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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between 1st and 31st May 1817, extracted from the London Gazette.

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Brown, J. & A. Patterson, Pinnershall, Old Broad street, London, merchants

Baker, W. Leeds, dyer

Barber, W. St John's Street, London, grocer

Bark, R. Northowram, corn-dealer

Barnes, A. Cirencester, linen-draper

Bradley, M. Huddersfield, ironmonger

Bradshaw, J. Postern Row, London, woollen-draper
Brennan, J. Bermondsey, fellmonger
Burford, E. Clapton, merchant

Benson, M. Runcorn, Cheshire, linen-draper Blamey, D. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hat-manufacturer

Boswell, J. F. Liverpool, porter-dealer

Brewer, S. K. Henrietta Street, London, silk-manufacturer

Browell, W. & R. Brewster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants

Butt, E. Rotherhithe, plumber

Blanchenay, L. Dover Street, London, merchant Brooman, J. Margate, brewer

Bower, J. Wilmslow, cotton-spinner

Benson, S. Houndsditch, London, salesman
Bryant, J. sen. Hadley, Middlesex, inn-holder
Bird, J. Brampton, Cumberland, grocer
Chandley, J. Stockport, grocer

Critchlow, W. & J. Harris, jun. Liverpool, merchants

Clark, J. Bristol Hotwells, innkeeper

Cobb, W. New Street, London, corn-dealer
Croft, J. Handsford, Cheshire, grocer

Cortissoz, J. Spittal Square, London, merchant
Clark, J. Warwick, coal-dealer

Callow, J. Southall, Middlesex, builder
Carruthers, D. Liverpool, merchant
Davison, W. North Shields, slop-seller
Doughty, J. Bristol, victualler

Dowley, T. & J. Willow Street, London, coal-mer

chants

Dowse, W. R. Tooley Street, London, tallowchandler

Duncan, J. London Street, London, merchant
Dunn, W. Hoxton, wholesale-upholder
Dickins, T. Liverpool, merchant

Doubleday, W. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer

Davies, W. & S. Liverpool, timber-merchants
Elwyn, G. Canterbury, scrivener
Everard, B. H. London, merchant

Farrington, P. Wood Street, London, silk-manufacturer

Fereday, S. & Co. Bilston, bankers
Fleckno, J. D. Daventry, drapers
Freebody, W. Reading, coal-merchant

Fosset, T. & W. Mincing Lane, London, merchants

Fuller, J. Edward Mews, St Mary-le-bone, cabinctmaker

Gover, J. Lower Brook Street, London, wine-merchant

Graham, J. Hillhouses, Cumberland, dealer in butter

Grant, J. Gracechurch Street, London, umbrellamaker

Grellier, J. Poplar, roman-cement-maker
Griffiths, J. Liverpool, auctioneer
Grigg, T. Plymouth, tca-dealer

Garrod, S. Paddington Street, London, bookbinder Gallimore, J. sen. Burslem, Staffordshire, coalmaster

Hardern, D. Macclesfield, silk-manufacturer
Harling, T. West Cowes, merchant

Hawkridge, W.B.Cleveland Street, London,surgeon
Hazard, W. Yarmouth, mast-maker
Herbert, H. & J. Abingdon, timber-merchants
Hewins, W. Hinckley, inercer
Hobson, J. Sheffield, merchant

Holding, W. Mark Lane, London, flour-factor Haslam, J. & J. H. Oldham, Manchester, liquormerchants

Husband, W. & P. Newberry, Berks, barge-masters
Hadley, N. jun. Milford Wharf, London, merchant
Hull, W. Wigan, Lancashire, shopkeeper
Hodgson, R. Bishop-Wearmouth, baker
Hampton, R. Laurence, Pountney Hill, London,
merchant

Hatterley, Mary, Doncaster, grocer
Jackson, J. Middleton, merchant
Johnson, P. Bevis Marks, merchant
Jefferson, T. Wigton, Cumberland, draper

Job, J. Ivy Lane, Newgate Street, London, and
Bourdeaux, merchant
Langham, H. Horsham, grocer

Lees, S. Hurst, dealer

Longmire, G. Appleby, draper

Lightfoot, R. Carlisle, Cumberland, iron-merchant Lamb, J. Southampton Street, Pentonville, coalmerchant

Mackenzie, K. C. John's Coffee-House, London, merchant

Mann, B. Bishopsgate Street, London, upholsterer
Mann, J. jun. Templesowerby, tanner
Martin, J. & M. Horbury, carpenters
Matthewman, J. Queen Street, London, merchant
Merac, M. L. Old Jewry, London, broker
Metcalf, W. Great Driffield, merchant
Monart, J. Camomile Street, London, merchant
Mores, P. Great Pulteney Street, London, grocer
Morris, C. & T. Lambert, Leeds, merchants
Mousley, W. Barton, under Needwood, grocer
Muggeridge, R. Kingston, corn-merchant
Murray, C. Bath, stationer

Mathews, T. Porchester, miller
Napper, E. Frome, surgeon

Natrali, O. Nicholas Lane, London, merchant
Nichols, J. Leeds, printer

Norrison, J. Rudston, Yorkshire, brewer
Oldman, S. Bury, inn-keeper

O'Neal, J. Walsall, grocer

Penaluna, W. Helston, printer

Pettman, W. Ham, nurseryman

Pickford, J. Landulph, miller

Pollack, B. Sheffield, jeweller

Pulling, J. Cludleigh, merchant

Piploe, R. Kennington Cross, coach-maker

Reed, W. Fleet Street, London, bookseller
Ridett, P. Ryde, grocer

Roberts, J. Stony Stratford, farmer

Robertson, A. Grosvenor Place, & D. Bolton Row, London, builders

Robinson, W. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, brewer

Rose, T. Bridport, brewer

Sherwood, W. Liverpool, soap-manufacturer

Sharpe, J. W. Old Bond Street, London, paper hanger

Sidebotham, L. Whalebridge, victualler

Smith, C. S. Clare Street, London, salesman

Smith, J. Milton, rope-maker

Smith, N. L. Hathern, dealer

Stanley, H. & T. Weston, Lower Thames Street, London, ironmongers

Stewardson, J. Southwark, haberdasher

Stinton, P. Bristol, victualler

Stone, T. Gibraltar Walk, London, cabinet-maker
Swindells, T. & P. Lowe, Manchester, drapers
Syers, W. Liverpool, commission-agent
Smithson, W. Woodhouse, miller

Skyes, J. Currier's Hall Court, London Wall, Lon. don, factor

Tanner, W. H. Strand, London, umbrella-maker Tetley, M. Leeds, woolstapler

Till, T. Whitgreave, dealer

Tuesley, W. H. High Street, Southwark, iron-merchant

Turley, P. East Grinstead, farmer

Toft, J. Shepton Mallet, china and glass-seller
Vaughan, W. Pall Mall, London, tailor
Walker, J. P. Halifax, porter-dealer

Watchern,J.H. Oxford Street, London, linen-draper
Watkins, T. Cardiff, dealer

Weston, D. Westmeon, tanner

Wheeldon, G. Bonsall, colour-manufacturer

Whittle, J. Liverpool, woollen-draper

Wilmot, C. Cheltenham, builder

Wisedill, B. Southwark, jeweller

Wood, S. Birmingham, coal-smith

Watson, J. Holwick, Yorkshire, horse-dealer
West, G. Kingston-upon-Hull, draper
Whitcomb, E. Worcester, baker
Wascoe, J. Northallerton, maltster
Walmsley, G. Ormskirk, hosier

Wheeler, J. Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, coal

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 31st May 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Ballantyne, Jas & Rob. Leith, hardware-merchants Clark, James, Dunbar, rope and sail-maker, and ship-builder

Hunter, James, Glasgow, grocer

Leviston, John, Greenock, ship-owner and trader
M'Eachan, John, Irin, Inverness-shire, merchant,
grocer, and cattle-dealer

Neilson & Young, Glasgow, plumbers
Rutherford, John, Edinburgh, grocer

Stuart, W. D. & Co. Glasgow, and Munn, Stuart,
& Co. Newfoundland, merchants
Taylor, Thomas, Melrose, merchant

Walker, James, late of Cupar-Fife, now at Stenton,
merchant

Webster, Alex. Bisset, St Andrews, merchant
Whyte, Thomas, Leslie, merchant

Wood, James, Lundie-mill, Fife, merchant

DIVIDENDS.

Burn, Arch. Edinburgh, stoneware-merchant; by
the trustee, 12, Cowgatehead, 1st June
Colquhoun & Ritchie, Glasgow, merchants; by
James Ewing, merchant there, 17th June
Cross, Hugh, & Co. Glasgow, merchants and manu-
facturers; by Wm Carrick, accountant there,
16th June

Dunbar, Wm, Montrose, merchant; by Alex. Pá-
terson, merchant there, 1st June

Douglas, Thomas, Glasgow, merchant; by Donald
Cuthbertson, accountant, Stirling-street, there,

28th June

Gunn, John, Pitcaithly, vintner; by James Brodie,
merchant, Perth, 23d May

Irving, John, Annan, merchant and linen-draper;
by John Rutherford, accountant there, 1st June
Lawson, George, Edinburgh, tanner; by John
Learmonth, merchant there, 23d June
M'George, John, Dumfries, grocer; by Robert
Thomson, jun. merchant there, 31st May
Morrison, Lewis, Milling, tenant, horse and cattle-
dealer; by Archibald Lyle of Dunburgh, Easter
Auchyle, 22d June

Miller, Wm, Paulsland, bacon-dealer; by Mr Cal-
vert, Pennersaughs, at Ecclefechan, 28th June
Morton, John, Darvell, carrier, &c.; by Jas. Mur-
doch, writer, Newmilns, 6th June
Mathewson, the late Thomas, Dundee, painter; by
John Stephen, jun. wright there, 13th June
Peat, Robert, Dundee, manufacturer; by Edward
Baxter, Cowgate there, 19th June

