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6nertator

FEBRUARY 16, 1833 THE King of Holland promulgated a decree at Flush- ing.on the 71h instant, iniposing a toll and scale. of duties on the- navigation of the Scheldt. The duties

are oppressive, and the'mode , which they a to be collected fs in the -highest degree annoying. We pre- sume that this hew attempt to create trouble will be resisted. The- political state. of EurOpe must indeed be unprecedented, and the balance of power more effectually- preserved than ever, when a fourth-rate sovereign can thus insult with impunity two such powerful nations as England and France. All the monarchs of Europe'stand evidently in great awe of each other.