NORTH.

You once were so good as to flatter me by saying, that I ought to go into Parliament. Now, James, if you wish it, I will bring you in.

SHEPHERD.

I haena the least ambition. Sae far from envyin' the glory o' the orators in that House, I wudna swap ane o' my ain bit wee sangs wi' the langest-wunded speech that has been "hear'd, hear'd," this Session.

TICKLER.

James, let us have Meg of Marley.

MEG O' MARLEY.

1.

O KEN ye Meg o' Marley glen,
The bonny blue-ee'd deary?
She's play'd the deil amang the men,
An' a' the land's grown eiry;
She's stown the Bangor frae the clerk,
An' snool'd him wi' the shame o't;
The minister's fa'en through the text,
An' Meg gets a' the blame o't.

2.

The plowman plows without the sock,
The goadman whistles sparely,
The shepherd pines amang his flock,
An' turns his ee to Marley;

The tailor's fa'en out-ower the bed,

The cobler ca's a parley,

The weaver's fa'en out-through the web;

An' a' for Meg o' Marley.

3.

What's to be done? for our goodman

Is flyting late an' early;

He rises but to curse an' ban,

An' sits down but to ferly.

But ne'er had love a brighter lowe,

O light his torches warly,

At the bright ee an' blithesome brow

Of bonny Meg o' Marley.

NORTH.

A simple matter-but well worth Joseph Hume's four hours' speech, and forty-seven resolutions.

[Clock strikes ten-folding doors fly open, and the Tria Lumina Scotorum sit down to supper.]

Average Prices of Corn in England and Wales, from the Returns received in the

Week ended May 6.

Wheat, 60s. 5d.-Barley, 30s. 1d.-Oats, 24s. 2d.-Rye, 35s.-Beans, 38s. 5d.-Pease, 378, 9d. Average by Imperial quarter-Wheat, 62s. 3d.-Barley, 31s.-Oats, 24s. 11d.-Rye, 36s 2d.— Beans, 398. 7d.-Pease, 38s. 11d.

20 to 30 0

0 to 50
0 to 44
0 to
0 to -
White- 0 to-
Flour, English.

0

42

0

Irish, 2ds 44 0 to 49

35 to 37 Flour, per sack
38 to 40 Ditto, seconds.
-to- Bran

Seeds, &c.

S. s.d.

Tares, per bush.36 to 5 6 Rye Grass,
Must. White. 14 to 18 0 Ribgrass,

-Brown, new 10 to 20 0 Clover, red,cwt.

Turnips, bsh. -to-0

White

-Red & green 0 to 0 0 Foreign red 14 to 20 0 -white

28 to 32 0 Coriander

-White
Caraway, cwt.
Canary, per qr. 86 to 92 0 Trefoil

For. in bond

Cinque Foin 48 to 64 0 Lintseed seed,. 34 to 40 0 p.240lb.fine45 0 to 49
Rape Seed, per last, £25 to £28 0d.

Bank stock,

54 0 to 58 0

3 Waterford 56 0 to 60 0

Cork,pic. 2d, 76 0 to 78 0

3d dry

60 0 to 62 0

Beef, p. tierce.

Mess 100 0 to 107 0 -p.barrel- 0 to - 0

Pork, p. bl.

Mess 55 0 to 63 0 half do.29 0 to 33 0 Bacon, p. cwt.

0 Short mids. 43 0 to 44 0
0 Sides
41 0 to 42 0

.

Hams, dry 40 0 to 56 0

3 per cent. reduced,

3 per cent. consols,

79 # #

79

781 ł 79

3 per cent. consols,

3 per cent. reduced,

New 4 per cent. consols,

India stock,

Course of Exchange, May 12.-Amsterdam, 12: 8. C. P. Ditto at sight, 12: 5. Rotterdam, 12: 9. Antwerp, 12: 9. Hamburgh, 37: 10. Altona, 37: 9. Paris, 3 d sight, 25: 75. Ditto, 26: 0. Bourdeaux, 26: 0. Frankfort on the Maine, 156. Pe tersburgh, per rble 8 3 U. Berlin, 7:0. Vienna, Eff. Fl. 10: 24. Trieste, 10: 24. Madrid, 35. Cadiz, 35. Bilboa, 35 Barcelona, 35. Seville, 35. Gibraltar, 31. Leghorn, 47. Genoa, 431. Venice, 25: 0. Malta, Naples, 38. Palermo, per oz. 115. Lisbon, 50. Oporto, 50. Buenos Ayres, 43. Rio Janeiro, 44. Bahia, 47. Dublin, 13 per cent. Cork, 13 per cent.

Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.-Foreign gold, in bars, £3: 17: 6d. per oz. New Dollar, 48. 94d. Silver in bars, stand. 48. 114d.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Calton-hill.

N.B-The Observations are made twice every day, at nine o'clock, forenoon, and four o'clock, afternoon. The second Observation in the afternoon, in the first column, is taken by the Register Thermometer.

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