The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-04 00:00:00

BANK OF SCOTLAND.

On Tuesday came on the election of the Onvernor, De-
puty-Governor, and the Directors of the Bank of Scotland,
when the following Noblemen and Gentlemen were una-
nimously elected, viz. :
Gov ERNott —The Hight lion. Gird Viscount Melville.
lizrere-tiovennon —Toe lion. Lord llatgray.
ORDINARY Diattcrotts—John irvini, Esq. tv.s.; Francis
Walker Drummond, of Blorthornden, Kri.; Rolsert menr,e,,, of
Trinity, Esq t Gror.r.e Mercer. of liorthy. Esq.; Alexander
monypenny. Ear W.o• ; Ja.nra s.7ntt., Esq. Are tumult James
Triter, I;iq. id IVosulhotisrlre ; Sir William Arbuthnot. Bert;
John Blackburn. Esq. of Killearn: Thomas Kinnear, bankor;
Altai-soder Voting. of illarburn, Esq.; Hector AltDottald iltt-
ebstum. Esq. P.C.S.
El Ylkontsi N ART DIRECToRS Orere the Doke of Mon-
trose: the Rig:it Ilan. the Karl nt Kellie; the Right lion, the Earl
et i;lisgo• ; Sir Alexander Maitland Bitrion, of Clifton H3ll,
net ; sir Ai-sander E-bh. of llATulston and Ifinnottar, Knight
"Inshal of Se.stl.smi ; William .11olina-on, of latthrisk, Esq.;
David WCIVIVT.I, of I ienbrae. Esq.: James Donaldson, of Brough-
ton Hall, rt-,1.; JA.llel Hope. Esq. : Peter Wood. Esq
n.ercitant. Leith Hebert Duodas, of Beeehwood, P.C.S.;
Al'dterMrson, gag. :harlotte-aquare.
After the election. o' the 'notion of Sir Robert Dundas,
of Beechw.md, Bart. the cordial thanks of the Proprietors
were unanimously given to the Ordinary Directors, for
their great exertions and very proper conduct during the
late important and dangerous crisis, and for the judicious
and seasonable accommodation they hail given to the
public daring the unparalleled period of anxiety, calamity,
and distress, in the period alluded to.

Great expectations are entertaineet respecting the Mas-
querade at the Opera I louse, on Thursday night, as the
most brilliant preparations are making for the gratification
of the company.
Dueness is Set r a 1141.--IrCsinderstand That up-
waeds of 31,00 a/. worth of rich silks, satins. gauzes, ha-'
leo de tote, grog des ludes, shawls, &c. i&c., are now
selling without the lease reserve, by commission, for the
relief of the distressed Spitalficl.l4 manufacturers, at Shears
met Co.'s, 120, Regent-street. The goods are warranted to
be of the most fashionable description, and will be sold
for less titan half they cost making.
The stagnation in the lace trade is beyond all precedent.
The di criers, ulna have hitherto been in the habit of ptu-
chasing lace from the persons who manufacture it, being
*vial& to e:Feel rates of their stocks in hand, have declined
purchasing. On Saturday last it was really distressing to
see the number of poor persons who came from the sur-
rounding villages to Aylesbury for the purpose of selling
tic produce of their industry, anxiously soliciting the
1. rs is purchase, but almost invariably without suecees.
They were obliged to return to their cottage's with heavy
hearts and gloomy countenancos, carrying back with them
their lace, instead of the necessaries of life they have been
accustomed to boy with the cash which the sale of it pro•
duceel. From the improvement of machinery, lace is so
much reduced in price, that the best hands at lace-making,
who formerly earned ss. or Ins., can now earn no Inure
than '2s. tiel. or :Is. a-week ; and the distress is increased
by the low rate of agricultural labour, few able-bodied
men receiving more than from is. to lus. per week, whilst
to numbers a still strialkr pittance is doled out by the pa-
rish.—litirl's Gazette.

G[, SGOW, MARC It 31.—This web die price of coal on
the hani-s of the Avon was reduced to 'is. r, ton. A fine
main has lately been opened, which is yielding, abuntlanct!
of superior coal. Were the proposed rail-way immeiliatcly
commenced. it wciild do incalculable good to the
tants cf Glasgow and its vicinity. It is not too much to
ray that the price of coal would fail nearly one-half.—
Greenock .4114%

A model of a bridge, upon a new principle, by Dr.
Crow, late of Bishop Auckland, will he exhihitul in the
Library of the Literary and Philosophical Society, on
Fridar and Saturday.—A'eu•ca.lle Cwirant Satarday.

