PRICES CURRENT. Prices for Home Con. duty paid. Board a British Ship for Exportation. East India-White and fine Muscovadoes-Fine Jam. Good do. of other islands Brown and middling Fine clayed Brown and yellow Havannah-Fine white Brown and yellow Brazil-White and fine Brown and yellow COFFEE-St Dom. mid & fine Do. ordinary and good Porto Rico, Hav. and Brazil Cheribon, Java, and Bourbon Mocha Demerara, Dominica, &c. fine Do. ordinary, mid. and good Jamaica, fine Do. ordinary, mid. and good RUM-Jamaica Other Islands PIMENTO PEPPER-Company's black Privilege and light do. TOBACCO-Fine Virginia Do. Maryland Ordinary quantities Muscovado sugars pay a duty of 27s. per cwt. and clayed 32s. per cwt. for refining or home consumption; and for exportation the refined receive a bounty, and the raw and clayed a drawback equal to the full duty paid for home consumption. 72s 4d. 11s. 7d. per gal. 94d. per lb. 1s. 10 3s. 2d. per pipe of 138 gal. East India Sugars pay 37s. per cwt. duty. 85 a 102 72 a 81 the ex The whole of these articles are generally sold by the merchants at the exportation prices, and when intended for home consumption the buyers pay the duties affixed, which, added to portation price, gives the price for home consumption. 72 a 76 10 a 12 36s. a 40s. 26 a 28 1s.11d. a 2s.Od. 1 10 a 1 10 1 7 a 2 0 2 4 a 2 8 20 a 22 18 a 20 11 a 15 3 8 a 4 3 7 0 a 10 2 8 10 a 12 0 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between 1st and 30th April 1817, extracted from the London Gazette. Alder, S. J. & J. Liverpool, merchants Brownson, R. Manchester, calico-manufacturer Biggs, Michael, Maiden-lane, Wood-street, London, hosier Bower, Warburton, Wilmslow, Chester, cottonspinner Bosworth, Joseph, Old Court, Hereford, dealer in cattle Burghart, Claus, Rosemary-lane, East Smithfield, London, sugar refiner Booth, W. Hall Bridge, York, merchant Bourne, Edward, Burslem, Stafford, manufacturer of earthen ware Clarke, T. & C. Gray, Keswick, nurserymen Cochen, E. Broad-street, London, merchant Cooper, J. H. Lamb's Conduit-street, London, jeweller Coppin, W. North Shiels, ship-owner Cull, J. Wareham, brewer Cunliffe, J. Manchester, merchant Corran, R. Pickmore, Liverpool, cooper Dark, S. Heddington, farmer Davy, W. Norwich, gunmaker Dow, M. Aston-furnace, paper-maker Dodd, Tho. Stanhope, Durham, grocer and linen draper Eady, S. P. Gerard Street, London, druggist Elmitt, W. Peterborough, draper Entwisle, Tho. Manchester, fustain manufacturer Enfield, Wm & John Browne, Norwich, bombazeen and cotton manufacturers Farrant, W. Strand, London, tailor Farrenden, J. Chichester, timber merchant Grunhough, J. Bolton, yarn-manufacturer Greenwood, Robt. Todmorden and Walsden, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer Hagedorn, J. P. H. Old Broad-street, London, merchant Hall, T. & J. Malkin, Compton, coachmakers Hatfield, R. Dewsbury, dealer Henry, A. Haydon-square, London, Merchant Hodgson, G. H. Watling-street, London, merchant Harvey, W. Wymondham, Norfolk, manufacturer Hick, John, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, dry salter Jackson, R. Stockport, druggist Jones, J. Blackman-street, London, merchant Jackson, Richard, & John Graham, jun. Carlisle, cotton spinners James, Edward, Bristol, timber-merchant Knott, J. Manchester, manufacturer Lecount, P. Charles-place, London, watchmaker Lees, J. Whitehall, Stafford, timber-merchant Love, W. Huddersfield, shop-keeper Lovegrove, R. Arberfield, farmer Lilley, Edward, Birmingham, gilt-toy maker and jeweller Lawton, W. Wilmslow, Cheshire, shop-keeper Makins, W. Southwell, flax-dresser Mann, Benj. Bishopsgate, London, upholsterer Mudford, Nixon, the younger, Strand, London, umbrella manufacturer Maun, Joseph, the younger, Temple Sowerby, tan ner Matthewman, John, Queen