Carolina Rice Pimento. Ashes have been in good demand, and sold at advanced prices. in bond, has brought from 45s. to 46s. Lemon Juice has been inquired for. Oil, of almost every description, has advanced in price, and considerable business has been doing in several kinds. Saltpetre is now chiefly in the hands of second holders, who are demanding advanced prices. There is little variation in the prices of other articles of commerce. East India Indigo goes off steadily. Thick American Tar has sold at 17s. 6d., and Stockholm at 17s. 9d. per barrel. Molasses have again advanced in price, but the sales are not brisk at our present quotations. Course of Exchange, Sept. 8. Amsterdam, 37:10 B. 2 Us. Antwerp, 11:16. Ex. Hamburgh, 35: 1. 24 Us. Frankfort 1444. Ex. Paris 25: 10. 2 Us. Bordeaux, 25: 10. Madrid, 38 effect. Cadiz, 384 effect. Gibraltar, 34. Leghorn, 504. Genoa, 46. Malta, 50. Naples, 524. Palermo, 129 per oz. Rio Janeiro, 67. Oporto, 58. Dub lin, 10. Cork, 10. Agio of the Bank of Holland, 2. Prices of Gold and Silver, per oz.-] -Portugal gold, in coin, £. Foreign gold, in bars, £. New doubloons, £4. New Dollars, -s.d. Silver, in bars, 5s. 44d. ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 31st August 1818, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Chalmers, David & Co. linen and woollen-drapers in Lockerbie, and David Chalmers, the principal partner of that Company Fergus & Kidston, wholesale grocers in Glasgow, and George Fergus and Thomas Kidston, the individual partners of said Company Gardner, J. & J. mathematical instrument-makers in Glasgow, and John Gardner, senior, and John Gardner, junior, the partners thereof as individuals Mitchell, John, merchant in Glasgow Miller, Alex. & Co. merchants, St Andrew Street, Scandret, James, painter and glazier in Peterhead DIVIDENDS. Donaldson, George, draper in Edinburgh; by W Donald, William, merchant, Greenock; by the Mitchell, Alex. farmer and cattle-dealer in Fiddes- Miller, James, merchant, Glasgow; by Robert Aitken, merchant there Sim, Walter, & Co. grain-merchants, Aberdeen, and Walter Sim, brewer and grain merchant there; by John Duguid Milne, advocate there Tailor, John, late merchant, Arbroath; by John Airth, merchant, Arbroath-10th Sept. ..............25s. 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. Average Prices of Corn of England and Wales, from the Returns received in the Week ended 29th August 1818. Wheat, 80s. 1d.-Rye, 52s. 5d.-Barley, 53s. 3d.-Oats, 34s. 3d.-Beans, 70s. 5d.-Pease, 62s. 8d.-Oatmeal, 36s. 8d.-Beer or Big, Os. Od. Average Prices of British Corn in Scotland, by the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, and Oatmeal, per Boll of 128 lbs. Scots Troy, or 140 lbs. Avoirdupois, of the Four Weeks immediately preceding the 15th August 1818. Wheat, 67s. 10d.-Rye, 58s. 3d.-Barley, 44s. Od.-Oats, 30s. 11d.-Beans, 48s. 10d.-Pease, 49s. 6d.➡ Oatmeal, 25s. 10d,-Beer or Big, 39s. 9d. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. THE month of August commenced with dry weather, which continued with little interruption throughout. Excepting some light showers on the 1st, 7th, 10th, 17th, and 21st, scarcely exceeding in all one tenth of an inch, there fell no rain till the 25th. On that day, and on the 27th and 28th, there fell altogether about half an inch, but the whole quantity still bears a very small proportion indeed to that of August last year. The temperature of the month has been uniformly elevated, the average being nearly 24 degrees above that of the corresponding month 1817. The Thermometer rose twice above 70, frequently to 66, and every day to 60. The Barometer was steady at an elevation of about 30 during the first three weeks, so steady, indeed, that on some days the elevation or depression of the mercury in the space of twelve hours, was imperceptible even in Adie's delicate Barometer. The Hygrometer was also generally high, the average being about 7 degrees above that of August last year. It will be seen from the abstract, that the mean of the maximum and minimum temperatures for the month, differs from that of 10 and 10 only by about three-tenths of a degree; and that the point of deposition, according VOL. III. 5 A to Anderson's formula, is only about one degree lower than the mean minimum, a quantity altogether inconsiderable, when the prevalence of dry east and north east winds is taken into the account. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet. Fair days 25; rainy days 6. Wind West of meridian 16; East of meridian 15. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 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. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. January 30. At Monghur, the lady of Archibald Dow, Esq. 19th Bengal Infantry, a daughter. July 13. At Xeres, in Spain, the lady of John David Gordon, Esq. younger of Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire, a son. 28. In Old Broad-street, London, the lady of Alexander Gordon, Esq. a son. 30. At her mother's house, the Dowager Lady De Lawarr, in Saville-row, London, Lady Catheráne D'Arcy, a son. 31. Mrs Ford, 68, George-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. At Rochdale, the lady of Mr Abraham Wood, surgeon, three fine children, who, with their mother, are doing remarkably well. -At Gibraltar, the lady of Deputy-CommissaryGeneral John Mackenzie, a son. August 1. At Glengyle, Mrs M'Gregor, jun. of Glengyle, a son and heir. 3. At Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, the lady of Hope Steuart, Esq, of Ballechin, a daughter. 