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Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's Coffee-house-Guernsey or Jersey, 20s. Cork, Dublin, or Belfast, 20s. Hamburgh, 14 gs. Madeira, 14 gs. Jamaica, 50s.

Course of Exchange, April 4.-Amsterdam, 39: 6 B. Hamburgh, 36:2. Paris, 25:40. Madrid, 354 effect. Lisbon, 57. Dublin, 12.

Gold in bars, £3:18: 6 per oz. New doubloons, £3:15: 6. Silver in bars, 5s. Id.

The following is an account of the official value of the Exports from Great Britain in each year from 1792 to 1816, both inclusive,-distinguishing the value of British Produce and Manufactures from that of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize :

Foreign and
Colonial
Merchandize.

E. India
Lump, fine

1 14 0 to

2 18 0

5 14 0 to

610 0

Tallow, Russia,

Yellow
Tea, Bohea

310 to

0

2 6 to

Hyson, fine 0

5

1 to

1008

027

Wine, Mad. old 90

0

0 to 120 0

Port, old 120
Sherry 110 0

0

0 to 125 0

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Bank Stock

Weekly Price of Stocks from 1st to 31st March 1817.

3 per cent. reduced

3 per cent. consols

4 per cent. consols

5 per cent. Navy Ann.

Imperial 3 per cent. Ann.

India Stock

Bonds

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between 1st and 31st

March 1817, extracted from the London Gazette.

Atmore, R. Foulsham, Norfolk, grocer
Adams, L. & J. Barker, Doncaster, iron-founders
Abrahams, L. Craven Buildings, London, glass-
merchant

Ardern, R. Stockport, hatter

Bold, J. O. Liverpool, merchant

Birdwood, S. Plymouth, linen-draper

Baber, J. St James's Street, London, dress-maker
Blackwell, R. Manchester, manufacturing-chemist
Bannister, R. Royd in Meltham, Yorkshire, wool-
len-cloth manufacturer

Brown, J. Chesterfield, Derbyshire, grocer
Brooke, J. Rawfold, Yorkshire, oil-manufacturer
Brown, E. & T. Hindle, Blackburn, grocers
Brookes, W. Paternoster Row, London, silk-manu-
facturer

Breeze, W. Stafford, potter

Binion, J. Edward Street, London, ironmonger
Baines, P. Preston, coal-merchant

Beech, J. Stone, Staffordshire, linen-draper
Bates, J. Halifax, merchant

Curtis, E. Chiswick, Middlesex, surgeon
Cree, R. Plymouth Dock, linen-draper

Charlton, J. Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship

owner

Dean, P. B. & J. Fairbrother, Tottington, Lanca-
shire, cotton-spinners

Dunn, L. George Street, Mile-end, rope-maker
Davidson, J. Warwick Court, London, merchant
Drakely, J. & E. Clementson, Market-bosworth,
Leicestershire, hosiers

Dutton, T. King Street, Cheapside, London, ware-
houseman

Davies, J. Popping Court, London, stereotype founder and printer

Drew, R. Bradninch, merchant

Dutton, G. Brown's Buildings, London, cheese-
monger

Dowley, J. Willow Street, Bankside, corn-merchant
Foster, J. Liverpool, timber-merchant

Fell, J. Ratcliffe Highway, London, ironmonger
Gage, M. Mitcham, brewer

Grosvenor, J. Hart's Hill, Worcestershire, rope-
manufacturer

Grafton, E. Liverpool, glass-dealer

Galey, J. & W. Birmingham, brush manufacturers
Geary, W. Norwich, hosier

Harvey, W. G. Battle, gunpowder-manufacturer
Holmes, J. A. Holmes & J. Holmes, Tong, York-
shire, woolstaplers

