Star.
London, England, 1818-02-13 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE, JANUARY 5.

The English Ambassador to the Por:e is still at
variance with the Divan, on account of the indemni-
ties for the two forts of Picocsa and Butrinto. The
Porte always lays the blame on the Pacha of Jannina,
and these negotiations lead to new references.
The Rfissian Minister has at length had the confe-
rence with the Reis Effendi, which was fixed for the
11th of December. One of the principal points in
debate is the regulation of the indemnities to be
given by Turkey to Russia, according to the Treaty
of Bucharest, the final execution of which is still de-
layed. Strong representations were also made respec-
ting the complaints which the Servians continue to
male of the ill treatment which they suffer from the
Turkish agents. The Turkish Government alleged in
excuse, the difficulty of verifying the statements of
the Pachas, and of the Servian Waiwodes who ac-
cuse them. It *ill be remembered that the Governor
of a Russian port in the Euxine stopped a Turkish
galley, and forced the Commander to release all on
board who were not Mahometans. This act of vio-
knee did not cause so much sensation at Constanti-
nople as was expected. The dispute did not grow
warm till some female Circassians were spoken of,
who were also in the hands of the Turkish Comman-
der, and the lawful possession of whom was contested
with him. At the end of this memorable conference
two brothers, Italians, were introduced in the usual
form, as Dragomans recently attached to the Russian
Legation to the Porte.

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THE EVENING STAR. •

LONDON.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 11118.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVI O'CLOCK :
Reddced 801—Cons. 80—Cons. for Feb. 80f
4 per Cent. 99f—Navy Annuities 106{
India Bonds 107 pr.--Exchequer Bills 18 27 pr.

A Flanders Mail arrived ax a late hour last night.
The principal article which it presents is an extract

from a Report by the Director-General of Customs
in Holland" relative to Transit and to Duties on Ar-
ticles of Foreign Manufacture. The Dutch used to
be quick-sighted respecting the real interests of com-
merce: in fact, they were before the rest of Europe
in the views they held respecting the means best
adapted to ensure its prosperity. To what, then,
should we attribute the spirit that pervades the pre-
sent Report? Have the Dutch lost all recollection
of former benefits derived from a system of commerce
comparatively free, as regarding Holland ? or have
the clamours of some interested manufacturers in the
Netherlands been so appalling to the Government, as
to induce at least a semblance of compliance with
their wishes, in opposition to the better conviction of
the rulers? We rather take the latter to be the fact.
Indeed we know, on very good authority, that the
voice of the mercantile body is decidedly against the
principles now recommended in the Kingdom of Hol-
land and the Netherlands ; and, sooner or later, the
evils which the anti-commercial system must entail
on the general- prosperity will ensure its rejection, and
a return to the dictates of reason and common sense,
In the mean time, the evils which it will entail on
Holland, will be accelerated by the principles adopted
by Prussia, and now in a train tor facilitating the
Transit of all goods through the Prussian States. In
France, the Commercial Body is steadily bent on the
same line of policy ; and in Britain, as we noticed
yesterday, a system of liberal principles is to be pur-
sued as speedily as the complicated details of the
former erroneous system, that with which the Bra-
banters are now so deeply enamoured, can be brushed
out of the way. When States engage in such a race

it is easy to determine the circumstances which shall
decide who shall be the winner—:the one which most
speedily tramples its• former prejudices under foot,
and most exceeds the rest in the undeviating perse-
•verance with which it courts and maintains a free
and unrestrained Trade in all the products of human
industry.

A Dutch Mail has brought us to-day Hague and
other Papers to the 11th instant. Some of their con-
tents have been anticipated by the Flanders Mail,
which we have noticed above ; a few other extracts
we subjoin: