Star.
London, England, 1812-01-18 00:00:00

LONDON.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18.

fiXR MAJLSII% BIRTH PAY (liept).—liu'iday at the Exclic-

llcr, 1.1414644,t-India and S't:Ll:ll.St 4 iftlllleS.
Fur an account of the"! ii.il, I,:c. of Mr. W.% I.s lip M. P. a: the
Old Bailey, this morniau, fur defrauding Sir I. tee
th p:•ge.

The perusal of the proceedings of last night in
the Ilouse of Commons, on the subject of the State
of the Police, will give much satisfaction to our
Readers. It will be seen that. the sentiments of all
the speakers were such as to do them the highest 11, -
now-. A true constitutional spirit seems to have dic-
tated the speeches which were delivered on the occa-
sion, and it must he gratifying to our Readers to
learn, that their Representatives are alive to the uni.
venal feeliegs of the nation on the subject of a reform
in our Police Establishment.

The Report of the Resolutions on the KING'S
Household was received, and agreed to.

The passengers by the Anholt Mails, the arrival
of which we noticed yesterday, confirm tle intelli-
gence of Peace having been concluded betwe n tl.e
Russians and Turks. The particulars of the action,
vilich led to this termination, arc detailed in the Rus-
sian Court Gazette of the 9th, (old stile), uhich an-
swers to the 20th December, 1811. The following
is the article alluded to :
" ST. PETERSBURGH, DCC. 9-20, 1811.

44 The Commander-in• Chief of the Moldavian army
Count G. Kovusiw, reports, that on the 26th of
November the army of the Grand Vizier was sur-
rounded by our troops, on the left side of the Danube,
and thereupon they delivered up their arms to the
Russian troops, and surrendered themselves prisoners
of war. Their Chief, the three-tailed Bashaw, CHE-
BAN 0c:too, and all his Offiers, are included in the
number. All their artillery, consisting of 56 pieces
of clnoon, together with the rest of their arms, were
also given up to the conquerors.
This army has lost in different attacks, in killed
and wounded, upwards of 10,000 men. On first
crossing the Danube, it consisted of 35,000 select
troops, among which number were incorporated the
whole of the Janissaries belonging to the Turkish
army."

The above is all that the Russian Court Gazette
contains relative to the battle of the 26th of Novem-
ber, and not a word is said respecting the signing of
preliminaries of peace ; but this circumstance, in the
opinion of the Russian merchants, does not at all ail:ct
the validity of the preceding intelligence to that pur-
port. There are many reasons why the public promul-
gation of peace might be deferred for a short time, but
none for the sudden rise of exchange to 20,, except a
certain knowledge that peace had taken plaice.

DEFICIENCY OP THE CIVIL LIST.-It appears by
Mr. PLACIINTAL'S statement on Thursday evening,
that the Civil List has, for several y.-ars, been deh.
cient in a sum, varying a nnually from £lOO,OOO to
£130,000. Much blame is thrown upon the Admi•
nistration for permitting this, but if the amount of the
Civil List be considered, it will be found that the
thing could not have been otherwise. The sum of
the Civil List is 81,100,000. The Income Tax on
this is just £110,000; so that it is only to the amount
of the tax that the amount is deficient, How could
it be otherwise ? The only wonder is, that the deft•
ciency has not been greater.