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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,

Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill.

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.

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FROM the middle to the end of December, the weather continued cold, and rains were frequent. The mean temperature, for that period, did not exceed 36o, and the depth of rain amounted to 24 inches. The new year commenced with pleasant weather. The rains that have fallen since the 1st of the present month do not exceed two-tenths of an inch, and the mean temperature was about 41°. Frosts have been frequent, but of short continuance, and seldom so hard as to give any interruption to field labours; plowing is, therefore, now far advanced. A considerable breadth of clover ley has been turned over, for oat-seed furrow, on light lands; on clay soils, it is thought rather early for that operation.

The progress of vegetation has of late been rather rapid for the season; immense lists of plants in flower appear in almost every newspaper; but, in glancing over such lists, it is easy to observe, that most of the flowers mentioned are Autumn, and not Spring flowers. They therefore only afford a proof, that, hitherto, frosts have not been severe, but they offer no data whereby to judge of the actual progress of vegetation. It may, however, be mentioned as an anomaly, that the lateness of vegetation last season, and its earliness at present, are conspicuous in the green state of the arbutus-berries, (which usually assume a scarlet colour in December,) and the early springing of the snow-drop, which seldom appears before the end of January. Latesown wheats have had a favourable season, and look well, except in some instances in pease stubbles, where the slugs have made terrible depredations. Turnips are beginning to run, and a short continuance of the present weather will soon hurt their quality.

Prices of grain have improved considerably since our last, and at a period of the season, too, when the market is usually glutted. Wheat is in demand; best new, from 28s. to 30s., in the northern markets. Barley is keenly sought after, and brings from 26s. to 27s. per boll: seed oats also find ready buyers at about 20s. per boll. Fat cattle are rather scarce, and brings from 6s. 6d., to 7s. per stone, Dutch weight. Turnip-fed sheep are in request, and will pay something for their keep, besides the value of their droppings to the soil. The season has been favourable to the operation of planting forest-trees, and labourers are easily found at 1s. 2d. per short day of seven

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Perthshire, 12th January 1824.

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Course of Exchange, London, Jan. 13.-Amsterdam, 12: 3. Ditto at sight, 11:19. Rotterdam, 12: 4. Antwerp, 12: 5. Hamburgh, 37: 7. Altona, 37: 8. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 65. Bourdeax, 25: 85. Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 157. Madrid, 36. Cadiz, 354. Gibraltar, 30. Leghorn, 464. Genoa, 431. Naples, 381. Lisbon, 52. Oporto, 52. Rio Janeiro, 49. Dublin, 9 cent. Cork, 94 cent.

Prices of Bullion, oz.-Portugal Gold in bars, £.000.-Foreign Gold in bars, £3.176.-New Doubloons, £.3.15u6.-New Dollars, £.049-Silver in bars, Standard, £.0u4u114.

Premiums of Insurance.-Guernsey or Jersey, 25s. a 30s.—Cork or Dublin, 25s. a 30s.-Belfast, 25s. a 30s.-Hambro', 20s. a 50s.-Madeira, 20s. a 30s.-Jamaica, 40s. a 50s.-Greenland, out and home, 6 gs. a 12 gs.

Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from Dec. 17th 1823, to Jan. 14th 1824. Dec. 17. Dec. 24. Dec. 31. Jan. 7. Jan. 14.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTs, announced between the 20th of November and the 20th December 1823: extracted from the London Gazette.

Abrahams, J. Castle-street, Houndsditch, jeweller.
Allum, T. W. Great Marlow, builder.
Appleton, J. Tottenham Court-road, cooper.
Appleyard, J. Catherine-street, Strand, bookseller.
Bauch, J. and M. J. Joseph Fox, Ordinary-court,
Nicholas-lane, merchants.

Railey, J. Liverpool, merchant.
Baines, B. Canterbury, bookseller.

Baylis, E. Painswick, Gloucestershire, wool-dealer.
Bosher, J. St. Stephen's, Hertfordshire, dealer in
cattle.

Bruggengate, G. A. T. and T. H, Payne, Fenchurch-buildings, merchants.

Buchanan, J. and W. R. Ewing, Liverpool, insurance-brokers.

Chambers, J. Gracechurch-street, tobacconist.
Champtaloup, J. Counter-st. Southwark, orange-
merchant.

Coates, S. Fore-street, Cripplegate, dealer.
Cork, J. Rochdale, ironmonger.

Cordingby, W. Russel-place, Bermondsey, brewer.
Crowshey, S. King-street, Westminster, cheese-

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Davies, J. Hereford, victualler.

Dixon, G. Chiswell-street, ironmonger.
Dowling, W. King-street, Tower-hill, grocer.
Driver, A. P. College-wharf, Lambeth, flour.
dealer.

Ella, J. Lower Thames-street, wine-merchant.
Ellaby, T. Emberton, Bucks, lace-merchant.
Eyre, W. Cockspur-street, Charing Cross, trunk-
maker.

Farrier, W. Friday-street, Cheapside, wine-mer-
chant.

Fasaner, D. Bath, fancy-stationer.

Fox, T. Mosbrough, Derby, scythe-manufacturer.
Ford, J. Little Dartmouth, Devon, lime-merchant.
Glover, T. Derby, brush-manufacturer.
Gough, J. Little Tower-street, vintner.
Grace, R. Fenchurch-street, hatter.

Grant, M. Clifton, Gloucestershire, lodging-house keeper.

Hamilton, R. Stoke-upon-Trent, potter.

Harris, J. Kennington Cross, livery-stable keeper.
Heavey, J. Shoreditch, cabinet-maker.
Hill, T. West Smithfield, grocer.

Hodge, H. Duval's-lane, Islington, brick-maker.
Holbrook, J. Derby, grocer.

Hodges, J. Aldgate, blanket-warehouseman.
Hodgson, J. Newgate-street, linen-draper.
Holland, T. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer.
Hooper, J. Mitre-court, Fleet-street, stationer.
Hutchinson, J. Little St. Thomas Apostle, button-
factor.

Isaacs, J. Haverfordwest, draper.

Jones, E. A. and W. H. Hackney-fields, brewers.
Jones, W. Dog-row, Mile-end, wheelwright.
Joyce, L. Keyford, Somersetshire, innkeeper.
King, T. Frederick's-place, Kennington-lane, mer-
chant.

Larbalestier, J. Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.
Lincoln, J. Norwich, miller.

Marsden, T. King street, Portman-square, horse-
dealer.

Minchin, T. Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, dealer and chapman.

Mitchel, T. Oxford street, Cannon-street road,

grocer.

Moody, W. Leeds, joiner.

Moon, J. Bristol, currier.

Morris, C. Fore-street, Cripplegate, victualler.
Moody, J. L. Clifton-street, Worship-street, silk-
manufacturer.

Moses, S. Portsea, slopseller.
Murday, R. Rochester, plumber.
Olivant, A. Sculcoates, Yorkshire, miller.
Penny, J. and T. Shepton Mallet, grocers.
Powell, J. G. Egham, dealer.

Preddey, R. Bristol, baker.

Price, J. Lower-street, Islington, coach-maker.
Ransom, J. Stoke Newington, coach-master.
Reby, R. Radnor-street, City-road, tailor.
Redfern, W., T. Stevenson, and W. Blatherwick,
Nottingham, hosiers.

Reeves, R. Stockport, shopkeeper.

Roberts, E. Oxford-street, linen-draper.
Robinson, J. Bursiem, potter.

Rogers, J. S. and J. Portsmouth, coach-makers.
Rowe, G. Chelsea, surgeon.

Sargent, J. Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, manufacturing chemist.

Sealey, B. and E. Nash, Red Lion-yard, Aldersgate-street, horse-dealers.

Simes, W. Canonbury-tower, Islington, dealer. Smith, G. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper.

