levels to be renewed, and the ground staked out. The surface plan of the country is already more than half completed, and the other preliminary steps are also in progress, so that there is now no doubt of the Canal being begun this winter. The first meeting of the Union Canal Company was held on the 5th instant in M'Ewan's rooms, Royal Exchange, pursuant to act of parliament,-Robert Downie, Esq. of Appin, in the chair. Mr George Moncrieff was chosen clerk by a great majority, and Mr Hugh Baird was unanimously elected engineer; after which a committee was appointed to conduct the concerns of the Company. The meeting was numerous, Salmon Fishing.-Last week the Scotscraig fishings on the Tay were let, by public sale, at £1105 Sterling per annum-to be fished by net and coble. This rent, though regarded as very considerable, is but about one half of what the same fishings formerly brought when under the improvement of stake-nets. Edinburgh. The causewaying of our streets with blocks of cast-iron, as has been lately done in London, appears to be in contemplation, as we observe a part of North College Street laid with this material by way of experiment. So daring have the juvenile depredators of this city become, that they actually scale the walls of the Castle in search of plunder. A quantity of clothes, laid out by a sergeant's wife to dry, near the Sally-port guard, were lately carried off. The fortmajor's servant saw two boys taking away clothes from the Sally-port, who, upon his calling to them, hid them among some nettles, and after descending from the rock, ran off in the direction of Frederick Street. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. July 1-Knighthood conferred on John Evans, Esq. High Sheriff of Middlesex. 16.-The Duke of Wellington granted the royal license to wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Sicilian Military Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, and also of a Knight of the Royal Sicilian Order of St Januarius, given by the King of the Two Sicilies. 30.-Mr Planta to be Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, vice Mr Cooke, resigned. Aug. 2.-The Prince Regent has, by letters patent, authorised Lord Bathurst to exercise all the rights and privileges belonging to a Knight of the Garter, as fully as if he had been formally installed. 16. The Hon. William Maule, Admíral of the coast from Broughty Castle to the Tod Head, has appointed James Burnes, writer in Montrose, his deputy. 25.-Lieut.-General Francis Thomas Hammond, to be Chief Equerry to the Prince Regent, and Clerk Marshall of the Stables, vice Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, promoted. II. ECCLESIASTICAL. Aug. 8.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Lewis Rose to be minister of the church and parish of Nigg, presbytery of Tain, vacant by the death of Mr Alexander Macadam. 12.-The Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. James Thomson, jun. to be Assistant and Successor to the Rev. James Thomson, sen. as minister in the parish of Rerrick, in the presbytery of Kirkcudbright. Oxford, Aug. 16.-Friday se'enight, the Bishop of Oxford was admitted Warden of all Souls' College, with the usual ceremonies, in the room of the Rev. Edmund Isham, D.D. deceased. At a private Ordination, holden by the Lord Bishop of Kildare, Thomas Grantham, M. A. fellow of Magdalen College, was ordained a Deacon. 18. The Rev. George Rous, to the rectory of Laverton, Somerset. Sunday se'enight the following gentlemen were ordained in the parish church at Kendal, Westmoreland, by the Bishop of Chester. Deacons.-John Wm. Trevor, B. A. St John's College; Robert Brade Brocklebank, B. A. and John William Sinclair, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry Richardson, John Master Waller, Jeffery Hebdon, James Hayes, Joseph Docker, and Humphrey Brown, Literates. Priests.