... AMERICANS TARIFFS OF 1842 AND 1846 COMPARED. (Fl.>7,'ie V/ ?? Uanfmr.) A Comparison of the Rates of Duties upon some of the Arti- cles as actually paid tinder the Tariff of 1842, and to be levied on the same by the Tariff to come into operation December 1, 1846:- LUXURIES. 1842. 1846. Wines-Champagne - 12 30 Burgundy 9 30 Mladeira 5 30 Carpets-Wilton carpets . 23 30 Turkey - . . . 28 30 Glass ...

... cart~tto. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-Autg. 17. With the exception of Friday, the week has been tolerably dry since Monday. At to-day's ?? thesupply of wheat was moderate, and principally of the new crop. Millers were ea-ger buyers, and a clearance was soon effected at 2s. to 3s. per qr. more money. For foreign there %was a fair demand, and Is. to 2s. per qr. advance was obtainable on all ...

... EDINBURGHI COREN MARKET. A meeting of farmers, corn merchants. and others, was held yesterday in the Council Chambers, at the request of the Mla- gistrates and TowTn Council, to consider the propriety of an enlarged acommodation for the grain market. The Lord Provost, in stating the object of the meeting, said, the Town Council had frequently received cotaplaints of the deticieney of ...

... ?? an TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1.846. PRICES (O STOCKS THIS DAY. Benk 0tock ?? ?? 209 8 India Bonds under 1000 - D 9to for Account . ?? 9 %nrouth Sea Stock. Three per Cent. ?? 96 i Do. Old Annuities . Three per Cent ?? 9504 Do. New Ainnuities. Three per Cent. 1726.- 3 per Cent. Anns. I751.,. -Nen 3 4 per Cents ?? 98 Julouls for 27th August 954' New 5 per ?? -iIndia Stock for Account - Long ...

... 'N.rabal rlte ORANINEL FLEET. The following vessels, with their number of guns and men, and the amount of their tonnage, may be enumerated as cons- posing or belonging to the Channel fleet, under the command-in- chief of Vice-Admairal Sir William Parker, Bart. G.C.B. Ships. Guns. Commanders Men. Tons. St Vincent 120 J. Shepherd 951 2612 Trafalgar 120 J. N. Ncott 9;1 2694 Queen 110 Sir H. Leeke ...

... IN VE STMENTS. pDIN'BLRGH SHARE LIST. Wj-_EDNSDAy, AuGUST 19, 1846. 1,,,:jptjo ?? PaId. LastQuo- oldded. D~TPua' dtMtiusn. O C-halrge. Per Cent. B3&anks. £6 I 50k, of Srotland ?? 100 100 171 0 0 Brii~ LnenCi 00 100 204 0 0 ?? Btik..102.4 10 0' O CitY 0± 1i.Ii± Bank 10 10 . 13 80 t Cideii'~ ?? 10 13 15 0. O CoimmercilM Btinh 500 ;loi 165a0 I aienlil 1on. 1 Uo 1 0 0 Easto~rn' {lo. Bano ...

... IN VEST TAlENTS. £DIN'BURGH SHARE LIST. 5.yrTuiwky, .AXuCST 22, 1846'.- 01,idmL PaF :Lont Tu -afl ni~ded. lei~ionofStiC.IAp zti un.w. On Change. Por Cent.~ 23an1I £ l . d. 14akoSC~l~~~100 100 17 0 0 BrIitbli Linien ?? lG110 0 i 2)0 0. 74 alediiitnf Bank.., 10 2~44 q4o x ity of Gino. Bank.: 10 10 13 801 d C-desdale Eank ?? , 20 10o13765 o Commercial Bank 500 100 165 0i 5 Roster' 1jan51 ?? - 51 ...

... GENERAL I'OST OFFICE, Au.l 1 - siaos d -ais h Last Packets NextPaclte;5 Sour AMt7nrON -, des3atche' ! ailetl. Dce. ST TIO-. trrout London. S 'Lisbon,AIaadeira) _ _ an (Vi1 Lisbo)), I th, 1thh.anu Pachba, Riyai TE. ?? | ibral- every month. 17. Aug. Dus. Malta. Greece, 'lonl. Islands, '3d & 20th£.; Achilles, Egypt, Ceylon, f every month. A nt. 3. India, ?c fhinaJ. British C¢louies F in AWest ...

... 54'arRm. LONDON CORN EXCEIANGE-Aug. 21. The little English Wheat fresh up for this morning's miarket sold readily at 2s. per quarter over the prices obtainable on 1 londay; free foreign imust be noted 3s. per quarter higher. Bonded continues in demand, and would bring an advance, but there is scarcely any on offer. The top price of flour has ad- vanced 8s. per sack, and barley of good brands ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. | Edinburgh, 22d August 1846. SIR-In reading over the account of the proceedings of the meeting of farmers, corn merchants, and others, held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday the 19th instant, to consi- der the propriety of having enlarged accommodation for the grain market, I observe that the general feeling which prevail- ed, as reported in the ...

... Nl7abal Intellia-rence. POrtsraouth Aug. 20. ARvRIVtA OF TItC A'MERICA FROM THE PAO!5IC.-The America, t 'i Cpt ?? Johui Gordon at pithea yester- (ay morniny at nirie o'clock, saluting th~e fdag of the Couniniander; Ii-Chief. The Hon. Captain William Gordon (late Lord Iff the Admiralty) immilediately went off to her in the Port Admiral's yacht Mercury, and at one o'clock Captein John Gordon ...

... SI)tl):Ptn(,l Entelitf,!f-mr, ~b Berwirck, Aug. 17.-The Brunswick Packet, Walker, sailed fr fromt hence 13th 'inst. for Liverpool from Archangel, and at two hie D.m. being rather Thgzv, Went onl shore ait M',ouse daot1 es mjiles fromt here, %where she was totally last, together w1ith her U, cargo, oats; crew saved. to 11astAug. ?? 'Mar-ye, of Glasg-ow, M'L1enrian, from 3- ?? Lisbon, is on ...