... ariIsQ. Ac TOP PRICES OF GRAIN, PER QUARTER, IN THE FOLLOWING 3 MARKET TOWNS OF SCOTLAND, FOR TEIE WEEK ENDING al DIEEM~sBER 21. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. st Aberdeen ?? 52s Od 27s Od 18s 3d -s Od -s Od ir Dalkeith ?? 52s Od .34s Od 24s 8d I 43s 6d 43s 6d ns ?? 54s Od 27s Od 21s Od -s Od _- Od fi Edinburgh ?? Ss Od 36s 6d 27s 4d -s Cd 45s Od d ?? 56s Od 338 6d 24s Od -s Od 39s Od ?? ...

... DUNDE, Dec. 24.-Daring the past week our trade has been very steady, and we understand there have been some pretty extensive sales of flax at same prices as formerly. Tows and codillas are wvithout change. In hemp and hemp codilla there is nothing doing. Indian Jute appears still to be in de- mand, at prices varying from L.13 to L.14 per ton according to quality. Yarns of all sorts are in ...

... CfATTLE PARSETS. SMITIHFILUy, Dec. 16. This being the day arpointed fir holding what is termed The Great Christmitas Market, more than the usual buStle attendant o05 such oce&. aions was observed. As might be expected from the fine mosts fepe. ritncre for some time past, and the fa'ouraible state of the weather for slaughtering, the graigers expected more remunerative prices for the stock ...

... } EDINBURGH SHARE LIST. Tv=SDAy, DECmBER 24, 1844. When Pay- ?? Dividend. ay- BANKS. > Paid Sles able. S e. p Ce-at. £ £; £ 8. d. £6 &April&Oct. Bank of Scotland ?? 100 100 172 0 0 6 Jan. &July Royal Bank ?? 100 100 170 0 0 8 June& Dec. British Linen Co ?? 100 100 230 0 0 6 July Commercial ?? 500 100 i ,o0° t a n. & Julyv National Bank ?? 60 10 15 17 6 5 Feb.&Aug. Edinburgh & Glasgow 5 5 7 8 0 ...

... AW me Nwo,Illiano --SA1FTURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1844. PRICES OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock ?? 209 India Bonds ?? p Ditto for Accen~t-. ?? 0rt An .Jan. (1360) .. 12 1-16 Three per Cent. P4ad. 100 ; Ditto, New (ditto).. Three per Cent. Conls.,. Ditto (Oct. 1859) .. Three and . per Cents - Ditto (Jan. 1830) ?? Ditto Reduced ?? - Ditto (Oct. 1880) . Ditto, ditto, 1iew .. 0S- Four per Cents ?? ...

... sbttvtna Intelltearnt Inverkeithing, Dee. 18.-About 216 sail of ships in St Mar- garet's Hope, wind bound. The Samson, Youngson, from Aberdeen to Newcastle, lost two men overboard, off St Abb's Head. The Elizabeth, Douglas, from St David's to Granton, with loss of bulwark and boat. The Tontine, Garvie, loss of bulwarks and boat, and deck swept. A foreign vessel is supposed to have been wrecked ...

... SHIP M:WS. | Tck-on-Fohr, Dec. 9.-'he Lykkens Prove, from the Elbse, 16th tlt., has not since been heard of, and is supposed to be lost i some seamen's chests have been washed on shore at the island of Sylt, and one belonging to Captain P. Jensen. Brahe, Dec. 12.-The following vessels are on the strand, frozen sip in the ?? Willen Ir. (steamer), Emanuel, Aurora, Marie Eliss, Maria, Wilhelmine, ...

... Saturday Evening. There has been the usual limited business done in Public Secu- rities this mornirg. Reduced Three per Cents. have been last sold at 1004, the 34 New at lO3j, and Consols for the Opening at j00k. Exch-equer Bills have advanced to 62 64, and India Bonds to 78 pM. Monday Evuening. There is little change in the tone of the market for British Securities, except that Exchequer ...

... BRITISH CORN TRADE DURWG THE PAST WEEK. Notwithstanding what we have previously stated, we can see no reason to calculate on any fall in the value of wheat; r from the relatively low rates at which this article has, since t harvest time, been selling, as compared with the price ofspring - corn and pulse, it is fair to infer that it has been used exten- b sively for purposes to which it is not, ...

... Nabal Entriltarnre. Portsmouth, Dec. 23. TEE NEXT EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.-It is most likely that i the next experimental squadron of line-of-battle ships will be ready in the beginning of Aipril next, and will be composed of i the ?? St Vincent, 120-Queen, }10-Albion, 90 -Canopuss, 84-Superb, 80-and Vanguard, 80. After is trial between these ship;, probably the Trafalgar, 120-Rodney, 92, Z and ...

... ZE-bt:Ppma Inteliti-rmfe. WaEsc FoUDn.-A small portion of a vessel has been cast a- shore at the mouth of the Eder., which from all appearance is the remains of a Norwegian ship which had been woed laden. ?? Guillan, the customhouse offlcer at South Fcrry, states that he saw the quarter board of the vessel, on which was marked in large white letters the name Hero; and that from the part of the ...

... Manufactures, Commerce, tc. MAVCMsIa.-Theye has been a limited demand for prhitirng cloth during the past week. and pikes are barely sustained. Offeri have been made for considerable quantities of 4t.inch shirtings, but at prices which few wouhl accept; and, ott the whole, very little business has been done. The frost has put a stop to the pusrchasing of yarns for Germanry ; yarns for honme ...