Hilling, J. S. Norwich, jeweller
Henriques, J. Cheltenheim, jeweller

Kilshaw, E. Lancashire, soap-boiler

Knott, J. Manchester, manufacturer

Lane, R. jun. Norwich, bookseller

Lush, J. Frome, Somerset, clothier

Little, W. Southshields, linen-draper

Lancaster, J. Whitley, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth
manufacturer

Middleton, J. King's Lyn, insurance-broker
Medex, M. Bread Street. London, merchant

Murray, W. Bath, money-scrivener

Morrall, W. Birmingham, factor

Morrice, D. Tenby, rope-manufacturer

Marshall, J. King's Head Court, Newgate Street,

London, wholesale linen-draper

Muir, A. Leeds, linen-draper

Marsh, T. Liverpool, spirit dealer

Niblett, F. Bread Street, Cheapside, money-scri

vener

Noyes, R. Bulford, Wilts, paper-manufacturer
Nash, R. Kingstone-upon-Thames, seed-crusher
Price, G. Threadneedle Street, London, hardware-

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Siordet, J. M. & J. L. Siordet, Austin Friars, Lon-
don, merchants

Summerset, J. Shorsted, Kent, farmer
Scott, R. B. Spring-Gardens, London, printer
Scott, W. Nottingham, lace-manufacturer
Southell, W. Liverpool, cabinet-maker
Steevens, W. Bristol, coal-merchant
Speirs, J. Birmingham, linen-draper
Tugood, J. Lancaster, ironmonger

Thompson, T.E.&T.NetherCompton, flax spinners
Townshend, J. Ludgate Street, London, ware-
houseman

Thomas, M., R. Fillis & W. Cock, Plymouth, contractors

Toulman, W. Carmarthen Street, London, moneyscrivener

Taylor, A. North Shields, sail-maker

Thomas, P. Mitre Court, London, merchant

Todd, G. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, spirit-merchant
Wilkinson, J. Sculcoats, Yorkshire, merchant
Wells, J. Poland Street, London, cheesemonger
Woodburn, J. Millthorp, Westmoreland, timber
merchant

Willey, W. Leicester, draper

Wroe, J. Tong, York, worsted-manufacturer
Whitley, J. Daw Green, York, vintner

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between 1st and 31st

March 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Alexander & Samuel, Leith, merchants
Brown, George, Airdrie, watch and clock maker
Bryce & Aitken, Farenze Printfield, parish of Neil-
ston, calico-printers

Couper, John, Stenton, tenant, partner of Scott,
Burt, and Co. tanners, Kilconquhar
Craig, George, Prestonpans, merchant

Clark, Daniel, Auchaleek, near Campbletown,
manufacturer

Donall, Thomas, Wick, merchant
Donald, William, Greenock, merchant

Fleming, Robert, Peathill, merchant and carrier
between Glasgow and Stirling

Ford, James, Esq. of Finhaven, Montrose, merchant
Fraser, Alexander, Aberdeen, merchant'
Hamilton, John, Dumbarton, merchant
M'Gouns, Watson, & Co. Greenock, merchants
M'Liesh, David, jun. Perth, merchant

Mitchell, Alexander, Fiddesbeg of Foveran, Aber-
deenshire, farmer and cattle dealer

Michael, William, and Son, Inverary, merchants
Nixon, Richard, Dunbar, merchant
Reid, Robert, Thornhill, merchant

