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o the Rev. George Brown, minister of Glenmuick, presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil.

Lord Archibald Hamilton has appointed, by mandate, the Rev. Russell to be assistant and successor to the Rev. James Craig, minister of Dalserf, presbytery of Hamilton.

The Prince Regent has presented the Rev. Peter Chalmers to the second charge of the church and parish of Dunfermline, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Fernie.

The Marquis of Abercorn has presented the Rev. Peter Brewster to the second charge of the abbey parish of Paisley, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr Smith.

Lieut. General Campbell of Lochnell, M. P. has presented the Rev. Hugh Fraser of Oban, to the church and parish of Ardehattan, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Campbell.

The Duke of Gordon has presented Mr W. Cowie, preacher of the gospel, to the church and parish of Cabrach, presbytery of Alford, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr Gordon.

The Town Council of Stirling has presented the Rev. George Wright of Markinch, to the first charge of that town and parish, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr Somerville.

The Earl of Hopetoun has appointed Mr James Macfarlan to be assistant and successor to the Rev. Henry Sangster, minister of Humbie.

On Monday, the 17th March, the associate congregation of Kinkell gave an unanimous call to Mr John Craig, preacher of the gospel, to be their minister.

On Sunday, April 6th, the members of the second congregation of Presbyterians in Belfast, gave an unanimous call to the Rev. Mr M'Ewen of Killeleagh, to be their pastor, in room of the Rev. Dr H. Drummond, who was some time ago called to Dublin.

III. MILITARY.

Brevet Capt. J. Belches, h. p. 59 F. to be major in the Army. 26th Mar. 1817. W. Reid, Royal Eng. to be Major in the Army. do. do. Charles Jones, from h. p. to be Captain, vice Buckley, h. p. 25th do.

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V. H. Mairis, to be Ensign, vice Cockburne. J. F. Vane, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Cochrane, retires. 20th Mar. 1817. Lieut. J. Taylor, from h. p. 91 F. to be Lieut. vice Hind, dead do. do. 5 C. R. 2d Lieut. Alexander Scott, from 4 Ceylon Regt. to be 2d Lieut. 25th April 1817.

R. Art. Brevet Lieut. Col. J. S. Williamson, to be
Lt. Col. vice Foy, dead. 24th Mar. 1817.
Brevet Major J. Caddy, to be Major, vice
Williamson
do. do.

2d Capt. C. Bridge, to be Capt. vice Caddy."
do. do.

1st Lieut. W. Duncan, to be 2d Captain..
vice Conroy, appointed Adjut. 11th do.
P.V. England, to be 2d Captain,

vice Close, ditto.
do. do.
W. E. Patten, to be 2d Captain,
do. do.'
J. E. Maunsell, to be 2d Captain.
24th do.

vice Blackley, ditto.

W. K. Rains, to be 2d Captain

25th do.

vice Terrell, dead. 2d Cap. John Conroy, to be Adjutant to the Corps of Artillery Drivers. 11th do.. Charles Close, to be ditto. do. do.. B. Blackley, ditto ditto. Exchanges.

do. do.

Brevet Lieut. Colonel Reynett, from 54 Foot, with Lieut. Colonel Mein, h. p. 52 Foot.

Captain Sanderson, from 46 Foot, with Captain. Otway, h. p. 101 Foot.

Lieut. Hon. G. Blaquiere, from 4 Dragoon Guards with Lieut. Slocock, h. p. 14 Foot.

2d Lieut. Walsh, from Rifle brigade, with Ensign, Fennell, h. p. 90 Foot.

Resignations and Retirements.
Lieutenant Harrison, 20 Dragoons.
Ensign Cochrane, 85 Foot.

Superseded.

Cornet William Webster, to be Lieut. by Ensign Murray, 30 Foot. purchase, vice Harrison, retires. 20th do.

