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZR.MONF.Y.
The Circe, for Le Frederl .ae, 'ea the 24th inst. at Net £%,
NoriOlkaatreet, Strand; recalled every Tuesday and Friday We
three my. tbs.
The Nymphe, for the re-capture of the Fgen=ip and Iyebei
on the *lt inst. st No. Storey-street.