Smith, W. St. Clement, Worcestershire, brewer. Spencer, J. Norwich, bombazine-manufacturer. Symes, G. B. New Terrace, Camberwell green, dealer and chapman.

Thomas, W. Regent-street, Piccadilly, stationer.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced December 1823; extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

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Gardner, Thomas, carpet-merchant in Edinburgh ;
by William Scott, accountant there
Hamilton, William, merchant in Glasgow; by the
trustee there

Hunt, Charles, late merchant in Dunfermline; by
D. Lindsay, accountant in Edinburgh.
Lamb and Miller, merchants in Glasgow; by D.
Cuthbertson, accountant there

Menzies, Robert, distiller in Paisley; by James
Craig, accountant there

Newlands, James and Luke Fraser, jewellers in

Glasgow; by P. Grierson, jeweller there

Oddy, George, grocer in Tradestown, of Glasgow: by M'Pherson and Maclachlan, writers there Pollock, John, cotton-spinner in Greenhead, Glas

gow; by Wm, Sharpe, merchant there Robertson, William, innkeeper in Perth; by P. Stewart, junior, merchant there

Wright, Alexander, fish-curer in Banff; by George Alexander, merchant there.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.

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-At Hart-Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Couper, a daughter.

Dec. 4. At No. 7, Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh, the Lady of Jas. Wilson, Esq. advocate, a daughter. 7. At Bishop's Court, Isle of Man, Lady Sarah Murray, a daughter.

9. At Sundrum, Mrs Hamilton, of Sundrum, a daughter.

10. At Dunninald, Mrs Arkley, a son.

At Stirling, Mrs Dr Wilson, a son. 13. At 8, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs Peter Ramsay, a daughter.

-At Castlemilk, the Lady of William Stirling, Esq. a daughter.

Mrs C. Terrot, Northumberland-Street, Edinburgh, a daughter.

15. At Woodburn, Morningside, the Lady of George Ross, Esq. advocate, a daughter.

16. In Frederick-Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Henry Harrington, Esq. a daughter.

-At No. 4. George-Street, Edinburgh, Mrs Dr Nicoll, St Andrew's, a son.

28. At Ballancrieff House, Lady Elibank, a daughter.

21. At Kinmundy, Mrs Ferguson, a son.

Dec. 21. At Whitton, the Lady of Charles Calvert, Esq. M. P. a son and heir.

Mrs John Wardrop, 103, George-Street, Edinburgh, a son.

23. At Dean Bank House, near Edinburgh, Mrs William Bruce, a son.

-In Great King-Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Capt. A. R. Kerr, C. B. royal navy, a daughter. 24. At 10, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, the Lady of Major James Harvey, of Castle Seniple, a son. -At Edinburgh, the Lady of George Govan, Esq. M. D. Bengal Establishment, a son.

MARRIAGES.

1823. Jan. 21. At Googry, East Indies, Joseph Woolley, Esq. Assistant Surgeon, 2d battalion 6th regiment, to Mary, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. W. G. Maxwell, commanding that battalion.

Feb. 8. At Bengal, Thomas Reid Davidson, Esq. of the Civil service, to Helen Eliza, eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. J. Paton, Commissary-General in Bengal.

July 12. At Madras, Joseph Cox, Esq. surgeon to the Hon. the Governor's Body Guard, to Catherine Grace, eldest daughter of Major Waugh, of the Madras army.

Nov. 24. At Collinsburgh, William Bonthrone, Esq. surgeon, Crail, to Margaret, daughter of the late John Scott, Esq. Crail.

At Lauder, George Simson, Esq. one of the Bailies of that burgh, to Miss Agnes Lauder, youngest daughter of the late Bailie George Lauder.

27. At London, Robert Hibbert, second son of Robert Hibbert, Esq. of Birtleshall, Cheshire, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of John Drummond, Esq. of Charing Cross.

-At manse of Methlick, James Nicol, Esq. advocate in Aberdeen, to Barbara, only daughter of the late Rev. George Allan, minister of New hills.

