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ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th April 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Cowan, T. jun. Craigmill, Fifeshire, corn merchant Donaldson, George, Edinburgh, linen and woollen draper

Duguid, William, Aberdeen, manufacturer
Gemmel, Thomas, Kilmarnock, grocer, nursery
and seedsman

Halket, Samuel, Canongate, Edinburgh, brewer
Leggat, James, Edinburgh, china merchant
Laurie, Joseph & Benjamin, Edinburgh, stocking
manufacturers and hosiers

Laird, James, & Co. Murthill, mill spinners
Lamont, Peter, Steilaig, Argyleshire, grazier and
cattle-dealer

Mackenzie, Alexander, Thomastown of Auchterless, farmer and cattle-dealer

M'Lellan, John & Andrew, Lochurnhead, Glenelg, wood merchants

Moore, Alexander, Langholm, merchant and stationer

Morton, Moses, Arbroath, merchant

Munn, Niel, Glasgow, vintner and horse-setter
Mackenzie, George, of Leckmelm, parish of Loch-
broom, Ross-shire, fish-curer, merchant, and
cattle-dealer
Ross, Peter, Airdrie, vintner

Ross, John, Balblair, Ross-shire, distiller
Swanston, John & Co. Glasgow, merchants and
grocers

Stuart, Arthur, & Co. Leven Printfield and Glas-
gow, calico-printers and merchants
Wright, Peter, Glasgow, manufacturer
Wallace, Robert, Kilmarnock, leather-dealer and
shoemaker.

Wingate, John & Sons, Glasgow, merchants.

DIVIDENDS.

James Burman, Mill of Newtyle, payable by William Bett, banker in Cupar-Angus, 22d May Alex. Batley, Broomend, payable by William Bett, banker in Cupar-Angus, 17th May

James Callum, Auchenblae, merchant, payable by the Trustee, 18th June.

David Jobson, senior, Dundee, merchant, payable by William Bisset, merchant, Dundee, 22d May. William Smith, West Pans, potter, payable by Robert Strachan, W. S. Edinburgh, 16th May. John Sibbald & Co. Leith, merchants, payable at the office of James Duncan, merchant, Leith, 29th May.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

SINCE our last Report the weather has been remarkably favourable to field work of every kind; and the seed was never put into the ground with a better prospect of an early and vigorous vegetation. This, however, was much retarded by the want of rain: and until the 12th instant, when we had plentiful showers, such of the grain-plants as had appeared above ground showed symptoms of feebleness in many instances, and later sown fields in general were thinly and irregularly planted. It is well known, that, in this part of the island, wheat suffered more than any other kind of corn last year; yet there is reason to fear that oats, even when not deficient in weight or in meal, have suffered in such a degree as to impair their vegetative powers. It is certain, at least, that where a comparison has been made between the oats of 1815 and 1816, by sowing both on different portions of the same field, the plants from the seed of the former year are by far the most close and vigorous.-There has been a gradual fall in the prices of all sorts of grain for some weeks, particularly of inferior samples; though in the London market, and throughout the whole of England, if we may judge from the weekly averages, they have not given way so much as in Scotland, into which very large importations have been made since the beginning of this month.-Cattle, in forward condition, find purchasers; and grazing lands have been let for the season at the rates of last year, or somewhat more.Wool is expected to improve in value, the import of that article of late not having been so large as formerly. The apprehensions which were once entertained of a great scarcity must now have subsided, for there is no doubt whatever of our having enough of corn to carry us forward to another harvest. Prices, indeed, cannot be low ;-but it deserves to be remarked, that if Government had interfered, as on former occasions, by bounties and prohibitions, and thus sounded the alarm all over Europe, the price of wheat, in particular, would have been higher this year in Britain than it has ever been in the memory of man.

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Barley.

HADDINGTON.-MAY 9.
Oats.

Pease.

