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cannot be execnted; if orders become more liberal, the quantity though great, will soon be disposed of. more than possible, that the Continental It is dealers will advance, notwithstanding the the reports of poverty among their customers for all will come to reflect, as winter advances, that shipments will then be under much less favourable circumstances, The supplies of American articles are hitherto, far from abundant. Tobacco are daily looked for; 500 hlids. of Arrivals of Maryland are come in; but the market continues lively: opinion inclines to the conjecture that prices will stand steady, perhaps, improve. There are no American Ashes at Market. A few parcels of Russian supply their place.

The general expectation of very moderate returns from Greenland and Davis's Streights has had a great effect on the holders who want 501. for Oil, lately worth but 361. The average of the Hull ships, is taken very low: at only 56 tons.

Provisions are somewhat better: Pork is not overlooked, and good mess Beef finds willing purchasers. The Dutch have lately sent ten thousand casks of butter: this, with the expectation of large Irish Supplies keeps down the price.

Naval Stores, Hemp and Flax are falling in price. The great reduction of the British Navy, essentially effects these commodities.

AGRICULTURE.

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THE interest excited by the new Crop, as it appears at market, is considerable : the samples, as vet, are various: fine, others middling. The produce of last year was certainty inferior to the average afforded by our country; yet it has held out, to meet the cousumption; and those who pretend to know more than their neighbours, affirm that the stock now on hand, is enough to ruin not a few of those who have deeply speculated in the commodity. There is no doubt, but what this year's crop will very for exceed last year's. The continuance of uncommonly fine weather, will afford opportunity of getting it into the barn in good condition which alone is a prodigious advantage to both farmer and consumer. The corn also may this year be brought to market much sooner than usual: the harvest is for ad. vanced in the south of course, this will affect the present markets.

The generally favourable state of the weather is noticed from almost all parts cerned. Cattle in general are heavy sale; of our country, so far as the harvest is conand the markets are abundantly supplied.

What effects may result from the cirthan we can pretend to foresee; but, we cumstances of affairs in France, is more own that we were not prepared, after the great boastings on the state of French want of forage, as do now prevail.—The agriculture to hear such complaints of the Minister of the Interior bas taken advice, in regard to the quickest growing crops he recommends to cultivaters for producing forage, rye, oats, barley, millet, vetches, horse-beans, clover, buck-wheat, wild chicory, &c. The article deserves to mustard, turnips, the ruta baga, rape, be recorded; and moreover, it may afford a useful hint, in sonie future emer

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1. The amount of the National Debt bought by the Commissioners is £279,329,345 19s. 6d.

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Westminster Bridge illuminated with

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at Verona, and elsewhere, supposed to be 3-insurrections in the North of Italy, fomented by Murat, preparatory to his ad

vance.

The Order of the Bath enlarged, by comWhat differ-mand of H. R. H. the Prince Regent; and arranged into three classes, differing in rank and degree of dignity. class consists of Knights Grand Crosses, The first substituted for Kuights Companions, the

ence the abolition of the assize may make
in the Metrogolis, will be known in a few
days. The
ord Mayor may be glad to
be well rid of the burden.

number limited to seventy-two of which, King's Bench Prison. A reward of 1,0001. twelve may be a civil or diplomatic dis-offered for apprehending him. tinctions. The second class is formed of Knights Commanders; the number limited to one hundred and eighty foreign Officers to the number of ten, may be added, The third Class is styled Companions of the Order; they wear a badge, pendant by a narrow red ribbaud to the button hole.

6.-Fifteen officers in the army of the East India Company, added to the present list with leave to increase the number.

12.-Common Council held for congratulating the P, R. on peace with America. Mr. Waithman moves the Address.

Petitions preparing in various places against the continuance of the Property Tax.

17.-A Chapter of the Order of the Bath held in the Prince's chamber, Westminster Hall: Lord Cochrane's expulsion announced.

A disturbance at Paris, occasioned by the refusal of the priests of St. Roch, to bury the corpse of Mademoiselle Raucour, an Actress, in holy ground. The King orders his almoner to perform the rites:the populace disperse.