Street, Cheapside, London, merchant Neale, J. Wapping, anchor-smith Newbold, D. Birmingham, tinplate-worker Newman, Thos. Allan, Newgate-street, London, printer Orme, J. H. Liverpool, brewer Parker, R. Manchester, victualler Parsley, J. G. Great Yarmouth, baker Peet, T. Nottingham, linen-draper Pendray, W. Bodmin, mercer Penniston, R. & J. Hornecastle, brickmakers Perry, S. C. Birmingham, coal-dealer Philips, J. Llangattock, Vivon Abel, timber merchant Piper, W. Hammersmith, barge-builder Purday, T. Margate, stationer Pullan, Richard, Leeds, merchant Ratcliffe, E. Cambridge, shop keeper Reilly, J. Manchester, merchant Ridley, H. Ovington, woodmonger Rimmer, J. Liverpool, brewer Roads, William, Oxford, grocer Rhodes, John, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton manufacturer Sadler, F. Wilmslow, calico manufacturer Shaw, J. Pendleton, cotton merchant Shaw, J. Bond-street, London, carpet manufacturer Solomon, H. Charing Cross, silversmith Somersall, J. & G. Walsall, awl-blade makers Steel, J. Sheffield, grocer Steward, T. Brandon, grocer Suple, J. B. Bridgewater, linen draper Smith, Justin, Bath, broker Sayer, Thomas, Huntsham, Devon, lime-burner Stoneham, Jesse, Beckford-row, Surrey, cheese monger Tarn, M. & S. Leamington, millers Teasdale, R. Cumberland, sheep-dealer Thomas, G. Bristol, turpentine distiller Thomas, T. Hoxton, merchant Thompson, J. Over, salt manufacturer Trathan, J. J. Falmouth, stationer Uhr, A. R. Swan Lane, London, merchant Verdenholm, Geo. William, White's Yard, Rose mary-lane, London, sugar-refiner Wibberley, J. Manchester, draper Williams, J. Morgan, Dowgate Hill, London, and Wilson, John, late of Gibraltar, now of Sidney ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th April 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Cowan, T. jun. Craigmill, Fifeshire, corn merchant Donaldson, George, Edinburgh, linen and woollen draper Duguid, William, Aberdeen, manufacturer Halket, Samuel, Canongate, Edinburgh, brewer Laird, James, & Co. Murthill, mill spinners Mackenzie, Alexander, Thomastown of Auchterless, farmer and cattle-dealer M'Lellan, John & Andrew, Lochurnhead, Glenelg, wood merchants Moore, Alexander, Langholm, merchant and stationer Morton, Moses, Arbroath, merchant Munn, Niel, Glasgow, vintner and horse-setter Mackenzie, George, of Leckmelm, parish of Lochbroom, Ross-shire, fish-curer, merchant, and cattle-dealer Ross, Peter, Airdrie, vintner Ross, John, Balblair, Ross-shire, distiller Stuart, Arthur, & Co. Leven Printfield and Glas- Wingate, John & Sons, Glasgow, merchants. DIVIDENDS. James Burman, Mill of Newtyle, payable by Wil- David Jobson, senior, Dundee, merchant, payable AGRICULTURAL REPORT. SINCE our last Report the weather has been remarkably favourable to field work of every kind; and the seed was never put into the ground with a better prospect of an early and vigorous vegetation. This, however, was much retarded by the want of rain: and until the 12th instant, when we had plentiful showers, such of the grain-plants as had appeared above ground showed symptoms of feebleness in many instances, and later sown fields in general were thinly and irregularly planted. It is well known, that, in this part of the island, wheat suffered more than any other kind of corn last year; yet there is reason to fear that oats, even when not deficient in weight or in meal, have suffered in such a degree as to impair their vegetative powers. It is certain, at least, that where a comparison has been made between the oats of 1815 and 1816, by sowing both on different portions of the same field, the plants from the seed of the former year are by far the most close and vigorous.