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Aggregate Averages of the Twelve Maritime Districts of England and Wales, by which Importation is to be regulated in Great Britain.

Wheat, 83s. 7d.-Rye, 51s. 2d.-Barley, 49s. 9d.-Oats, 54s. Id.-Beans, 62s. 11d.-Pease, 57s. 8d. Oatmeal, 35s. 9d.-Rape Seed, 85s. 8d.

Average Prices of Grain in Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding

15th August.

Wheat, 673. 10d.-Rye, 58s. 3d.-Barley, 44s.-Oats, 30s. 11d.-Beans, 48s. 10d.-Pease, 49s. Gd Oatmeal, per boll, 25s. 10d.--Bear or Big, 39s. 9d.

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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars.-The demand for Muscovades has been limited, and prices have suffered little alteration, fluctuating perhaps fron 13. to 2s. per cwt. Foreign has been little in request; and no alteration in price can be stated. Coffee continues subject to great fluctuation. In the week ending the 18th ult. it declined 12s. to 15s. per cwt.; and on the 20th the prices were 1s. to 2s.per cwt. lower than on the 18th. The market is still heavy to-day; at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per cwt. Cotton has been a favourite article of speculation; notwithstanding the India Company has declared 26,000 bags for sale on the 18th instant. The prices have advanced a little. To-day the market is again heavy.-The total imports into Great Britain this year, compared with 1817, during the same months, is as follows:

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From 1st Jan. to 31st Aug. 1817. 1st Jan. to 31st Aug. 1818.

From the United States, 167,103

Brazil and Portugal,

51,625

East Indies,

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112,753

135,332

28,277

452,925

Making an increase this year of about 130,000 bags; and there is an increase of stock in the kingdom nearly in equal proportion. Rum.-There were considerable sales in the last week of August; prices rather higher; no Leewards offering under 3s. 3d. The demand has since subsided, and prices have fallen Id. to 2d. per gallon. To-day there is little business doing, and prices nominal. Tobacco is in brisk demand, both to the trade and on speculation; and prices have improved. Oils. The reports of the Davis' Straits fishery continuing indifferent, there has been a considerable advance on whale oil; Greenland about L.I. Sperm, cod, and seal oils are also considerably higher.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-The demand for tallow has been extensive since our last report, and prices advanced rapidly; 91s. was realized for yellow candle, and 1s. to 2s. higher was asked; but the demand has since subsided, and the market again lower; for arrivals during the season 77s. Hemp and flax have also become in request, and prices are improving. Brandy is rather heavy; purchasers waiting the event of the vintage in France, which is reported to be indifferent; inferior descriptions may however be quoted a shade higher. There is no alteration in the prices of Geneva.

British Manufactures.-At Dudley, Stourbridge, &c. the iron trade was never known so brisk as it is at this moment; the foreign orders being so great, that they cannot be completed with sufficient celerity. At Aberdeen, an advance of from 10 to 15 per cent. has recently taken place in the prices of weaving. The excess of the revenue in the present quarter, beyond that in the corresponding quarter of last year, will be nearly L. 1,500,000.-Sept. 8.

Course of Exchange, London, Sept. 11.--Amsterdam, 37: 10 B.2 U. Ditto at sight, 37: 4. Rotterdam, 11; 13: 2 U. Antwerp, 11: 16 Ex. M. Agio of the Bank on Holland, 2. Hamburgh, 35: 2: 24 U. Altona, 35: 3: 2 U. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 0 U. Bourdeaux, 25; 20. Frankfort on the Maine, 145 Ex. M. Madrid, 381 effect. Cadiz, 381 effect. Gibraltar, 34. Leghorn, 501. Genoa, 46. Lisbon, 57 Rio Janeiro, 67. Dublin, 93. per cent. Cork, 9. Prices of Bullion per oz.--New doubloons, L4: 0:0. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0: 5:44.

New dollars, L.0: 5:34.

Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d.-Cork, or Dublin, 12s. 8d. Belfast, 15s. 9d.-Hamburgh, 12s. 8d.-Madeira, 20s.-Jamaica, 30s. Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from August 19 to September 9, 1818. Aug. 19th. Aug. 26th. Sept. 1st. | Sept. 9th

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced in August 1818, extracted from the London Gazette.

Abbott, J. London, butcher

Abbott, W. London, butcher

Ashby, W. Godmanchester, miller
Blunt, C. London, optician
Barlow, J. H. Middlesex, jeweller

Bentley, J., and J. Beck, London, watchmakers

Breese, J. Caerweys, Montgomery, grocer
Bousfield, W. London, woollen-draper
Bruford, C. London, cabinet-maker
Burton, W. Hinckley, Leicester, hosier

Buckland, M. Boyswater, Middlesex, victualler
Churcher, J. Bromley, Kent, cordwainer
Chorley, J. Chorley, Lancaster, joiner
Durand, J. N. London, merchant

Devereux, F., and M. Lambert, London, merchants

Frost, J. St Alban's, Hertford, linen-draper
Flower, T. London, jeweller

Fitton, J. Gosport, dealer

Finley, T. H. Whittle Hills, Lancaster, cotton manufacturer

Griffiths, J. Bristol, victualler

Houlbrocke, T. London, linen-draper
Hearse, J. Bristol, calenderer

Harcourt, J. Chard, Somerset, banker
Hyne, R. senior, Dartmouth, merchant
Jones, M. London, livery-stable-keeper
James, W. London, merchant

Karpeles, R. Dover, jeweller

Ker, R. Kingston-upon-Hull and York, mer.

chant

Lapage, S. London, dealer

Leigh, W. London, merchant

Lumley, W. London, wine-merchant

Lear, F. Strand, Middlesex, brush-maker
Love, J. E. Evesham, Worcester, jeweller
Marshall, J. Sheffield, shoemaker

Moran, T. Holyhead, Anglesca, innkeeper
Marshall, E. Aldington, Kent, factor
Massar, A. London, merchant
Page, G. London, silk-mercer

Prout, A. Truro, Cornwall, grocer

Penn, F.junior, Walthamstow, Essex, plumber Ramsay, J. London, merchant

Ray, R. Norwich, grocer

Rose, J. London, provision-merchant

Salisbury, J. and S. Liverpool, sail-makers
Smith, W. Leicester, woolstapler

Sporner, R. London, woollen-draper
Thorogood, C. Strand, Middlesex, dealer

Varley, T. Huddersfield, woollen-card-manufac

turer

Wakefield, J. City Road, Middlesex, dealer
Walker, S. jun. Manchester, grocer

Walker, J. Neithorp, Banbury, collar-maker
Whitfield, J. Old Street, Middlesex, coal-merchant
Wilkins, S. Buckingham and Bermondsey, fell-
monger

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTS and DIVIDENDS, announced in August 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

SEQUESTRATIONS.

Chalmers, David, and Company, Lockerbie, linen and woollen-drapers

Dowie, Robert, Leith, wright

Fergus and Kidston, Glasgow, wholesale grocers Fetter, James Robert, St Andrew's, corn-merchant

Gardner, J. and J. Glasgow, mathematical instrument makers

M'Donald, Alexander, Leith, builder

Miller, Alexander and Company, Leith, merchants

Mitchell, John, Glasgow, merchant

Scandret, James, Peterhead, painter and glazier Wilson, John, senior, Glasgow, grocer

DIVIDENDS.

Donald, William, Greenock, merchant; by the trustee there, 23d September

Donaldson, George, Edinburgh, draper; by W. Scott, accountant there, 3d October

Hood, John, and John Hood and Company, Glasgow by Mr Jeffray, 14, Stirling Square there, 1st September

Miller, James, Glasgow, merchant; by Robert Aitken, merchant there, 1st September Mitchell, Alexander, Fiddesbeg of Foveran, farmer and cattle-dealer; by D. Hutcheon, advocate in Aberdeen, 16th September Mitchell, Colin and Company, Perth, publishers; by Patrick Sangster there, 23d September Monteath, Duncan, and Company, Glasgow, grocers; by G. Sanderson, accountant there, 5th September

Sim, Walter, and Company, Aberdeen, grainmerchants; by John Duguid, advocate there, 18th September

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

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24. At Durie, Mrs Christie, a son. 25. At Teviotbank, the Hon. Mrs EK liot, a son.

26. In George Street, Edinburgh, Lady Anne Wardlaw, a daughter.

In Upper Baker Street, Portman Square, London, the lady of D. C. Cameron, Esq. a son.

27. At Cargen, the lady of William Stothert of Cargen, Esq. a daughter.

30. At Edinburgh, the lady of MajorGeneral Balfour, a daughter.

August 1. At Glengyle, Mrs Macgregor junior of Glengyle, a son and heir.

2. The Princess of Orange, of a son. 3. At Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, the lady of Hope Steuart, Esq. of Ballechin, a daughter.

At Munster Castle, Cumberland, the lady of Lord Lindsay, of a daughter. 7. The lady of James Wedderburn, Esq.

his Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scot-Heatly, Esq. Captain and Adjutant of the land, a daughter.