The American ship President, taken by the Endymion, Capt. Hope, a-head of a British squadron, off Sandy Hook.

21. The remains of Louis XVI. and his queen Maria Antoinette, recovered from the burying ground of La Magdalene, at Paris, and removed in a solemn manner to the royal vaults at St. Denis, after a lapse of twenty two years.

FEBRUARY.

Many meetings were held in the course of this mouth, to petition Parliament against the proposed alteration in the Corn Laws. 7. The Court Martial held at Winchester on Sir John Murray, respecting the affair at Tarragona, June 12, 1818, closed, by forming its opinion, that Sir John had unnecessarily abandoned part of his stores; but acquitting him of the rest of the charges alledged against him.

17. Treaty of peace with America, signed at Ghent, December 24, 1814, ratified at Washington, in America.

11. Successful attack by the British on Fort Mobile in West Florida, on the Gulph of Mexico. The news of peace arrived immediately afterwards. The British forces were, therefore, withdrawn.

MARCH.

1. Buonaparte landed in France, from the island of Elba:-on the 8th he arrived at Lyons: on the 19th at Fontainbleau, on his way to Paris.

6. Lord Cochrane escapes from the

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Beginning on this day in the evening, a mob surrounded the Blouses of Parliament, and proceeded to acts of violence. Several lives were lost at the door of the House of Commons. The house of Mr Robinson (mover of the Corn Regulations) was destroyed, and the soldiers firing in their own defence a man was killed, &c. These outrages lasted several days.

7. Supplement to the London Gazette contains an account of the failure of the attack on New Orleans. The position taken and strengthened by the Americans, was impracticable, owing to a creek of water, and to the delay it occasioned.Major-Gen. Sir E. M. Pakenham, fell in the attack, having galloped on before his troops. The second in command MajorGen. Gibbs, was also mortally wounded: the army retreated, and re-embarked.

13. Declaration of the Allied Powers, in the Congress, at Vienna, that they will maintain the King of France, against Buonaparte.

16. The King of France went in great state to the Chamber of Deputies, and informed the assembly of the state of his Kingdom.

19. An attempt made at Vienna, by about forty Frenchmen, to carry off young Napoleon.

20. The last Royal Moniteur, issued at the Thuilleries.

21. The first Imperial decree issued from the Thuilleries.

The King of France retired to Lisle; and ultimately to Ghent.

25. Another Declaration of the Allies against Napoleon Buonaparte: in which he is outlawed, as having violated his solemn engagements and former abdication.

26.-At Buonaparte's Levee, the Council of State present a document, declaring that his abdication was not valid; it having been obtained without consulting the nation. The re-establishinent of the Bourbons is declared illegal; and every blessing is anticipated from the return of the Emperor. This example was followed by other public bodies.

30.-Murat, King of Naples, after violating the Pope's territories, and driving the Pope from Rome to Florence, attacked the Austrian posts in the North of Italy.

APRIL.

4.- Buonaparte writes letters which he cails pacific to all the sovereigns of Europe, they are returned unopened.

He proposes to mortgage the remaining property of the Communes for one fourth of its estimated value. The citizens of each

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2. A fever which had prevailed at Cambridge, and had frightened away almost all the Students, and many of the inhabitants of the Town, is now reported by the faculty, to have completely subsided.

4.-Battles in France between the Royalists in La Vendee, and the adherents of Napoleon.

7.-Buonaparte goes in state to the Chamber of Representatives, to open the Session of the new Chambers, chosen under his authority. His speech declares, that he is" now going to commence a Constitutional Monarchy."

9.-The Champ de Mai, at Paris: the new Constitution accepted, under the name of "An Additional Act to the Constitution of the French Empire. Oaths by the Emperor!-by the Senate; by the Army, &c. &c. on all sides.

11.-Addresses from the two Chambers presented to Buonaparte.

12. At four o'clock in the morning Buonaparte quits Paris for the Army in Flanders.

15. At day-lightBuonaparte attacks the Prussians on the Sambre.

16. A severe battle between the French and Prussians: Euonaparte claims a victory.

18.-Battle of Waterloo. Buonaparte's victory turned into a defeat, with the loss of all his army, [130,000] except one corps and stragglers.

