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Average Prices of Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th January. Wheat, 738, 2d.-Rye, 58s. ōd.-Barley, 40s. 8d.-Oats, 32s. 3d.-Beans, 55s. 8d.-Pease, 54s.Oatmeal, 29s. 2d.-Bear or Big, 39s. 5d.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars. Towards the end of January, a revived inquiry for sugars took place, the demand being principally for the new sugars from Demerara and Berbice; the fine sold 1s. to 2s. higher. There were also considerable inquiries after foreign; but no material improvement can be stated as to price. In the refined market, there has been little business done. Coffee. Extensive sales have taken place since our last report; and, on all the ordinary descriptions, an advance of about 10s. has taken place; good middling has also been quoted 4s. to 5s. higher. Cotton. There was a considerable revival in the demand for cotton last week; the purchases of Pernams were extensive, chiefly on speculation, and for France; prices 2s. to 2s. 1d.; Berbice 21 d. to 234d.; Surats, 144d to 15d.; and Bengals, 104d. to Is. Rum.-From the very low prices of this article, there is a strong expectation that it will become a great article of export in the spring; at present there is little doing. Tobacco is in considerable request, chiefly on speculation, and for the home manufacture; the prices remain without variation. Spices are in some request, with an appearance of advancing currency. Oils.-Every description has declined in price; Greenland about L. 2, and other kinds from L. 1 to L. 2. There is at present little business doing.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-Hemp, Flax, and Tallow.Towards the end of last month the demand for tallow revived; but has again given way, and prices are quoted Is. lower. In hemp and flax, a good deal of business has been done, but no material alteration has taken place in prices. Brandy and Hollands. Since our last, both these articles have declined 3d. per gallon; but there is at present some appearance of a revival in the demand for brandy.

British Manufactures.-There can be no better proof of the progressive improvement of our manufactures, and the estimation in which they are held on the Continent, than the complaints we daily read in the foreign papers, of the injury done to their native manufactures by the introduction of ours. We noticed, in our last, the favourable state of the Glasgow trade; and we continue to receive similar accounts of the thriving condition of manufactures in Manchester, Liverpool, and various other places. By a document just published, the thriving state of trade at Liverpool is fully evidenced. Thus it is said, "the soap trade is very bare of tallow ;"" the stocks of hemp are far below the ordinary consumption;"" there is little or no foreign flax remaining;"" the demand for foreign iron for the East Indies has cleared the Liverpool market of all that was on hand," &c. The following extraordinary exportation, in two articles only, took place at Liverpool, between the 10th of October 1817, and the 5th of January 1818:Of cotton stuffs, (including white and printed calico, cottons, &c. 24,835,335 yards. Of stockings, (cotton only, exclusive of silk, &c.) 380,544 pairs. Averaging the cottons at only is. per yard, and the stockings at 2s. per pair, the amount of exports for three months, in these two articles alone, is nearly L. 1,300,000.-Feb. 9.

Course of Exchange, London, Feb. 10.-Amsterdam, 36: 10 B. 2 U. Ditto at sight, 36: 4. Rotterdam, 11: 7. 2 U. Antwerp, 11: 8 Ex M. Agio of the Bank on Holland, 2. Hamburgh, 34: 0 24 U. Altona, 34: 1 24 U. Paris, 3 days sight, 24: 5 U. Bourdeaux, 24: 5. Frankfort on the Maine, 142: Ex. M. Madrid, 40: effective. Cadiz, 394 effect. Gibraltar, 35. Leghorn, 514. Lisbon, 59. Rio Janeiro, 65. Dublin, 8 per cent. Cork, 9.

Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.-Portugal gold, in coin, £4:2:6. Foreign gold in bars, £4:2:6. New Dollars, £0:5:4.

Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 20s. 2.-Cork or Dublin, 258. a 30s.-Belfast, 25s. a 30s.-Hambro', 3g. a 5g.-Madeira, 20s. a 25s.—Jamaica, 30s. a 35s.-Greenland, out and at home,

Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from January 14 to February 11, 1818.
Jan. 14th. Jan. 21st. | Jan. 28th. Feb. 3d. Feb. 11th.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between December 31, 1817, and January 31, 1818, extracted from the London Gazette.

