METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, namely, at eight o'elock in the morning, and eight o'clock in the evening. The morning observations in the first column are made on the Register Thermometer. COLD easterly winds, with frequent showers of hail and rain, prevailed from the 16th till the end of December. The present year commenced with keen frost. On the Ist the mercury in the thermometer stood at 27° Fahrenheit; on the 3d it fell as low as 20°; and in low situations, where hoar frost is always most powerful, it fell to 14°; on the 4th it rose to 25°; and on the 6th it stood at the freezing point during a heavy fall of snow. Towards the 10th, the temperature was about 37°; and in low situations the snow had entirely disappeared. The wind still continues easterly, and showers of sleet and rain are frequent. The plants of young wheat have hitherto suffered nothing by the frost; but, from the saturated condition of the soil, spring frosts are much to be dreaded, unless they are preceded by a tract of fair weather. Turnips have now got a complete check in growth, but have suffered nothing from the storm. Young clover plants continue to look healthy, but the weather has been such as to render pastures unavailable for live stock. Farm labour was far advanced before the date of our last; since then, little has been done out of doors. Carting out dung; pulling and driving home turnips; threshing and carrying grain to market, have been the only species of labour which it was possible to perform. The price of grain continues too low for the grower, and it is to be feared that the balance on profit and loss will, this season, in many instances, stand on the wrong side. Fat cattle are in demand, and bring good prices; in lean stock there is little doing. The winter season has hitherto been rather unfavourable to sheep fed on turnips, and this, with the lightness of that crop, may tend to keep up prices in the butcher market throughout the spring months. 12th Jan. 1821. Average Prices of Corn in Scotland for the Four Weeks preceding December 15. Wheat, 52s. 9d.-Rye, 34s. Od.-Barley, 26s. 2d.-Oats, 20s. 5d.-Beans, 33s. 5d.-Pease, 32s. 10d. Oatmeal, per boll, 16s. 10d. Bear or Big, 24s. 4d. VOL. VIII. M 1 PIMENTO (in Bond), lb.. 84 88 84 8 81 SPIRITSJam. Rum160.P. 2s lod 30 2728 2224 2540 Brandy, gal. 40 46 34 40 Geneva, Aqua, WINES, Clar. 1st Gr. hhd. Portugal Red, pipe, Spanish White, butt. 34 55 300 650 . Teneriffe, pipe, Madeira, LOGWOOD, Jamaica, ton, . £7 775 15 60 610 6 15 Honduras, Campeachy, FUSTIC, Jamaica, 7 Cuba, INDIGO, Caraccas fine, lb. Honduras Mahogany, TAR, American, brl. . 18 TALLOW, Rus. Yel. Candle, 52 Home melted, cwt. 53 46 HEMP, Riga Rhine, ton, 45 9s 6d 11 6 7 15 8 0 71080 70 710 70 80 9 10 10 0 8 10 90 7 6868090 100 10 6 1812 181014011 10 20 19 0 160 47 6 6 10 42 Petersburgh Clean, FLAX, Riga Th. & Dr. Ra. 58 60 Dutch, Irish, MATS, Archangel, BRISTLES, Peters. Firsts, Pot, ASHES, Petersburgh Pearl, 34 Montreal ditto, cwt. OIL, Whale, tun, TOBACCO, Virg. fine, lb. inferior, COTTONS, Bowed Georgia, Sea Island, fine, Demerara and Berbice, Pernambucco, Maranham 84 (p.brl.) 41 Course of Exchange, London, January 12.-Amsterdam, 12: 9. Ditto, at sight, 12:6. Rotterdam, 12:10. Antwerp, 12:10. Hamburgh, 38: 2. Altona, 38:3. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 75. Bourdeaux, 26: 2. Frankfort on the Maine, 156, Madrid, 36. Cadiz, 351. Leghorn, 463. Gibraltar, 30. Genoa, 434. Lisbon, 4월. Oporto, 484. Rio Janeiro, 51. Dublin, 8 per cent. Cork, 8 per cent. New dollars, L. 0: 4:11. Prices of Bullion per oz.-Portugal gold in coin, L. 3:17:9. Foreign gold in bars, 1.. 3:17:101. New doubloons, L. 3: 15:0. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0: 4:11. Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's. Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d. Cork or Dublin, lás. 9d. Belfast, 15s. 9d.-Hamburgh, 45s. - Madeira, 20s.-Jamaica, 30s.Greenland out and home, 4 gs. to 5 gs. Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from December 13, 1820, to January 10, 1821. Dec. 13. Dec. 20. Dec. 27. Jan. 3. Jan. 10. Bank stock, 3 per cent, reduced, 3 per cent. consols, 35 per cent. do. 4 per cent. do. 5 per cent. navy annuities India Stock, -Bonds, Exchequer bills, 24d. Consols for account, .... French 5 per cents... ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced between the 20th November and 20th December 1820; extracted from the London Gazette. Arnett, J. H. Smith's-square, Westminster, coal- Hay, T. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, builder Housman, W. Bridge-steeet, Blackfriars, mer Adams, J. Trinity-square, Minories, merchant Gray, J. Bishopsgate-street Without, grocer Adlington, J. Tottenham, builder Allen, J. Warwick, innkeeper Green, J. Heden, Yorkshire, merchant merchant Hartley, R. Ripon, mercer Ayers, J. Sutton Valence, Kent, farmer Hickes, J. Leeds, linen-draper Batten, L. St Albans, cooper Holmes, J. Portsmouth, coal-merchant Brown, FR. Sheffield, draper Baillie, J. Liverpool chant Barker, T. and F. Hudson, Stratford, brewers Bevans, J. City-road, timber-merchant Houlse, R. Hinckley, grocer Biekerdike, G. Huddersfield, victualler Hunter, J. A. Aston, Warwickshire keeper Inchbold, T. Leeds, bookseller Bramwell, M J. Liverpool, ship-chandler Bond, J. B. Blackman-street, Southwark, inn- Hutchinsen, J. Manchester, joiner Brown, J. Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-road, timber-merchant, Bromley, J. Circus-street, New-road, Mary-le Bray, G. Leeds, pocket-book-manufacturer Budgett, J. B. Stoke-lane, Somersetshire, dealer street, woolstaplers Bury, T. Exeter, factor Butler, J. C. and F. Dunnington, Yorkshire, ba con-factors Jackson, H. Great Prescott-street, merchant layer Kingsell, S. Blackwall, painter nufactory Levy, M. A. and D. Bath, goldsmiths Nichols, S. and M. New Woodstock, milliners Olive, J. Longford, Gloucestershire, farmer Symonds, C. and W. Taylor, Watling-street, warehousemen Phillips, G. Old Brentford, cabinet-maker Pickels, N. Colne, Lancashire, grocer Taylor, A. Kent-road, malt-roaster Pierce, W. High Holborn, wax-merchant scrivener smith Thompson, G. Preston, Lancashire, cheese-mong Phillips, P. R. Carmarthen, druggist er Ploughman, H. Romsey, Hampshire, brewer Thompson, J. Liverpool, factor Pratten, M. jun. Bristol, leather-dealer Pierson, J. S. Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, gold- Thompson, T. Camomile-street, merchant Prentice, W. High-street, Southwark, ironmonger Price, D. T. Holywell-street, Shoreditch, butcher Pratt, W. Walsall, Staffordshire, retailer of wines Quintin, W. and G. Basford, Nottinghamshire, timber-dealers Radnedge, J. Bathwick, Somersetshire, dairyman Rucker, S. Old South Sea House, merchant chants Sallows, R. Hadleigh, Suffolk, grocer miller Shuttleworth, A. and G. Robinson, Lincoln, boat-builders Simpson, W. Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, japan manufacturer Silva, J. R. Liverpool, merchant Slater, T. Wolverhampton, maltster Scarf, S. Leeds, stuff manufacturer Stott, C. Manchester, brush manufacturer. Strong, R. Exeter, clothier Sweet, C. Northampton, Devonshire, tanner Tipper, J. E. Romford, stationer shire, carpenter Varey, J. Lee-Green, Wakefield, cloth-maker Wadham, R. Poole, grocer Webb, W. and H. Bristol, linen drapers Webster, J. and G. M. Simpson, Tower-street, Welsford, J. C. Adam's-court, Old Broad street, merchant Wheeler, W. jun. New Kent-road, timber-mer chant Wilson, W. Liverpool, merchant er Wilson, J. and G. Waugh, Aldersgate-street, hat. ters Wiseman, S. J. Harper, and T. Foyson, Norwich, Woolley, E. Bilston, Staffordshire, iron-master ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced December 1820, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Crawford, J. and A. Glasgow, merchants Lamb, W. Leith, builder Lamb, Kerr, and Co, Glasgow, and Kerr, Lamb, and Co. Gibraltar M'Callum, Donald, Port-Bannatyne, Island of Milligan, J. Boghouse, Lanarkshire, cattle-dealer Ritchie, W. Dalry, grocer and spirit-dealer Scott, Francis, Locherby, linen and woollen-draper Turnbull, J. Galashiels, skinner and wool-merchant Watson, J. Dundee, plumber and tinplate-worker Wilson, J. Glasgow, baker and flour-dealer DIVIDENDS. Barclay, Arthur, and Co. Glasgow, merchants, Thomson, T. and J. Auchtermuchty, merchants; by J. Berry, merchant there by J. Kyd, writer in Cupar. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. June 1, 1820, At Bombay, the lady of Michie Forbes, Esq. a son. Oct. 2. In the Colony of Berbice, the lady of D. C. Cameron, Esq. a son. 21. At Quebec, the lady of the Rev. J. F. Mills, a daughter. Nov. 15. At New, Mrs Dr Forbes of Strathdon, a daughter. 16. At Bath, the lady of Sir Alexander Hood, Bart. a daughter. 17. Lady Kennedy, a son. 21. At Denlugas, the lady of H. G. Les lie, Esq. of Denlugas, a daughter. |