-There has been a gradual fall in the prices of all sorts of grain for some weeks, particularly of inferior samples; though in the London market, and throughout the whole of England, if we may judge from the weekly averages, they have not given way so much as in Scotland, into which very large importations have been made since the beginning of this month. Cattle, in forward condition, find purchasers; and grazing lands have been let for the season at the rates of last year, or somewhat more.-Wool is expected to improve in value, the import of that article of late not having been so large as formerly. The apprehensions which were once entertained of a great scarcity must now have subsided, for there is no doubt whatever of our having enough of corn to carry us forward to another harvest. Prices, indeed, cannot be low;-but it deserves to be remarked, that if Government had interfered, as on former occasions, by bounties and prohibitions, and thus sounded the alarm all over Europe, the price of wheat, in particular, would have been higher this year in Britain than it has ever been in the memory of man. EDINBURGH.-MAY 14. Note. The boll of wheat, beans, and pease, is about 4 per cent. more than half a quarter or 4 Winchester bushels; that of barley and oats nearly 6 Winchester bushels. .... 15 to 17 Turnip, green White. -New ditto. -Red ditto.. 70 to 115-Old Oats, 46 English.. 90 to 18 0 Irish 13 0 to 16 6 Irish per 70 libs. s. d. Oatmeal, ... 48 to 50 . 45 to 48 Dantzic. 46 to 63 40 to 53 -Red. -Swedish white 15 to 20 Trefoil -New . 66 to 12 to 40 72 45 to 54 . 14 to 18 Flour. 5 3 to 5 8-Long ditto 56 to 60 52 to 55 50 to 5 1 Butter, per cwt. 4 9 to 5 0-Belfast 82 4 3 to 4 6-Colerain 80 S.-Newry 78 74 76 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. By the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, and of Oatmeal per Boll of 140 lbs Avoirdupois, from Middlesex INLAND COUNTIES. Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Oatm. 8. d. s. Bedford ... Huntingdon 100 30 041 0 0 044 99 0 0 0 0 0 045 6,69 673 0 Suffolk. 041 0,30 135 544 9 0 0. Cambridge. 95 4 0 032 2:20 933 546 0 0 Norfolk. 108 148 036 9 32 635 051 5 0 Lincoln. 92 2 0 032 729 243 3 0 0 0 VOL. I. 052 118 6 0 039 9 29 340 60 0 Hants All England and Wales: 534 132 660 0 0 0 47 129 338 8 0 Wheat, 104s. 7d.-Rye, 62s. 1d.-Barley, 51s. 1d.-Oats, 33s. 7d.-Beans, 51s. Od.-Pease, 53s. 9d.- Oatmeal, 40s. 11d.-Beer or Big, Os. Od. Average Prices of Corn, per quarter, of the Twelve Maritime Districts, for the Week Average of Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th April. Wheat, 776. 6d.-Rye, 55s, 5d.-Barley, 48s. 7d.-Oats, 47s. Od.-Beans, 63s. 2d.-Pease, 61s. 5d-Oatmeal, 54s. 1d. -Beer or Big, 42s. 2d. 2 F METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. IN our Meteorological Report for the first three months of this year, we gave the results of our observations, without any comparison between the last and the present year. It may not however be uninteresting to our readers to state, that the mean temperature of the four months of this year that have just elapsed, considerably exceeds the mean temperature of the corresponding months of last year. The difference of the month of January, is 5°, February 6, March 3°, and April 4°. The effects of this difference are quite obvious in the unusually forward state of vegetation in gardens and orchards, and would have been equally conspicuous in the corn-fields, but for the severe and long-continued drought. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. Fair days, 24; rainy days, 6. Wind west of meridian, including North, 19; East of meridian, including South, 11. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill. 0.000 N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, at eight o'clock in the morning, and eight o'clock in the evening. |