Star.
London, England, 1812-12-25 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25. .
tiatrraus D.ty.—Holiday at the Stock Exchange.

We noticed yesterday the arrival of Halific and
ether Papers from America, to the 21st ult. and
briefly Mentioned their contents. To-day our co.
!eons are filled tvith such details froth them, as we
judge worthy of insertion. We regret to say that
we cannot hold out any prospect of i speedy terming.
tics of hostilities with that unfortunate country.--
The publication of the Correspondence between Sir
18. WARRt and Mr. Mownot, is said to have
been followed by impressions which were favourable
to the continuance in p6iver of Mr. Mantsou and his
faction.

A ntinserions class of 'think?ng *men, both in and
eine/Parliament) from a studious observation of the
line of policy adopted* the American GoVerousaat
for several years, have repeatedly declired, that the
Repeal of the Orders in Council would not satisfy
their demands. We are now convinced that their
view of the subject has been but too well &Uncle&
With a Government actuated by good faith, and
uninfected with the mania of the maritime and com-
mercial principles which has been propagated by the
Jurists of modern France, the Repeal of the Orders
in Council would have been an instant sedative to the
warlike spirit which the American President had
roused. There would have been at least a suspension of
hostilities, and the minor points at issue would have
been left to negotiation. Up starts the impressment
of British seamen from American vessels, however,
as a convenient phantom for keeping up the irrita-
tion of the people of the United States until certain
objects of ambition are attained, and the American
diplomatists endeavetki- to persuade us to abandon
our right of searching their merchantmen upon as-
surances so flimsy, that dull and stupid as we know
them to be, we must ascribe their pretexts to their
base democratic cunning, and not to the fatuity of
their intellects. There is even a disingenuousness in
the communication of Mr. RUSSELL, late Charge
d'Affaires, to Lord CASTLEREAGH, immediately after
the repeal of our Orders in Council, which is strongly
tinctured with the distempered character of his Mas-
ter's policy, His words are to this'effect—ig I know
you have repealed the Orders in Council, but ryou
must give me security that they will be followed by,,
no illegal blockades"--Impertinent blockhead ! Who
gave him the right to question the sincerity of the
British Government, and to sneer at the legality of our
measures

Bat we rejoice to find that our Ministers are fixed
Is their resolution to defeat the chicanery of these
second-rate quibblers. Admiral WARREN'S instruc-
tion, gave him no authority to give up any one iota
of our maritime superiority : and we are glad they
did not; for we may venture to affirm, that another
oAttse for hostility would have been raked from
Ong the cobwebs of the American Department of
State. We know what America wants : her Rulers
have long since told us, through indirect channels,
that the annexation of Canada, either by force of arms
or by seduction—an exclusive trade, if not the sub.
Nation, of South America—an ascendancy in the
vest Indies, by the capture of our Colonies—the re.
serration to America, exclusively, of the Carrying
Trade of Europe—a Free Trade with India—per-
mission to form an indissoluble alliance with France;
in short, the downfal of the maritime superiority of
Great Britain, and the elevation of the American