Akers, J. Middlesex, corn-factor

Adamson, E. Liverpool, tobacconist

Burgess, H. Biriningham, factor
Botrell, T. London, victualler

Buckley, J. London, warehouseman
Clark, W. Sheffield, builder

Child, R. Waltham, St Lawrence, Berks, farmer

Cooke, B. Patricroft, within Barton-upon-Irwell, cotton-spinner

Cliffe, C. London, victualler

Coates, W. Skipton, grocer

Crowther, J. Huddersfield, wood-tnrner
Cox, W. H. London, warehouseinan
Dellow, J. London, basket-maker

Day, J. Bridge Road, Surrey, auctioneer
Dawks, T. Bath, horse-dealer

Davies, W. Nesten, Chester, draper
Ellis, E. Manchester, joiner

Elliott, J. London, baker

Favene, G. London, bill and exchange broker
Feather, R. Romford, carpenter

Gray, R. Norwich, broker

Griffin, T. London, timber merchant

Grace, E. Seaton Cottage, Northumberland, far

mer

Handley, W. Stretten-en-le-field, Derby, miller
Hillier, J. London, umbrella manufacturer
Haslam, J. Chester, calico-printer
Harvey, G. Stafford, draper

Houston, J. Manchester, and T. Smith, Middleton, cotton-spinners

Holroyd, J. Halifax, merchant

Harrison, J. Manchester, gun-maker
Hedley, J. G. London, baker
Hewlett, W. Sailwell, fanner

Hockley, D., and W. S. Hall, London, working goldsmiths

Hyde, W. London, merchant

Irving, W. Liverpool, merchant

Jorden, T. Bristol, dealer

Jones, T. Deritend, Aston, picture frame maker Irving, P. Liverpool, merchant

Kirkham, J. Acre Farm, Stafford, farmer

Lloyd, W. sen. Peckham, and W. Lloyd, jun. Flindon, slopsellers

Lloyd, W. jun. London, slopseller

Lea, J. Nantwich, Chester, corn dealer

Legeyt, J. Lugwardine, Hereford, farmer

Lamp, J., and T. Burgroves, London, hat manufacturers

Lock, J. Woolwich, victualler

Marsden, W. N. Salford, corn-dealer

Matthews, W. Usk, money scrivener

M'Michael, W. Bristol, merchant

Marshall, J. Manchester, draper

Masters, G. Langston, Monmouth, dealer

Mitchell, S. Dorking, Surrey, linen-draper

Newell, W. Derby, cheese factor

Nash, J. Haverfordwest, linen-draper
Nye, J. Tunbridge, baker

North, B. E. Manchester, factor
Oddy, G. London, soap-maker
Ollerton, R. Bradford, shopkeeper

Oliver, J. Newington Causeway, Surrey, cordwainer

Pickton, W. Liverpool, timber-merchant

Peel, J. London, potatoe merchant

Pawsey, J., and J. Haywood, London, livery stable keepers

Proctor, G. Birmingham, optician
Pilkington, J. Preston, grocer
Powis, J. London, builder

Powis, R. London, veterinary surgeon

Redmayne, T. Preston, linen-draper

Saunders, J. Chichester, grocer

Swainson, J. London, merchant

Starkey, W. London, silk manufacturer
Stansfield, J. Stockport, butcher
Scott, R. Liverpool, merchant

Shuttleworth, J. S. Stratford-upon-Avon, wine

merchant

Strachan, R., and T. Stubbs, London, warehouse

men

Schmalling, F. W. London, merchant

Sedgewick, W. Liverpool, merchant

Simster, S. Manchester, dealer in cotton-twist
Snuggs, J. London, mercer

Taylor, J., and J. and J. Leigh, Lancaster, calic printers

Thomas, D. Carmarthen, grocer

Turner, F. Doncaster, cordwainer
Thomson, E. Durham, farmer
Trout, T. London, linen-draper

Turner, W. B. Normanton, York, merchant
Utting, J. H. Norwich, upholsterer
Upson, J. London, baker

Waddington, S. Halifax, corn-factor

Wright, P. Pilgrim brew-house, Surrey, ale and table-beer manufacturer

Wright, E. Stafford, ale-house keeper

Watts, G., and W. Bush, Bristol, ivory-black ma❤ nufacturers

Wigney, G. A., and G. Seymour, Chichester, brewers

Williams, D. Carmarthen, currier

Woods, W. London, linen-draper

Walker, W. and J. London, army agents

Wart, H. V. Birmingham, merchant

Wills, G. London, wine and spirit merchant
Woolsey, W. London, haberdasher

Wilson, J. Beverley, hat manufacturer

Watmough, J. Liverpool, joiner

Wall, G. Broomyard, Hereford, farmer

Wagstaff, G. Dirsting Goosop, Derby, cotton-spin

ner

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between December 31, 1817, and January 31, 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

SEQUESTRATIONS.

