METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Caltonhill. N.B.-The Observations are made twice every day, namely, at eight o'clock 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 1st 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. 3d.-Pease, 32s. 10d. Oatmeal, per boll, 16s. 10d.-Bear or Bis, 248. 4d. VOL. VIII. M 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, 35. Leghorn, 46. Gibraltar, 304. Genoa, 434. Lisbon, 42. Oporto, 48. Rio Janeiro, 51. Dublin, 8 per cent. Cork, 8 per cent. Prices of Bullion per oz.-Portugal gold in coin, L. 3: 17: 9. Foreign gold in bars, 1. 3: 17: 104, New doubloons, L. 3: 15 : 0. New dollars, L. 0: 4:11. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0: 4:11. Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d.-Cork or Dublin, 15s. 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. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced between the 20th Allen, J. Warwick, innkeeper extracted from the London Gazette. Gray, J. Bishopsgate-street Without, grocer Arnett, J. H. Smith's-square, Westminster, coal- Hay, T. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, builder merchant Baillie, J. Liverpool Barker, T. and F. Hudson, Stratford, brewers Bevans, J. City-road, timber-merchant Bickerdike, G. Huddersfield, victualler Bond, J. B. Blackman-street, Southwark, innkeeper Bramwell, M. J. Liverpool, ship-chandler Brown, J. Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-road, timber-merchant Bromley, J. Circus-street, New-road, Mary-le- Bray, G. Leeds, pocket-book-manufacturer Buckley, J. Saddleworth, Yorkshire, dyer Bury, T. Exeter, factor Butler, J. C. and F. Dunnington, Yorkshire, ba- Byrne, W. Fludyer-street, Westminster, broker er Daly, M. Holborn, soda-water-manufacturer Foreman, J. Kettleburgh, Suffolk, innholder Fox, R. Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flelds, Freeman, J. N. Bradford, Wilts, money-scrivener Hartley, R. Ripon, mercer Hickes, J. Leeds, linen-draper Holmes, J. Portsmouth, coal-merchant Housman, W. Bridge-steeet, Blackfriars, mer- Houlse, R. Hinckley, grocer Jackson, H. Great Prescott-street, merchant Kingsell, S. Blackwall, painter Lamb, J. Birmingham, saddlers' ironmonger Levy, M. A. and D. Bath, goldsmiths Lloyd, T. W. Evesham, Worcestershire, fell- Marston, J. Birmingham, coal-dealer Minett, W. Prospect-place, Southwark,auctioneer Moore, W. Thorpe, Constantine, Stafford, cheese- Mynett, G. jun, and J. Pugh, Strand, cabinet makers Nichols, S. and M. New Woodstock, milliners Olive, J. Longford, Gloucestershire, farmer Page, J. Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, tan ner Peatts, H. Broadway, Deptford, tobacconist Peate, R. Oswestry, wine and spirit-merchant Symonds, C. and W. Taylor, Watling-street, warehousemen Taylor, A. Kent-road, malt-roaster Tahourden, G. Warwick-court, Holborn, moneyscrivener Pierson, J. S. Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, gold- Thompson, T. Camomile-street, merchant smith Thompson, G. Preston, Lancashire, cheese-mong er Thompson, J. Liverpool, factor Varey, J. Lee-Green, Wakefield, cloth-maker Warwick, J. St Alban's, draper Webb, W. and H. Bristol, linen drapers Webster, J. and G. M. Simpson, Tower-street, merchants Welsford, J. C. Adam's-court, Old Broad street, merchant Wheeler, W. jun. New Kent-road, timber-mer chant ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced December 1820, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. SEQUESTRATIONS. Anderson, J. and Co. Glasgow, merchants Crawford, J. and A. Glasgow, merchants Lamb, Kerr, and Co, Glasgow, and Kerr, Lamb, and Co. Gibraltar M'Callum, Donald, Port-Bannatyne, Island of Bute, vintner Milligan, J. Boghouse, Lanarkshire, cattle-dealer Mungall, Robert, Carse Mill, distiller Paterson, R. Edinburgh, merchant Rae, J. Aberdeen, merchant Ritchie, W. Dalry, grocer and spirit-dealer Robertson, J. Anstruther, merchant Scott, Francis, Lockerby, linen and woollen-draper Smellie, W. Hamilton, spirit-dealer Turnbull, J. Galashiels, skinner and wool-merchant Watson, J. Dundee, plumber and tipplate-worker Wilson, J. Glasgow, baker and flour-dealer DIVIDENDS. Barclay, Arthur, and Co. Glasgow, merchants; by J. Berry, merchant there 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. |