Among the foreign bills o...
Amuong the foreign bills of exchange negotiated yester_i day on. thange,- were several on the riW'Ambricarl States, particularly the Republic of Colombia. The tate demanid was 3s. Sd. the'dollar, andl the price-givenrwa, we are.win* formed, 3s. 6d.' Considering the increahiig commerce with thosecountries, it is surprising tbat such traniactionja-which naturally tend to facilitate the-intercourse with them, ate not more generaL Nothing -indeed, is-tnore wanted among merchants than a goed and efficient 'airageemeit fit.ex. changes all over the S6uth Aierl&6afcontlnent. T'rhrough this-deficiency, merchants.a1d,-f.apitkWist are driven to the clumnsy'expedient of remittmg specie from Americt to En,g- land;,and-from<England:tv Amnerica, as-iheirixea i transactions 'ma'y require. - Vessels .laden:.4th' dollars yre now- censtattly' iassi%g. each. other on .the Attantic.1all which voyages, with the attendant risk; expense.o'f frei,ght and loss of time, might he.spared, bythe-general establish- ment of' a good-system of banking and exchanges'in 'the new -States. Exchequer biUls, it the reduced rate of interest of l4d' per diein, are now in regulai circulation -in the market! They bear a premium of 25s. per cent. . I COLOMBIA....-By an offlcial return publisthed in .the.o4 Iomibiano Caraccas neivspiperof the 17th of MThrch, lit ayp pears'that thc total aipount of the exports from the-port og laGuayra iduriDg the.year 1S23, was l,648,358 dollirs, the chief articles of export being cocoa, coffee, indigo, and hides; Lady Byron,-we are informed, has, imn'ch; to her credit,! given up her jointur of 2,0001. per annumn so tbhe prsent, Lord B3yron..-.e:wct-sgCli Croniclc. - . .: . - MOst iMNT-TO iWl.-WATT..-.A public meeting-.will be he1ddt the Fieeina oquft ',avertn, otEriday nlext, to'consider tliepro. prietr erectn a: monumett to the-la'te. Jimes' Watt, as a tribdte 'ot .natieii&l .gFatig1e,to him, whb, by. his 'eniti and scienct -has multilihed the reSources of his coantry, and Improved the condition of all mankind.. The. ;arl of Liverpool- wilkprestde/ - ;.; DtnrrX A CDN. uni-last,- the .body of