17.The King of the Two Sicilies returns to Naples, his Capital, after an absence of nine years.

20.-Buonaparte arrives at Paris, in the midst of the rejoicings of the Parisians, for his successes against the Prussians, on the 16th, to relate the news of his entire defeat on the 18th. He arrives at 11-o'clock at night: the cousternation the next morning is inconceivable. His abdication soon follows, and King Louis returns to his Capital. The Allied troops enter Paris.

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Dawson B. and J. Manchester, merchants,

Sols. Tarrant and Co. Chancery-lane. Keene J W. Birmingham, factor. Sol. Jennings, Temple.

Morgan E. Knighton, Radnor, woolstapler. Sols. Jenkins and Co. New Inn.

Mayhew J. jun. St. Osyth, Essex, miller. Sols. Milne and Co. Temple.

Noble J. Bucklersbury, merchant. Sol. Allingham, St. John's-square.

Sols.

Postans W. Birmingham, brass founder.
Bleasdale and Co. New Inn.
Payne W. Haberdasher's Walk, Shoreditch,
victualler. Sol Duncan, Hoibern Court.
Renary J. Leeds, tarpawling manufacturer. Sol.
Blakelock, Serjeant's Inn.

Stubley W. Surfeet, Lincolnshire, shoemaker,
Stuart R. J.' Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square,
Sol. Gaunt, Lamb's Conduit-street.

merchant. Sol. Yatman, Arundel-st. Strand. Search F. Clerkenwell Green, feather bed manufacturer. Sol. Anthony, Hatton Garden. Sol. Donne, Wyatt F. Plymouth, grocer.

New Inn. Warwick S. Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-st. linen-draper. Sol. Lawledge, Gray's Inn-lane. CERTIFICATFS, July 29th.

W. Ramsay, of Little Thames-street, Middlesex, provision-merchant. G. Lawrence and R. Smith, of Gun-street, Spitalfields, Middlesex, silk weavers. M. Thompson, of Penrith, Cumberland, check manufacturer. R. Cousins, late of Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Middlesex, patent lamp manufacturer. J. Hughes and R. Challen, late of Storrington, Sussex, combrazier. S. Redding, Hereford, butcher. B. R. mon brewers. C. T. Chivers, of Stone, Stafford,

Wilson and Hague, Cock Brook, Lancash re. Sol. Edge, Manchester.

CERTIFICATES, Aug.5.

Goak man, of Princes-street, Spitalfields, Middle sex, printer. J. A. Deschamps, of Howard'splace, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, engine turner. R. Walthew, of Liverpool, liquor dealer. T Lovewell, late of Barbican, London, bookseller J. Hayward, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, maltster.beth, barge builder. C. Robinson, Huddersfield, S. Whitwell, of Coventry, surgeon,

BANKRUPTS, July 11.

Higgs W. of Beli-yard, Fish-street-hill, London,
Sik hat manufacturer.
Solomon D. of Queen-street, Birmingham,

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Willes T. Marlborough, Wilts, builder. Sol.
Eyre, Gray's Inn-square.
Williams W. H. of Caerphilly, Monmouth,
shopkeeper.

Watson S. late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant. Sol. Acheson, Great Winchester-st. CERTIFICATES, dug. 1,

R. H. Caitcheon, of Liverpool, merchant. M. Buckle, of York, woolstapler. L. Churchyard, of Fressingfield, Suffolk, grocer. R. Moon, of Liverpool, merchant. T. Marshall, Blackwater, Southampton, grocer. E. Hudson, late of Gibraltar, merchant.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED, July 15. Hatful James, the elder, New Cross, Rotherhithe, Surrey, ironmonger.

BANKRUPTS.

Atkinson B. Doncaster, millwright. Sol. Blakelock, Serjeant's Inn.

Atkins W. sen. Atkins W. jun. and Atkins S of Chipping Norton, bankers. Sols Lowes and Co. Temple.