29. At Edinburgh, Sir Abraham Elten, Bart. of

Cleveden Court, Somerset, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late William Stewart, Esq. of Castlestewart, and niece of Kenneth Earl of Seaforth. Nov. 19. In Edinburgh, Mr John C. Tweedie, merchant, Leith, to Helen, only daughter of Alexander Cunninghame, Esq.

Dec. 1. Mr Yates, the celebrated comedian, late of Covent Garden Theatre, to Miss Brunton, daughter of Mr John Brunton, manager of the Exeter Theatre.

-At Greenock, George Corsine Cunninghame, Esq. to Margaret Fenella, second daughter of the late James Macdowall, Esq. of Glasgow.

-At Hamilton, W. Owen Davies, Esq. Newtown, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, to Euphemia May, second daughter of the late W. Beveridge, Esq. W. S. Edinburgh.

2. At Kirkliston manse, John Scott, Esq. Dundee, to Ann, daughter of the late Alex. Reid, Esq. of Ratho Bank.

-At Lindertis, James Wemyss, Esq. Captain in the Royal Scots Greys, to Miss Frances Wemyss, fourth daughter of the late William Wemyss, Esq. of Cuttlehill.

-At London, John Johnston, Esq. eldest son of John Johnston, Esq. of Dauson, in the county of Kent, to Helen, eldest daughter of Walter Learmonth, Esq. 2. Montague Street, Russell Square.

4. At Edinburgh, Robert John Napier Kellette, Esq. of the 48th regiment, to Jemima, only child of the late James Hunter of Craigluncheoch, Esq.

-At London, C. Hailes, Esq. of the 8th or King's regiment, to Jane Torringham, eldest daughter of Robtert Campbell, Esq. of Argyle Place.

-At Chichester, the Hon. Captain Berkeley, R. N. to Lady Charlotte Lennox, sister to the Duke of Richmond.

8. At Viewforth, Edinburgh, Mr James Chalmers, solicitor at law, to Jane, second daughter of Alexander Smellie, Esq.

-At Langland, Captain Archibald Shannon, to Miss Margaret Wilson.

- Mr Daniel McLean, merchant, Glasgow, to Jane, daughter of William Hunter, Esq. Shettle

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- At Bath, Captain Colin Campbell, R. N. to Elmira, widow of Lieut.-General Richard Gore.

11. At Edinburgh, Alexander Macdonald, Esq. of Dalilea, to Jane, only surviving daughter of the deceased John Roberts, Esq. of Carronflats, late of the city of London.

-At Greenhead, Glasgow, John Wilson, Esq. Millport, to Miss Morris, daughter of the late Captain Hugh Morris.

12. At Smithyhaugh, James Smith, Esq. manufacturer, Auchterarder, to Miss Anne Gibson, daughter of Peter Gibson, Esq. Smithyhaugh.

15. At Bury, Lancashire, William Thomson, Esq. of the island of Java, merchant, to Grace, daughter of the late Mr James Grant, of Glasgow.

18. At Edinburgh, Mr Alexander Graham, merchant, Glasgow, to Jane, daughter of Mr R. D. Fleming, merchant, Edinburgh.

-At London, William Duncombe, Esq. M. P. to the Right Hon. Lady Louisa Stewart, youngest daughter of the Earl of Galloway.

19. At Gibraltar, Charles Foote, Esq. M. D. Gibraltar, to Mary, daughter of the late John Glasgow, Esq. merchant in Glasgow.

22. At Dundee, William Cator, Esq. of London, to Mary, fifth daughter of the late William Wilson, Esq. of Whitfield.

25. At Edinburgh, the Rev. George Blyth, to Ellen Scott, eldest daughter of the late Henry Tod, Esq.

Lately. At Portsmouth, Captain Thos. Monck Mason, R. N. to Mary, eldest daughter of the Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. K.C.B., and niece to Earl Grey.

At Annan, Robert Davies, Esq. solicitor, and town-clerk of Wells, to Caroline Mary, eldest daughter of the late Francis Drake, Esq. of that city, and niece to Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart.

