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lambs in our northern markets have been sold much below the rates of last year. Wool has gone off freely, at more money than it brought last year, which is one of the best proof, of the revival of our staple manufacture; and happily, it is now certain, that the operatives in every other line have full employment, though their wages are still low. In Edinburgh market, on the 5th instant, oatmeal was 4s. per stone of 17½ lb. avoirdupois.—the quartern loaf—14d. new potatoes 18d. per peck,—beef and mutton 5d. to 7d. per lb.—and moderately good lamb about 18d. per quarter. 12th August.
EDINBURGH—August 6.
Wheat
1st 47s. 0d.
2d, 40s. 0d.
3d, 34s. 0d.
Barley.
1st, 0s. 0d.
2d, 0s. 0d.
3d, 0s. 0d.
Oats.
1st 36s. 0d.
2d, 32s. 0d.
3d, 28s. 0d.
Pease & Beans.
1st, 32s. 0d.
2d 30s. 0d.
3d, 27s. 0d.
Average of wheat, £1 : 19 : 7, per boll.
HADDINGTON—August 8.
Wheat,
1st, 46s. 6d.
2d, 38s. 0d.
3d, 28s. 0d.
Barley.
1st, 40s. 0d.
2d, 0s. 0d.
3d, 0s. 0d.
Oats.
1st, 38s. 0d.
2d, 34s. 0d.
3d, 28s. 0d.
Pease.
1st, 37s. 0d.
2d, 33s. 0d.
3d, 28s. 0d.
Beans.
1st, 33s. 0d.
2d 30s. 0d.
3d 27s. 0d.
Average of wheat, £1 : 15: 9: 11-12ths.
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.