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 In some instances, the quantity offered for sale has been withdrawn in expectation of higher prices.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 Nicaragua 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 Indigo, attempted to be sold by public sale in Glasgow, has been withdrawn owing to the reduced prices which was offered for it.Hemp, Flax, and Tallow.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 July shipment, at 72s., and at 70s. for all the year. The price of Flax is nominal.- Hides remain in good demand.- -Oils are stationary in price.Barilla is declined in price. -Tur is dull in sales.- -Turpentine is steady.- -For Ashes there has been some 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 are 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 would 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, 47. 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 oz.- -Portugal gold, in coin, £4, 2s. 6d. New Dollars, Os. Od. Foreign gold, in bars, £0. New doubloons, £0. Silver, in bars, stand. 5s. 51d. 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 Ball, G. M. Great Spring Street, Chadwell, auctioneer Beauchamp, R. Coventry Street, lace dealer Biggs, G. Holborn Bridge, silversmith Burnett, A. Lisle Street, St Anne, cabinet-maker Bishop, C. High Street, Southwark, linen-draper Cale, R. King Street, Holborn, coach-maker Cuthbert, R. Alborough, Yorkshire, miller Daulby, D. and R Grace, jun. Manchester, coal merchants Dowgill, B. Great Woodhouse Carr, Yorkshire, stone-mason Duckworth, E. Manchester Square, liquor-merchant Davenport, S. Egham, Surrey, brewer Dennis, R. Bardney, Lincolnshire, blacksmith Firth, J. and M. Bailey, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, clothiers Fletcher, B. Deptford, linen-draper Frost, J. Grange Road, Bermondsey, victualler Gill, J. Mill Pleasant, Devon, rope-maker Hack, T. Bear Garden, Southwark, anchor-smith Hayes, F. Waverton, Lancashire, innkeeper Henderson, J. Tunbridge Place, St Pancras, merchant Horrubin, R. Bolton en le Moors, Lancashire, hatter Howard, R. Stockport, Cheshire, manufacturer Illingworth, A. Philpot Lane, wine-merchant James, J. Bristol, grocer Laud, E. Warwick Row, Blackfriars Road, baker Liddiard, T. Chiswell Street, plumber Lockwood, J. Stephen Street, St Pancras, chair. maker Lachlan, J. Great Alie Street, Goodmansfields, ship-builder Lowe, A. C. Tokenhouse Yard, merchant Mabson, R. High Road, Knightsbridge, baker Macavoy, E. King Street, Greenwich, victualler Martin, T. and S. Hopkins, Bristol, linen-drapers Miles, J. High Holborn, linen draper Nicoli, E. Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire, winemerchant Osbourne, O. Billiter Square, merchant Parish, J. East Teignmouth, dealer in musical instruments Payne, H. H. Strood, Kent, brewer Peak, J. Newcastle-under-Line, grocer Poolman, J. H. New York Coffee House, merchant Pritchard, J. Battlebridge, varnish manufacturer Ramsear, M. Pancras Lane, Bucklersbury, ware houseman Read E. and T. Baker, Russel Street Bloomsbury Robinson, C. Spalding, Lincolnshire, dealer Robinson, J. St Mary Hill, ship insurance-broker Russel, J. Old Change, stationer Rains, J. S. Wappingwall, merchant Sage, J. and T. Pomfret, Maidstone, millers Scholes, R. Huddersfield, corn merchant Sheppard, W. Bristol, bookseller Smith, C. and J. Vickaridge, Southampton-row, Russell Square Southey, G. Canterbury, grocer Stephens, H. Penryn, Cornwall, merchant Stubbs, J. Haxey, Lincolnshire, innholder Thackray, T. and R. Bottrel, Greenwich, linen- Walter, S. E. Madeley, Shropshire, printer Welsh, J. Great Yarmouth, haberdasher West, J. Abbey Green, Staffordshire, corn-dealer Wilks, J. Finsbury Square, merchant Willie, J. Kingston-upon-Hull, brewer Williams, L. Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, colourman 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 Thomaston Campbell, John, of Auchivillin, and late tacksman of the slate quarries on the estate of Kaimes, in the island of Bute Hornie, Robert, haberdasher, Kilmarnock Hynd, John, merchant, broker, and underwriter, formerly of Glasgow, now of Greenock Macgrowther & Coats, merchants in Greenock, as a Company, and James Macgrowther and David Coates, the partners of that Company, as individuals Nichols, James, merchant-tailor and builder in Langholm VOL. III. Aberdeen, M'Haffie, & Company, merchants, Aberdeen; by the trustee: 6s per pound after 18th May Bathgate, John, late skinner at Bellsmills; by Thomas Miller, North Bridge, Edinburgh, to those creditors whose claims were lodged sub sequent to 10th February 1814 Dunbar, Magdalen, late milliner and dress-maker, Dempster, Robert, merchant, Nairn; by John Douglas, John, merchant Leith; by Thomas Scott, Dunlop, Alexander, merchant, Greenock; by Wil- Richards, James and WiHiam, late wood merchants Renny, Samuel, merchant, Arbroath; by James Sibbald, John, and Company, merchants, Leith, and John Sibbald, and William Sibbald, jun. individual partners of that Company; by Jas Duncan, merchant, Leith,-a dividend of 6d. per pound on 29th May Webster, Andrew, merchant, St Andrews; by Wm Wilkin, Robert, in Schaws of Tinwald; at the Liverpool, May 2. s. d. s. d. Rice, p. cwt. 42 0 to 44 0 12 6 to 13 6 Flour, English, 12 0 to 12 9 p.280lb.fine70 0 to 72 0 .11 6 to 12 6 Seconds 64 0 to 68 0 10 0 to 11 6 Irishp.240 lb.58 0 to 60 0 Dantzic . 12 6 to 13 3 Ameri. p. bl. 50 0 to 51 0 Wismar .. 11 6 to 13 3- Sour do. 43 0 to 44 American. 12 6 to 13 3 Clover-seed, p. bush. Quebec 11 6 to 12 0 White Barley, per 60 libs. - Red S. S. s. Wheat, s. d. s. d. 78 to 76 Boilers, new .54 to 56 per 70 lbs. 44 to 51 English 85 Old do..... 54 to 62 Scotch Tick do.... 38 to 50 Welch.. Irish 60 to 65 95 to 105 78 to 80 0 to 0 Average Prices of Corn of England and Wales, from the Returns received in the Week Wheat, 91s. 1d.-Rye, 56s. 5d.-Barley, 53s. 11d.-Oats, 31s. 11d.-Beans, 54s. 11d.-Pease, 57s. 8d.Oatmeal, 35s. Od.-Beer or Big, Os. Od. Average Prices of British Corn in Scotland, by the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, and Oatmeal, per Boll of 128 lbs. Scots Troy, or 140 lbs. Avoirdupois, of the Four Weeks immediately preceding the 15th April 1818. Wheat, 72s. Od.-Rye, 55s. 8d.-Barley, 43s. 5d.-Oats, 35s. 7d.-Beans, 55s. 1d.-Pease, 56s. 1d.Oatmeal, 27s. 10d.-Beer or Big, 38s. 7d. 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. So. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 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 month 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. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. APRIL 1818. . 10 P. M. 27.0 27th, 10 P. M. Fair days 21; rainy days 9. Wind West of meridian 3; East of meridian, 27. Least ditto, 0.0 . |