1st,......45s. Od. 1st,......40s. Od. 1st,......36s. Od. 1st,......35s. Od.
2d,......38s. Od. [ 2d,......36s. Od. | 2d,.
.......30s. Od. | 2d,......30s. Od.
3d,......25s. 6d. 3d,......34s. Od. 3d,. .26s. Od. 3d,......27s. Od.

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Average of Wheat, £1: 14: 10: 4-12ths.

Beans. 1st,......35s. Od. 2d, ......30s. Od.

3d,

......27s. Od.

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.

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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

IN our Meteorological Report for the first three months of this year, we gave the results of our observations, without any comparison between the last and the present year. It may not however be uninteresting to our readers to state, that the mean temperature of the four months of this year that have just elapsed, considerably exceeds the mean temperature of the corresponding months of last year. The difference of the month of January, is 5, February 6, March 3°, and April 4°. The effects of this difference are quite obvious in the unusually forward state of vegetation in gardens and orchards, and would have been equally conspicuous in the corn-fields, but for the severe and long-continued drought.

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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Fair days, 24; rainy days, 6. Wind west of meridian, including North, 19; East of meridian,

including South, 11.

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Highest, 10 P. M.
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,

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

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS.

March 15. At Lisbon, the Lady of Colonel A. Ross, a daughter.-17. At Rossie, the lady of Colonel Oliphant of Rossie, a daughter.-18. At Cambdenhill, Kensington, the lady of Sir James M'Gregor, a son. -20. At Deal, the lady of Captain William M'Culloch, R. N. a son.-21. At Mavisbank-house, the lady of Major Charles M'Gregor, 70th regiment, a daughter. 22. At Milton, Lady Hunter Blair, a son and heir.-23. At Logie-Elphinstone, Mrs Horn Elphinston, a son.-24. At Edinburgh, the lady of H. St George Tucker, Esq. a son.-25. At Edinburgh, the lady of James Wedderburn, Esq. his Majesty's solicitor-general for Scotland, a son.-28. At Brighton, the lady of the Hon. D. M. Erskine, a son.-30. At Balloan, Mrs Fraser, Culduthil, a son.-Lately, at Castle Bona, Isle of Man, the Right Hon. Lady Sarah Murray, a daughter.-Lately, at the seat of her father, Sir E. Harvey, K. C. B. the lady of John Drummond, jun. Esq. of twin sons.

April 14. At the palace of the Bishop of Norwich, the lady of the Rev. Archdeacon Bathurst, a daughter.-At Lisson Grove, North, the Countess of Rothes, a daughter. -17. At Edinburgh, the lady of Captain Barclay, R. N. a daughter.-18. At Cloncaird Castle, the lady of Robert Cuningham, Esq. a daughter.-19. At Dunse Castle, the lady of William Hay, Esq. of Drummelzier, a daughter.At Arbuthnot-house, the Viscountess of Arbuthnot, a daughter. -22. At Clumber Park, the Duchess of Newcastle, a son.-26. At Houndwoodhouse, the lady of Captain Coulson, R. N. a daughter. At Glen-Stewart, the Marchioness of Queensberry, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

March 15. At Guernsey, John Peddie, Esq. major of brigade to the forces of that island, to Louisa, daughter of the late William Peter Price, Esq.-18. At Perth, James Stewart Robertson, Esq. of Edradynate, to Dorothea, youngest daughter of the late Adam Stewart, Esq. of Cluny.-At the English ambassador's hotel, Paris, Thomas Clifton, Esq. of Lytham-hall, Lancashire, to Mrs Campbell, widow of the late David Campbell, Esq. of Killdaloig, Argyleshire. -19. At Edinburgh, Robert Hunter, Esq. late of the island of Jamaica, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late Patrick Warner, Esq. of Ardeer.-20. At St George's church, Hanover-square, London, MajorGeneral Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Sir William Douglas, Bart. of Kelhead, Dum

