ending 5th May, the importations into London were 4,749 bags; and into Liverpool, on the week ending 2d May, the imports were 9,224 bags, and the sales 8,282 bags. In Glasgow last week the sales were very extensive, and amounted to 3,186 bales; the imports from foreign parts only 844 bales. Corn. The importations from foreign countries having been considerable, the prices are in general on the decline. The markets are very dull, and few sales can be effected. Those who hold flour do not seem inclined to meet the views of those wishing to purchase. In some instances, the quantity offered for sale has been withdrawn in expectation of higher prices. There is little doubt, however, but that, if the weather prove favourable, the prices must decline considerably. As yet, the Spring has been cold and backward. The demand for Rice is dull, and prices nominal. -Tobacco. There is little business doing in this article ; nevertheless, from the state of the stock on hand, the prices remain steady.Dyewoods. The demand for Logwood has been limited. In Fustic there has been a little more doing. Some sales have been effected of Niearagua wood. The price of Madder roots are quite unsettled, from a decline in the price in the London market. -Pimento. This article is chiefly held by second hands, who seek higher prices than can be obtained. Indigo, attempted to be sold by public sale in Glasgow, has been withdrawn owing to the reduced prices which was offered for it.--Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. In Hemp there is nothing doing. Tallow is dull of sale ; purchases may be made in the London market, for the Juły shipment, at 72s., and at 70s. for all the year. The price of Flax is nominal. -Hides 1 remain in good demand. -Oils are stationary in price. -Barilla is declined in price. Tar is dull in sales. -Turpentine is steady. -For Ashes there has been some a trifling inquiries. Of various other articles of Commerce, it is scarcely possible, from the state of the market, to make any difference from our former Report. Fruit. Figs are dull of sale, as the market is overstocked Turkey Raisins continue most in demand. Irish Provisions. No alteration from our Report. -Rum, Gin, and Brandy. In Rum there is little business doing, and prices merely nominal. Geneva the same. Brandy, of inferior qualities, has declined in price. The price of real Cogniac advances in France, nor can there be any reduction till it is ascertained there will be an abundant vintage.Wines. By the last advices from Oporto, and the prices for the year being fixed in Portugal, the price of Port Wine has advanced greatly. The advance is from £10 to £12 per pipe. The late bad vintages, and the great rise in the Exchange, have occasioned this rise. The demand is also greater. Sherry has advanced for the same reason ; and other Wines abe soon expected to become higher in price. Great quantities of Cape Madeira continue to be poured into this country ;-the qualities of it are various and very different. The worst kinds afford a great profit when sold at 26s. per dozen. It, however, has no body, and will not keep. A bottle, when opened and not finished, becomes, by next day, like bad porter ;--from being subject to only one third of the duty upon other Wines, it is largely used to adulterate others, to the great loss of the revenues of the country and injury of the fair trader. What we some time ago anticipated, with regard to the great improvement of the trade of this country, turns out to be correct. We are informed, by official authority, that the exports for 1817 exceeds those of 1816, by £3,000,000 ; and the internal consumpt for the former year exceeds that of the latter by twice the sum. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also informed us, that the trade of Ireland for last year exceeded that of every previous year. It must yet increase, particularly to the East Indies ; and were tranquillity restored to the distracted provinces of South America, the trade of this country woulu meet with a still greater increase. It is with the parts which remain quiet under the royal authority that we have any trade of consequence, though the contrary opinion is' eagerly circulated over this country. We hope soon to be able to notice this subject more at length, and shew the fact from authentic documents. Course of Exchange, May 5.-Amsterdam, 37 Us. Paris, 24 : 30. Bourdeaux, 24: 30. Frankfort on the Maine, 142. Ex. Madrid, 40 effect. Cadiz, 39 effect. Gibraltar, 0. Leghorn, 514. Genoa, 471. Malta, 52. Naples, 44. Palermo, 130 per oz. Lisbon, 59. Rio Janeiro, 664. Dublin, 10. Cork, 10. Agio of the Bank of Holland 2. Prices of Gold and Silver, per 02. - Portugal gold, in coin, £4, 2s. 6d. New Dollars, Os. Od. Foreign gold, in bars, £0. New doubloons, £0. Silver, in bars, stand. 5s. 5d. PRICES CURRENT.—May 8, 1818, } 112 128 114 107 105 per lb. 108 B.S. 25 66 ŞB.s. SUGAR, Musc. DUTIES. B. P. Dry Brown, ewt. 80 to 75 to 80 69 to to 78 Mid. good, and fine mid. 84 88 81 £1 10 0 Fine and very fine, 90 88 144 160 Powder ditto, 124 128 111 125 Single ditto, 120 124 120 126 124 126 115 124 Small Lumps 114 118 116 118 124 122 Large ditto, 114 110 112 112 110 Crushed Lumps, 68 68 75 MOLASSES, British, cwt. 38 38 07 61 COFFEE, Jamaica cwt. Ord. good, and fine ord. 102 110 100 118 Mid. good, and fine mid. 111 112 109 110 115 120 120 126 Dutch, Triage and very ord. 96 104 98 112 Ord. good, and fine ord. 102 115 115 0 0 78 Mid. good, and fine mid. 112 114 110 115 116 120 124 130 St Domingo, 112 108 112 108 114 117 120 PIMENTO (in Bond) lb. 10 97 10 0 0 9 SPIRITS, Jam. Rum, 160. P. gall. 3s 7d 38 9d 3s 6d 3s 7d 3s 5d 3s 6d 3s 5d 5s 6d 0 8 12 Brandy, 14 0 14 3 12 0 12 6 (B.S. 0 17 05 Geneva, 3 9 40 3 6 3 8 (F.s.) 0 17 1122 Grain Whisky, 7 6 79 13 6 WINES, B.S. 1 2143 18 0 Claret, 1st Growths, hhd. 50 54 £35 €0 F.S.) 148 4 6 Portugal Red, pipe. 43 50 46 54 Spanish White, butt. 34 55 65 2 95 11 0 Teneriffe, pipe. 30 35 27 40 0 F.s.j. 98 16 Madeira, 60 70 60 96 13 0 (F.S.) 99 16 6 LOGWOOD, Jam. ton. £9 9 8 5 8 10 9 5 9 10 8 10 8 15 Honduras, 10 0914 Campeachy, 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 5 10 15 10 0 10 10 FUSTIC, Jamaica, 12 12 10 14 10 14 0.15 0 1 16 10 17 5 18 0 18 10 4 62 INDIGO, Caraccas fine, lb. 9s 60 ils 6d 8 6 9 6 10 6 11 0 43 TIMBER, Amer. Pine, foot. 2 2 2 3 29 3 0 2 40 Ditto Oak, 4 3 5 0 5 67 Christiansand (dut. paid) 2 4 Honduras Mahogany 0 1 6 0 10 I 8 1 2 1 3 Is 2 1 3 3 16 0 St Domingo, ditto 1 2 3 0 1 10 2 6 1 9 8 14.2 brl. 18 TAR, American, 6 19 3 B.S. 19 6 1 43 F.S. 2 112 Archangel, 23 21 23 22 6 PITCH, Foreign, 10 8 6 B.S. 10 1 TALLOW, Rus. Yel. Cand. 78 80 03 2 Home Melted, 77 HEMP, Riga Rhine, ton. 49 50 51 52 09 Petersburgh Clean, 47 F.S.) 0 10 FLAX, Riga Thies. & Druj. Rak. 79 80 82 Dutch, 50 65 80 B.S. 0 0 58 F.S. 0 0 7% 1 100.110 MATS, Archangel, 112 s B.S. 1058 3 9 (F.S.) 1 4 112 BRISTLES, JB.S. 0 3 6.3 Petersburgh Firsts, cwt. 16 0 16 10 14 0 14 7 6 F.S. 0 3 ili 0 ASHES, Peters. Pearl, 55 4 61 (B.S. 53s (F.S.) 0 6 4 Montreal ditto, 62 60 62 0 1 57 7 58 56 55 OIL, Whale, tun. 16 39 Cod. 54 (p. brl.) 47 11 TOBACCO, Virgin. fine, ib. 95 102 103 11 08;) 09 10 11 Middling, 83 0 10 Inferior, 9 0 5 0 73 COTTON'S, Bowed Georg. 