As toe.% siaN Rs I.i c.—Yestt rday afternoon, the work-
men employed at Anehmead Quarry, inutrkiss-road,
lately npctird, thif., out of a putrifaction of wood, embodied
five fect and a half deep in the body of a rack, a horse-shoe,
which, thunc.th in a mutilated state, may y, t be deemed in
good phaervation, cotoddering the immense time it must
have lain depo!dted in the stratum where it was foand. lr
is appsrcitly silver, or an alloy of precious metal, and ap-
pears to havti.boan_wal executed. how long it may have
remained there is mtreinely donbtful, but that it is of very
great antiquity is certain ; and the discover• of such an ar-
ticle in the bosom of the salid rock may well warrant the
supposition of its antediluvian existence; but this we
leave to the solution of the geologist and antiquary, who
have thus found a new field opened for their researches.
This relic is in the possession of Mr. M'Rea, spit it dealer,
Mid-quay, who rents the quarry.—Greenock Advertiser,
allure' 31.

firsts NATURS..—A cow, the property of Mr. Wm.
White, farmer, Crutch, parish of Suby, on Tuesday
se'nnight calved a calf with two heads. The two necks
projected from the shoulders, and were formed beautifully:
It lived for three days, and when milk was given to it took
it with both mouths, and oht n it roared the sound pro-
ceeded from both. It was dissected by a medical gentleman
in Cie neighbourhood; the twn necks had all the organs,
bloat vessels, &c. necessary, and had it not been neglected
the night it was calved, no doubt was entertained but it
would have lived.

A SEtCIMEN or EAR, ' NIATCRITV.—Mr. G. Price, of
Campden, ihnicestershire, produced a sh...er-ho; 23 months
and two weeks old, bred an fed by himself on Swedish
turnips and cabblee, which was slaughtered at Stratford-
upon-Avon, by Mr. W. Tasker, sett. on the 17th ult. and
weighed as fo!!owst—Weight when alive 11. score 611 w.;
carcase when dead, 9 score; head and pluck, :6 lbs. ; skin,
with the wool on, 1 score I:lilts.; loose fat, 19iilbs.; intes-
tines, &c. 1 score 'Abs.; blood, 711b5.; loss from evapora-
tion in cooling, 1:3 jibs.
NOTI:ING CAN BE MORE. TECE AND BETTER SAID.—
he of the wistst men of his age, the American, Franklin,
after an exp,•rictice of nearly a century, gave it as his opi-
nion, that ninetten-twtittieths of the diseases of mankial
were caused by over-feeding.
A HE I:VAIt AND A Silt REAR.--Whell the late King
re:lsiCnt'd Doctor Johnson, he also pensioned " Sheheare."
tme one remarked " that the latter did not merit it."

" Pooh," said Foote, " when his Majis:y pensioned the
b, -bear, he could not avoid doing the same by the She-
', are also."

on Sunday, in the church of St. Marti in the Fields, a
middle-r,c(l gentleman publicly read his recantation from
the errors of the Church of Rome.

RIETIM EXTRAWIDINARY.—On Friday morning, u a
VOT woman, named Catherine Duff, was passing over Fes-
Pe% brillge, Dublin, on her way to the Lying-in Hospital,
she war taken ill, when most fortunately Dr. J. P. Davis
was accidentally passing, and who afforded every humane
assistance in bringing into this life of care two tine boys,
who, with their mother, were by the Doctor removed in a
carriage to the Hospital.
WeaTti ea.—During the last week the weather
suddenly changed from the mildness and warmth of sum-
mer to all the intense cold and storm of the depth of win-
ter. At eight this morning the ground was covered with
snow to the depth of three and four inches; and during
the whole day there were constant showers, accompanied
with high winds, drifting the snow with the utmost seve-
rity. We learn from travellers who were out early this
morning, that the fall is !may in this country; and the
hills in the distance have been for some days invested with
their wintry mantle; and yet, we grieve to say it, there
are many families in town who cannot obtain a barrel of
coals for love or money. During the past winter and
lately, there have been both gross mistnanagement and
inattention—either on the part of the coal-merchants, or
of the several families, in neglecting to secure an ample'
provision of this indispensable article of domestic comfort.
—lnverness Courier.

A Pole was a few days ago assassinated in the Rae du
f:qq, Paris. It is reported that he had been a considerable
winner at the gambling houses in the Palair Royal, and
had been watched thence by some desperadoes, who
eiVectixl the horrid deed in search of the booty. Ile was
immediately carried to the Morgue.
On Tuesday last, the iron cheat which was stolen out of
Mr. Kirsopp's office, llexham, a few weeks ago, was dis-
covered in a draw-well, in Hexham Haughs, by a little
boy, who was amt sing himself by throwing stones, when
the sound of the stones striking against the chest led to its
discovery. When taken out, the lid was found to be
broken in many places. The late valuable contents of the
chest, it is needles to add, had been removed.