The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-15 00:00:00

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TRIDAY. watt 13, 1818.

Thecommunications from Lloyd's to day, furnish
in *Pratt of a letter, (hied St. Thomas, 28th March,
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tea Merchant in Lancaster, to the following effect :
" Owing to the advance of the Patriots towards
the Carracces, we have this day had Intelligence of
General Mount.° having completely detested them.
He had succeeded in forming a junction with the
rest of his troops previous to the battle. Ile will no
doubt, immediately advance against Angostura."
In.veeard to this intelligence we can only remark,
that we have other • accounts from the Spanish
Main of the 29th of the same month, stating that
General BouvAu had taken San Fernando de
Apure by assault, and had subsequently, on the
• 17th and 18th February, totally defeated the
Royalist army 'under General MORILLO, who is
stated to have been wounded, and was, it is farther
'said, at Caraccas about the Ist of March, where he
had tiled, without effect, to raise fresh troops to
vesist the Patriots, already within two days march
of the capital, end was preparing to evacuate the
city end port of La Guava. it is since reported
that he has done so, and shut himself up in Puerto
Civello.

The Home of Lords, with the complaisance which
divinguishea that Assembly when subjects affecting
Royalty come before it, last night voted the cus-
tomary Address of formality, in reply to the RE-
GENT'S hie.sage, demanding a grant of money to the
Duke of KENT OP his marriage; but in the House
of Commons, where some debate is expected, the
consideration of this question was postponed until

on account of the pressure of other matter.
It MU stated by Lord LtreneooL, in the House of
Lords, that the sum proposed for Ms Royal High.
nese would be the same as what has been already
granted to the Doke of CAMBRIDGE• '
It is eniversaily admitted and testified by many
' lamontsble circumstances, that some means to render
taw, difficult the Forgery of Bank-notes ought to
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be adopted ; and that this is possible, if the Bat►k
ire Id be .3fheiently liberal or assiduous in encourag-
jog the endeavours to devise the means of pro.
lectinn to the Public, few who have at all con-
sidered the subject can doubt. This topic, now so
deeply interesting to humanity, was, last night, brought
under the consideration of 1.. liament by Sir J. NI ACI N.
Tosa,who made his promised motion for aCommittee to
enquire into the best means of preventing the forgery of
/slates of the Bank of England. This motion, which
produced an interesting debate, was met by an
amendment of ►he CuaNcELLon of the EXCHEQUER,
that instead of a Committee of the House, a Commis.
sion under the Great Seal should be appointed for
the same purpose. but to extend its enquiries to
forgeries on Banks of every description, as well as
of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other
eegociable securities. A division took place,
a hen the motion of Sir James MAcirtrosn was
rtjerted by a consiide►able majority. The question
was then put on the amendment, to which many
objections were made on account of its estet►d.
lag to other forgeries titan those on the Bank
of England. On the motion for framing the
Address to the Crown for the appointment of the
Commission, Lord Costron proposed, that the words
be omitted which went to Wend the enquiry to pri-
• vote Banks and other negociable securities. The
CHANCELLOR of EXCHEQUER pressed the House
to a division on the words being retained in the
Address, and carried this point only by a majority of
12, but .e Mr. LTTIELTON*I moving an adjourn.
sent, and eapressing his determination to divide the
House again, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
was obliged to propose a new Address, confining the
, enquiry to the original object of ascertaining the
best memo of preirooting Forgeries on the Bank of
England.

The Chimney-sweepers' Bill, which has passed so
rapidly throegh the House of Commons, has ezpe-
rienced a different reception in the House of Lords.
Lord AUCRLAMD last night, in presenting the Report
of the Committee who have been examining the
grounds for the proposed regulations, postponed the
.Bill for the present Session. The investigations
which have taken place in the Committee have proved
the necessity of delay, and the advantage of patiently
hearing both sides of the question, as well as of af-
fording time to prove the practicability of the schemes
proposed for the abolition -of the obnosioei practice.
The Committee concur in the principle and necessity
of the proposed prohibitive measure ; but as ezperi-
silents are now carrying on by the Surveyor-General,
on a very extensive scale, It is said with great suc-
cess in favour of machinery, with the view of de-
♦ising means of entirely superseding the en of boys,
it is thought advisable to give farther time to the
Public fey preparation, to meet the change of prac-
tice) and smooth such other difficslties as may occur.