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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE. Sugars. The quantity of sugars lately arrived is very inconsiderable, and though the stock of old is understood to be much reduced, yet prices continue to decline, and the market is very dull. In Refined there has been little variation during the month; of late some holders have shewn a disposition to reduce their prices. as the demand continues limited. Molasses heavy and declining. A public sale of East India Sugars was brought forward the 29th April; low white, or fine yellow, all withdrawn at 45s. to 46s. ; much above the market price. Some Brazil Sugars, of uncommon fine quality, have been shown by private contract; for fine white, very strong grain, 59s. was offered and refused. Coffee has been and continues in considerable demand, and large sales have been made, principally for exportation. Cotton. In this article very extensive. sales have been lately effected, and inquiries for exportation continue to be made. What appears a little singular is, whilst the raw material meets a demand exceeding that of any former period, and maintains a price nearly double its fair growing value, compared with that of every other production of the soil, the manufactured articles remain at prices unprecedentedly low. Indigo. An extensive sale, by the East India Company, took place the end of last month; the prices not generally so high as anticipated, but, on an average, may be rated at 9d. to 15d. per lb. above the previous sale. The quantity taken in, however, for account of the proprietors, was considerable, nearly a half of the whole sale. Tobacco.-The contract advertised by the French government has excited much attention, and so soon as the particulars are more fully known, an advance in the price of this article is expected. Rum.-A very extensive transaction has taken place in this article, about 3000 puncheons of the strongest Jamaica, and of favourite marks, usually taken for home consumption, having been contracted for, to be taken on arrival. The particulars of the sale have not transpired, but prices are reported to be from 4s. to 4s. 3d.' This extensive quantity, withdrawn from the market, with a short import, may probaby affect the prices. Rice continues to decline, and is offered at very low prices.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE. Hemp, Flax, and Tallow. In these articles little variation, and the demand very limited. Oils-Fish still scarce, and prices supported.Cod has been sold at £32.-Olive very dull. Provisions.-Irish continue to go off' readily; pork in considerable request. 17,000 Edam Cheeses, (round Dutch) lately brought forward for sale, went of at 40s. to 52s. chiefly 49s. to 50s. In British Manufactures the demand still continues such as to produce little improvement in prices. In a few parts of the country, we are, however, glad to hear, there is some appearance of revival. The com merce of the port of Newcastle is stated to have materially improved during the last two months, and very considerable exportations of manufactured goods are said to have taken place, not as formerly, upon speculation, but in execution of real orders from the Continent. We also learn from Staffordshire, that its trade and manufactories have revived very considerably of late, particularly the Iron works.

Premiums of Insurance.-There has been little variation during last month at Lloyd's the continental risks may however be stated a little lower; to Holland, the immediate coast of France, and to Hamburgh, &c. 10s. 6d. to 12s 8d. per cent.

Prices of Bullion.-Gold in bars, £3:18: 6. New doubloons, £3:15:6. Silver in bars, 5s. 1d. per oz.

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Course of Exchange, 2d May 1817.-Amsterdam, 35:5:2 U. Paris, 24: 90: 2 U. Madrid, 354 effect. Cadiz, 35 effect. Lisbon, 58. Dublin. 10} per cent.

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Muscovado sugars pay a duty of 27s. per cwt. and clayed 32s. per cwt. for refining or home consumption; and for exportation the refined receive a bounty, and the raw and clayed a drawback equal to the full duty paid for home consumption.

East India Sugars pay 37s per cwt. duty.

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TALLOW-St Peter. yel. cand. 3s. 2d. duty per cwt. (per cwt. 52s. a 53s.

South American

HEMP--Riga, Rhine, & St Peter.

clean & half clean & outshot

Flax PDR. and PTR.

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ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between the 1st and 30th April 1817, extracted from the London Gazette.