Stewart, John, Dalnaspeedle, Perthshire, drover
and cattle dealer

Watt, James, Aberdeen, flesher

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

A winter rather mild, though wet, and marked by the long prevalence of strong gales from the west, has been succeeded by an early spring, and of late, by very favourable weather for committing the seeds to the ground. The spring crops will therefore probably occupy the usual space; but there is every reason to suspect that a much less extent of wheat than usual was sown in autumn, and that only upon the driest soils could there be any considerable addition made to it since. The grounds sown with the wheat of last season are in several instances unpromising. Live stock of all kinds have passed the winter well. The weather has been propitious to the early lambs.-The corn markets have fluctuated little for some weeks, excepting in the article of inferior wheat, which at present is hardly saleable: and if the supply of foreign wheat be as liberal as it is expected to be, a large portion of what remains of the last year's crop of British wheat is not likely to be in demand at any price. Perhaps oats are the only species of grain on which some farther advance may be expected, the stock of this grain in the high lands, and that of potatoes, which in many places are used as a substitute, generally, being now nearly consumed. Premiums have been offered by the Highland Society of Scotland, and by the Irish Societies, for encouraging the culture of early potatoes, which it is to be hoped may alleviate the pressure of scarcity and dearth during the summer.-The late markets for horses, cattle, and sheep, indicate an improvement in the demand; sheep, in particular, have advanced considerably in this part of the island.-Upon the whole, the prospects of all those farmers whose chief dependence is not placed upon a wheat crop, which was in by far the greater number of instances ruinously deficient last harvest, both in quantity and quality, may be said to be much better than at the corresponding period last year.

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70 to 80

Scotch
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Irish New
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Beans, pigeon. 36 to 45 Quart. loaf, 15d. to 174d Barley, per 60 libs.

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Beef. per tierce 60 to 90- per barrel 66 to 70 . 60 to 6 Pork, per barrel 80 to 85 70 to 7 6 Bacon, per cwt.

Malt p. 9 gls. 12 0 to
Oats per 45 lb.
Eng. potato 5 0 to

-common

9

14

49 to 59

Irish potato 5 6 to
5 5 to

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Scot. potato 5 6 to
-common 5 3 to
Welsh potato 5 0 to
-common 4 6 to

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6-Short middles 68 to 70 -Long ditto 64 to 66 65 Butter, per cwt. -Belfast 6 2-Colerain 56-Newry 60-Drogheda -Cork, 3d.

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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 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.

By the Quarter of Eight Winchester Bushels, and of Oatmeal per Boll of 140 lbs Avoirdupois, from the Official Returns received in the Week ending March 29, 1817.

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All England and Wales.

Wheat, 104s. 9d.-Rye, 61s. 10d.-Barley, 51s. 8d.-Oats, 32s. 6d.-Beans, 54s. 1d.-Pease, 55s. 2d.

Oatmeal, 40s. 7d.-Beer or Big, Os. Od.

Average Prices of Corn, per quarter, of the Twelve Maritime Districts, for the Week ending March 22.

Wheat, 101s. 10d.-Rye, 65s. 3d.-Barley, 51s. 2.-Oats, 32s. 1d.-Beans, 56s. 6d.-Pease, 55s.

Average of Scotland for the Four Weeks preceding 15th March.
Wheat, 74s. Id.-Rye, 58s. 3d.-Barley, 47s. Id.-Oats, 57s. 2d.-Beans, 60s. 3d.-Pease, 62s.

Oatmeal, 52s. 10d.-Beer or Big, 42s. 7d

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.

Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from
Perth, Latitude 56° 25′, Elevation 185 feet.

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Fair days 19; rainy days 12. Wind West of meridian, including North, 21; East of meridian, including

South, 7.

34.7 Thermometer.

Greatest heat, 50th day,
Greatest cold, 15th,

56.0

25.0

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Highest, 10 A.M. 30th.
...15th,

52.0

28.0

Highest, 10 P.M. 10th,

46.5

Lowest,.....

........14th,

27.0

Barometer. Highest, 10 A. M. 31st,

30.330

Lowest,

17th,

28.475

Highest, 10 P.M.31st,

30.360

Lowest,

20th,

28.340

Hygrometer. Highest, 10 A.M. 14th,
Lowest,....
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Highest, 10 P.M. 13th,
Lowest,...............5th,

30.0

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South, 1.

30.450

Lowest,.......

......21st,

28.900

Highest, 10 P.M. 1st,

30.410

Lowest,.

...15th,

28.900

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2.0

15.0

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Highest, 10 P.M. 18th,
Lowest,...............5d,

16.000

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