The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-05-15 00:00:00

ing them.

Saturday last having been fixed by the Dochoti
of KENT for receiving the Resolutions voted at 11.
recent Public Meeting of Noblemen and Cirole.
men connected with the numerous Ch..rities Intro.
wised by the late lamented Duke, and Founders oh'
the Subscription for the intended Monument to his
memory, at two o'clock on that day the Deputation
appointed by the Committee attended at Kensington
Palace, and had the honour of being introduced to
her Rovat Highness, when a copy of the itesolutiolis
was presented.
On Saturday the ili•tvttches fur Madras col
Bengal, by the ship Coldstretion, were cloyed at the
East lodia House, and delivered to the Conimen.
der or that ship._ _

Fur Madras—C aptaim W. Miincrieff, Major and Me,.
Preston, and Captain E. CII4IIIZIIIII.
For E Walker, Mice A. H. Whit., an.l
Mr. Hinny.

An impression has long exited, that the Bonk
has been for some time past receiving interest no os
Exchequer billi at the rate of 2141. per diem, ws,;le
those in the regular circulation of the market bear
1111 interest of only 2(1. per diem. Should this
really be case, it is to be expected the Bank will
consent to put themselves in the same situation with
the public at large, and no longer remain an oh.
stack to the calling in of the Exchequer bills, on
large portion of which, to the great inconvenience of
the holders, more than 20 mouths interest has
accumulated.

It is reported thlt Sir JAME! SAVMAIIEZ, svmd nut
Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, is to vorcred Lod
EimouTn, as Coo iiiii ruder-In-Chief at Portsmouth.

Three Insurgent privateers, or pirates, of IS
guns each, are cruising lot the Mrdi►erraneau ; one
off A gulls., another nil' Cape de Gala, ■nd the
third between Carthagena and Alicsot.
The Prince Regent yacht will be launched at
Portsmouth dock•rurd on the 29th instant, at ti)ue.
The Egerin, 26, Captain TOUP NICULAS, C.U.
sailed fur Newtoundl ,nil on Thu•.dap evening.—
Remain at Shithead, the Active, Sappho, mid Ca-
me/eon.

Libat. J. R. WEBB is appointed to the ffieel
cutter ; Lieut. ST. JOHN, to the FOX; Lieut. A.
ARAMS, to the Sappho ; Mr. INDEAWICE, pur,e•,
to the Conway.
The Guildford convict ship, with 199 male con-
victs on board (including the live Cato.street coo.
spiraturs). is detained at Spithead by orders.
The Kichard ►chooner. of Jersey, for having
bales of tobacco concealed in sacks of flour, he.
been seized at Portsmouth by Mr. Daivga. of the
Excise.

The East India Company's outc•srdabonntl shin
Earl of Balcarras, was all well in latitude 13. 7.
S. long. 34. 32. W. on the 1 lilt February ; and
the Astell, in lat. 0. 33. N. long. 17. 36. W.
the 6th of March. The Butcarrar exchatuted
nal. with the Worm Hastings (41so ou tw,trtl-tomotO
on the 6th February, and saw a ship it' company.
supposed to be the Thames.
_

The Leeward Island packet brings *deices from
Trinidad to the 86th March. and from Angostura
to the Bth. It would appear that I it.tirvit'a ri in
of attacking filouttr.o's lines with :he army as-
sembled on the Aptere, had been altogether alma.
doodoued for the prevent. Ile had left San Fer-
nando on the tOilt January, aish 1,500 men. as is
supposed with a view to return to New Granada,
either to make head against LA ToNRC, who was in
Cucuta, or reinforce SANT ANDER, who was
threatened by a force assembled in ropaysto. under
CALZADA, who. it is said, was adeanciig on Sputa
Fe. BoLivAle had also a force in Pamplona.. Thew
letters state that Santa Fe was re-take., in Jai:miry.
but it is mentioned in a argue manatr.
The Hon. C. H. ilurctimort. Member for
Cork, left that City •11 Monday, for Dublin, mu
his way to London, to attend his duty iii Perlis.
me lit,

The meeting of Catholic Gentlemen at D' A ac
yesterday, adjourned over. without enteting upon
business, until Saturday next, at hell-106.1 Owed
o'clock, when the final arrangeaseuts for the At;.
gregate Sleeting. on Tuesday, the 16.1 i Mat. will
he aside.—(Diablia Freeman.)
EXPORTATION OF MACHIN gay.— 1., cons' gut's*
of the repeated exportvtinit of machinery to the
Culitimut. and the necessary injury to our main.
foctutiog interests, the manufacturers of Notting-
Wm leave *flute been muck on the .alert to debt t
the venom by whom those ini.chiefs are effected.
lloformation having been received that a• man
known by the name of Derbyshire; wko stands
foreinost in the list of machinists in this coun-
try, was about to sail for France with some valuable
machinery used in the ussaufecture of lace. Wipe
were taken to arrest bias at Dover ; and au Wed-
nesdoy night the 3d lament, Rtrrayss set eff to.
that towat. iii company with one of the constohles of
Nottingham. 'they found their man, and secured
him. He had with him some of the necessary 110-
'Pletneratossf his trade, and cuoresied that the rest
were to follow. He was accompanied by his wile
sod child, and was going to settle iu France.