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J. G. Hatten to be Ensign by purch. vice St. Hosp.
21st Jan. 1819.
King, 60 F.

H. Lowth to be Ensign by purch. vice
Bourke, 1 F. Gds.
4th Feb.
Ensign J. W. Birch, from 45 F. to be En-
sign vice Burnet, ret. on h. p. 37 F.

11th do.
Lieut. P. C. Lanphier to be Capt. vice
Jones, dead
19th April 1818.
Lieut. R. Macdonald to be Capt. vice
4th Feb. 1819.
Langton, dead

Ensign F. Robinson to be Lieut. vice
Beaver, dead
25th March 1818.
Ensign T. H. Davis to be Lieut. vice Ra-
26th do.
per, prom.
Ensign H. W. Rideout to be Lieut. vice
Lanphier
19th April.
2d Lieut. J. Barnes, from h. p. 3 Ceylon
Regt. to be Ensign, vice Robinson
25th March.
2 Lieut. A. Scott, from h. p. 5 Ceylon
Regt. to be Ensign, vice Davis 2d May
Thomas Bayly to be Ensign, vice Rideout

3d do.
Lieut. A. Tovey, from h. p. to be Pay-
master, vice Bloomfield, 4 Dr. Gds.
4th Feb. 1819.
Ensign H. Astier to be Quar. Master, vice
Spence, dead
ilth do.
P. J. Leith to be Ensign, vice Astier do.
Ensign J. Harrison, from h. p. 37 F. to be
Ensign, vice Birch, 18 F.
do.
Gent. Cadet W. M'Kay to be Ensign vice
Brett

do.

28th Jan.
Gent. Cadet W. H. E. M'Dermott to be
Ensign, vice Stapleton, res.
Ensign Hon. R. King, from 3 F. to be
Lieut. vice Van Batenburg, prom.
21th Dec. 1818.
Ensign Lord F. Lennox, from 91 F. to be
Ensign, vice Russell, prom.
Ensign V. H. Mairis to be Lieut. by purch.
vice Cameron, prom.
W. Hamilton to be Ensign by purch. vice
Mairis
do.
Lieut. S. S. Burns to be Capt. by purch.
vice Dashwood, ret.
11th Feb.

21st Jan. 1819.

28th do.

Ensign J. Macqueen to be Lieut. by
purch. vice Burns
do.
R. M'Donald to be Ensign by purch. vice
M'Queen
Lieut. W. Penny to be Adjt. vice Burns

do.

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Apothecary P. J. Macdonald, from h. p. to be Apothecary to the Forces, vice Gylby, ret. on h. p.

25th Jan. 1819. Hosp. Assist. W. Knott, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. to the Forces 24th July 1818. Hosp. Assist. G. Home, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. to the Forces, vice Pickells, dead 5th Feb. 1819.

Exchanges.

Capt. Murdoch, from 91 F. with Capt. Gibbons, h. p. 56 F.

Crawford, from 11 Dr. with Capt. Duber-
ly, h. p.

Brooks, from 29 F. rec. diff. with Capt.
Hekin, h. p. 66 F.

Chartres, from 54 F. with Capt. Coote, h. p.
24 F.

Elliot, from 2 Life Gds. with Capt. Ridout,
11 Dr.

Lieut, Harnett, from 27 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Beaufoy, h. p.

Murray, from 57 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Logan, h. p.

Lewis, from 15 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Drought, h. p.

R. Mackay, from 21 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Rowlands, h. p. 22 F.

A. Mackay, from 21 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Mackenzie, h. p. 6 F.

Davies, from 38 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Windus, h. p. 30 F.

Hasker, from 55 F. with Lieut. Blackhall,
h. p. 12 F.

Macbean, from 18 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut.
M'Duffie, h. p.

Anderson, from 25 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.
Ditmas, h. p. 31 F.

Cornet Earl of Belfast, from 18 Dr. with Cornet
Ives, h. p. 7 Dr.

