The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-17 00:00:00

MILITARY AND NAVAL PENSIONS.

An Account of the several Sums which, pursuant to two ‘ereral
Acts of the 3d and 4th of Ills Majesty, will become payable be.
tween the sth day of April 1825, and the 3th day of April 1/128,
by the Trustees in whom an Annuity was vested for providing
for the burthen occasioned by Military and Naval Pensions, and
Civil Superannuation'; viz--
13th April . - 1825 - £1333.000
15th July - . 1823 - - 1.130,370
'oh October . 11125 - - 1 ,107,120
13th January - 11;26 - - 1,0:1,t;7u
£ 4,470,370

An Account of the several Sums which will become payable be-
tween the Sth day of April 1825, and the sth day of April latri,
by the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the
East Indica, towards the expanse of Hall.may. Pensions and
Allowances, to his Majesty's Forces serving in India ; in pur.
nuance of an Act 4th Geo. IV. c. 71.-
sth April - - 1816 .£ 15,000
sth July - 1025 . 15,000
10th October - 18'3 - . 15,000
sth January - lthiti . 15,000

Whitehall Treasury Chambers,
lit February, 1823.

£ GO,OOO
J. C. lIERRIES.

The sum of 820,000/. is required to pay the interest on
Exchequer Bills for 1825.
Letters have been received it Liverpool from Buenos
Ayres to the 12th of December. The vessel referred to in
the Buenos Ayres papers was, it appears from these ac-
counts, the Stranger, which left Callao October 7th. This
is much the latest authentic news thence. On the morning
the Stranger left Callao, General Rodil, the Spanish
Governor, had requested the Spanish Admiral to put to
sea, to attack Guise, who was off the port. The Admiral,
(Guruzeta) declined, but Rodil threatened to turn the
guns of the fortress on him if he refused, and the
consequence was that the Asia and Achilles were pre-
paring to put to sea when the Stranger sailed. These let-
ters mention the preparing of transports at Callao. A fine
Colombian corvette, conveying troops, and commanded by
Captain Spry, had been carried off by its crew, who
mutinied at Guayaquil. There remains no doubt of the
active hostility of Olaneta against the Spaniards. lie has
set free all the prisoners taken from the Patriots in the re-
volt of the castles.
The Josephine, Colombian vessel, is arrived at Liver
pool, from La Guayra, with coffee, &c. This is, we be-
lieve, the first instance of a Colombian ship arriving in a
European port. She left the sth of January, and brings
accounts therefrom, only two (lays later than those re-
ceived by the Leeward Island packet.
Letters from St. Thomas's state, that a serious conspi-
racy among the negroes had been discovered. The white
inhabitants were in consequence obliged to appoint guards
during the night, and the alarm was very great, as the plot
was represented to be extensive. and to be connected with
the negroes of the neighbouring islands.
An Imperial Russian Ukase, dated December 23, has
been issued, to the following effect:—" Actuated by the
constant desire of encouraging the industry of our faithful
subjects, we have thought fit to reduce the duties of cus-
tom on various raw productions of the country, which are
necessary in the manufactories, and entirely to exempt 1
from them the manufactured goods, that they may be
able to bear the competition with foreign manufactures : to
this end we have also resolved to impose a moderhte duty
on the exportation of the materials employed in the pro-
duction of such manufactures, and to increase the Import
duty on some articles."
TRATE WITH Seem—The following is a copy of a
communication from the Board of Trade to the Chairman
of the Ship-owners' SJciety:—
" Office of the Committee of' Privy Council fur Trade,
January 11. 1825.
" Sta,—l am directed to acquaint you, for the information of
the Committee of British Ship-owners, that it appears, by a corn.
munication to this Board from the Foreign Office, that • Royal
Order has been passed in Spain. directing that foreign vessels shall
not enter the Spanish ports without a 3luster Roll and Bill of
Health.

`• I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
•' George Lvall, Esq. " T GUS. LACK."
EXCISE, TaNNl:its' DUTY.—The Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury, in consideration of the duty attaching
on all leather tanned in Ireland, and taken out of NI-ooze
to dry after the .sth ult., and a portion of the duty on such
leather having been previously paid under the former
system of charge, according to the cubic contents of the
pit, for the four months preceding, have ordered that it be
allowed to all tanners who shall have made entry, and con-
tinued their business after that day, out of such duties
chargeable upon such tanners.—C-^': raper,

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