Star.
London, England, 1816-12-14 00:00:00

GGR3I.4S PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 7.
Two couriers have arrived from France, one with
dispatches for the Duke of Wellington, the other is
to go to Stiittgard.
In the Sitting of the Second Chamber on the 6th,
Mr. HoFFSCHINIDT made a discourse recommending
the prohibition of the eiportation of corn along a part
of the frontier of the Grand Duchy of Luxerobarg,
where there is a real scarcity of wheat and rye, where
it is difficult to import corn from the other Provinces
of the Kingdom, and easy to export it by the oppo-
site frontier ; and he concluded by offering a Project
of a Law to that drat, to be submitted to his Ma-
jesty for his approbation.
Mr. PIKE observed, that he had a motion to make
similar to that of Mr. Hoffschniidt: the turves*, he
observed, had not been less abund.uit than usual, and
that therefore there had been cAnse to believe that
the extraordinary rise in the prices had been owing
to temporary causes ; but that. this dearness still con-
tinuing, the King of France having offered premiums
On the importation of corn, the troubles at T(sulouse
and elsewhere on account of the dvarness or scarcity
of corn and the consequent speculation upon these
articles, make it necessary to adopt prompt and efki•
cecinas measures, and therefore he proposes a law to
prohibit • the exportation of corn and flour of all de-
scriptions from any part of the kingdom, both by sea
and land.
Mr. VAN AKIN seconded the motion, and both
proposals were referred, on the Proposition bf the
President of the Sections, with an invitation to ex-
amine them and make a report on their cements.
MENTZ, DECEMBER 2.
A German Sovereign, animated by a truly na-1
tional spirit, has already taken measures to relieve '
our distresses. A. Fund has been assigned for the
building of barracks ; and our Military 'Government
takes too much interest in our fate, not to accelerate
this work as soon as the season will permit.
Last Sunday Count Beroldingen, the Ambassador
of Wurtemberg, went to the Imperial Palace, in a
mourning coach, formally to announce the death of
the King of Wurtemberg. A Court mourning for
four weeks, from the Ist of December, is ordered on
this occasion.

THE EVENING sTAtt.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1816.
Piller OF sTocas THIS DAY AT'I'WELVE O'CLOCK
Reduced 6el —Com nso. shut—Cons. for opg. 641
4 per Cent. 7tl{l-5 per Cent. Navy shut
Eselsequer Bills, 114.95.pr,--India Bonds 16s. pre.

That there will be much discussion during next
Session of Parliament, respecting the most efficacious
means for restoring prosperity to the country, is ge-
nerally believed. The immediate cause of the present
distress is less difficult to be understood than the
contriving of proper means to remove it. The
demands to pay the expenses, and interest on the
expenses, of a long war, exceed the amount of the
surplus of the products of our industry over what is
required for the sustenance of those engaged in their
production. That is, the slackness of demand for
the products of industry is such as not to furnish a
sufficiency for the sustenance of the community and
the expenditure of the Gover
the otherrent. T
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ordrathereficienc it
y
must press on the one, or on
most press upon both ; causing to the one a waste
of capital, which tends to lessen the demand for la-
bour, and to the other a defalcation of revenue.
What should be done ? All are suffering, excepting
those who derive a direct income from the public re-
venue. But should this prove deficient, how can they
expect still to shift entirely from themselves every
paft of the public pressure ? The thing is morally
and physically impossible. If the consumption of
• taxed articles be reduced, by the necessities of the
consumers obliging them to do with a less quantity,
bow is the defakation of Revenue to be remedied ?,
iflaying fresh taxes on other articles ? The revenue
will not be thereby rendered more productive, for the
population can only part with a certain sum—the
surplus of their industry over their qua absolute ne-
. cessities—and if the new taxes produce any thing,
other taxes must fail to the same extent.
In fact there is a maximum of taxation to which