Ensign Hunter, from 59 F. rec. diff. with Ensign
Balfour, h. P. 62 F.

Gordon, from 35 F. with Ensign Robertson,
h. p. 98 F.

M'Mahon, from 48 F. with Ensign Hayes,

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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

FROM the 1st of the month till the morning of the 3d, the weather was clear and frosty, every thing indicating a settled storm. On the 3d, however, the wind shifted from the west to the east, and, during the evening of that day, the ground was covered with snow. This was followed by mild days, with a slight degree of frost at night, and a gradual increase of heat till the 11th, when the atmosphere became very dry, and the mean temperature again diminished. On the 15th, the air passed quickly from a state of great dryness, to that of almost complete saturation, apparently owing to a change of wind. A heavy fall of rain followed on the 16th and 17th, and again on the 21st, amounting, during the three days, to about an inch and a half. From this time till the end of the month, there was more or less frost every night, and the average tempe. rature was lower than during the preceding part of the month, with occasional showers of snow. This, however, generally disappeared in the course of a day, and the weather on the whole was by no means stormy or severe. The mean temperature is 1.2 lower than the preceding month, but 1.3 higher than February 1818. The mean tempera

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ture of spring water is also 1.3 higher than during the same month last year. daily range of the thermometer is a fraction greater, and of the barometer less, than during the month of January.

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 12; rainy days 16; wind, west fmeridian, 20; east of meridian, 8.

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12th, 65.4

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 Ther

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WITH the exception of a few days about the beginning of this month, the weather has been singularly favourable for sowing, lambing, and all the operations of the season, since our last ;-dry, mild, and steady, with the wind chiefly from the west. Beans, wheat, (spring sown,) and a large portion of the oats, have been put into the groundunder very auspicious circumstances. The autumn sown wheat is uncommonly forward, and the plants abundant and healthy, not appearing to have suffered, at least in this quarter, by their premature growth at the beginning of winter. In some places there is a great complaint of weeds, which the mildness of the winter has favoured as well as the grain plants; to the same cause it may be owing that the remains of the former crop have in some instances kept possession, and now share the soil with that of the present year. This is particularly the case where wheat was sown after beans, the latter in some fields bearing a decent proportion to the former. Our Tables show that there has been little alteration of late in the corn market; and the probability now is, that, notwithstanding an acknowledged deficiency in last crop, prices will continue for a month or two nearly at the same rate. The ports are shut against wheat till the third week of May, but continue open to all other kinds of grain. The meat market has been always fully supplied at moderate prices; in Smithfield, since the beginning of the present month, the trade has been brisker, and prices somewhat higher, but there is still no want of keep, and, with the prospect of early pasturage, a considerable advance is not to be expected.

The agricultural petitions continue to be presented to the House of Commons. They are read and laid on the table in due form, with but little remark from either side of it, and no difference of opinion as to the inexpediency of the measure prayed for.— 15th March.

HORTICULTURE-Perth, 12th March.-Spring crocusses were in full blow by the 15th February. The flowers of the common mezereon made their appearance on the 4th March. The Tussilago farfara, a semi-aquatic and indigenous plant, sent up its flower-stems by the 20th February, and by the 6th March the flowers were fully expanded. The Howers of the Saxifraga oppositifolia, a small mountain plant usually kept in gardens, began to expand by the 11th, at which time apricot trees on walls began to show their blossoms, and early varieties of gooseberries were coming into leaf.

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Aggregate Averages of the Twelve Maritime Districts of England and Wales, for the six weeks preceding 15th February 1819, by which Importation is to be regulated in Great Britain.

Wheat, 773. 7d.-Rye, 57s. 6d.-Barley, 60s. 6d.-Oats, 323. 8d.-Beans, 67s. 10d.-Pease, 68s. 2d.

Oatmeal, 35s. 7d.-Rape Seed, 91s. 6d.

Average Prices of Grain in Scotland for the Four Weeks immediately preceding 15th February 1819.