Alder, S. J. & J. Liverpool, merchants
Arkwright, J. Liverpool, woollen draper
Blackmoor, J. & T. Helmsley, Biackinoor, grocers
Battely, W. Maybank, cabinetmaker
Bell, J. North Shields, brewer

Bell, J. Baildon, worsted manufacturer
Bigland, G. Bigland-hall, iron-master
Blundell, N. W. Liverpool, merchant

Boardman, J. jun. & G. Alsop, Manchester, dealers Brown, T. & Co. Muscovy Court, London, merchants

Brownson, R. Manchester, calico-manufacturer
Burridge. S. G. Deptford, victualler
Burrows. E. & W. Leeds, millers
Butler, S. Bristol, tallow-chandler

Biggs, Michael, Maiden Lane, Wood Street, London, hosier

Bower, Warburton, Wilmslow, Chester, cottonspinner

Bosworth, Joseph, Old Court, Hereford, dealer in cattle

Burghart, Claus, Rosemary Lane, East Smithfield, London, sugar refiner

Booth, W. Hall Brige, York, merchant
Bourne, Edward, Burslem, Stafford, manufacturer
of earthen ware

Clarke, T. & C. Gray, Keswick, nurserymen
Clarke, T. West Penard, cheese-dealer
Clay, C. Aston, coachmaker

Cohen, E. Broad Street, London, merchant
Collet, J. Bishopsgate Street, London, merchant
Connard, J. jun. Broomsgrove, needle-maker
Cooper, H. Portsea, printseller

Cooper, J. H. Lamb's Conduit Street, London, jeweller

Coppin, W. North Shields, ship-owner
Crockett, H. Hampton-in-Arden, farmer

Cull, J. Wareham, brewer

Cunliffe, J. Manchester, merchant

Corran, R. Pickmore, Liverpool, cooper

Dark, S. Heddington, farmer

Davy, W. Norwich, gunmaker

Dow, M. Aston-furnace, papermaker

Dodd, Tho. Stanhope, Durham, grocer and linendraper

Eady, S. P. Gerrard Street, London, druggist
Elland, R. Islington, coach-master

Elmitt, W. Peterborough, draper

Entwisle, Tho. Manchester, fustian manufacturer

Enfield, Wm & John Browne, Norwich, bombazeen and cotton manufacturers

Farrant, W. Strand, London, tailor
Farrenden, J. Chichester, timber merchant
Featherstonhaugh, G. Bishop Wearmouth, coalfitter
Fraser, Wm, Sloane Street, Chelsea, haberdasher -
Grey, J. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-owner
Griffith, J. Tryfan, woollen manufacturer
Grubb, G. Manchester, tailor

Grunhough, J. Bolton, yarn manufacturer

Gaunt, Jeremiah, Gildersome Street, Batley, York, merchant

Greenwood, Robert, Todmorden and Walsden, Lan'cashire, cotton manufacturer

Hagedorn, J. P. H. Old Broad Street, London, merchant

Hall, T. & J. Malkin, Compton, coachmakers
Hambling, W. Wooten Underedge, clothier
Hankes, J. Snaith, brandy merchant

Hatfield, R. Dewsbury, dealer

Henry, A. Haydon Square, London, merchant
Heywood, J. Rusholme, shop-keeper

Hodgson, G. H. Watling Street, London, merchant
Hopcott, E. Illingswick, dealer in wool

Horder, J. Haydon Square, London, music-seller Heynes, Stokes, Cheltenham, wine merchant Homan, Wm, Barking, Essex, snack-owner and tallow-chandler

Harvey, W. Wymondham, Norfolk, manufacturer
Hawkins, W. Bicknell, Warwick, farmer

Holmes, Thomas, Long Acre, London, coachmaker
Hopkinson, Joseph, Liverpool, merchant
Hick, John, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, dry salter
Hunt, John, Bishops Sutton, maltster and baker

Jackson, R. Stockport, druggist
Jenkins, A. Marshfield, chemist
Johnson, J. jun. Hayden, corn-dealer
Jones, G. Aston, gunmaker