8. Mrs Bridges, Duke Street, Edin burgh, a daughter.

9. The lady of John Anstruther Thomson, Esq. of Charlton, a son.

12. At Grovehouse, Blackheath, the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon, a son. We are authorized to say, it is Lord Huntingdon's intention to commemorate his succession to the title, by naming this boy Robin Hood.-Courier.

14. At the chateau of Neuilly, the Duchess of Orleans, of a son.

16. At Worthing, the lady of James Grant, Esq. a son and heir.

17. At Arbuthnott-house, the Viscounteзs of Arbuthnott, a daughter.

At Edinburgh, the lady of William Robertson, Esq. Great King Street, a daugh

ter.

At Dublin, Lady Manners, a son and heir.

19. At Rosiere, near Lyndhurst, the Countess of Erroll, a daughter.

22. At Aytoun-house, Mrs Fordyce of Aytoun, a daughter.

25. At Tullamore, Ireland, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Lindsay, (78th regiment) of Halbeath, a son.

26. The lady of Major Alexander Mackay, Great King Street, a daughter.

28. At Cockairney-house, Fifeshire, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Moubray, a son. Lately, At Gibraltar, the lady of Deputy Commissary-General John Mackenzie,

a son.

At Gordonhall, the lady of Sir James Alex. Gordon, R.N., K.C.B. a daughter.

The wife of a shepherd, employed by Mr Hawkins of Newport, Monmouthshire, of two boys and two girls, which are in a thriving way. The parents are poor, and keep them in coal-baskets instead of cradles.

MARRIAGES.

July 23. At Banff, the Rev. Alexander Bruce, episcopal clergyman, Banff, to Dorothea Mary, eldest daughter of Robert Bartlett, Esq. of Limehouse, London.

28. At Dunkirk, Samuel Christian, Esq. of Amsterdam, fourth son of Joseph Christian, Esq. of London, to Georgette Susanne Gregorie, youngest daughter of George Gregorie, Esq. of Ostend.

29. At Barrisdale, Colonel Cameron, of the 95th, or rifle corps, to Miss Macdonell, only daughter of Coll Macdonell, Esq. of Barrisdale.

Aug. 4. At Linton, Prestonkirk, Hen. ry Dinning, Esq. Newlands, Belford, to Miss Grace Rennie, inton.

5. At Whitehaven, Monsieur Lecomte, only son of Monsieur le Baron de Lecomte, of Touraine, in France, to Caroline Margaret, only child of William Campbell

Whitehaven militia, and third cousin to his Grace the Duke of Argyle,

11. At Green Cottage, near Elgin, Lachlan Mackintosh, Esq. of Raigmore, to Margaret, daughter of Sir Archibald Dun. bar, Bart. of Northfield.

At Braidwood, Mr Andrew Waugh, writer in Edinburgh, to Margaret, third daughter of George Ferme, Esq. Braid wood.

12. At Fort William, Thomas Macdonald, Esq. writer in Fort William, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Lieut. Colonel John Cameron of Achnasaul.

15. Michael Bruce, Esq. to Lady Parker, widow of Captain Sir Peter Parker, Bart. of the royal navy.

20. At Dumfries, Captain Dugald Stew art, of the 1st battalion Royal Marines, to Miss Dalziel, of Glenae.

24. At Portobello, John Murray, Esq. W.S. to Miss Ann Jane Borland, youngest daughter of the late James Borland, Esq. Glasgow.

At Burnbank, William Weir, Esq. of the Bombay medical establishment, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr John Torrance, Hamilton.

September 1. At Boreland, John Forbes, Esq. surgeon, R. N. to Miss Mary Belches. Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Boreland.

Lately. At Edinburgh, Christopher Kane, M.D. late of the medical staff of the Mediterranean army, to Catharine Margaret Olympia, daughter of the late Governor Campbell of Fort George, and of Melford, in Argyllshire.

DEATHS.

Feb. 13. At Calcutta, James Rattray, Esq. second in the East India Company's civil service, judge of the circuit in the Dacca division, and eldest son of the late James Rattray of Arthurstone.

May 4. Of a violent dysentery, which carried him off in the short space of two days, Mr Henry Alexander, the colonial secretary of the Cape of Good Hope.

30. At Barbadoes, of an apoplectic fit, the Hon. George Maynard, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and one of his Majesty's council in that island. He was proceeding home, when he fell off his horse, and, as was supposed, immediately expired.

June 15. In Ruthwell village, Dumfriesshire, William Gillespie, an old Chelsea pen. sioner. By his own account he was 108 years of age, having been born in the year 1710. His discharge, however, which is dated in 1763, and characterizes him as being then "worn out in the service," makes him a few years younger, but still upwards of 100. He was a native of Ireland, which place he left when very young, and hav

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