5. At Edinburgh, the lady of Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. Shandwick place, a son. 6. Mrs M'Hutchen, 60, Nicolson-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. 7. At Edinburgh, the lady of James Wedderburn, Esq. his Majesty's solicitor-general for Scotland, a daughter. 8. Mrs Bridges, Duke-street, Edinburgh, a daugh ter. 9. The lady of John Anstruther Thomson, Esq. of Charelton, a son. 11. Mrs William Tenant, jun. 12, Hanoverstreet, Edinburgh, a son. 10. At White house, Mrs L. Horner, a daughter. 15. At the house of her mother, Lady Chalmers, Sloane-street, Chelsea, the lady of Captain John Mayne, East India service, a son. 16. Mrs Hope Johnstone, a daughter. Mrs Craufuird, Forth-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. 17. At Edinburgh, the lady of William Robertson, Esq. 75, Great King-street, a daughter. In Dublin, the lady of the Lord Chancellor, a son and heir. -At Arbuthnot-house, the Viscountess of Arbuthnot, a daughter. 19. In Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, the lady of Edward Seymour, Esq. a son. At Rosiere, near Lyndhurst, the Countess of Erroll, a daughter. 20. Mrs Ferrier, 45, Northumberland-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. 20. In York-place, London, the Countess of Compton, a son. -At Blackheath, the Countess of Huntingdon, a son. It is Lord Huntingdon's intention to commemorate his succession to the title, by naming this boy Robin Hood. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Corrie, a son. In Pilrig-street, Edinburgh, Mrs Ewing, a daughter. 21. Mrs Thomas Johnstone, Albany-street, Edinburgh, a daughter. 22. At Ayton-house, Mrs Fordyce of Ayton, a daughter. At Bonnington-house, near Leith Fort, the lady of Captain W. Clibborn, of the royal artillery, MARRIAGES. June 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. July 23. At Ballachroan, John M'Intosh, Esq. of Holm, to Jessie, youngest daughter of Bailie Donald M Pherson, Inverness. Captain Crawford, only son of Sir James Crawford, to Lady Barbara Coventry, fourth daughter of the Earl of Coventry. 29. At Barrisdale, Colonel Cameron of the 95th, or rifle corps, to Miss Macdonnell, only daughter of Coll Macdonell, Esq. of Barrisdale. August 1. John Toup Nicholas, Esq. a companion of the most honourable military order of the Bath, and a commander of the royal and military order of St Ferdinand and of Merit of the Two Sicilies, a post captain in the royal navy, to Frances Anna, eldest daughter of Nicholas Were of Landcox, Esq. near Wellington, in Somersetshire. G. Ambrose Goddart, Esq. of Swindon-house, to Miss Lethridge, daughter of Sir Thomas Buchles Lethridge, Bart. and niece of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, Bart. 3. At Banff, Captain John Charles Griffiths, of the 94th regiment, to Miss Elizabeth Blane, daughter of the late Lieutenant-colonel Robert Blane of Springfield. -At North Berwick Lodge, Major Madox, of the 6th Enniskillen dragoons, to Miss Williams.. 4. Mr Andrew Peacock, merchant, to Catherine, only daughter of Mr Thomas Brown, Canongate, Edinburgh. -At Linton, Henry Dinning, Esq. Newlands, Belford, to Miss Grace Rennie, Linton. 4. At Muircote, near Alloa, Alexander Dewar, Esq. M. D. to Margaret Rosamond Geddes, fourth daughter of William Geddes, Esq. At Glasgow, John Stenley Carr, of the 24th regiment, to Johanna, daughter of the late John Wallace, Esq. of Kelly. 11. At Braidwood, Mr Andrew Waugh, writer in Edinburgh, to Margaret, third daughter of Geo. Ferme, Esq. Braidwood. At Green Cottage, near Elgin, Lachlan Mackintosh, Esq. of Raigmore, to Margaret, daughter of Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart. of Northfield. 12. At Fort-William, Thomas Macdonald, Esq. writer there, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Lieutenant-colonel John Cameron of Achnasaul. - At Port Patrick, Dr Andrew Anderson, of the 92d regiment of foot, to Anne, second daughter of Mr James Cairns, writer, Peebles. At Lamesley, in the county of Durham, Viscount Normandy, eldest son of the Earl of Mulgrave, to Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, Bart. of Ravensworth castle. 13. Mr Ab. Thomson, of Dundas-street, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson Duffin, eldest daughter of the late Mr Edward Wilson Duffin. 14. At Leith, Mr John Menzies, engraver, Edin. burgh, to Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Mr James Mowat, rector of the grammar school, St Andrews. At Glasgow, by the Rev. Dr M'Lean, Lieut. Alexander Campbell, R. N. to Helen, third daughter of Duncan Turner, Esq. Castles, Glenurchy. At Longnewton-house, Mr David Simson, Bloodylaws, to Miss Rutherford. 15. Michael Bruce, Esq. to Lady Parker, widow of Captain Sir Peter Parker, Bart. of the royal |