Star.
London, England, 1807-02-25 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25.

In ennfeqr.ence of his MAJESTY'S Proclamation for
a General Fart, there was this day a very full atten-
dance at many of the Churches in the metropolis.
To numbers it was a fource of much confolation that
the Legiflature had previoufly fbewn a determined
refolution to abolilh the Slave Trade, which all good
men hope will prove a prelude to the fpeedy extirpa•
tion of &very itfelf in all the colonies : for while this
abominable and inhuman fyflem continues to be per
mined, what are all our fans ? " Behold," Pays GOD
by the Prophet. " in the day of your fall you exa3 all
yaur labours, and finite with the j4:11 of wickednefs. I: it
filch a fall that I have chofen ? a day for a man to
Alia his foul? to bow down his head like a bnlrnth ?
Wilt thou call this a fall, and an acceptable day to the
Loan" while you difregard his precepts? " Is not
this the raft that I have chofen ? to lorfe the bands of
wichedneft, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the opprfffed to
go free, and that ye break every yoke ?"..4 Then [halt
thou call and the LORD Lball anfwer—if thou tale
away the yoke."
The conduit of the prefent Ministry has beew
clofely fcrutioized lince they came into power ; not
by the rabble only, whether high or low born, but
by the conliderate and difcerning part of the com•
munity—by thole who invetligate the true caefes of
the rife and fall of nations : and it is but joftice to
fay, that, fu far as they have yet had time al:owed
them to [hew the lincerity of their profellions when
one of place, what they have done has exceeded the
expellations of even the molt fanguine, and has re-
vived hope in thofe who c-lpaired for their country.
The introduction of a fyltern of retrenchment in our
expenditure, which will make our means equal to all
the calls that the public fervice requires ! The repeal
of that iniquitous law of Freehold which enabled thiJ
profligate to wallow in vice and difiipation at the ea•
pence of .the bona and induflrinus l The abolition of
the Slave Trade : The improvement of the PO'T Laws,
and a%fyttem of general education for the indigent
Are not there Nell bleflings as no man could have
i hoped to fee kalized only a few years ago. 'Nay morel

theieturn of tilat manly and good fenfe that can lonk
at improternsint ,aithnut alarm, and dare to enforce
the neccehy of it without the fear of being branded
with the opprobrious epithets of
.74tobin and leveret- !
Who, upon any rational ground, duet have expeaed
it in f*a fh ,rt a period? Is not this a bleffing that de,
mands the gratitude of all who know its value, in
maintaining the political health and vigour of a free
people and an envied Nation

Yeflerday we mentioned the rumours that were
circulated in cnnfequence of the arrival of Count
ALOP EVS, and Hated our doubts as to his bringing
any intelligence relpeaing the operations of the armies
in Poland. Our doubts were well founded refpeeling
that quarter ; but, we are happy to add, that accounts
were lalt night received by

THE HUSUM MAILS,
Of which four arrived at a late hour lag night, of the
French having fullained conliderable lofs in the
neighbnurhood of Elbing, a town in Regal Praia,
feated near the Baltic, about 3o miles fouth call of

Dant zig.
The affair to which they relate, is the fame of which
we lad the French account in the Fifty-fifth Bulletin,
given in the STAR of Saturday lafl, and there Riled
the Battle of Mahringen. From the accounts now
received, it appears the French had as little ground
for boalling of a viaory on that occafion as at the
battle of Pultufk, on the 26th of December, as our
Readers will fee by the fohjoined