Star.
London, England, 1817-01-21 00:00:00

• " St. Petersbnrgh, Novetnber 30, ISIS.
" I thank you, Sir, for the sentinuonts which you express to-
wards me in trani'mirjr your Work on the Fraternal and Chret-
tian Alliance of the cptemnet. The attention which you
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. mint, founded on the timpl. and sublime precepts of the cell.
Om of Goo our .saviour, douhttuss, affurda a can Amid for the
moat interesting mtdi:at ;IL

" It Is from their operation, as well as from the concur:ere,
of the wishes which the fttetids of huimeity form, that the effi:
melons application of thew truths to rt e rir.ial mid political rats.
tenet of nations can result. The ideas expregaed in your Work
bring evidently ihrrcied to this object of' universal utility, It k
agreeible to me to my:, s 4 to you my pricular satisfaction, and
to give you this assurance of my esteem.
(Signed) " ALLIANDM"
AItAU, JANUARY O.
The Gazette of this town ot to-day has the follow-
ing article from France :
" The public prints have related 4 great deal, and
partly inaccurately, respecting the suspension of the
payments of the French contributions which has been
asked and obtained. The following is the true state
of the case :
" On the Ist of December. the Doke of lUelstlitu
informed the Ministers ot Austria,- Russia, Piussia,
and England, of the etnbarrassment ot the Treasory,
caused by estranedwary and nog to be foreseen cir.
Ctintstatices, among Cie prinCipdl of which is the b:td
harvest, caused by the anf.vourabie reason, and
which essentially diminishes the revebue. This ;:m-
-barrassment made it impossible to continue the pay-
ment ot the contri4t4ion, which had b:en hilierto
regularly made. and was gr.,wo or the r, (riesl,l
that during the months ist Janiiaiy and February no
payments should be required ; that. ua the other
hand, the amount of the contributicti for di-se
last:Nabs, (about 23 mi,lions of franca) sinat!O he paid
in the six lollowitig months, with the usher instal-1
mentor that would become dac ; it being hoped that I
the Budget for 1817 wooly: insure au Mei ease ot ti e
revenue. The Ministry replied, that they could mat
accede to such a request, without ...sing Ih.lruc i, ass
from their Courts ; that the granting it it %mild be
attended will, great difEculteis ; and that, wit:ioin
doubt, a considerable part ot the Bolts given by
frnrice..a considetable time before, tor payment in
the above months, had beets disposal of and wtreiii
cOalition, which it would be impossible to call in.
The conferences were,. however, continued till the
6th of December ; and from the i:iquisies mole iu
the Win tuner it appeared that ot the 25 millioi,s,
1$ were not yet in circulatrin. The French Mini-
sters tow limited their request to these 18 n,ellioirs ;
and the four Ministers of thegieat Powera tuck upon
them to make lcusilvii and recommend the request to
their Courts ; and by a communicstism of Nits nego-
tiation (which was made on the i(i:h of December)
to the Ministers of the smaller Powers concerned, to
invite iht'nS also to support, as tar as they could, t.te
desire of France. If, as is presumed, the consent ofl
the tour Courts is obtained, the Buns for January andl
Febivary, not yet in circulation, will be exchanged
tot others, equally divided among the six tullowilig
months. The Russian Minister, who could not re-
ceive an answer by January Ist, on account of the
distance of his Court, undertook, mean time, to tot
low the decision of the other three Powers."

FRENCH FRONTIER'S, DECEMBER se.
The reversely severe dispolition of the last French
System .1 Finance and Customs (of April, 1816) by
which all foreign manufactured goods of wool or
cotton, which were found is any part of France,
'Wild be conficated, has been executed in very few
places. getsunstrances against the meabure come in
from all quarters, even from the Chambers of Com-
merce, the Directors of the Customs have, therefore,
nut proceeded with the rigour authorised by the law
in question, end the eitportatits of these goods,
though ordered, has not been enforced.
affair is Dow again brought forward, and
,with more warmth than ever. Several well-mitten
Memorials have been printed and distributed among
the Ministers of the two Chambers.

abolitioe of the above regulatioas is earnestly
recoinasended, or at least some asudificatiou of them.
It is proved clearly that they were ioielr caused by
the rapacity and selfishness of the French manufac-
turers, and that trade most be ruined by them.
It is shewa that the foreiga goods imported daring
the two last iunsjoru, whoa all laws relative to the,
COMMIS were sispencled, are all in the third or
4911Zth band; that they were Mukluk purchased by