Wheat 678, 5d.-Rye, 14s. 7d.-Barley, 48s. Od.-Oats, 28s. 3d.-Beans, 46s. 7d.-Pease, 46s. 6d. Oatuical, per boll, 23s. 2d.-Bear or Big, 59s. 7d.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE.-Sugars. The sugar market has been rather heavy during the month. Muscovades have fallen between 2s. and 3s. per cwt. Last week some low browns, a little washed, were sold so low as 709.; some brown Demerara at 72s; and inferior qualities rather a shade lower; the refined market has also been without briskness; but holders still refuse to make sales at the present reduced prices. In foreign sugars little business has been done; and molasses are also heavy and declining. Cotton. The sales of cotton on Friday the 26th ult. at the East India House, consisted of 1780 bags; nearly the whole of which was withdrawn or taken in. Of 829 bales Surats 264 were sold; 86 bales good Toomel at 101d. to 104d. per lb.; 48 bales good Surat 8d. to 8d.; for lower qualities there were no offers. Of 240 Bengals, 122 were sold,- middling to good quality at 5 d. to 64d. 400 Madras were all bought in at 78d. to 8d. Since then the market continues heavy; Bengal and Pernambuco cottons have been inquired for, but few purchases made. Coffee. There has been a considerable revival of the demand for this article. Last week good ordinary St Domingo was sold at 124s. to 125s.; Brasil 122s. to 124s.; Cheribon 123s. There was but one public sale last week, and the coffee sold went off at a small reduction ; middling Demerara 135s. to 1378.; some very fine ordinary Jamaica realized 130s. 6d. Rum. The demand for Jamaica rum revived considerably towards the end of last month; but the pressure in the money market has completely suspended it, and there is no business doing. Tobacco.-The tobacco market has been improving; the parcels sold three weeks ago at 44d. to 44d. per lb. have advanced to 5d. and 51d. The imports of last month are only 954 hhds. and the stocks are materially decreasing; the quantity being about 16,800 Virginia, &c. and 2100 Marylands. Oils.-Greenland has fallen about L. 1 per tun; but the demand is rather improving. Cod oil is also a shade lower; and Gallipoli has fallen L. 5 to L. 6. Spermaceti is considerably lower, owing to the arrival of some English, and also a cargo from the United States. Tea. The sale at the India House commenced last Tuesday; the Boheas and Congous have sold about 2d. per lb. lower than at last sale.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE.-Tallow.-The demand for tallow towards the close of last week was considerable, and prices a little improved; but they have again receded, and the market become heavy. Hemp has been in request, and prices have now advanced L. 2 to L. 3. In Flax there is little variation. Brandy. The finer qualities maintain their currency, but inferior are offered lower. Geneva has declined a little.-March 9. Course of Exchange, London, March 9.-Amsterdam, 11: 6. Ditto at sight, 11 : 3. Rotterdam, 11 : 7. Antwerp, 11: 8. Hamburgh, 34: 1. Altona, 34: 2. Paris, 3 days sight, 23: 80. Bourdeaux, 24: 10. Frankfort on the Maine, 141. Madrid, 391. Cadiz, 39. Gibraltar, 34. Leghorn, 51. Genoa, 474. Lisbon, 58. Oporto, 58. Rio Janeiro, 64. Dublin, 10 per cent. Cork, 10 per cent. Prices of Bullion per oz.-Portugal Gold in coin, L.4: 1. Foreign Gold in bars, L. 4: 1: 6. New doubloons, L. 4: 2. New dollars, L.0: 5: 6. Silver in bars, Standard, L. 0:5: 6.

Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's.-Guernsey or Jersey 20s.-Cork or Dublin 208. to 25s.-Belfast 25s.-Hamburgh 20s. to 25s.-Madeira 20s. 25s.-Jamaica 30s. Weekly Prices of the Public Funds, from February 17, to March 10, 1819. Feb. 17th. Feb. 24th. March 3d.(Mar. 10th.

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