1 10 1 101 1 8 1 9 Sea Island, fine, 3 10 1 0 3 6 3 8 2s 5d 3s 6 good, 6 3 9 3 8 B.S. 8 7 Demerara and Berbice, 0 2 54 1 11 2 5 2 0 2 4 F.s. 17 2 West India, 8 2 0 9 1 10 1 11 2 1 Pernambuco, 21 -2 2 2 3 1 2 2 Maranham, 2 03 2 1 2 0 2021 2 2 50 c.f. ton. per 12 brls. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th April 1818, extracted from the London Gazette. Agg, T. Water Lane, Fleet Street, printer Lowe, A. C. Tokenhouse Yard, merchant Mabson, R. High Road, Knightsbridge, baker Ball, G. M. Great Spring Street, Chadwell, auc Macavoy, E. King Street, Greenwich, victualler tioneer Martin, T. and S. Hopkins, Bristol, linen-drapers merchant Osbourne, 0. Billiter Square, merchant Osbourne, W. Sculcoates, Yorkshire, merchant Parish, J. East Teignmouth, dealer in musical in- Payne, H. H. Strood, Kent, brewer Plaistrier, J. Le, Minories, watchmaker Poolman, J. H. New York Coffee House, mer Pritchard, J. Battlebridge, varnish manufacturer Dowgill, B. Great Woodhouse Carr, Yorkshire, Powell, J. Bristol, broker stone-mason Ramsear, M. Pa cras Lane, Bucklersbury, ware. Duckworth, E. Manchester Square, liquor-mer houseman chant Read E. and T. Baker, Russel Street Bloomsbury Robinson, C. Spalding, Lincolnshire, dealer Rains, J. S. Wappingwall, merchant Sage, J. and T. Pomfret, Maidstone, millers Sandwell, R. B. Deal, grocer Scholes, R, Huddersfield, corn merchant Sheppard, W. Bristol, bookseller Russell Square Stubbs, J. Haxey, Lincolnshire, innholder Sarjent, J. Hastings, Sussex, ship-owner Tett, P. Seaton, Rutland, farmer Walter, s. E. Madeley, Shropshire, printer Welsh, J. Great Yarmouth, haberdasher West, J. Abbey Green, Staffordshire, corn-dealer Wilks, J. Finsbury Square, merchant Leach, H. and J. Ambrose, Bristol, linen-mer Willson, G. Ironmonger Lane, merchant chants Willates, T. Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn- Fields Williams, L. Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, Wale, E. Sheepshead, Leicestershire, baker ALPHABETICAL LIST of Scotch BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th April 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Berrie, Robert, drover and cattle-dealer in Tho maston of the slate quarries on the estate of Kaimes, in the island of Bute formerly of Glasgow, now of Greenock as a Company, and James Macgrowther and as individuals Langholm Robertson, James, of Glentyre, lately merchant in Perth alker, Thomas, jun. merchant, Kirkwall DIVIDENDS. Aberdeen; by the trustee : 6s per pound after 18th May Bathgate, John, late skinner at Bellsmills ; by I'homas Miller, North Bridge, Edinburgh, to those creditors whose claims were lodged suh. sequent to 10th February 1814 2 H Dunbar, Magdalen, late milliner and dress-maker, Richards, James and WiHiam, late wood merchants Edinburgh; by Wm Henry Brown, inerchant, and manufacturers, Hawick, as a Company, and the said James Richards as an individual; Renny, Samuel, merchant,' Arbroath; by James Douglas, John, merchant Leith ; by Thomas Scott, Marnie, merchant, there-a second dividend merchant, Edinburgh Steven & Fraser, Booksellers, Glasgow; by James Dunlop, Alexander, merchant, Greenock; by Wil