Star.
London, England, 1802-03-01 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

HAGUE, FEB. r 9 panic feized our mer-
chants the day before yefferday on the Exchang,:
at Antflerdam—the Dutch refcriptions, payable
after the peace, fell three per cent.; the renter
provifoires of the loan of 1797, fix per cent. ; and
the other funds in proportion. The caule of this
great and extraordinary tall, unprecedented dur-
ing the war, was undoubtedly fome difadvantage.
ous reports on the negotiations at Amiens—The
Reariptions now are 65i.
Our Legiflative Aflembly has granted an ex-
traordinary fix thoufand florins to the Council of
Flu(hing, towards keeping in repair the fea-works
at that place. The film of 107,800 florins has alto
been accorded, towards making good the damages
lately fuftained by the inundations ►n the low lands
of Zealand.

A las of twelve millions of florins will accrue
to the public, from the plan jolt adopted of raiting
thirty millions by way of lottery. Eight years are
proposed for the difcharge of there fortrtwo mil-
lions. This mode of finance meets with much dif-
approbation, the advantages of it being merely con,
fined to a few, while it is pregnant with lofs to the
public at large.
I have already informed yon that the I.cg',f,a,
tive Body, in a General Committee, Linbioned the
new plan o trans iiihmitted by the Executive
Government. When this refolution was prefented
the next day to the Aflembly, at their public fit-
ting, feveral deputies, who had not been prefent
the day before, made a motion aoreC.nfl the :weep,
lance of the, plan, maintaining that the plan wee
but a half me:Mire, in afmuch as it related only to
the tranfit by land, and by the rivers of Holland,
and not at all to the tranfit by fea. This opinion
WAS, after tome debate, adopted by the majority,
and it pets agreed to invite the Government to
draw up another plan, in which a law Should be
propofed relpeaing the tranfit by fea. In the
mean time the antient regulation and tarif upon
the tranfit remain in .vigour, which excludes, as
well as the plan of the new regulation in quellion,
all Englifh produce from entering and patting into
and through our territory.
Fee. 23.—Long and frequent conferences are
at prelim held by the Governors of State on a
folemn propolition made by the Baron Rea :its,
who is at prefent Chairman, for putting a final
termination to the fpirit of fa lion, which is far,
very far from fuldieli»g, and which has been takiag
firm root ever Since the memorable revolution of
teete. Long dircuffions have hcen entered into
on there points : how and in what manner this
ought to be done ? But they have not been able
to come to any decifion; Since no nue ef the Meat-
hen could controvert the oblervatinn. of Beals a,
and which were fupported by IttAßSoxes, That a
Government had the power to oppofe the exterior
of party rage, but that that power did not extend
to the interior of this evil. At length, this pro-
posal was referred to a committee, who arc to
bring out their report this week. To this motion,
the consequences of which are not to he computed,
and which excites univeral atttenrinn, may be
added another circumstance, no leis the fubjed of
popular talk ; and which is, the arrival of the He,
reditary PaiNCt of ORANGE at Paris, his favoura-
ble reception by BONAPARTE, the propolitions
which he has made, and his condercention in offer-
ing to place himfelf at the head of the Batavian
Confitlfbip. However it may be—whether we fol-
low the falhion in making BONAPARTE Conful, or
content ourfelves with the young Prince—certain
it is, that we are on the eve of important event*,
The &feels of the new Conflitution are pretty ge-
nerally felt ; and it may be firmly relied on, that,
before the expiration of May enfuing, it will cease
to have existence. All parties are emulous to rife
fuperior : but the appointment of a pilot to this
floating hulk depends, as yet, on BONAPARTE.—
Men of underftanding, who are intimately ac-
quainted with BONAPARTE'S charader, entertain
not the fmalleft doubt, but that he will pave the
way for himfelf !—To this state of furpence and
uncertainty, may be a fcribed:the retardment of a
very important matter which has long been in agi-
tation, namely, the institution of a National Syn,
dicate, at the head of which we have, for force
time pall, been expecting to fee the Coupf;llor
VANDER LINDEN, of Amfterdam. Mr. lattovsa
Van DAM, at prefent Secretary of the Weft India
Committee, but who was the principal inftrument
in enabling the French northern army to penetrate
into the bowels of this country, is nearly furious
at the attempts which are exerting to overthrow
the prefent mining Conllitution; as the framer of
which, he is pouring in one defence of it after
another; but all his arguments are powerfully con-
troverted by the Baron RINGERS, and Counfellor
VALEKENAAR the firft of whom is for placing the
Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE as a fubordinate
Member in the Government; and the latter, for
bringing the propofed fyltem of democracy into
complete operation. Here again, however, it is
BONAPARTE who has the trumpet in his moutleaed
whom fame limit proclaim.
The Council of Marine has now received its
inftrudions : the duties of importation and ex-
portation, which, after the eed of Jan. 1798, were
put under a feparate Government, are again, by
this new regulation, committed to the Admiralty.
So perfed an idea have our Legiflators of eco-
nomy, that the labouring poor, who have ro
more than an income of 200 ge:lders per ann. are
made liable to contribute two guilders yearly from
each too for eight years, in support of the late
memorable loan of 3o millions.
The late Diredors of the Eaft and Weft India
Companies have prefented Strong remonitrances
againft the monopoly of coffee. They confider it
as the grave of the Eaft and Vs'eft India corn-

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