DEATHS.

1822. Dec. 8. At Canton, Captain Thomas Sanders, of the Orwell Indiaman.

1823. Feb. 11. At Chunar, Bengal, Lieutenant George Gordon, of the 21st regiment N. I. and Fort Adjutant at Chunar.

May 4. At Calcutta, Andrew, second son of the late John Heugh, Esq. of Gartcows, Stirlingshire.

June 30. At the island of Trinidad, in consequence of a fall from his horse, James Boyd, Esq. Captain in his Majesty's 9th regiment of foot.

July 20. At Mooskupore, in Bengal, Mr Robert Pattullo, indigo-planter, aged 34 years, son of the late Lieutenant Wm. Pattullo, of Dundee.

23. At Valparaiso, coast of Chili, Mr George Macfarquhar, eldest son of the late John Macfarquhar, Esq. W. S.

Aug. 6. At sea, in progress to Europe, for the recovery of his health, after a servitude of 18 years in India, Lieutenant and Adjutant James Macpherson, of his Majesty's 67th regiment.

30. At St Thomas's in the East, Jamaica, Mrs Monro, cf Novar.

Sept. 17. At Antigua, Richard Willoc Morson, second son of the late Walter Skerret Morson, of the island of Montserrat.

30. In the island of Barbadoes, the Hon. John Forster Alleyne, late President of his Majesty's Council of that island.

20. In the island of Barbadoes, the Honourable John Forster Alleyne, late President of his Majesty's Council of that island.

-At Cape Town, on her passage to India, Catherine Richardson, wife of Lieutenant David Sherriff, of the 24th Bengal Native Infantry.

Oct. 4. At Nanchez, Mississippi State, North America, Dr Matthew Provan, formerly of Glasgow.

9. At sea, off the coast of Newfoundland, on his passage from Jamaica, Lieutenant Peter Reddie, R. N. commander of the ship Thisbe, West India

man.

Nov. 14. At Dublin, Mr Henry Smart, the musical professor, and brother of Sir George Smart, M. D. Mr Smart was one of the original members of the London Philharmonic Society, and many years leader of Drury Lane Theatre.

16. At Glasgow, Mr Robert Watson, merchant, aged 39.

17. At St Heliers, island of Jersey, Capt. John Douglas, late of the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.

-At Methven manse, the Rev. John Dowe, minister of that parish, in the 78th year of his age, and 51st of his ministry.

- At his seat, Port Elliot, in Cornwall, the Earl of St German's, in the 63d year of his age.

18. At Ammondell, a seat of his brother's, the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan, the Right Hon. Thomas, Lord Erskine, K. T. third son of the deceased Henry David, Earl of Buchan; a Privy Councillor, and late Lord High Chancellor of England. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by the Hon. David Montague Erskine, his eldest son, late Ambassador to the United States of America.

19. At Edinburgh, George Kinnear, Esq. banker in Edinburgh.

-John Wilson, Esq. of Coultershogle, merchant in Dundee, aged 26.

19. At Stranraer, Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy, of Knocknazie, spouse of Captain George Gough Os

borne.

20. At Edinburgh, Robert, third son of Mr Adam Anderson.

21. At Walthamstow, Essex, Duncan Maclaurin, Esq. of Lombard-Street, London.

At London, John Roebuck, Esq. 22. Mitchel Hollinworth, Esq. of Greenwich Hospital, and late of the Admiralty.

At Libberton, Mr Robert Johnstone, late merchant, Port Glasgow.

23. Mrs Marion Bell, wife of Mr A. Steele, W.S. - At the manse of Glammis, Barbara, daughter of the Rev. James Lyon.

24. At New Palace Yard, Westminster, Mrs Bankes, wife of the Hon. Member for Corfe Castle. - At London, Mrs Bish, mother of Mr Bish, of Cornhill.

-At Greenbank, near Glasgow, Mrs Jane Bruce, wife of William Davidson Blair, Esq.

At Montrose, Sarah, wife of Captain James Bertram.

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