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Reeve & Leigh, Manchester and London, warehousemen

Sandmark, A. London, merchant

Scotland, R. South Shields, ship-owner

Sampson, J. D. Ipswich, silk-mercer

Smith, T. P. Bristol, whalebone brush-manufacturer

Smith, E. Derby, bleacher

Sherwin, J. Burslem, Stafford, iron-founder

Sparkes, C. L. Southbersted, shop-keeper

Smith, T. Wilsden, Yorkshire, dealer in wood

Scrubsole, S. Liverpool, merchant

Sizer, G. Holborn Hill, London, mercer

Stone, W. Milverton, scrivener

Spall, G. London, coach-maker

Slipper, J. Crostwick, Norfolk

Tidswell, T. Stockton-upon-Trent, baker

Thornburv, N., and E. Taylor, Stroud, Gloucester, clothiers

Taylor, J. Ottery St Mary, Devon, smith

Wallace, W. Workington, ship-carpenter

Whitney, T. & H. Macclestield, cotton-spinners

Wilkie, C. & J. London, yeast merchants

Vhite, T. North Shields, merchant

Whittiugton, W. Mauds worth, Stafford, farmer

Wint, H. De, Stone, Stafford, surgeon

Wilson, J. Hanley Stafford, potter

Weldon, J. London, warehouseman

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Brown & Niven, Edinburgh, hatters and hosiers

Byars, J. Forfar, spirit-dealer

Hay, J. Delchiracn, Banffshire, merchant

M'Allaster & Duncan, Glasgow, merchants

Monteith, Duncan, & Co. Glasgow, grocers

M'Lellan, J. Castle Douglas, merchant

M'Clure, W. Kirkcudbright, merchant

Kussell, D. Durie Foundery, Fifeshire, founder

Rutherford, J. jun. Kelso, merchant-tailor

Scott, W. Falkirk, merchant

Stevenson, C. Island of Islay, cattle-dealer

Stewart, T. Leith and Glasgow, carrier

Thomson, A. Edinburgh, builder

White & Co. J. Glasgow, merchants

Calton Hill Foundery Company, Edinburgh; by Wm Ford, Caledonian glass-work there, 13th August

Crombie, John, Colinsburgh, merchant: by James Stevenson, merchant, Edinburgh, 16th August

Christie, Alex. Aberdeen, merchant; by David Hutcheon, advocate there, 18th August

Dickie, Matthew, Pennyglen, near Maybole, grain and cattle-dealer; by John M'Clure, builder, Crossbill, 21st August

Gray, David, Kincardine, ship-builder; by James Turcan, ship-owner there, 15th August

Gray, George, Peterhead, merchant; by George Yeats, advocate in Aberdeen, 17th August

Hutcheon, Alex, and Charles Nicol, Glasgow, merchants; by John M'Gavin there, 22d August

Lerro, Geo. Edinburgh, jeweller; by John Graham, jeweller there, 4th August

Macfadyen & Maccallum, Glasgow, merchants; by P. Grierson, jeweller there, 6th August

Mackenzie, David, Peterhead, merchant; by Geo. Yeats, advocate, Aberdeen, 17th August

M'Kellar, Duncan, Glasgow, merchant; by Macpherson & M'Lachlan, writers there, 2d August

M'Lachlan, D. &Co. Glasgow, hatters and hosiers; by James Imbray, merchant there, 27th June

Shannon, Stewart, & Co. Greenock, and Shannon, Livingston, & Co. Newfoundland; by John Dunlop, writer, Greenock, 10th August

Sinclair, Alexander, Glasgow, vintner; by John Wright, Edinburgh, 11th August

Smith, A. Ayr, writer, builder, and cattle-dealer: by James Martin, writer there, 6th August

The almost daily showers which have fallen since the date of our last Report, and for some time before, and the present very unsettled weather, have placed the prospect of harvest at a much greater distance than we then delighted to contemplate; and the more weighty crops are at last beginning to fall to the ground. After a careful examination of very recent Reports, from Correspondents in almost every county in Britain, we are led to believe that the produce of the present season, in wheat, barley, and oats, is likely to be at least equal to an average on all early soils where sound seed had been sown; but that even in these favourable circumstances the harvest must now be late. It will be near the end of the month before reaping becomes general in the south of England; and in Scotland, the approach of the crops towards maturity has been so slow for these three weeks, that there is reason to fear the ensuing harvest will be almost as late as the last. Yet a month of clear warm weather, after so much rain, would rapidly change the hue of our fields, and call forth thousands from the abodes of poverty and despondence to the healthy and animating toils of autumn. Beans and pease will yield a scanty produce. The hay crop has not been so weighty as was once expected. Hops, and fruits of every kind, and the seeds of clovers, cannot be productive. Turnips are now suffering from too much rain; and, for a month past, little progress has been made in cleaning and dressing fallows. Potatoes are said to promise a very abundant crop, and, fortunately, a larger quantity has been planted than in ordinary seasons. Of all our crops, this is perhaps the one to which we may look with the most gratifying anticipations for the relief of the lower classes.

The corn markets have continued to decline, though but slowly, since the middle of last month, for which no other cause can be assigned, than the great importations of Foreign grain; the effect of which, in reducing our prices, is now no longer counteracted by our exports to France, where the new crop begins to come into consumption. Butcher meat, as usually happens in the summer months, has fallen; and cattle for grazing, owing to the abundance of the pastures, are in demand, at a considerable advance of price; yet