The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-21 00:00:00

IRON BRI DO FS.

There has been lately erected, at ‘Voudlinro, near nal-
keit'', on the property of James Err, Esq of Illackeibiels, a
bridge of malleable iron (acre the Eck;, which is meting and
elegant. It forms an etch, with two ribs, connected with
bolts of iron. The largest is fitiy-one feel span, and rifts
four feet six incises high, flout the spring of the arch; Ike
abutments are raised at the ends two feet six inches, whirls
forms as easy road-way, paved with lour and a qnsrler inch
plauk, with a handsome baud rail on each aisle; sire whole
of malleable iruu, except the flour, and tree Gum vibration.
The above clegart bridge was made. by Mr. Andrew His-
lop, smith, Fountainliall, Gala Wahl, who finished one, on
the 1811, of September, 1817, as Burishouse, over the Gala,
and, it is ',crammed, tr.,. list first of the kind ever erected.

'floe Intilge at 11' Ilium is broader 1116 the rnail-vtay than
that over the (; Oa, wills several improvements suggested by
Mr Hubert Woburn, weight, Dstkeitle. 'florae bridges are
Nruwwuced to be strung, durable, and cheap.

The Royal &dogma Gazette, of Sept. 2, has been
received. It appears that nn the Ist the Court of
Admiralty gore a decision in the case or the Ameri-
can sloop Antelin. The i#snelia, it seems, railed in
June last frosts New Orteasis for St. Domingo, with
orders to call at the post of Nassau fur instructions.
' Soon after ►he left the Maize bile ►pain her mast,
saditat wind would not per 11l i l her to rosins. She
proceeded on her rot age, and entered the port of
Nassau for repairs. She was immediately seized by
nn officer of the Customs, and prosecuted for an
in-
fraction of the navigation laws. After a full hearing
or potties, the Court restored troth vo-saiel 111111 CAN°.
but decreed that, as there was probable causre of
tqielt party ►hould pay ISIS Un II Costs.
A splendid account of the new Crown Piece
has b-eu inserted in ►everal papers, but ui,fortii-
nately for the ►uccess of the psneh;)•ric, the cons it-
self was i►sued, and came under the critical eye of
the medallist and • seer. The Bank pent
round to the Bankers 400 of them, with the follow-
ing curious notice

" NEW CROWN PIECES.

" The bag cuutrinw 10 paper parcels., earls parcel holding
40 pircra, snaking the whole cualenta ulllse hag 4UO Crowur,
or 1001. value.

" It being desirable in the first issues of the new Crowns,
that the hill's should come into the hain..s of the public as
perfect as possible, it is recommended to the Bankers in the
distribution of them, that they should use precantions to
iweveut the impression Leung injured, as -h as possible."
From this last psrigrapli. %1 e:i.i.Est.v.v 1'01.6
seems to be aware that it is rather to be portervett on
a medal Ilion put into circulation as a coin.
Where an assemblage of talent soil •xlirrirtsre is
concruirati-il in one line of inactive, a sui•cess mn•t
attend theis apphratiou, not lu be found elsewhere. Thi•
has bees. eying-rd in the Establishment of the 31, (heal Board
at Charlotte-House. lilackfriars.road, and at Wouilsiork.
Huns , VI Osfor.hilieet, wheie corer are
every day performed in cases which have hat/1-d the skill of
eminent professors, and excited their sistimishineut. The
Medical Humid have particularly attended ll' Illsoar cease.
qiienrea of a (Willits dig: are, whirls elliAlk tll• most die.
sewing de►ilities, and manor.s the cluislitsitiiiis of bush
Wall. They *lse remove the effects of those syniptunia
•ruing from juvenile indiscretion, from irregular
and from a lung resideiner iu warm choir's-a—of this de
seriptium they be particularly to notice ithstim:tv erupt'
is the skim, awe throat, pains in the head moil basks, fee
yield!), mistaken fur rheumatism, strictures, &lulu, scrim
phula, Sic. Messrs. COOPER and Co. after forty rare
practice in various Hospitals, are consulted at Woodinuck-
street, (Word-street, daily, from right till eight ; and at the
Medical Bored, Cliarkitte-liousep I:erat Charlotte-street,
Blsekfriars•rord, precisely from twelve until eight in the
evening. Illtchainev, sail pert on of moderate income,
Ir." advice, gratis, if they Immod at certain bows, WIMP ly,
Tuesday, 'flitiesday, and nun runt tr. urihl one o'clock ;
anal every evertor, frain gix toiitht.—••` .1 If de dour, sail
private MOMS I.9lfemales

COURSE OP EXCHANG
Amsterdam.... 11 9
Ditto at sight .. 11 6
Rotterdam ..... 11 10
Antwerp ex. Mu. 11 13
Hamburgh.. .. 34 6
Altona ......... 34
Paris 3 day's date 24 60
Ditt0.......... 24 80
Buardeaux, do. 24 110
Frankfurt uu the

plain 143
Madrid 39
Bilboa ...... 391
Barcelona 39
Seville ..... • . 391
Gibraltar 34
Leghorn
Genus 461

, TUESDAY, OCTOIER
Venice 25 50

Malta

Naples
Palermo lt'd. per oil.
Lisbou

Oporto
Rio Jauciru til

Du per Ct.
Cork
Portugal Gold iw € a. 4.
Ono, per or .... 0 0 0
Foreign Gold iu _ _

Bars ..........4 1 6
New Dinhtonna ..0 0 0
New Dollars 5 4
Silver in Bars 0 5 41
New Le•ia (each) 0 0 0