... PeALCKET BOATS. GENERAL POST OFFicE, April 27. d esahls Last Packets! Next Packets SOUJTRA.WTlOY despatched i Sie u STATIONr. from London. Sailed. Due. 'Lisbon,Madeira - F (via Lisbon), tth, lbth, and 1 'SpainGsbrai 27th, ]dadrid, Madrid, 'Spain,Gibral- month pril 17. | May 5. ?? eeymnh illalta, *Greece, *Ion. Islands, I 3d 20tof oriental, Egypt, Ceylon. every mnonth. April e0-I India, & ...

... r THE MONEY AND SHARE MAREKET. (Froml Messrs Robert 47iThomas Allan's uonthly Circular.) A farther most serious depreciation bas taken place in stock and share property of every description, one which, since January, far exceeds anything that has occurred during the last twenty years. The panic of 1845 arose from the dread which after a period of reckless speculation was excited in the public ...

... N~atal ]:~ftTlfjeqnre. Portsmouth, April 28. The Baretto Junior transport, Lieutenant Griffith, Admiralty agent, arrived this morning from Lisbon with returned stores from the fleet under Vice-Adnjiral Sir W. Parker. She left Lis- bon on the 14th inst.; the arrival of the packet, therefore, has put us in possession of some days' later news. The Baretto would have been here some days ago, but ...

... Sf)tv3)111(1 EntelittifInre, Shields, April 26.-The Croft, Hays, of and from this port to Scotland, foundered off this coast 15th inst. .0 The Ben Nevis, of Dundee, from the Firth of Forth to Ha- y vannah, was spoken with in lat. 21. N. long. 33. by the Nile, n Miller, arrived at Deal. t. The George, of Leith, bound westward, was spoken with 19th, *e lat. 48. Iong. 19. by the Margaret Pollock, ...

... axteto. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-April 30. The arrivals since Monday have been small, and having a j good attendance of town and country buyers this morning, the En-lish Wheat left over from last day wvas taken off at N'on day's prices. Foreign met an improved demand, and commalid ed in suany instances an advance of Is. per qr. Barley sell freely, and must be noted Is. per qr.higher. Beans and Pe ...

... INVE STMENTS. EDINBURGH SHAUBE LIST. SATURDAY, MAY 1, 184,7. oiiisj .aptiao of LtIed 1Pr . Last Qu. I ~ ~ ~ I (~atlas,. On Char ?? Per Cent.! fan~ks. £:7 ;Bank of Scoulan~oJOG 100 125 0 0 a 'British Linen ?? 100 100 200 (00 74 'Caledeniarn Bank ?? 10 2' 4920 61 Cyo'la.Bn. 10 10 I12 150 6 C aydsdalefla19j'nEL.. 20 10 l 12 1is0 7 Co rera Bak..500 '1(0 ~160 00 6 Eastern ?? 25 10140 iihrgh&0a.. ...

... BRITISH CORN TRADE DUIUNG THE PAST WEEK. The weather has, on the whole, been favourable during the week for the growing crops, copious showers having fallen in m ost parts of the kingdom ; still the temperature remains low for the advanced period of the year, and the reports from the principal agricultural districts describe the wheat plant as very backward. A few weeks of really warm -weather ...

... fRargeto. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-May 8. The show of Wheat from Kent was -very small this morn'g and much excitement prevailed. In this state of affairs sales were made at irregular prices; but comparing the quotations of to-day with those ot this day week-, we estimate the advance at about 4s. per qr. Barley, Beans, end Pease were exceedingly scarce, and Is. to 2s, per qr. dearer than on Monday ...

... WEuaE NDING MA 1. I EDINBUaGon AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. ; Passengers, 19,323-Receipts tor Passengers, Horses and | Carriages, Parcels, Goods, Cattle, &c. L.3472, 4 1 Corresponding week in 1846 . 3270 13 3 NORTH BRITISH RAIIWA. INCLUDING DALSEIT11 BRANCH. Passengers. horses, and Carriages, &tC.. L.949 6 4 Goods, parcels, cattle, &c. . 667 6 6 Total . . 1616 12 10 GLASGOW AND AYRSIRE RATILWAY. ...

... subtuvrng ]intelligence, Bowrmore, Islay, April 23.-The Fisher, Ditchburn, from Li- verpool to Newvfoundland; the Olive Branch, Cumming, from Liverpool to Ballyshannon, and the Mary Ann Henderson, Smith, from Ayr to Lochindaul, drove on shore at the latter place 27th inst. during a tremendous gale from SW. and must disclsargo-29. The Conradine, Koster, from New Orleans to Sligo, pat into ...

... I EDINBURGH SHARE LIST. I WEDnSDAY, MAY 5, 1847. a~ilmow. j Oewtrptle of Stock. Onchan's al Pel Centi £7 Sankof~cntland ?? 100 .100 2.64 0 S rdl Linen Co.. 1300'100 2~00 0 ?? ?? Bank..:.10 24, 490 6 'City of las. Ban o1 lo0 1215 O 6 Clydesdale Bank ?? 2 20 10o 12 17 7 ~Commnerciai Bank1500 .100 259 0 O 6 'Pastern Bn~.. 2 01 11214 6 ExcI;.Bank of Scot..! 00 so50 i00 7 IIsle of Man Coin.-..!0 ...

... 'Kabat Entellfamer. Portsmouth, May 2. The St Vincent, 120, Captain MIilne, received her crew from the Victorious hulk yesterday, and hoisted the flag of Admiral Sir Charles 0!le, Bart. the Commander-in-Chief. The Alert, 6, Commander Ellis, arrived this morning at Spit- head, from the west coast of Africa, whereon she has been em- ployed. in the suppression of the slave trade. Although not in- ...