-John Thomas Bowe, B. A. Richard Moore, A.M. Christopher Barnes, Wm Rigg, John Douglas, Literates. 22.-The Most Noble the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford have been pleased to make the following presentations: The Rev. Alexander Macpherson to the parish of Golspie, vacant by the death of the late Mr Keith. The Rev. Angus Kennedy to the parish of Dornoch, vacant by the death of the late Dr Bethune. The Rev. Duncan Macgillivray to the parish of Lairg, vacant by the translation of Mr Kennedy. The Rev. Hugh Mackenzie to the parish of Assynt, vacant by the translation of Mr Macgillivray. Rev. F. S. Wall, to the vicarage of Stoke, St Milbro', Salop. 15 Rev. Winnington, to the vicarage of Cliftonupon-Teame, Herefordshire. Rev. James Sparrow, to the rectory of Hemlock, Devon. The Rev. George Frederick Tavel, A. M. to the rectory of Campsey Ash, in Suffolk. vice Gregory, 53 F. Thomas Harrison, to be Cornet, vice Cazalet, 6 Dr. Arthur Sullivan, to be Cornet, vice Coney John Trollope, to be Cornet, by Brown, retires Lieut. Geo. Doherty, to be Capt. vice Holmes, retires 31st do. by purch. 10th do. by purch. 7th August purch. vice 10th July by purch. 5ist do. be Lieut. 21th do. Cornet John Hall, from 19 Dr. to by purch. vice Mill, prom." Cornet J. Atherton, to be Lieut. by purch. 15 Dr. Cornet Char. Fallon, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Mansfield, prom. 16th July Cornet Edward Studd, to be Lt. by purch. vice Bellair, prom. 17th do. Cornet Barham Livius, from 6 D. G. to be Lt. by purch. vice Carr, prom. 31st do. Ensign H. W. Sparrow, from 53 F. to be Lieut. by purch. vice W. Byan, retires 7th August Thomas Coventry, to be Cornet, by purch 17th July Edward Wheler, to be Cornet, by purch. vice Cook, prom. 20 220 vice Fallon do. 23 Lieut. C. Bacon, to be Capt. by purch. vice Wallace 10th do. Cornet S. C. Simpson, to be Lt. by purch. vice Bacon do. Cornet W. H. West, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Proctor, prom. 17th July do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. 24 do. 1 Foot. Alexander Wetherall, to be Ens. by purch. vice Cooper, 66 F. 7th August Ens. D. Macnab, to be Lieut. vice Dawson, dead 17th July vice Macnab Hon. M. Stapleton, to be Ens. 53 do. Lieut. A. F. Gregory, from 4 Dr. to be Capt. vice Fernandez, ret. 10th July Matthew Grey, to be Ensign, by purch, vice Williams, prom. Ens. H. Campbell, from h. p. 41 F. to be 7th August 55 Lieut. E. M. Nicholson, to be Delgairns, res. Adjt. only Adj. vice 24th July 58 Ens. J. W. Young, to be Lieut. 17th do. Ensign, vice Young do. 59 Capt. Fra. Fuller, to be Major by purch. vice Hoysted, ret. do. Lieut. Edw. Duncan, to be Capt. by purch. vice Fuller 24th do. Ens. F. Hammond, from 103 F. do. Paym. J. Fairfowl, from h. p. to be Paym. vice Campbell, ret. upon h. p. 10th do. Lieut. D. O'Meara, from 5 W. I. R. to be Lieut. vice M'Pherson, ret. upon h. p. 5 W. I. Reg. 51st do. Serg.-Maj. J. Crombie, to be Qr.-Mast. vice Mackay, ret. list on full pay do. Agnew Champain, to be Ensign by purch. vice Piggott, prom. do. 3W.I.R.Ens. J. R. Young, from h. p. 8 F. to be 24th do. Ens. vice Johnstone, canc. R.Yk.R. Lieut. Col. Wm. Smelt, from 103 F. to be Lieut. Col. vice Stewart, ret. upon h. p. 103 F. 31st do. Capt. W. M. Mills, from 6 W. I. R. to be Captain, vice Radford, ret. upon h. p. 6 W. I. R. 24th do. R. Art. M. Gen. Fran. Laye, to be Col. Comm. vice Lloyd, dead 17th June Gent. Cadet George H. Hyde, to be 2d Lieut. vice Darby, prom. 17th July Thomas B. Flude, to be 2d "Lieut. vice Williams, prom. do. John M. Savage, to be 2d do. Lieut. vice Picard, prom. Richard Hayne, to be 2d Lt. do. vice Greenwood, prom. James