SCOTLAND.
At the Episcopal Synod held at Aberdeen on the 19th, the Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church appointed the Reverend Dr. Hannah, of Lincoln College, Qxford, Rector of the Edinburgh Academy, to be Warden of Trinity College, Glen Almond, in room of Bishop Wordsworth, of St. Andrews, resigned. Dr. Hannah has held the post of Rector at the Edin- burgh Academy for eight years.
There are established on the banks of the Clyde at present not fewer than thirty-two shiphuilders, who during the last twelve months have built or are building no less than 266 vessels, of the aggregate tonnage of 167,770 tons, for which engines are being or have been manufactured of 28,835 horse-power. They are not small vessels, for they average 630 tons each. The coat of this prodigious fleet of vessels is estimated at 5,000,000/. sterling. —Edinburgh ifs'tne,ss.
Since the new regulations for admitting the public to Holyrood Palace and Chapel—free on Saturday, and for a fee of sixpence on other days—large numbers of persons have visited the buildings, especially on Saturdays.
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