Blundell and Jones, Nicholas-lane, merchants.
Sol. Partridge, Blackman-street, Southwark.
Ewbank H. Aldermanbury, warehouseman.
Sol. Castle, Cursitor-street.
Fangoin H. Bristol, grocer.

Sol. Williams,

Red Lion-square
Goodwin J. of the Pant, parish of Llanllwchairn,
Mon'gomery, flannel merchant. Sol. Pearse,
Salisbury-square.

Laws W. Ellingham, Norfolk, horse dealer.
Sis. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane.
Morgan E. Knighton, Radnor, woolstapler. Sol.
Bigg, Southampton Buildings.
Mayor C. Somerset-street, Portman-sq. builder.
Sol Bowden, Angel-court, Throgmorton-st.
Maughan H. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, baker. Sol.
Hartley, New Bridge-street.

Oakes J. Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, stock broker. Sols. Chapman and Co. Little St. Thomas Apostle.

Pearce II. Redruth, Cornwall, grocer. Sols.
Poole and Co. Gray's Inn-square.
Pyke T. sen. Pyke T. jun. and Pyke J. Bridge-
water, bankers. Sols. Vizard and Co. Lin-

coln's Inn..

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J. S. Friedeberg, Faicon-street, Aldersgate-st. merchant. W. G. Barnard, Fore-street, Lam

butcher. W. Mackenzie, St. Martin's-lane, chinaman. W. Bell, Clement's-lane, Lombard stecet, silversmith. H. Taylor and J Vining, Bristol, grocers. N. A. Cowper, Barton Bendish, Norfolk, miller. W. Stanmers, Listen, Essex, miller. I. Bannister, Newington Butts, lversmith. D. Lisle, jun. of Newcastle upon Tyne, cabinet maker. T. Dent, Newcastle upon Tyne, spirit merchant. J. Ansdell, Liverpool, timber merchant. C. Roe, St. Mary Axe, hardwareman. T. Payn, jun. Lendham, Kent, dealer.

BANKRUPTS.-July 18.
Broughton B. Curtain Road, Middlesex, jewel-
ler. Sol. Williams, Red Lion-st. Holborn.
Cooper J. King's Mills, near Wrexham, miller.
Sol. Long and Co. Gray's Inn.

Chisnall and Ward, Ipswich, maltsters. Sol.
Taylor, John-street, Bedford Row.
Darby W. Liverpool, draper. Sol. Windle,
Bedford Row.

Dormer M Fleur-de-lis-street, Spitalfields, soap maker. Sol. Concannon, Great Prescot-steet. Goodman's-fields.

Ellis and Alder, Crooked-lane, merchants. Sol. Sherwood, Canterbury-square, Southwark. Higgs W. Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, hat manufacturer. Sol. Harvey, Devonshire-st. Bishopsgate-street.

Kerr & Sharp, Newcastle under Lyme, drapers

Sol. Wilson, King's Bench Walk, Teniple. Lockier T. Ayliffe Buildings, Harpur-street, Kent Road, merchant. Sol. Harvey, Devon

shire-street.

Sol. Ne

Lassock J. Hilgay, Norfolk, shopkeeper. Sols.
Willis and Co. Warnford-court.
Neate J. Calne, Wilts, woolstapler.
thersole, Essex-street, Strand.
Porry J. Hotwells, near Bristol, wine merchant.
Sols. Vizard and Co. Lincoln's Inn.
Phillips P. King-street, Bartholomew Close,
merchant. Sol. Nind, Throgmorton-street.
Parker G. Bawdrip, Somerset, merchant. Sols.
Bleasdale and Co. New Inn.

Williams W. H. Caerphilly, Glamorgan, shopkeeper. Sol. Pearson, Pump-court, Temple. CERTIFICATES.-Aug. 8.

P. Hewitt, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, vintner. W. Solomon, of Middlesex-st. Whitechapel, London, fishmonger. G. Hesse, of the Commercial Sale Rooms, sugar broker. E. Le Roy and T. Le Roy, of Jermyn-street, Middlesex, fruiterers, J. Reilly, of Hart street, Crutchedfriars, London, merchant.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED, July 22
Rattray J. Chelsea, baker.
Strawy T. Manchester, merchant.