Stewart, John, Whitefield, cattle-dealer; by James
Cameron, merchant, Dunkeld, 3d June
Swan, John, Edinburgh, tanner; by John Lear-
month there, the trustee, 5th Junc.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

THE weather for the last fortnight of May, and down to the middle of the present month, has been cold and rather wet. On the 10th, a thunder storm, with very frequent and loud reports, passed over this city and its vicinity, but without occasioning, so far as we have heard, any considerable damage to the buildings, or to the crops, which are not yet sufficiently advanced to be lodged by the heavy falls of hail and rain with which it was accompanied. The season is yet too early to allow of any approach to certainty in forming an estimate of the growing crops; but their appearance in Scotland, with the exception of dry and warm soils seeded with wheat crop 1815, is by no means very promising, either in regard to the abundance of the produce, or the period of its maturation. The oat-crops, in particular, if we might venture to hazard an opinion, must be both scanty and late.All kinds of corn have risen since our last, and are still likely to rise, unless the season become more genial than it has been hitherto, at least until the earlier harvests of the Continent of Europe can come into the market. A considerable quantity of wheat, of inferior quality it is said, has been exported to France, and large shipments have been made from this country to Ireland for the last six months, so that the glut and depression, noticed in our last Number, have now passed away.-Butchers' meat here, and at Morpeth, may bring about 7s. per stone avoirdupois very good beef at Morpeth somewhat more. The lateness of the pastures, which have improved much within the last fortnight, has prevented any briskness in the demand for lean stock. In the Edinburgh market, oatmeal, the chief article of food among the poor in Scotland, sells at 4s. 8d. per stone of 171⁄2 lb. avoirdupois, the quartern loaf at 16d., and potatoes (old) at 16d. per peck of 28 lb. 16th June.

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2d,......35%. Od. 3d,......30s. Od.

2d,......45s. Od.2d,......42s. Od. | 2d,......40s. Od. | 2d,......33s. Od.
3d,......32s. Od. 3d,.
.......36s. Od. | 3d,......32s. Od. | 3d,......29s. Od.

Average of Wheat, £2: 2:10: 1-12th.

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.

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 the Official Returns received in the Week ending May 31, 1817.

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Provisions, &c.

7 0 Beef, mess, per

Short middles 62 to 64 Butter, per cwt. 6 6 to -ditto, new 5 6 to 6 9 tierce. 95 to 105 --common 5 6 to 6 0 Pork, mess.p.br.66 to 72 Malt p. b.old 13 0 to 13 6 Rapeseed, p. 1. £38 to £40 Scotch do.. 6 0 to 7 0 Tongues, p. fir. 32 to 34 p. 240 lb. old 90 to 100-Sides... 54 to 60 new Rye, per qr. 60 0 to 66 0 Bacon, per cwt. -new. 11 0 to 11 6 Eng. potato 6 0 to American, per 196 lb. Oats per 45 lb. Flour, English, Irish do. Sweet Sour.

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New 10 6 to 18 0 Scotch.

56 to 60

Foreign. 14 6 to 19

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Barley, per 60 libs. Irish, new -fine

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8 6 to 10 0 Pease, per quar.

46 to 58

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Wheat, 107s. 3d.-Rye, 61s. 8d.-Barley, 52s. 11d.-Oats, 35s. 2d.-Beans, 50s. 3d.-Pease, 51s. 6d.Oatmeal, 41s. 10d.-Beer or Big, Os. Od.

Average Prices of Corn, per quarter,

of the Twelve Maritime Districts, for the Week ending May 24.

Wheat, 102s. 1d.-Rye, 66s. 5d.-Barley, 54s. 1d.-Oats, 34s. 10d.-Beans, 44s. Od.-Pease, 48s. 5d.
Average of Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th May.
-Beer or Big, 41s. 1d.

Wheat, 71s. Od.-Rye, 63s. 5d.-Barley, 46s. Od.-Oats, 40s. 6d.-Beans, 58s. 8d.-Pease, 58s. 9d.-Oatmeal, 33s. 11d.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

THE comparison between the first four months of 1817, and the corresponding months of 1816, as stated in our last Report, was considerably in favour of the present year. The reverse however is the case with the month of May, the mean temperature of which is at least 1° lower than that of May 1816. This diminution in the average is owing not so much to great depressions during particular nights, as to a general decrease in the temperature of almost every night. During May 1816, the Thermometer sunk repeatedly below the freezing point; which it has not done during the present month; but it rose also considerably higher on particular days. The Rime, which has been more than once observed this month, must have been produced, either by evaporation, according to the old theory, or by radiation, according to the new theory of Dr Wills, for the temperature of the atmosphere was never so low as the freezing point.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet.

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Rain, 3.054 in.-Evaporation, 2.525 in.

23.000

Fair days 17; rainy days 14. Wind west of meridian, including North, 17; East of meridian,

2.000

Highest, 10 P. M. 3d,
Lowest ditto,

18th,

including South, 14.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register 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

the evening.

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