S. Cremer, to be 2d Lieut. vice E. Morgan, prom. Moncrieff, from 13 F. with Captain Yorke, h. p. 52 F. Capt. Bruce, from 79 F. with Capt. Langley, 82 F. Henderson, from 50 F. rec. diff. with Brevet Major Maxwell, h. p. 6 Gar. Bat. Bontein, from 1 L. Gds. with Capt. Oakes, 1 Ceylon Regt. - Priestley, from 33 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Bennet. h. p. 5 Gar. Bat. Hurd, from 4 W.I.R. with Capt. Appelius, h. p. 60 F. Ince, from 38 F. with Capt. Webster, h. p. 3 Gar. Bat. Leahy, from 95 F. with Capt. Bishop, h. p. Lieut. Hasleham, from 16 F. with Lieut. Orr, h.p. Grant, from 68 F. with Lieut. Scott, h. p. 52 F. James Cameron, from 77 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Bowen, h. p. Fennell, from 87 F. with Lieut. Carroll, h. p. Mahon, from 88 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hill, h. p. French, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Cruickshanks, h. p. Fryer, from 23 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Clayhills, 23 F.. 72 F. Walsh, from 61 F. with Lieut. Conroy, h. p. Thornton, from 94 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Orr, h. p. 42 F. Wilson, from 97 F. with Lieut. Waller, h. p. Uniake, from 7 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Strangways, h. p. Paxton, from 11 Dr. with Lieut. Brown, h.p. Coles, from 11 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Sandys, h. p. Dawson, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. M'Bean, h. p. 26 F. Delgairns, from 55 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hall, h. p. Hollis, from 57 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Powell, h. p. Hon. G. W. Massey, from 20 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Hon. J. Massey, h. p. 1 Dr. Gordon, from 18 F. with Lieut. St George, h. P. Archbold, from 33 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Forlong. Stoughton, from 58 F. with Lieut. Smith. h. p. 57 F. Penefather, from 77 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Dowling, h. p. 87 F. Bernard, from 2 F. with Lieut. Manners, h. p. 6 F. Stanford, from 6 F. rec. diff. with Lieut, Crawford, h. p. Sach, from 48 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Bunney, h. p. 13 F. Lieut. Jones, from 81 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Lutman, h. p. -Gillmore, from 3 W. I. Reg. with Lieut. Cornet and Sub-Lt. Still, from 1 L. Gds, with Lieut. 2d Lieut. Eyre, from Rifle Brig. with Ens. Pietel, Ensign Edwards, from 6 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Lumsden, from 50 F. with Ensign Edwards, h. p. 83 F. Lum, from 16 F. with Ensign Connor, 16 F. Gibbons, from 55 F. rec. diff. with Ensign Champion, h. p. 2 Gar. Bat. De Courcy, from 3 F. with Ensign Browne, h. p. 2 Greek Lt. Inf. Quarter-Mast. Burrough, from 60 F. with Quarter- Assist. Surg. Fry, from 33 F. with Assist. Surg. Apothecary Reade, from full pay, with Apothecary Resignations and Retirements. Lieut. Col. Hoysted, 59 F. Gomer, 60 F. Battely, ditto Lord Folkstone, R. Berks Mil. Capt. Holmes, 13, 13 Dr. Lieut. Berridge, 4 Dr Gds. Cornet Brown, 10 Dr. Appointment Cancelled. Ensign Johnstone, 3 West India Regiment. IN our last Report we took a comparative view of the summer months of 1816 and 1817, particularly with regard to the quantity of rain that fell, and we doubt not that statement surprised many of our readers. We have now, however, to record a still more extraordinary fact, the fall of more than five inches of rain in the course of one month. We have kept a regular register of the rain gauge since November 1812, but till the present year we never had to record in any one month so much as four inches. The whole quantity of rain that has fallen since the commencement of the present year is 21 inches, being about the yearly average. If it be true, then, that the whole quantity in any one year does not far exceed the yearly average, we might be induced to predict that the remainder of this season will be dry. It is, however, dangerous to prophesy. The mean temperature of August 1817 is fully half a degree lower than that of August 1816. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. AUGUST 1817. Fair days 10; rainy days 21. Wind from West side of meridian, including North, 13; from East side of meridian, including South, 18. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register 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 in the evening. AT the date of our last Report it was impossible not to feel some apprehensions of a late harvest, which, in this climate, is seldom a productive one. Happily the fine weather which set in with this month has dissipated our fears, and inspired every mind with cheerfulness and hope. In the south of England the crop is said to have been secured in several parts, and everywhere in that quarter the labours of harvest go on prosperously. Reaping will become general throughout the Lowlands of Scotland next week. Some fears are entertained for the quality of some of the strongest wheats that had been lodged by the heavy rains early in August, and in the higher districts the oat crop still requires several weeks of favourable weather to bring it to maturity; yet, upon the whole, the grain crops here, as well as in England, promise to yield at least an average produce.-Markets, accordingly, have fallen considerably since the beginning of the month, and will probably keep so low as to shut the ports to importation in November. Should they continue open after that period, the prices of all sorts of grain must be very moderate the ensuing winter. -In Edinburgh market, on the 10th inst. oatmal was 3s. 10d. per stone of 174 lb. avoirdupois the quartern loaf 14d.-new potatoes so low as 10d. per peck-beef and mutton 4d. to 7d. per Ib. 13th September. VOL. I. 4 Q English.. Liverpool, Sept. 6. Welsh Irish . Scotch Wismar 12 0 to 13 0 Pease, per quar. Dantzic. 12 6 to 14 0 Irish..00 to 00 70 to 8 6 Foreign.00 to 00 .00 to 0 0 English 45 0 to 65 0 ..0.0 to 0 0 Beans, p. qr. s. d. s. d. 9 0 to 14 9 sowing.. L.0, Os. Flaxseed, p. hd. s. d. Rapeseed, p. 1. £44 to £48 English Scotch Oats per 45 lb. 5 0 Clover, p. bush. Barley, per 60 libs. Rye, per qr. 35 0 to 40 0 Ameri.p. bl. 49 0 to 51 0 Irish.. 50 to 6 6 Seconds 0 0 to 0 0 Malt p. 9 gls.12 0 to 13 6 Irish,p.240lb. 0 0 to 00 50 to 6 6 p.280 lb.fine 0 0 to 00 American 13 0 to 14 9-Bolling. 54 0 to 64 0 5 0 to 6 6 Flour, English, Rice, p.cwt. 36 0 to 38 0 Sour do. 40 0 to 42 0 Eng. potato 4 6 to -common Irish potato 4 0 to 4 6-White .00 to 00 4 3 to 5 0-Red .00 to 00 10 to 12 Rib grass -New Hempseed. Canary, per qr. 46 48 -common 40 to 4 9 Oatmeal, per 240 lb. .80 to 96 Coriander 0 to 0-Foreign Scotch 0 0 to 0 0 English. 44 0 to 46 0 4 0 to 0 0 to 0 0 Scotch 4 6 Irish 0 0 to 0 0 0 0 to 0 0 000 45 to 75 Carraway, Eng. 40 to AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. By the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, and of Oatmeal per Boll of 140 lbs Avoirdupois, from INLAND COUNTIES. Wheat, 82s. 9d.-Rye, 49s. 11d.-Barley, 44s. 5d.-Oats, 34s. 2d.-Beans, 49s. Od.-Pease, 47s. 1d. Oatmeal, 40s. 2d.-Beer or Big, Os. Od. Average Prices of Corn, per quarter, of the Twelve Maritime Districts, for the Week ending Aug. 23. Wheat, 86s. 4d.-Rye, 54s. 5d.-Barley, 46s. 8d.-Oats, 35s. 4d.-Beans, 45s. Od.-Pease, 44s. 7d. Average of Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th August. Wheat, 67s. 1d.-Rye, 66s. 8d.-Barley, 45s. Od.-Oats, 40s. 8d.-Beans, 57s. 11d.-Pease, 58s. 4d.-Oatmeal, 33s. 3d. |