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friesshire. At the British ambassador's hotel, Paris, Lieut. Thomas Lillie, of the 23d royal Welsh fusileers, youngest son of J. Lillie, Esq. of Drimdoe, Ireland, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Hunter, Esq. of Kew, Surrey.-At Foyers, Inverness-shire, Captain Thomas Fraser, 83d regiment, to Miss Fraser, only daughter of Simon Fraser, Esq. of Foyers.-24. At Rose Terrace, Perth, George Ballingall, Esq. surgeon of the 33d regiment, to Jessie, daughter of the late James Ballingall, Esq. of Perth.-27. At Ghent, Major Henry Balneavis, 27th regiment, to Georgina, second daughter of Colonel Graham, Lieut.governor of St Mawes.-29. At Edinburgh, Frederick Mackenzie Fraser, Esq. captain, 78th regiment, to Miss Emmeline Sophia M'Leod, daughter of the late Alex. Hume, Esq. of Harris.

April 8. Lieut.-Colonel A. Anderson, C.B.K.T.S. colonel of the 12th Portuguese infantry, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Bigge, Esq. of Bromptonrow, Middlesex.-10. At St James's church, London, Charles, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of Richmond, to Lady Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anglesea.-17. Sir William Hoste, Bart. R. N. to the Right Hon. Lady Harriett Walpole, daughter of the Earl of Orford.-24. At Edinburgh, Farquhard Campbell, Esq. of Huntington, to Miss Penuel Jane Baillie, daughter of the late Hon. William Baillie of Polkemmet.-At the house of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Colonel Hervey, aid-de-camp to the Prince Regent, and military secretary of the Duke of Wellington, to Louisa Catharine, daughter of Richard Caton, Esq. of Maryland, U. S.25. At Drumsheugh-house, Colonel Charles Fraser of Inveralochy and Castle Fraser, M. P. to Jane, fourth daughter of Sir John Hay of Smithfield and Haystoun, Bart.29. At Northumberland-house, London, Earl Percy, to Lady Charlotte Clive, eldest daughter of Earl Powis.-Lately, Colonel Cunyngham of Malshanger, to Miss Gertrude H. Kimpton, Brompton. Lately, Colonel James Campbell, of the 94th regt. to Lady Dorothea L. Cuffe,

DEATHS.

Jan. 27. At Kingston, Jamaica, at the great age of upwards of 130 years, Lucretia Stewart, a free black woman. She was brought to that island a few days after the dreadful earthquake which destroyed Port Royal in 1692, and had seen her fourth generation.

March 15. At Edinburgh, Lieut.-Col, J. Ainslie, of the Hon. East India Com

pany's service.-15. At Rudding Park, Yorkshire, the Right Hon. Kathrine, Dowager-Countess of Aberdeen, aged 83.-18. At Wick, Mrs Ann Innes, relict of Captain John Sutherland of Wester.-22. At Collampton, Devon, William Chisholm of Chisholm, Esq.-23. At London, in Upper Seymour Street, George Paterson, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service. At Woolwich, Lieut.-Colonel Foy of the royal artillery.-24. In Tonbridge Place, John Dunbar, Esq. late of Penang.-28. At Edinburgh, William Wight, Esq. formerly of the island of Jamaica.-31. In Cumberland Place, London, the Right Hon. Lady Frances Douglas, wife of the Hon. John Douglas, and eldest daughter of the Earl of Harewood.-In October last, at Sierra Leone, Robert Hogan, Esq. LL.D. his Majesty's chief justice and admiralty judge in that settlement. As a gentleman and a scholar, a sincere friend and a social companion, Dr Hogan had not a superior. But to describe him solely by these qualities would fall far short of his merits. Dr Hogan had not been many months in the possession of a situation from which he looked forward to honour and emolument, when he was seized with a fever (the effect of the climate), which in a few days put a period to his life. He was a native of the county of Limerick, in Ireland. Lately, in Vernon Place, London, Charles Combe, M.D. F.R.S. aged 73. -Lately, at Kensington, the Rev. William Beloe, rector of Allhallows, and prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Mr B. was a native of Norwich, where his father followed the business of a china-man; and was educated at the university of Cambridge. He obtained the vicarage of Earlsham, with Bowthorpe annexed; and in 1796 the rectory of Allhallows. He was for many years assistant librarian of the British Museum, and highly respectable as a scholar. As an author, he was chiefly known as a compiler; and in association with the Rev. Robert Nares, the Rev. William Tooke, and the late Mr Morrison, he prepared for the press an edition of the "Biographical Dictionary," in 15 vols 8vo, and was, with the Rev. Robert Nares, a principal conductor of the "British Critic." Amongst his separate publications