BANKRUPTS.

Coale M. Thorney-street, Bloomsbury,' taylor.
Sol. Richins, Frith-street, Soho.
Cape J. Gravel Lane, common brewer. Sol.
Young, High-street, Southwark..

Freeman W. Lincoln, shopkeeper. Sols. Willts and Co. Warnford court.

Gardner T. jun. Liverpool, draper. Sols. Blackstock and Co. Temple.

Halliday S. Manchester, commission broker.
Sols. Shepherd and Co. Bedford Row.
Joyce J. Congleton, Chester, innkeeper. Sol.
Wilson, Temple.

Ketcher E. Tharpe within the Soken, Essex,
grocer. Sols. Chapman & Co. Little St. Tho-
mas Apostle, Cheapside.

Kenworthy J. Stones wood, Saddleworth, York,
woollen draper. Sol. Battye, Chancery-lane.
Lunt J. Kirkdale, Lancaster, master carpenter.
Sot. Chester, Staple Inn.

Sol.

Pring J. sen. Crediton, Devon, tanner.
Andros and Co. Warnford-court.
Sparkes W. jun: Cosham, Southampton, iron
founder. Sol. Pownall, Staple Inn.
Smith F. Shoreham, Sussex, shopkeeper. Sol.
Adams, Old Jewry.

Whitehouse W. Tewkesbury, Glocester, linen
draper. Sol. Allen, Berner's street, Oxford st.
Walker W. Walness, Lancaster, dealer. Sol.
Shephard and Co. Bedford Row.

CERTIFICATES.-Aug. 12.

P. Young and J. B. S. Brockhurst, Wapping, merchants. J. Taylor, Warwick lane, carcase butcher. J. Edelsten, Bolton le Moors, Lancaster, W. Durrant, Maidstone, tanner. J. M. Stephens, Portsmouth, jeweller. J. L. Blackwell, Derby, corn dealer. Hurst perpoint, Sussex, butcher. W. W.Eagle, R. Turner, jun. and W. Barnard, Glocester Terrace, New Road, Whitechapel, soap manufacturers. E. Messer, Gagingwell, Oxford, farmer. J. L. Lucas, Gos

port, contract butcher..

BANKRUPTS, July 25.

Andrews P. Tottenham Court Road, ironmonger Sol. Oldham, Earl street, Blackfriars. Brook and Lister, Baildon, York, cotton spinners. Sol. Ellis, Chancery Lane. Brooks J. High Holborn, saddler and harness maker. Sol. Griffith, Featherstone-buildings. Croft J. Furner-street, Commercial Road, Middlesex, surveyor. Sol. Vincent, Bedford st. Hazlewood J. Leicester, baker. Sol. Ince, Jennings R. Blankney Fen, Lincoln, horse dealer. Sol. Walker, Chancery Lane. Mather T. Salford, Lancaster, innkeeper. Sol. Ellis, Chancery Lane. Mowbray and Co Lothbury, bankers. Sweet, Basinghall-street.

New Inn.

Sols.

Parry J. & M. Marsden, Herefordshire, dealers.
in wool. Sols. Fladgate and Co. Essex street.
Parmenter W. Whepstead, Suffolk, miller. Sol.
Stevens, Gray's Inn.

Sandeman A. M. Lothbury, warehouseman.
Sols. Robinson and Hine, Charter House-sq.
Walton H. Nottingham, hosier. Sols. Sykes

and Co. New Inn.

Woodburn M. Preston, shoemaker. Sols. Cross and Co. Preston.

CERTIFICATES.-Aug. 15.

H.

J. Shepherd, Sutton, Yorkshire, ship builder.
P. Jones & W. Appleton, Liverpool, saddlers.
D. P. Taylor, Portsmouth, dealer in horses. T.
Nott, Tichborne street, Piccadilly, hatter.
Rowley, Newcastle upon Tyne, cork cutter.
R.
T. Cooper, Manchester, coach maker.
Thorn, Colchester, rag merchant. J. Gordon,
Gosport, bookseller. W. Page, of Kentish
Town, builder.
A. Heurtley, Portsmouth,
merchant.
BANKRUPTS.-July 29.