Bertie, R. Thomaston, drover, and cattle-dealer
Cogill, J. sen. Wick, merchant
Ormond, R. Dundee, brewer

M'Millan, W. and T. Castle Douglas, merchants and drapers

DIVIDENDS.

Brooks, A. and Co. Edinburgh, merchants; by J. Macdowall, merchant in Leith, 2d March Christie, A. Aberdeen, merchant; by D. Hutcheon, advocate there, 24 March

Hunter, W. Arbroath, carrier; by P. Bruce, merchant there, 13th February

Macarthur, J. Glasgow, merchant; by J. M'Ga-, vin, accountant there, 2d March

Mitchell, A. Whiteness of Slains; by D. Hutcheon, advocate in Aberdeen, 2d March Sinclair, D. Edinburgh, merchant; by J. Reoch, merchant in Leith, 25d February Stewart, J. Sneddon of Paisley, manufacturer; by P. Dougall, merchant in Glasgow, 24 February Walker, P. Stirling, merchant; by W. Sanderson, merchant in Edinburgh, 16th February Walker, Thomson, and Co. Leith, merchants; by J. Campbell, tertius, "W. S. Edinburgh, 20th February

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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12. At his seat, Linston House, Suffolk, the lady of the Right Hon. Lord Huntingfield, a son.

13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Cochran of Ashkirk, a daughter.

14. At Newton, Aird, the lady of Major L. Stewart, 24th regiment, a son.

In Upper Grosvenor Street, the Right Hon. Lady St John, a daughter.

15. In Portland Place, London, Lady Liddell, a son; the 15th child.

16. The lady of Lieutenant-General M. Hunter, Queen Street, a daughter.

17. At Glasgow, the lady of LieutenantColonel Hastings, a daughter.

18. At York Place, Edinburgh, Mrs Foulis of Woodhall, a son.

-At Battle Abbey, the lady of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. M. P. a son.

19. The Hon. Mrs Dundas of Dundas, a daughter.

20. At Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, the Countess of Surrey, a

son.

22. At Eskbank, Mrs Wood, a daughter. 11

23. Mrs Morehead, wife of the Rev. R. Morehead, a son.

At Dunmow, in Essex, the lady of George Wade, Esq. of her 16th child, of whom 15 are living. It is remarkable, that the brother of the above-named gentleman (John Wade of Injebreck, Esq. in the Isle of Man) has nine children living. Their joint issue is 24, and it so happens that the number of boys and girls is equal

making 12 couple of cousins!

26. At Plymouth, the lady of Rear-Admiral Lindsay, a daughter.

February 6. The lady of the deceased Sir John Carmichael Anstruther, Bart. a

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24. At her father's house in Paris, in the presence of his Excellency the English Ambassador, Matilda, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Robert Fitzgerald, to the Chevalier Victor de Maria Gaia, cadet of that noble family in Languedoc.

31. William L. Fox, Esq. second son of James L. Fox, Esq. of Branham Park, Yorkshire, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the Hon. John Douglas, and granddaughter of the Earl of Harewood.

January 5, 1818. At Crook, near Stirling, William Smith, Esq. merchant in Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late John Morris, Esq. of Elliesland.

6. In Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Edward Poore, Esq. nephew of Sir John Methuen Poore, Bart. to Agnes, third daughter of Sir John Marjoribanks, Bart.

8. At Bishop's Waltham, Charles C. Johnson, Esq. Captain in the 85th regiment of light infantry, third son of Sir John Johnson, Bart. of Montreal, Lower Canada, to Susan, eldest daughter of RearAdmiral Griffith, of North Brook House,

Hants.

12. At Linton, John Bruce, Esq. of St Elizabeth's, Jamaica, to Janet, daughter of

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