Imray, there liam Kelly, Glasgow Sibbald, John, and Company, merchants, Leith, Jobson, David, senior, merchant, Dundee; by Wm and John Sibbald, and William Sibbald, jun. Bisset, merchant, Dundee individual partners of that Company; by Jas Maclellan, Alexander, and William Maclellan, in Duncan, merchant, Leith,-a dividend of 6d. Crossmichael, and John Collie, in Kirkcud per pound on 29th May bright, copartners as timber-merchants in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, under the firm of Webster, Andrew, merchant, St Andrews; by Wm Moncrieff, agent for the Bank of Scotland Globe in Dumfries,-14th May at 12 Bannatyne, merchant, Glasgow s. d. so da . - to . 1 1 90 to 95 80 to 85 1 40 0 to 430 40 0 to 41 0 . . 38 0 to 400 n 126 to 0 120 to 0 0 to 0 London, Corn Exchange, May 4. Liverpool, May 2. s, d. S. d. Foreign Wheat, 60 to 76 Boilers, new . 54 to 56 per 70 lbs. Rice, p.cwt. 42 0 to 41 0 44 to 51 English . 12 6 to 13 6 Flour, English, Seconds 64 0 to 688 10 0 to 11 6 Irishp.240 15.58 0 to 60 0 Fine do. 82 to 88 Feed Oats, . . 22 to 24 Dantzic 12 6 to 13 3 Ameri. p. bl. 50 0 to 51 0 Superfine do. 90 to 93 Fine do. : . 26 to 28 Wismar • 11 6 to 13 3 - Sour do. 43 0 to 440 Rye : 40 to 50 Poland do... 21 to 30) American : 12 6 to 13 3 Clover-seed, p. bush. Barley, new . 36 to 42 Fine do. • 32 to 31 Quebec 11 6 to 12 0 - White Superfine do. 52 to 56 Potato do. .. 28 to 32 Barley, per 60 libs. - Red Malt, 62 to 74 Fine do. . 34 to 36 English 8 0 to 8 6 Oatmeal, per 240 lb. Fine do. 76 to 78 Fine Flour, 75 to 80 | Scotch 7 6 to 8 3 English Hog Pease 49 to 46 Seconds, 70 to 75|| Irish 7 3 to 7 9 Scotch Maple 44 to 48 Bran 15 to 16 Malt p. 9gls. 11 6 to 12 O Irish White Pease 44 to 52 Fine Pollard 16 to 30 Rye, per qr. 54 0 to 56 01 Oats, per 45 lb. Butter, Beef, fc. Eng.pota. 4 6 to 4 10 Butter, per cwt. s: Welsh potato 4 to 4 9 Belfast New, 12 to 22 Ryegrass 16 to 48 | Scotch 48 to 4 10 Newry White .. 5 to 11 -Common - to-Foreign 4 3 to 4 6 Drogheda Tares . 17 to 18 Clover, English, Irish 4 5 to 4 9 Waterford, new 0 to : Turnips, New 14 to 20 -Red, 70 to 75 Rapeseed,p. I. £50 to £52 Cork, 3d -Red. -to---White 100 to Flaxseed, p. bus. 9s. to 10s. -New, 2d, pickled 118 -Yellow, new -to-Trefoil 10 to 42 Sowing, p. hhd. 100 to 105 Beef, p. tierce 95 to 100 Canary 60 to 84 Rib Grass to Beans, pr qr. Hempseed 60 to 75 Carraway, Eng, v8 to English 60 0 to 70 0 Pork, p. br). Linseed 80 to 90-Foreign 4 to - Foreign 00 to 0 0 Bacon, per cwt. Cinquefoil. -to-Coriander to 22 Peas, per quar: -Short middles 78 to 80 - Boiling · 60 0 to 64 0 -Long do. ended 25th April 1818. Oatmeal, 35s. Od.-Beer or Big, Os. Od. , and Oatmeal, per Boll of 128 lbs. Scots Troy, or 140 lbs. Avoirdupois, of the Four Weeks immediately preceding the 15th April 1818. Oatmeal, 27. 10d.-Beer or Big, 38s. 7d. 0 to 0 p. barrel 60 to 66 95 to 106 0 to ..31s. Od. EDINBURGH.-MAY 12. Oats. Pease & Beans, Ist,......44s. d. 1st.......38s. Od. 1st,......32s. Od. Ist,......335. Od. 2d, ......41s. Od. 2d, ..32s. Od. 2d, .28s. Od. 2d, 3d, ..37s. Od. 3d, ...... 28s. (d. 3d, .25s. Od. 3d, Average of wheat, £1:14:7: ':8-12ths per boll. Wednesday, May 6. 