Coles G. and C. Tower-street, brokers. Sols.
Weston and Co. Fenchurch-street.
Frankland F. Oxford-street, linen draper.
Walker and Co. Old Jewry.

Fox A. jun. Plymouth, ship owner.
Earl street, Blackfriars.

Sols.

Sol. Kiss,

Hall E. Newton, Lancaster, cotton manufac

turer.
chester.

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Sol. Edge, St. Ann's-street, Man

Latham J. Birmingham, boot and shoemaker.
Stokes Henry, Throgmorton-street, merchant.
Sol. Windle, John-street, Bedford Row.
Sol. Burfoot, King's Bench Walk, Temple.
Thomson O. Oxford street, Middlesex, corn
dealer. Sol. Wills, Henrietta street, Bruns-
wick Square.

Wood J. Manchester, calico printer: Sol. Shaw,
Waghorn T. Chatham, butcher. Sols. Aubrey
Cursitor-street.
and Co. Took's Court, Chancery-lane.
CERTIFICATES.-Aug. 19.

R. Shepard, of Chandos-street, Covent Garden
Midddlesex, upholsterer. R. Drake, of Teign-
mouth, Devon, ironmonger.
Janerio, South America, merchant. T. Hob-
Liverpool, paper dealer. Š. Noel, late of Rio
W. Kaye, of
son, Spilsby, Lincoln, dealer.
keeper. T. Trawley, of Swallow-street, Mid-
of Meinke, Llangendeirne, Carmarthen, shop-
W. Williams,
dlesex, victualler. R. Lewis, of Watling-street,
London, wax chandler.

SCOTLAND.

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Alexander H. of Leith, surgeon and druggist.
SEQUESTRATIONS-FEBRUARY.
Laird A. of Leith, fish curer and cooper.
Mather A. of Lockhead, cattle dealer.
Main of Edinburgh, painter.
Mitchell J. of Peterhead, merchant.
Miller W. Pasland, cattle dealer.
Air W. of Coldstream, merchant.
MARCH.
Alexander P. cattle dealer
Allan W. of Leith, merchant.
Bissland and Company.

Batley A. of Broomhead, Perth, cattle dealer.
Broun and Co. Edinburgh, merchants.
Campbell and Son, of the Wick, merchants.
Gibson and Co. of Leith, merchants.
Gibson J. Edinburgh, victualler.
Lyal A. of Ayton, merchant.
Murray W. of Keithcock, tenant.
Morton and Cargill, of Edinburgh, merchants.
Pedis and Co. Glasgow, carvers and gilders.
Ramsay W. of Edinburgh, builder.
Robertson D. of Longierait Mill.
Reid J. of Charlestown, merchant and innkeeper
Sanders J. of Leith, merchant and cooper.
Scott and Co. of Edinburgh, wine merchants.
Thomson and Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, mer-

chants.

The Elie Soap Company, and B. B. Niven.
Wilkinson A. fish curer & cooper, in the Wick.
APRIL.

Burt J. and T. East Wemys, cattle dealers.
Fairley W. Faifley, grocer and spirit dealer.
Hay J. Leith, jeweller and merchant.
Hector J. Aberdeen, merchant.
Morrison J. Edinburgh, tea dealer.
M'Master R. Mountcur Mill, miller and grain
dealer.

M Pherson D. Colinsburgh, seedsman.
Shiells W. of Dalkeith, nurseryman.
Robb and Son, Dumfries, cabinet makers.
Wallage D. and G. Woodral, cattle dealers.
Brown J. Irvine, merchant.
MAY.
Courlay R St. Andrew's, merchant.
Craw J. underwriter and general merchant.
Douglas and Co. Acharne, cattle dealers.
Galhraith and Co. Greenock, merchants.
Hamilton and Co. Glasgow, merchants.
Hutchinson and Co. individual partners.

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