Jones, J. Blackman Street, London, merchant
James, Richard, Hamptstead, broker

Jackson, Richard, & John Grahain, jun. Carlisle, cotton spinners

James, Edward, Bristol, timber merchant
King, J. Yeovil, Bookseller

Knott, J. Manchester, manufacturer

Lecount, P. Charles Place, London, watchmaker
Leening, R. Wray, shop-keeper

Lees, J. Whitehall, Stafford, timber merchant
Levin, W. L. Jewin Street, Loudon, merchant
Little, J. Bales, farmer

Love. W. Huddersfield, shop-keeper

Lovegrove, R. Arberfield, farmer

Lilley, Edward, Birminghain, gilt-toy maker and jeweller

Lawton, W. Wilmslow, Cheshire, shop-keeper
Major, T. Ostend, merchant

Makins, W. Southwell, flax-dresser
Manks, J. Leeds, cloth merchant
Maude, W. & E. Otley, bankers
Milbourne, S. Skerne, flax-spinner

Manu, Benj. Bishopsgate, London, upholsterer Mudford, Nixon, the younger, Strand, London, umbrella manufacturer

Maun, Joseph, the younger, Temple Sowerby, tan

ner

Matthewman, John, Queen Street, Cheapside, London, merchant

Neale, J. Wapping, anchor-smith

Newbold, D. Birmingham, tinplate worker Newman, Tao. Allan, Newgate Street, London, printer

Orme, J. H. Liverpool, brewer

Parker, R. Manchester, victualler

Parsley, J. G. Great Yarmouth, baker

Peet, T. Nottingham, linen draper

Pendray, W. Bodmin, mercer

Penniston, R. & J. Horncastle, brickmakers

Perry, S. C. Birmingham, coal-dealer

Phillips, J. Llangattock, Vivon Abel, timber mer

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Tarn, M. & S. Leamington, millers
Teasdale, R. Cumberland, sheep-dealer
Thomas, G. Bristol, turpentine distiller

Thomas, T. Hoxton, merchant

Thompson, J. Over, salt manufacturer
Tomkins, S. Plymouth, draper

Trathan, J. J. Falmouth, stationer

Uhr, A. R. Swan Lane, London, merchant

Verdenholm, Geo. William, White's Yard, Rose

mary Lane, London, sugar-refiner Wibberley, J. Manchester, draper Wright, H. C. Portsea, merchant

Williams, J. Morgan, Dowgate Hill, London, and
Amsterdam, merchant.

Wilson, John, late of Gibraltar, now of Sydney
Street, Goswell Street Road, London, merchant
White, James, Exeter, veterinary surgeon
Young, W. Boston, victualler

ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES, announced between 1st and 30th April 1817, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette.

Cowan, T. jun. Craigmill. Fifeshire, corn merchant Donaldson, George, Edinburgh, linen and woollen draper

Duguid, William, Aberdeen, manufacturer

Gemmel, Thomas, Kilmarnock, grocer, nursery and
seedsman

Halket, Samuel, Canongate, Edinburgh, brewer
Leggat, James, Edinburgh, china merchant
Laurie, Joseph & 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, farmer and cattle-dealer

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

Moore, Alexander, Langholm, merchant and sta

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Ross, John, Balblair, Ross-shire, distiller
Swanston, Joha & Co. Glasgow, merchants and
grocers

Stuart, Arthur & Co. Leven Printfield and Glas-
gow, calico-printers and merchants
Wright, Peter, Glasgow, manufacturer
Wallace, Robert, Kilmarnock, leather-dealer and
shoemaker

Wingate, John & Sons, Glasgow, merchants

DIVIDENDS.

James Burman, Mill, of Newtyle, payable by Wil-
liam Bett, 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 Rob-
ert Strachan, W. S. Edinburgh, 16th May.
John Sibbald & Co. Leith, merchants, payable at
the office of James Duncan, merchant, Leith,
29th May

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

SINCE 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.

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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.

..27s. Od.

3d,......27s. Od.

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