1s. Od. to Os. Od Lamb, per quarter 6s. Od. to Ss. Od. Butter, per lb. Veal Os. 7d. to Os. 9d. Salt ditto, per stone 24s. Od. to Os. Od. Pork Os. 5d. to Os. 7d. Ditto, per lb. Tallow, per stone lls. 6d. to 12s. Od. Eggs, per dozen HADDINGTON. MAY 1. Oats. Beans. ..18s. Od. 3d, .22s. Od. | 3d,......21s. Od. Average of wheat, £1:16:11:4-12ths. or 4 Winchester bushels ; that of barley and oats nearly 6 Winchester bushels. SO. ? The month of April commenced with very dry weather, which continued during the first week. On the 8th there fell nearly an inch of rain, with a strong gale from the East. From that time till the 26th, the weather was generally dry, and sometimes exceedingly On the 26th, and during the whole of the 27th, it rained very hard ; the quantity, in 24 hours, exceeding an inch ; after which, a considerable increase of temperature took place, and the month terminated with mild weather. On the whole, however, the monthi was cold and stormy, the wind blowing generally from the East and North East. On the afternoon of the 4th, Leslie's Hygrometer stood at 67, and Wilson's at 63; the Thermometer, at the same time, being at 56. This dryness, according to Anderson's Formula, gave the point of deposition as low as 14 of Fahrenheit, but neither was this the lowest observed during the month. On the morning of the 25th, Leslie's Hygrometer stood at 36, but the temperature being then only 41, the point of complete saturation was as low as 8. To account for this extraordinary depression, it must be remarked that, as the wind was blowing strong from the North East, and directly upon the spot where the Hygrometer is exposed, the instrument indicated a much greater degree of dryness than actually existed ; though, from the cold regions over which the wind passed, that dryness must also have been considerable. To the prevalence of that wind, during the greater part of the month, must be ascribed the depression of the mean point of deposition below the mean minimum temperature. The fluctuations of the Barometer have been smaller, those of the Thermometer greater, than usual. The mean temperature is nearly 5 degrees lower than the same month last year, and the quantity of rain more than quadruple. Errata in last Report.-In last line but one, for March 1818, read March 1817; and in the Table, mean daily range of Thermometer, for 10.6, read 11.3. .. cold, 55,0 26th, METEOROLOGICAL Table, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of APRIL 1818. Extremes. THERMOMETER. Degrees. 46.6 Maximum, 29th day, 58.0 34.0 Minimum, 6th, 26.0 temperature, 10 A. M. 42.6 Lowest maximum, 8th, 38.0 . 10 P. M. 38.0 Highest minimum, 28th, 42.0 • of daily extremes, 40.3 Highest, 10 A. M. 29th, .. 10 A. M. and 10 P. M. 10.3 Lowest ditto, 8th, 34.0 4 daily observations, 40.3 Highest, 10 P. M. 29th, 48.0 Whole range of thermometer, 377.5 Lowest ditto 11th, 31,5 Mean daily ditto, 12.6 Greatest range in 24 hours, 4th, 26.0 4.5 Inches. 30.493 ..... 10 P. M. temp. of mer. 48) 29.674 Lowest ditto, 9th, 28.957 both, (temp. of mer. 47) 29.670 Highest, 10 P. M. 2d, 30.535 Whole range of barometer, 6.097 Lowest ditto, 29.045 Mean daily ditto, .203 .539 Least ditto, 29th, .037 HYGROMETER (LESLIE'S.) Degrees. Mean dryness, 10 A. M. 20.0 HYGROMETER. Degrees. 10 P. M. 12,1 Highest, 10 A. M. 25th, 36.0 of both, 16.0 Lowest ditto, 27th, 1.0 point of deposition, 10 A. N. 28.7 Highest, 10 P. M. 23d, 22.0 10 P. M. 29.2 Lowest ditto, 1.0 of both, 28.9 43.8 Rain in inches, 2.462 Lowest ditto, 25th, 8.0 Evaporation in ditto, 2.280 Highest P. of D. 10 P. M. 29th, 41.4 Mean daily Evaporation, .076 Lowest ditto, 23d, 17.0 WILSON'S HYGROMETER. WILSON'S HYGROMETER. 18.0 0,0 Fair days 21; rainy days 9. Wind West of meridian 3 ; East of meridian, 27 3d, 8th, 27th, |