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London, England, 1813-03-26 00:00:00

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ING STAR

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1813.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Cont. 59f—for ac. 59—.5 per Cent. Sail—Bonds 4s. Ss. disi
Exch. Bills 41. Ss. pre.—Oninlum. nothing done.

Mr. VaNsirraftes plan of Finance experienced,
last night, a regular attack, conducted by Mr. Hvs-
missow. We believe the real argument that.ought to
weigh on the present occasion, will be found to come
borne to every man's understanding. All expendi-
tureall taxes are in themselves evils, but they are
tnavoidable, and the question is simply this ; how
can the business be so managed as to produce the least
inconvenience ? Now it is plain, that what may be
advisable at one time, would be less prudent at ano-
ther. The country,' embarked in a straggle for exis-
tence, submitted with fortitude to many burthens and
privations, The Sinking Fund was arranged, and
the plan adhered to, till some hundreds of millions of
the public debt have been redeemed—without a single
shilling of the taxes having been taken off in conse-
quence. It is time that the public should participate
in the benefit—not by a repeal of taxes, (for that is
mot proposed) but by a little bteathing-time from new
impositions. The State, and the general• stock of
property have been saved for our posterity ; there
tan be no necessity that it should be handed down to
ahem free from every incumbrance.

Soon after our Paper was at Press yesterday, the
Messenger, who was the bearer of Lord CATHCART'S
dispatches, arrived in town, and we immediately
communicated to our Readers the substance of the
highly-gratifying intelligence which they contained.
At the date of the dispatches, viz. on the 6th inst.
Lord CATHCART was with the Emperor A.LIXANDER,
at Kalitsch, a place about 150 miles from Dresden,
and 50 from Brealaw, in Silesia, to which place (as
our Readers will recollect) the King of Pausslit fled
from Berlin—his conclusion of the Treaty of Alliance,
offensive and defensive, with the Emperor of RUSSIA,
which Lord Canicara announces, shews that Bres-
law was purposely selected by the King of PRUSSIA,
in consequence of its proximity to the Russian head-
quarters, and the two Sovereigns had an interview on
the 22d February. Prussia has, of course, declared
war against France.
It is also rumoured in the official circles, that the
same Messenger is the bearer of dispatches of great
importance from Lord WaLeoLE, at Vienna.

From the St. Petersburgh Papers we have szlected
a Precis, or detailed account, of the operations of the
Russian Armies, which will be read with much inte-
rest.—The accounts from Gottenbnrgh state, that
the Swedish Expedition for the shores of Pomerania
was on foot. It was limited to 6000 ;nen only ; and
it was rumoured, that this force would not be in-
creased, unless Great Britain co-operated with Swe-
den in wresting Norway from Denmark. We can-
not bring ourselves to believe, if Ministers have re,
ceived assurances from Denmark upon which they
can rely, that they will ever lend the honourably aid
of British support to the furtherance of such crafty
and insidious policy on the part of BERNADOTTE. If
Denmark is willing to renounce her allegiance to
France, and if her repentance is sincere, surely no
statesman in whose breast magnanimity resides will
take advantage of her prostration of strength to strip
/ter of the most valuable part of her territories.
The mild and sagacious policy of the Russians in
entering the Provinces of the North as friends andi
deliverers, and restoring the national functionaries,
affords a striking contrast to such selfishness. Their
advance into Europe has been accompanied with
every circumstance calculated to endear their cause
to the nations around them. They have resorted to
the Press, as the most formidable auxiliary which
they could use for the overthrow of the oppressors of
Eurepe. Witness the Proclamations and other publi-
cations which they have recently disseminated over
the Cuntinent, and the eagcrnes with which their
conciliatory offers have been hailed at Warsaw, Ber-
lin, Hailibtegh, and Dresden I The Press, which
has been so lung ferreted by the French—worse than
fettered, compelled to disseminate falsehood through-
out Lutope, has, since the successes of the Russians,
begun again to exercise its legitimate functions.—
Wherever our Allies have carried their arms, the
Press is occupied in exyosing the malignant and de-
ceitful policy which has been so invariably pursued
by the revolutionary tyrants. This powerful engine,
we hope, will continue to be mere and more employed
in the subvtls:cm of the grand systematic fraud of
the French diplematists. Nit only in the North but
in the South, have measures already been adopted
for the diffusion of truth. The valuable suggestion
of Mr. G ALT, in his travels, that a press for the Le-
vant ought to be established to counteract the misre.
presentations of the French in that quarter, has been
adopted by GO\ eminent. The necessary presses,
types, Ike. have been provided under the directions of
IkIr.VALPY, the Class.cal Pfriter, and we expect soon
to receive Newspapers in Greek from Zante as regu-
larly as those which are published in the other lan-
guages of Europe. We cannot sufficiently applaud
the wisdom of this measure. It is impossible to cal.
cuLite the benefits that most result from a steady
pursuit of an undertaking which has for its object at