are,

"The History of Herodotus, from the Greek, with Notes," 4 vols 8vo; "The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, translated," 3 vols 8vo; "Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce books," 6 vols 8vo.-Lately, at Cambridge, the Rev. Robert Tyrwhitt, M.A. formerly fellow of Jesus College, aged 82. -Lately, at Bath, the Right Hon. Alex. Thomson, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, aged 72.

April 2. At Cullen Wood, near Dublin, James Ross, Esq. of Pitcailnie.-4. At Dunbar Lodge, Mrs Hay relict of the Hon. William Hay of Lawfield.-5. At Ewes Manse, the Rev. John Laurie, mini

ster of that Parish.-7. At his apartments, Macclesfield Street, Mr Thomas Hearne, well known for his British antiquities, his drawings, and particularly his accurate and unrivalled delineations of Gothic architecture.-10. At Tiverton, Charles Maxwell, Esq. late of Dalswinton, aged 82.-11. At Catcomb House, near Portsmouth, Lady Curtis, relict of Sir Roger Curtis, Bart. At Mauldslie Castle, the Right Honourable the Earl of Hyndford. His private character was highly estimable. Few noblemen have been so much beloved. The greater part of his time was devoted to agricultural pursuits at Westraw, and to the embellishment of his princely seat at Mauldslie. He was one of the most skilful farmers in a district particularly distinguished for the excellence of its farming. Mauldslie, his patrimonial inheritance, is now separated from the Hyndford estate. It has fallen to his Lordship's sister, Mrs Nisbet of Carphin. Sir John Anstruther, Bart. succeeds to the entailed estate. The title is extinct.-14. At Maybole, Samuel Wheatley, aged 97, who at that advanced age retained all his faculties to the last.-Mr Owen O'Toole of Pepperland, county of Wicklow, at the advanced age of 105 years. He was the lineal descendent of the famous O'Toole, whose resistance to Cromwell has been so celebrated. A short time before his death, he walked twenty miles in one day.-15. In George's Square, Edinburgh, Mary Erskine, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Dr John Erskine of Carnock, one of the ministers of Edinburgh, and spouse of Dr Charles Stewart of Dunearn.-16. At Edinburgh, Mr Henry Moncrief, clerk to the signet.-17. At Dundee, Dr Thomas Constable, late minister of the united parishes of Liff and Bervie.-19. At Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, Miss Jane Ross, youngest daughter of the late Lord Ankerville. 20. At London, in the 45th year of his age, Colonel Mitchell of the 51st regiment. This gallant officer served several campaigns in the Peninsula, under the Duke of Wellington, with great credit and distinction; and lastly, at the memorable battle of Waterloo, where he commanded a brigade of infantry. -23. At Jedburgh, Joseph Pringle, Esq. of Ferney-green, late consul-general at Madeira.-24. At Edinburgh, Mary, Lady Rollo, widow of James, Lord Rollo.-29. On the Steyne, Brighton, Mrs Brisbane, relict of Admiral Brisbane.-Lately, the Hon. Thomas Clifford, youngest son of the late, and brother of the present, Lord Clifford.-Lately, at Dent, Yorkshire, Mrs King, at the age of 111 years.-On the 14th September last, at Meerat, Bengal, Major James Lumsdaine, in the Hon. East India Company's service, eldest son of the late William Lumsdaine, Esq. W.S. Edinburgh.

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