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Cowan, T. jun. Craigmill, Fifeshire, corn merchant

Donaldson, George, Edinburgh, linen and woollen draper

Duguid, William, Aberdeen, manufacturer

Gemmel, Thomas, Kilmamock, grocer, nursery and seedsman

Halket, Samuel, Canongate, Edinburgh, brewer

Leggat, James, Edinburgh, china merchant

Laurie, Joseph At Benjamin, Edinburgh, stocking manufacturers and hosiers

Laird, James. & Co. Murthill, mill-spinners

Lamont, Peter, Steilaig, Argyleshire, grazier and cattle-dealer

Mackenzie, Alexander, Thomastown of Auchterless, fanner and cattle-dealer

M'Lellan, John & Andrew, Loehurnhead, Glenelg, wood merchants

Moore, Alexander, Langholm, merchant and stationer

Morton, Moses, Arbroath, merchant

Munn, Niel, Glasgow, vintner and horse-setter

Mackenzie, George, of Leckmelm, parish of Loch-broom, Ross-shire, fish-curer, merchant, and cattle-dealer

Ross, Peter, Airdrie, vintner

Ross, John, Balblair, Ross-shire, distiller

Swanston, John & Co. Glasgow, merchants and grocers

Stuart, Arthur & Co. Leven Printfield and Glasgow, calico-printers and merchants

Wright, Peter, Glasgow, manufacturer

Wallace, Robert, Kilmarnoek, leather-dealer and shoemaker

Wingate, John & Sons, Glasgow, merchants.

James Burman, Mill of Newtyle, payable by William Belt, banker in Cupar Angus, 22d May.

Alex. Batley, Broomend, payable by William Bett, banker in Cupar-Angus, 17th May.

James Callum, Auchenblae, merchant, payable by the Trustee, 18th June.

David Jobson, senior, Dundee, merchant, payable by William Bisset, merchant, Dundee, 22d May.

William Smith, West Pans, potter, payable by Robert Strachan, W. S. Edinburgh, 16th May.

John Sibbald & Co. Leith, merchants, payable at the office of James Duncan, merchant, Leith, 29th May.

our last Report the weather has been remarkably favourable to field-work of every kind; and the seed was never put into the ground with a better prospect of an early and vigorous vegetation. This, however, was much retarded by the want of rain: and until the 12th instant, when we had plentiful showers, such of the grain-plants as had appeared above ground shewed symptoms of feebleness in many instances, and later sown fields in general were thinly and irregularly planted. It is well known, that, in this part of the island, wheat suffered more than any other kind of corn last year; yet there is reason to fear that oats, even when not deficient in weight or in meal, have suffered in such a degree as to impair their vegetative powers. It is certain, at least, that where a comparison has been made between the oats of 1815 and 1816, by sowing both on different portions of the same field, the plants from the seed of the former year are by far the most close and vigorous.—There has been a gradual fall in the prices of all sorts of grain for some weeks, particularly of inferior samples; though in the London market, and throughout the whole of England, if we may judge from the weekly averages, they have not given way so much as in Scotland, into which very large importations have been made since the beginning of this month.—Cattle, in forward condition, find purchasers; and grazing lands have been let for the season at the rates of last year, or somewhat more.—Wool is expected to improve in value, the import of that article of late not having been so large as formerly.—The apprehensions which were once entertained of a great scarcity must now have subsided, for there is no doubt whatever of our having enough of corn to carry us forward to another harvest Prices, indeed, cannot be low;—but it deserves to be remarked, that if Government had interfered, as on former occasions, by bounties and prohibitions, and thus sounded the alarm all over Europe, the price of wheat, in particular, would have been higher this year in Britain than it has ever been in the memory of man.

Wheat 1st 48s. 0d. 2d, 42s. 0d. 3d, 80s. 0d.

Barley. 1st 36s. 0d. 2d, 32s. 0d. 3d, 27s. 0d.

Oats. 1st, 36s. 0d. 2d, 33s. 0d. 3d, 28s. 0d.

Pease & Beans. 1st, 34s. 0d. 2d, 31s. 0d. 3d, 27s. 0d.

Average of wheat, £1 : 14 : 7 : 8-12ths per boll.

Wheat 1st, 45s. 0d. 2d, 38s. 0d. 3d 25s. 0d.

Barley. 1st, 40s. 0d 2d, 36s. 0d. 3d, 34s. 0d.

Oats. 1st, 36s. 0d. 2d 30s. 0d. 3d, 26s. 0d.

Pease. 1st, 35s. 0d. 2d 30s. 0d. 3d 27s. 0d.

Beans. 1st 35s. 0d. 2d, 30s. 0d. 3d, 27s. 0d.

Average of wheat, 1 : 14 : 10 : 4-12ths