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. THE weather since our last has been particularly favourable for the labours of the field. There has been scarcely any rain, and the thermometer has seldom been so low as the freezing point. The ploughs have been busily employed during this uncommon fine weather; a great proportion of the clover leys and other land intended for oats has been ploughed in fine order; and a number of fields, where turnips had been eaten on or removed, have been sown with wheat, with every prospect of success. The growing wheat every where looks fine. The turnips, too, continue fresh, and in a growing state. From the uncommon mildness of the season, they continued to improve much longer than usual, afford more feeding than was expected, and, as the price of fat stock has improved considerably, and promises still further advancement, that crop is likely to yield more profit than it has done for some years past. Those who made purchases of lean cattle in October, for the feeding byre, have realized fair profits; but, as the turnip fields are nearly clear, it is likely that a number of fed cattle will be forced into the market, and a brisk demand of fat ones may be expected in the ensuing months. At present they bring from 8s. to 8s. 6d. per stone, sinking offals. Draught horses are in request, and fetch prices considerably higher than in November. The prices of grain have varied but little since our last. In the London market wheat has lately advanced a trifle; and with us sales have been to the full as brisk as formerly. A great quantity of grain has been sold in the course of the month, to enable the farmer to meet the Candlemas demand. Good oats for seed are expected to advance in price Beans have been much deteriorated by the worm, and sound samples are in request. Peas or beans will vegetate though part of the grain be wasted, if the eye is safe; but they seldom produce healthy plants. Labourers are more regularly employed than they have been for some seasons past. Wages, per short winter day of se ven hours, 1s. 2d. next month. February 13. Average Prices of Corn in Scotland for the Four Weeks preceding January 15. Wheat, 52s. 8d.-Rye, 34s. 4d.-Barley, 27s. 7d.-Oats, 20s. Od.-Beans, 32s. 3d.-Pease, 32s. 6d. Oatmeal, per boll, 16s. 5d.-Bear or Big, 23s. 5d. Course of Exchange, London, February 6.-Amsterdam, 12: 9. Ditto, at sight, 12 6. Rotterdam, 12: 10. Antwerp, 12: 10. Hamburgh, 32: 2. Altona, 38 : 3. Paris, 3 days sight, 25: 75. Bourdeaux, 26: 5. Frankfort on the Maine, 156. Madrid, 36. Cadiz, 354. Gibraltar, 304. Leghorn, 46. 434. Lisbon, 494. per cent. Genoa, Oporto, 50. Rio Janeiro, 50. Dublin, 8 per cent. Cork, 8 Prices of Bullion per oz.-Foreign gold in bars, I.. 3: 17: 101. L.0: 4:10. Silver in bars, standard, L. 0:4: 114. New dollars, Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey, 15s. 9d.-Cork or Dublin, 158. 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 January 17, to February 7, 1821. ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced between the 20th December 1820, and 20th January 1821; extracted from the London Gazette. Aaron, L. Chatham, navy-agent Abitol, M. Bury-street, St James, merchant Bailey, J. Birmingham, grocer Barehead, J. New Malton, Yorkshire, corn-factor Baggott, J. Brom yard, Herefordshire, skinner Billing, J. H. jen. Old City Chambers, flour-factor Bruggenkate, G. A. T. Little Eastcheap, mer chant Bryon, H. Hammersmith, hop-merchant Bunyon, G. Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill, master-mariner Bulkey, G. Great Titchfi eld-street, Oxford-road Butler, S. Sherston Magia, Wiltshire, innholder Carter, R. Hertford, farc aer Clarke, G. High-row, Knightsbridge, carpenter Chapman, T. jun. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mastermariner Chapman, C. W. Finch-lane, stockbroker Courtney, T. Strand, coffee-Louse-keeper Dellin, T. Birmingham, deale, " Douglas, T. London, mercham Dorrington, J. Manchester, win e-dealer Duffield, W. Darlaston, Stafford shire, nail-manufacturer Dument, J. L. Austin Friars, men chant Durkin, J. and W. Southampton, ship-builders Elgies, W. Ruswarp, Yorkshire, con n-merchant VOL. VIII. Hardman, E. Liverpool, merchant Hogg, G. William-street, Newington Causeway, plumber Hodson, G. and Higgs, W. Bristol, leather-factors Hollands, B. High-street, Shadwell, corn-chandler Holt, M. Stoke, Sussex, watchmaker Hope, T. Sandwich, toyman Howell, H. Knaresborough, grocer Jennings, J. Sittingbourne, innkeeper Keddell, J. H. Balsam Heath, Moreley, swordcutler Kerby, H. Margate, coach-master Kidd, W. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper Knight, T. Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, dealer Landles, J. and J. Berwick-upon-Tweed, merchants Landles, G. Lower Thames-street, fish-factor Levy, J. New-road, St George's in the East, mer chant Lister, J. and B. Leeds, woolstaplers Machin, D. C. Cornhill, merchant A a Mayor, E. and Heeling, J. Shelton, Staffordshire, factors Marshall, W. Regent street, Westminster, statuary Malcolm, W. Great St Helens, merchant Ockley, V. Terrington, Norfolk, shop-keeper Parkinson, G. Failsworth, Lancashire, tanner Parks, T. and Lawton, A. Birmingham, merchants Plaskett, J. Dock-head, stave-merchant Reed, H. Mill-street, Bermondsey, corn-dealer Reynolds, R. Shabroke, Devonshire, tanner Reynolds, H. Ormskirk, Lancashire, liquor-merchant Richardson, J. Manchester, joiner Rollinson, R. Great Welthingham, Suffolk, miller Roosse, J. Liverpool, optician Ross. A. and Murray, J. Leadenhall-buildings, Gracechurch-street, merchants Royder, T. and Nasmyth, J. Fenchurch-street, merchants Sanders, J. Ivybridge, Devonshire, tanner Shillito, W. Chapel Allerton, Leeds, dealer in cattle Shingles, S. Basinghall-street, factor Singleton, J. Huddersfield, clothier Smith, W. Naburn Grange, Yorkshire, corn-fac tor Spurrier, J. and Barker, J. Bellbroughton, Worcestershire, scythe-manufacturers Stainer, R. Ilchester, Somersetshire, innkeeper Statham, F. and Shakespeare, G. Pall Mall, black ing manufacturer Stibbs, J. Cully Hall, Gloucestershire, dealer Thomas, D. London-street, china-man Thatcher, T. M. Hungerford-wharf, Strand, coalmerchant Turner, R. Liverpool, butcher Tweed, T. J. Boucham, Essex, farmer Wall, R. St Thomas Apostle, Devonshire, innkeeper Wells, J. W. Cambridge-heath, Hackney-road, builder Webb, G. Cornhill, dealer Webb, T. Warwick, horse-dealer White, J. Southampton-row, Russell-square, dyer Wildman, J. Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, mer chant Woolis, J. Woolwich, timber-merchant Wylie, W. Southampton-buildings, merchant ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announce d January 1821, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. SEQUESTRATIONS. Blair, James, Dumbarton, shipmaster Buchannan, William, Glasgow, merchant and commission agent Cant, William, Inverness, innkeeper Lamb and Miller, Glasgow, merchants Marr, George, Anstruther, ship-builder Taylor, Joseph, Glasgow, merchant DIVIDENDS. Brown, Mathew, and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers; by J. M'Gavin, accountant there Campbell, Peter, and Co. and Alexander Campbell and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers; by R. Wallace, accountant, Glasgow Cramond, David, Letham-mill, miller; by Colvil and Son, writers, Arbroath Dods, James, Edinburgh, wright and builder; by Macrae, Alexander, Inversheal, Ross-shire, fish- White, Thomas, Edinburgh, merchant; by W. Scott, accountant there THE LATE MR ROBERT THOMSON. Mr Monteith being frequently at that time in London on business, happened, accidentally, to attend a public sale at the East India Ware-house; amongst other goods offered was a few bales of East India cotton yar; these he bought for a very trifling sun; the article being thought useless, from the manner in which it was bound up, it was called bird nest cotton, as it resembled birds' nests. These were sent to Glasgow for experiment; the texture was beautiful, but the difficulty was to find means to prepare it so as to be fit for the weaver; a machine, however, was contrived, that answered the purpose. Mr Thomson soon put it to use, by applying |